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Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated each year from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.
To mark the occasion, The Morning Call is looking for suggestions for a spotlight project focused on the Lehigh Valley’s Hispanic residents you think should be recognized.
Do you know a Hispanic leader or community member who has made a difference? Someone who has excelled in their field, made a positive impact on the community or goes out of their way in service of others?
Submit a nomination by using the form below or email mbilinski@mcall.com and include “Lehigh Valley Hispanic Difference-Makers” in the subject line. Be sure to include your name and contact information, as well as how we can reach out to the resident you’re suggesting.
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If you have a photo, you can upload it via the form or email it to us.
Morning Call reporter Molly Bilinski can be reached at mbilinski@mcall.com. | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-hispanic-difference-makers-20220823-tddg7afzengfrmzsbnruo5xgfu-htmlstory.html | 2022-08-23T11:18:42 | 0 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-hispanic-difference-makers-20220823-tddg7afzengfrmzsbnruo5xgfu-htmlstory.html |
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A family and dog escaped a house fire in Altamonte Springs after flames started in the bedroom, according to the Seminole County Fire Department.
The department said firefighters responded to a home on Prairie Lake Cove around 5:20 a.m.
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It was determined the fire started in the bedroom and was spreading when crews arrived, firefighters said.
📍 This morning structure fire residential Prairie Lake Cv in Altamonte. Fire started in bedroom & was spreading. All family members & dog cleared out. Knocked down on fire at 5:21 and arrival at 5:19. Fire under control at 5:24. Altamonte life & safety to investigate cause pic.twitter.com/uYQbcUmbXl
— Seminole County Fire Department (SCFD) PIO Media (@scfdpio) August 23, 2022
The department said the family and a dog were able to get out of the house.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Chef Lewis Lin did not plan on being a restauranteur.
“I moved here in 2006,” Lin said. “I was coming for my master’s degree.”
Lin came to Florida from Taiwan, pursuing a master’s in finance. Unfortunately, he graduated in 2008, just as the recession hit the U.S.
“I gotta find a job and I love food. I love food — always have. Old foods connect me to family and friends,” he said.
So, Lin started working in restaurants. Eventually, he purchased his first restaurant, Jade Sushi & New Asian in College Park.
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Jade remains a fairly traditional sushi restaurant, but Lin was looking to bring something more unique to Orlando’s dining scene.
“Back then, all the restaurants in Orlando, especially Japanese restaurants, they only did sushi rolls, nothing else but sushi rolls,” Lin said. “I was thinking there is something better I can serve to friends or customers — bring some different culture, food to the city.”
This led Lin to open Susuru, a Japanese-style izakaya restaurant decked in Showa-era pieces of pop culture.
“It’s more close to where I can always go when I go to Japan (or) when I go to Taiwan,” he said.
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Susuru sells Japanese-style street food such as yakitori, which is skewered chicken grilled over coals, and ramen. The name actually comes from the sound people make while slurping noodles.
The Showa era refers to a period in Japanese culture following WWII that saw the creation of Japan’s popular culture that persists to this day, such as Godzilla, Ultraman and Power Rangers.
“I grew up in Taiwan. We’ve been influenced by Japan so much — the culture, the pop culture, the anime, those things — when I grew up, it was everything,” Lin said. “Showa was so different compared to the history of Japan.”
Lin is keeping a similar aesthetic as he opens his third restaurant, Juju, which is now in its soft opening.
“Soft opening will be August,” said Lin, the chef and owner of Juju. “After soft opening, when we are fully staffed, we will probably announce the grand opening.”
Juju is opening up at 700 Maguire Blvd., a building that used to house a Pizza Hut, right across the street from the Fashion Square Mall.
The construction saw the former Pizza Hut transformed to have the appearance of a Shōwa period-style Japanese house.
“We separate the whole restaurant into three different areas,” Lin said. “First, we have a really more high-end Kappo bar, a chef’s table — six seats, reservation only, serving 10 courses with a premium sake pairing option.”
The other sections are a traditional izakaya setting, which will serve drinks and snacks for a more casual dining experience, and another section focused on serving a late-night crowd.
Lin said he wanted to make Juju distinct from his other two restaurants.
“The reason for doing that in the Milk District is because I want to bring different concepts and share different kinds of food themes with (the people there),” Lin said.
On the latest episode of Florida Foodie, Lin talks about the food he wants to share with customers. He also talks about the struggles of trying to open a new restaurant amid labor shortages and supply chain issues.
Please follow our Florida Foodie hosts on social media. You can find Candace Campos on Twitter and Facebook. Lisa Bell is also on Facebook and Twitter and you can check out her children’s book, “Norman the Watchful Gnome.”
Florida Foodie is a bi-weekly podcast from WKMG and Graham Media that takes a closer look at what we eat, how we eat it and the impact that has on us here in Florida and for everyone, everywhere. Find new episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you download your favorite podcasts. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/23/florida-foodie-owner-of-susuru-juju-talks-about-nostalgia-behind-his-restaurants/ | 2022-08-23T11:20:53 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/08/23/florida-foodie-owner-of-susuru-juju-talks-about-nostalgia-behind-his-restaurants/ |
ODESSA, Texas — A Local Odessa veteran had his 100th birthday celebration with friends and family yesterday at the Sienna Nursing and Rehab.
Albert Fino served in the Navy during World War II. Some of Fino's fellow veterans from VFW Post 4372 were there to celebrate the special occasion. They said the chance to celebrate and hear from someone who has experienced so much American history is a rare opportunity.
"Such a nice break to get to do something like this especially when you see a veteran that's 100-years-old definitely today no small feat and he's lived through the Dust Bowl, and World War II that he served in and that's a generation that we're losing, there's not many of them around any more," said Eric Gilliam, VFW Post 4372 Honor Guard Chaplain.
Fino was presented with a flag flown at the U.S. Capitol in his honor. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/local-veteran-celebrates-100th-birthday-in-odessa/513-d3ae6a8f-5577-43bb-b5a7-050f6a210e68 | 2022-08-23T11:22:07 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/local-veteran-celebrates-100th-birthday-in-odessa/513-d3ae6a8f-5577-43bb-b5a7-050f6a210e68 |
ODESSA, Texas — The UT Permian Basin Falcon cheer team is going to Nationals for the very first time.
They will be competing in the 2023 NCA College Nationals in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Th team was selected after it successfully completed specific requirements in the areas of participation, conduct, and camp achievements. There are 26 team members this year. Last year, the team only had nine members.
It is not only a first for the team to go to nationals, but for their coach, Terry Lynn Lane, as well. Lane also has two daughters on the cheer team. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/utpb-cheerleading-receives-bid-to-2023-nca-college-nationals/513-6a339177-f237-4f62-b17b-10b7febaaee7 | 2022-08-23T11:22:08 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/utpb-cheerleading-receives-bid-to-2023-nca-college-nationals/513-6a339177-f237-4f62-b17b-10b7febaaee7 |
Beech Grove, historic Muncie cemetery, to get improvements under new leadership
MUNCIE, Ind. — The city-owned resting place for the lofty and humble of Muncie has a new superintendent and an almost completely new board after action by Muncie City Council over recent months. Troy Watters, a retired operating engineer with the Muncie Sanitary District, replaced Michael Miller as superintendent at the cemetery on July 5.
Council President Jeff Robinson said the cemetery board of trustees is entirely appointed by the council, and the current city council has now appointed all but one of the seven current board members. In November the council increased the number of Beech Grove board members from five to seven. The new president of the board is Sally Jo Vasicko, professor emeritus of political science at Ball State University. Local historian Karen Vincent, who recently retired as director of special projects at Minnetrista, also has joined the board.
Bounded by the White River and Kilgore and Nichols avenues, Beech Grove's more than 100 acres holds about 45,000 graves and mausoleums. Established in 1841, it is split nearly down the middle by railroad tracks.
All five Ball brothers, who established their glass container manufacturing business in the city in 1887 and created much growth and wealth in Muncie, are laid to rest at Beech Grove.
Last year Robinson said Beech Grove needed a board that was active and worked to build on the historic cemetery's potential. He noted at the time that the COVID-19 pandemic seemed to have hurt meeting attendance for the board.
Robinson said the cemetery is a valuable part of Muncie's history and he and the council wanted to make sure it was being treated like the precious asset it is. In recent years there have been complaints about mowing and maintenance issues at the cemetery.
He said the new board will bring new energy to the management of the cemetery.
Repairs to the cemetery chapel, built in 1921, are being completed and an open house is planned for Sept. 10, Watters said. The chapel had been out of use for some time and the repairs cost "$40,000 right off the bat."
Repairs are planned for a fountain near the cemetery entrance. Watters said 37 dead trees need to be taken down among the graves and 109 other trees are in need of maintenance.
"Trees are not a cheap thing," Watters said.
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He said many of the maintenance issues will have to be taken care of "a little bit at a time," because of funding. The cemetery will be seeking grants to aid with funding challenges. Beech Grove has its own city property tax rate separate from the city's general fund. Its annual budget runs around $150,000, according to the previous superintendent.
"I think a lot of it was not having enough help," Watters said of maintenance problems. Beech Grove employs four full-time groundskeepers and seven part-time seasonal workers to keep the cemetery mowed and the weeds down. The cemetery has been looking to hire more help.
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In dry weather the crew can keep up with the mowing but when it rains a lot, keeping up with the grass can be overwhelming, he said. "You can only do so much."
Watters has enjoyed working with volunteers who do some mowing and cemetery upkeep. "We have people who out the goodness of their heart show up," the cemetery superintendent said.
One man works from early in the morning until dark, Watters said, mowing and tending to the cemetery for no pay.
"They just come in," he said of the dedicated help.
Council help:Muncie City Council approves part-time pay raise, expands Beech Grove Cemetery board
Eagle Scouts also have an ongoing project to clean the gravestones of some military veterans buried at Beech Grove. Their work is inspiring.
"Volunteers are always welcome," Watters said.
Those interested in donating time and labor call contact the cemetery office, 765-741-1352.
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CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — A Las Vegas man died on Aug. 19 following a crash on Interstate 76 eastbound in Cumberland County, according to state police.
Pennsylvania State Trooper Joseph Harper responded to the scene at the Gettysburg Pike Interchange ramp in Upper Allen Township around 4:10 p.m. last Friday. There, he found an overturned Penske box truck on the ramp.
Further investigation revealed that the operator, Geoffrey Gallo, 65, had been traveling too fast for the condition of the ramp and lost control of the truck, causing it to overturn.
Gallo was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash, and was partially ejected from the box truck. He later succumbed to his injuries.
State police were assisted at the scene by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, the Cumberland County Coroner's Office, H&S Towing, and the New Kingston Fire Department. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/las-vegas-man-dies-crash-cumberland-county/521-49420a2f-0f1c-4093-b120-fb4aebd42436 | 2022-08-23T11:46:31 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/las-vegas-man-dies-crash-cumberland-county/521-49420a2f-0f1c-4093-b120-fb4aebd42436 |
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.wnep.com/article/news/local/dog-licensing-fee-1996/521-5f462c96-bfb2-4c5e-bff3-3b29101ef30d | 2022-08-23T11:56:31 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/dog-licensing-fee-1996/521-5f462c96-bfb2-4c5e-bff3-3b29101ef30d |
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The police blotter is a public record of incidents as reported by law-enforcement agencies. All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are innocent until proven guilty. The information printed is preliminary and subject to change.
Tuesday, 8/16/2022:
North Bend
12:01 am, 1800 block of Newmark Street, criminal trespass/disorderly conduct.
3:41 pm, 500 block of Clark Street, theft of wallet.
5:44 pm, 1500 block of Sherman Avenue, counterfeit money.
6:08 pm, 2000 block of Connecticut Avenue, littering. Vehicle throwing litter out of vehicle.
Coos Bay
1:47 am, 200 block of S Schoneman Street, dispute.
5:26 am, Newport and Hill, traffic stop. A 38 year old male was cited.
9:07 am, 2000 block of Newmark Avenue, accident. A 54 year old male was charged with reckless driving, DUII and assault III. Subject transported to Coos County jail.
10:51 am, Coos Bay Boardwalk, criminal trespass. A 62 year old male was cited for criminal trespass II.
1:18 pm, 500 block of S 7th Street, threats.
2:01 pm, 1000 block of S 1st Street, animal neglect.
2:50 pm, 4th and Commercial, non-injury accident. A 46 year old female was cited.
3:04 pm, Coos Bay Boardwalk, criminal trespass. A 62 year old male was cited for criminal trespass II.
3:18 pm, 1700 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, burglary. A 20 year old male and a 47 year old male were charged with burglary II, theft I and unauthorized use of vehicle. Both subjects transported to Coos County jail.
3:32 pm, 900 block of Newmark Avenue, located stolen cell phone.
3:47 pm, 200 block of Hall Avenue, stalking.
3:52 pm, 100 block of N Cammann Street, theft.
6:26 pm, Empire Area, theft from vehicle. License plate.
7:32 pm, Dollar Tree, dispute.
11:44 pm, 2000 block of Newmark Avenue, theft.
Coquille
6:16 am, Highway 42 and Lee Valley, dead deer.
7:32 am, Central and 4th, disorderly conduct.
8:40 am, 50 block of N Dean Street, dog bark.
11:09 am, W Central and E 3rd, violation city code/possible open container. A 46 year old male was cited.
1:36 pm, 1700 block of N Elm Street, violation of restraining order. A 53 year old male was charged with violation of restraining order and transported to Coos County jail.
2:20 pm, Birch and Highway 42, dispute.
3:54 pm, 400 block of N Central Boulevard, criminal trespass.
5:46 pm, 99900 block of Highway 42, brush fire.
6:51 pm, 500 block of N Central Boulevard, criminal trespass.
8:09 pm, 96900 block of Highway 42 S, disorderly conduct. Subject yelling and cursing in park.
Wednesday, 8/17/2022:
North Bend
8:59 am, 1600 block of Lincoln Street, theft of tools.
9:00 am, 1800 Sherman Avenue, warrant service on Curry County, Clackamas County and Tillamook County warrants. A 23 year old male was transported to Curry County Sheriff Office by Oregon State Police.
10:31 am, 3200 block of Tremont Avenue, theft.
10:56 am, 1700 block of Virginia Avenue, civil problem.
11:11 am, 3600 block of Inland Court, suspicious vehicle on apartment grounds.
12:49 pm, 1700 block of Virginia Avenue, hit and run accident.
1:29 pm, 3500 block of Sherman Avenue, hit and run accident.
2:31 pm, 3200 block of Tremont Avenue, assault. Broken up but one person wants to press charges.
4:21 pm, 1600 block of Virginia Avenue, hit and run accident.
4:58 pm, 2000 block of Union Avenue, appliances dumped in city lot.
Coos Bay
12:04 am, Ocean and Central, traffic stop. A 51 year old male was cited.
1:13 am, 500 block of N Main Street, threats.
1:49 am, 500 block of N Main Street, misuse of 911 call. A male subject was cited for misuse of 911 and resisting arrest.
4:36 am, Newmark and Schoneman, traffic stop. A 30 year old female was cited for driving while suspended.
7:12 am, 100 block of Hall Street, criminal trespass. A 35 year old female was cited for criminal trespass I.
8:24 am, 400 block of N Bayshore Drive, hit and run accident.
10:29 am, 100 block of N Cammann Street, criminal trespass. A 27 year old male was cited for criminal trespass II.
12:21 pm, 1600 block of Woodland Drive, burglary.
12:36 pm, 200 block of W Anderson Avenue, hit and run accident.
3:20 pm, 2000 block of Newmark Avenue, theft.
5:07 pm, 10th and Hemlock, traffic stop. A 38 year old female was cited for driving while suspended.
6:11 pm, 100 block of S 7th Street, shoplifter.
8:14 pm, 1600 block of Virginia Avenue, warrant service. A 24 year old male was transported to Coos County jail.
10:13 pm, Butler Avenue and Juniper Avenue, traffic stop. A 77 year old female was cited for driving while suspended.
10:24 pm, 2200 block of N Bayshore Drive, theft of services.
Coquille
5:25 am, 1200 block of N Henry Street, assist ambulance.
11:39 am, 400 block of W 5th Street, civil problem. Landlord/tenant issue.
12:17 pm, Highway 42 mile post 18.5, traffic stop. A 24 year old female was cited.
12:30 pm, E 2nd Street and N Baxter Street, hit and run accident.
4:09 pm, 500 block of W 4th Street, dispute.
Thursday, 8/18/2022:
North Bend
10:47 am, 2200 block of Pony Creek Road, dispute/domestic menacing. A 45 year old male was charged with menacing and violation of no contact order.
11:12 am, 800 block of California Avenue, found freezer with food.
3:50 pm, Virginia Avenue and Safeway, threats.
4:37 pm, 1700 block of Sherman Avenue, theft of services.
5:54 pm, 2500 block of Pony Creek Road, power outage.
6:20 pm, 2200 block of Pony Creek Road, littering and parking complaint.
10:13 pm, 1900 block of Virginia Avenue, arrest. A 44 year old male was cited for criminal trespass, criminal mischief and attempted theft III.
10:47 pm, 700 block of Connecticut Avenue, dispute.
Coos Bay
7:12 am, 1200 block of N Bayshore Drive, attempted theft of battery.
9:45 am, 1000 block of Vine Avenue, threats.
10:29 am, 700 block of S Broadway Street, theft of medication.
10:41 am, 100 block of Norman Avenue, threats.
11:50 am, Ackerman and Newmark, traffic stop. A 57 year old male was cited for driving while suspended, driving uninsured and for PRU requirement.
1:17 pm, 1800 block of Thomas Avenue, burglary.
3:22 pm, 500 block of 11th Avenue, unauthorized use of motor vehicle.
3:28 pm, 1000 block of S 1st Street, unauthorized use of motor vehicle.
3:47 pm, 100 block of Norman Avenue, threats.
3:56 pm, 700 block of S Broadway Street, fraudulent check.
5:43 pm, 1100 block of Michigan Avenue, threats.
7:58 pm, 500 block of N Broadway Street, criminal trespass. A 44 year old male was cited for criminal trespass I.
8:02 pm, 800 block of Lakeshore Drive, threats.
8:59 pm, N 10th Street and Date Avenue, hit and run accident.
11:46 pm, 300 block of S Broadway Street, assault. A 58 year old male was cited.
Coquille
2:18 am, E 1st Street and N Birch Street, suspicious vehicle.
3:37 am, 700 block of N Central Avenue, suspicious conditions.
10:03 am, N Central and W 6th, traffic stop. A 31 year old male was cited.
12:53 pm, Coquille area, graffiti calls.
3:38 pm, 500 block of N Central Boulevard, criminal trespass. A 46 year old male was charged with resisting arrest and criminal trespass II. Subject transported to Coos County jail.
3:56 pm, 400 block of N Central Boulevard, fraudulent check.
4:54 pm, 70 block of W 3rd Street, criminal trespass.
9:27 pm, W 4th Street and N Birch, suspicious conditions. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/coos-county-police-blotter/article_0ab2bd8c-2189-11ed-bf94-1f5f0acf461c.html | 2022-08-23T12:19:53 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/coos-county-police-blotter/article_0ab2bd8c-2189-11ed-bf94-1f5f0acf461c.html |
New Sarasota-Manatee housing collaborative may offer immediate help to struggling renters
With an affordable housing crisis pricing out long-time residents, area leaders in Sarasota and Manatee counties have come together for a project that could possibly help hundreds of families in a matter of months.
Funded by local foundations and philanthropists, the Suncoast Housing Collaborative is set to officially launch in mid-September, said Chris Johnson, chief executive officer of the Suncoast Partnership to End Homelessness, the nonprofit overseeing the initiative.
The housing collaborative, closely modeled after a successful Nashville project, will be an alliance between social service agencies and private property owners, who will receive incentives in exchange for lowering or removing rental barriers often encountered by low-income and working families. Those barriers could include income requirements, previous evictions, poor credit or a non-violent criminal history, Johnson said.
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In exchange, the property owners will receive a number of incentives from the collaborative to mitigate their risk, including $1,000 on top of the deposit should the unit sustain damage; a $2,000 sign-up bonus for the first five units leased through the collaborative; and a $500 bonus for every tenant signed up after that.
What’s more, with all leases through the collaborative running for one year, should the tenant leave abruptly the collaborative will pay that month’s rent and find a new tenant for the unit.
But the incentives go beyond money, Johnson added.
Property owners can count on a large pool of potential applicants; an online database to share information with the collaborative’s member nonprofits; access to community mediation, if needed, to avoid evictions; and wraparound case management for tenants provided by the nonprofits.
“It’s been fantastic to see the group that has come together to do this,” Johnson said.
A wake-up call
This spring, as the lead agency on the area’s continuum of care on homelessness, Johnson’s nonprofit reached out to Nashville about its innovative rapid rehousing model called the Low Barrier Housing Collective – inviting its architect, Lizzie Goddard, to online meetings with local leaders.
Goddard impressed this area’s housing advocates and service providers with the results from Nashville, which, like Sarasota and Manatee counties, had been experiencing skyrocketing rents.
In just six months, from September to March, the Nashville collective expanded the number of private rental units available to help nonprofits find housing for homeless or distressed renters by almost 68 % – or an increase of 6,700 additional units.
Now Goddard has been hired by the Suncoast Housing Collaborative to help with its launch, Johnson said.
Unlike Nashville’s model – which was funded by a combination of federal pandemic relief money, rental assistance funds and private donations – the local collaborative has been funded solely by private philanthropy, he said. Those funders will be revealed next month.
It’s a recognition of the scale of the problem that has been escalating the last 30 years, he added – one for which major area employers like schools, hospitals and manufacturing companies are seeking help.
“As horrible as our affordable housing crisis is right now,” Johnson said, “I’m grateful that it woke up the community on a large scale to the need.”
Landlords are part of the solution
After the idea of replicating Nashville’s model was announced this spring, some critics said it would amount to rewarding greedy landlords, as Sarasota-Manatee rents were increasing faster than anywhere else in the nation.
But Johnson said he envisions a different type of property owner participating – the small- to medium-sized landlords who took a financial hit during pandemic rent moratoriums, those who fear exposing themselves to additional risk. He believes with the support offered through the collaboration, they’ll be willing to join.
“There are a lot of landlords out there I think who want to help and be part of the solution,” he said. “We’re trying to lower those barriers for the landlords as well.”
If the collaborative can help landlords and the landlords can help struggling renters, he said, everyone wins.
This story comes from a partnership between the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. Saundra Amrhein covers the Season of Sharing campaign, along with issues surrounding housing, utilities, child care and transportation in the area. She can be reached at samrhein@gannett.com. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2022/08/23/new-program-works-sarasota-manatee-landlords-help-renters/10356463002/ | 2022-08-23T12:21:49 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2022/08/23/new-program-works-sarasota-manatee-landlords-help-renters/10356463002/ |
100 years ago
Aug. 23, 1922: A Colorado man, Albert J. Lowe, is charged with the murder of his 22-year-old sister-in-law, Edna F. Skinner of Bloomington. Skinner lived with Lowe and her sister in Colorado while she taught school. Lowe said she died in a stove explosion, but relatives became suspicious after he insisted that her casket remain closed. He was the beneficiary of her $2,500 life insurance policy.
75 years ago
Aug. 23, 1947: A new $14,000 building for the Wapella Christian church will be ready for occupancy in December, the Rev. William Junkins predicted. Plans call for 60 feet by 34 feet of floor space plus a full basement. Negotiations are underway with school board officials to permit the church to hold worship services in a schoolroom until the building project is completed.
50 years ago
Aug. 23, 1972: James and Louise Jacobs, 300 Shelbourne, Normal, found a long-disused sidewalk behind their apartment last week. Some sections have unusual inscriptions, including a six-pointed star with the words "POLARIS THE STAR OF DEITY" below. The Jacobs believe they originated with former property owner Frank Albert Walker, a prominent farmer and stockman who considered himself a poet.
25 years ago
Aug. 23, 1997: The Chenoa United Methodist Church will celebrate the 100th anniversary its building's dedication. The church was organized by Christopher Hetherington in 1858 as the Chenoa Methodist Episcopal Church. The first $4,000 building went up on the northeast corner of Main Street and First Avenue. In 1897, the location on Division Street was constructed for $8,000.
Compiled by Pantagraph staff | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-colorado-man-charged-with-killing-bloomington-woman/article_98003c74-221e-11ed-876a-375a4f9ffb2c.html | 2022-08-23T12:25:20 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-colorado-man-charged-with-killing-bloomington-woman/article_98003c74-221e-11ed-876a-375a4f9ffb2c.html |
CARMEL, Ind. — A box truck driver was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated after an early-morning crash in Carmel over the weekend.
Around 1 a.m. Sunday, a box truck was traveling southbound on U.S. 31 when it left the roadway and crashed through a bridge wall, falling onto the road below, 136th Street, the Carmel Police Department said.
The male driver of the truck, whose identity has not been provided by police, was seen by a witness leaving the vehicle and walking away. Police located the driver, who was transported to St. Vincent Hospital where he was treated with minor injuries.
The driver was then arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, the City of Carmel said.
INDOT is inspecting the damage done to both the bridge wall on U.S. 31 and the underpass below. The road under the bridge was deemed safe for travel and reopened shortly after the investigation was completed. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/driver-arrested-owi-after-weekend-box-truck-crash-in-carmel/531-0fa054d2-f232-43bf-aa20-65d3fe89b177 | 2022-08-23T12:25:51 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/driver-arrested-owi-after-weekend-box-truck-crash-in-carmel/531-0fa054d2-f232-43bf-aa20-65d3fe89b177 |
Three young men were shot in the space of just over two hours in unrelated incidents in Brooklyn overnight, police said Tuesday.
The first shooting happened at 11:50 p.m. at the Red Hook Houses, where a man was shot in the right leg in a sixth-floor hallway after a dispute with someone he knew. Cops say they're interviewing a person of interest.
At 12:30 a.m. in Canarsie, two men got out of a dark-colored sedan at East 84th Street and Avenue K and shot at a 26-year-old victim multiple times, leaving him with life-threatening injuries. No one is in custody as of Tuesday morning.
And then at 2 a.m. in Fort Greene, two suspects approached a 19-year-old man in the 300 block of Myrtle Avenue, when one shot him in the left leg. The suspects fled; the victim is in stable condition.
(There was a fourth shooting in the city overnight as well, in Harlem at 2:45 a.m.. An 18-year-old man was shot in the arm after a dispute; he took himself to the hospital and no one is in custody.)
The spate of gun violence comes amid an improvement in the city's overall picture. Shooting incidents, while high in terms of the numbers prior to the pandemic, are actually down 11% this year versus last. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/3-shot-in-2-hours-in-brooklyn-overnight/3834927/ | 2022-08-23T12:26:42 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/3-shot-in-2-hours-in-brooklyn-overnight/3834927/ |
Six firefighters were hospitalized following an early morning multi-alarm fire in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, according to the FDNY.
The Tuesday morning fire broke out at around 3:39 a.m. at a three-story mixed-use building that houses a restaurant and apartments on Union Avenue and quickly extended to all the floors.
The fire was elevated to a three alarm fire by 4:37 a.m. with 33 FDNY units and 138 firefighters responding to the scene to assist in extinguishing the flames.
Although the fire was placed under control at 5:39 a.m., the process culminated with six firefighters hurt and taken to area hospitals, the FDNY said. The extent of their injuries was not immediately known.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Copyright NBC New York | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/6-firefighters-hurt-in-early-morning-brooklyn-fire-fdny/3834924/ | 2022-08-23T12:26:49 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/6-firefighters-hurt-in-early-morning-brooklyn-fire-fdny/3834924/ |
A Jewish man quietly walking down the street in Brooklyn Monday afternoon became the victim of a random slapping, and police are now investigating the assault as a possible hate crime.
The man was in the 100 block of Lynch Street in Williamsburg about 4:30 p.m. when the assailant allegedly - without provocation or even exchanging words - slapped him across the face.
The suspect fled up Harrison Avenue, cops say, and the Hate Crime Task Force is now investigating.
The suspect, captured on surveillance video just before the incident, is a Black male, about 5'10" tall, with a medium build. He was last seen in a yellow shirt, black pants, black boots, a black hat and with a dark-colored backpack.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can submit tips on the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
The attack comes amid a broad rise in hate crimes in the city. Year-to-date they're up 15% -- and in July, hate crimes against Jews more than doubled from the prior year. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/brooklyn-slap-being-probed-as-antisemitic-hate-crime/3834959/ | 2022-08-23T12:26:55 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/brooklyn-slap-being-probed-as-antisemitic-hate-crime/3834959/ |
NICKERSON, Kan. (KSNW) – Amy Jones and her daughter Ava are finally home after weeks of rehab in Kentucky.
“It’s been a lot,” said Amy. “It’s just good to be home even though Trey is not here.”
Amy lost her husband Trey when Amy, Ava, Trey and youngest son Creek were hit by a car while standing on a sidewalk in Kentucky.
The whole family is looking forward and not back.
“That’s my goal,” said Ava. “I will play basketball again.”
The family was in Kentucky for one of Ava’s AAU games. Ava had just signed to play at Iowa after high school when the family was hit.
“I do not remember going to Kentucky,” said Ava.
Amy does not remember either.
Hunter, the oldest son, says it was extremely hard to tell them both that Trey had died.
“And how much pain it’s caused everyone, I think that’s the hardest part,” said Hunter.
Hunter points out that bits and pieces of his father’s legacy remain, which seems to ease some of the pain.
Trey says his dad was very good at woodworking. He also built a work shed, fence, and left a lot of woodworking projects around the house.
“He just did so much for everyone, all the time,” said Amy. “Did everything for us around here. And he was a teacher and a coach, and it will eventually, I think, hit us.”
Amy says she can’t say enough about the community and financial support from numerous fundraisers.
Amy has family in to help while she struggles physically.
Amy has a broken neck, shoulder, ankle and a compound fracture in one leg. The other leg has tendons that do not work. She also suffered a stroke.
“Creek’s going to school, and then Ava and I will be going to therapy,” said Amy.
Creek, the youngest son, managed to walk away with only serious scratches and bruises.
“Creek was immediately devastated,” said Hunter of his little brother. “With emergency services on the way, Creek FaceTimed grandpa. He was so devastated.”
Hunter has spent weeks helping Creek adjust to the loss of dad, and they have become a lot closer.
Ava says she struggles to find the right words in casual conversation now after the trauma of the ordeal.
“I hope my right arm and right leg works,” said Ava. “But like my right arm still doesn’t work.”
Ava says she is grateful the University of Iowa told her the offer of a scholarship still stands even if she doesn’t play basketball.
“We will figure this out,” said Amy. “When I can walk and use my right arm, I think getting back to work will be helpful.”
While Ava uses a walker to move around the house, Amy will have the wheelchair for a while longer.
“Trey would want us to be ok,” said Amy. “We will just get through this.” | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/amy-and-ava-jones-home-again/ | 2022-08-23T12:27:43 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/amy-and-ava-jones-home-again/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Botanica is hosting “Taste This: Bee Tour & Honey Tasting” on the morning of Friday, Aug. 26.
Botanica asks, “Did you know not all honeys are sweet? Some honeys burst with caramel or butterscotch flavors, others with grassy flavors.”
From 9:30-11 a.m., enjoy what Botanica is calling a “delicious honey tasting experience.”
“Learn to appreciate the taste nuances of honey through a tasting flight of select honeys with seasonal food pairings and a floral or herbal themed tea,” says Botanica.
After the tasting, there will be a short tour of the Alexander Bee House.
The event is for anyone 12 years of age or older. It will take place in the Lotus Hall, 701 Amidon St., and costs $20. The cost of the event covers admission to all of Botanica’s gardens for the day of the event.
For health and safety protocols that tour participants are to follow, visit Botanica’s website.
For questions, call Janet Lyda at 316-264-0448 ext. 109 or email her at jlyda@botanica.org. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/botanica-hosting-bee-tour-and-honey-tasting/ | 2022-08-23T12:27:49 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/botanica-hosting-bee-tour-and-honey-tasting/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — On Saturday, Aug. 27, K-9s will be demonstrating search and rescues at Exploration Place’s Entry Plaza, 300 N. McLean Blvd.
They will be conducting demonstrations from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and 12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
According to Exploration Place, each of the rescue dogs have spent years honing in on their senses to track missing people in the wilderness and urban environments.
During each of the demonstrations, Exploration Place says you will be able to watch the K-9s tracking skills come to life as they find a “missing person.”
The event is free to the public.
For more information, visit Explorations Place‘s website. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/k-9s-to-demonstrate-search-and-rescues-at-exploration-place-saturday/ | 2022-08-23T12:27:55 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/k-9s-to-demonstrate-search-and-rescues-at-exploration-place-saturday/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — On Sunday, Aug. 21, the Kansas Humane Society (KHS) reunited a dog with her owner who had suffered a stroke.
“I had a stroke and was away for a while, and my baby panicked and ran away trying to find me,” said Navy Veteran Robert Shelby. She left home on the 5th.
He says Hanna was picked up by animal control.
“When they picked her up, they were trying to get ahold of the vet because she’s chipped, but I had not put my address on it yet,” Shelby said. “Please, please, please put your addresses on those chips.
Animal control was able to get in touch with Hanna’s veterinarian and eventually in touch with Shelby, but it was too late. Hanna was held for 10 days and then adopted out by the KHS.
“The person who got her drove four hours here to get her,” said Shelby. “I got upset, and the captain of the police department here at the pound went out of his way, and so did the humane society, to contact the person that got her, and they told him the situation, and he drove four hours back to bring my little girl home.”
On Sunday, 16 days later, the KHS called Shelby to let him know that Hanna was ready to go home.
“I started crying, I couldn’t quit crying, and then I told them that I didn’t have any money, how much is she going to cost, and they said it’s not gonna cost me anything that they’re going to give her back to me,” Shelby said. “It is a miracle. It is one of the biggest miracles in my life because the humane society and the pound is so, so full, and they need help so, so badly, and they’re willing to return my baby to me and not even charge me.”
Shelby adopted Hanna from a Belgian Malinois rescue in Oklahoma.
“She was sent to me very emaciated and sick, wasn’t expected to live, and I nursed Hanna back to health to a beautiful miniature Belgian Malinois,” said Shelby. “She is gorgeous.” | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/kansas-humane-society-reunites-dog-with-owner-who-suffered-stroke/ | 2022-08-23T12:28:01 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/kansas-humane-society-reunites-dog-with-owner-who-suffered-stroke/ |
Back-to-school supply prices impacted more people this year.
North Iowa nonprofits and organizations have seen the increased need families have to prep their pupils for learning. In addition, donations of school supplies has been down compared to previous years.
"Last year was more pandemic driven and this year was more the price of everything," said Salvation Army social services director Tracy Hedegard-Stump.
Community Health Center of Mason City held its annual block party on Aug. 11, at which area organizations provided health services for kids and back to school supplies. Organizers estimated that 500 people would come to the event, an increase compared to last years numbers according to previous reporting by the Globe Gazette.
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The Salvation Army was one organization that was at the event, giving away backpacks and supplies to those in need. Hedegard-Stump said they handed out 503 backpacks that day, running out of book bags at 7 p.m. 62 additional backpacks has been handed out to families since then from The Salvation Army.
"It seems there were a lot more people there and they were braving the rain to be out there," Hedegard-Stump said.
Mason City's Toys for Tots organization aided The Salvation Army's backpack drive with helping find supplies. Local campaign manager Ernie Martinez said between $8,000 and $10,000 was spent or given for school supplies.
"It definitely has gone up since COVID. Even for crayons," said Martinez.
According to The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news from academic experts, data released on Aug. 10 showed consumer prices have rose about 8.5% in July from a year earlier. This figure is only an average of what the costs has been since some items have skyrocketed or dropped.
Supplies has reflected this mixed bag of costs due to inflation. The price of notebooks and paper has increased 11% and the producer price index shows that retailers are paying 11% more than they did for pencils and markers says The Conversation.
The prices of backpacks has increased at a slower pace, about 4% in July 2022 from 12 months earlier according to The Conversation. A basket of around a dozen supply items showed a price increase of nearly 15% on average this school season compared to last year, according to retail analytics firm DataWeave.
Hedegard-Stump said she could tell the price of school supplies is affecting people because of the amount of donations they received, noting there was a 25% decrease from last year. She added there have been more stories of making the choice between food and school supplies.
“I think it is just tough with the price of school supplies and the families that are marginalized feel it more,” said Hedegard-Stump.
Martinez said the goal of Toys for Tots is getting kids what they need, which sometimes requires going to different vendors for certain items. Toys for Tots were a big help in finding folders according to Hedegard-Stump.
"The important thing is that kids have the simple things like pencils, pens, and notebooks and that is necessary to them," said Martinez.
Hampton-Dumont and Coulter-Alexander-Latimer (CAL) school districts are helping families out by providing back-to-school supplies for students. All they are asking of students is to come with is "their backpack and a smile."
Former Superintendent Todd Lettow started the "Backpacks & Smiles" program and it has ran for the last several years according to CAL Principal Abby Meyer. The supplies are covered through the districts' general fund.
"Our parents have been so appreciative of it because of rising costs," said Meyer.
The program buys supplies items in bulk or reuses certain items, like scissors. Certain items required a trip to the store this year according to Meyer. She says since the districts provide the school supplies, it is "leveling the playing field" between students.
Meyer said this is the first year that she has had families reach out to her if the district was going provide supplies in order to plan out their budget.
"I think it took another burden off their shoulders," Meyer said.
Teachers are also feeling the pressure from increased school supply prices, particularly when they need to spend their own money for classroom items.
According to a survey from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 94% of all public school teachers spent their own money on classroom supplies. The amount of spending has risen, reaching $750 for the 2020-21 school year. Non-consumable supplies (books, software, etc.), class decor, and consumable supplies (pencils, paper, etc.) makes up over half of a teacher's purchases.
A study from My eLearning World found that teachers will spend an average of $820.14 out of pocket on school supplies during the 2022-23 year. The expected spending by teachers in Iowa is $30 million, with California having the highest at $240 million.
Meyer said she works hard to see that her teachers don't have to use their own money for classroom supplies and encourage them to come to her when they need items. Meyer added she knew how hard it is to stock a classroom based on her own experiences.
Several school districts around North Iowa have posted on social media the supply donations they have received. Nicole Wagner, Senior Technology Consultant for Access Systems, organized a school supply drive with fellow local businesses for the Mason City Community School District.
"We went off the lists on their website and compiled a list of all the grades of items that were in common," Wagner said.
Wagner visited Walmart and Amazon to purchase supplies in bulk, like pencils and dry erase markers. She said the donated items will be divided among the buildings and then used when needed. From a personal standpoint, she has seen how school supplies has hurt people's budgets.
"There is no better time to give back than now," said Wagner.
Abby covers education and entertainment for the Globe Gazette. Follow her on Twitter at @MkayAbby. Email her at Abby.Koch@GlobeGazette.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/higher-school-supply-prices-affecting-north-iowa-families-and-donors/article_0c1ebc23-54e9-5f79-9e98-d70cb8fb50a2.html | 2022-08-23T12:28:02 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/higher-school-supply-prices-affecting-north-iowa-families-and-donors/article_0c1ebc23-54e9-5f79-9e98-d70cb8fb50a2.html |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Every third Sunday, Festive ICT is hosting Shop & Grub at Naftzger Park, 601 E. Douglas, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
At Shop & Grub, a variety of vendors sell items such as accessories, art, home goods, jewelry, vintage clothing, wine and more. While you shop, enjoy music from DJ Magnum and Macrobiotics. Adults 21 and up can even grab an alcoholic beverage provided by Wave ICT.
“The goal is to bring the community together and also showcase the wonderful and amazing vendors we have here in Wichita,” said Nnanna Okpara, the head organizer of Shop & Grub.
Admission to the event is free.
If you are a vendor and would like to participate in Shop & Grub, click here. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/support-local-vendors-during-shop-grub-at-naftzger-park/ | 2022-08-23T12:28:07 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/support-local-vendors-during-shop-grub-at-naftzger-park/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Wichita City Council approved a new housing incentive program that will alleviate the cost of fixing or building a home in certain areas within the city.
This two-year program will allow anyone living in the designated areas to get waivers or be reimbursed when fixing or building a new home.
“I do need work done on my house,” said Wichita homeowner Dawn Maloney.
Maloney has lived in her home for 54 years.
“My foundation is dropping like I said roofing, need like a paint job, and stuff like that, and I need a little work on the inside of my house,” said Maloney.
“Folks actually wind up sitting on potential repairs because of permit fees, because of the out-of-pocket cost before you even buy lumber or materials,” said Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple.
With this new incentive program, Maloney could apply for a building permit to help offset the cost of projects such as getting a new roof.
“If I could get some help getting my house redid, I would gladly appreciate it,” said Maloney.
Anyone living or wanting to build in the designated areas can apply for up to $10,000 in building permits, depending on if it is a residential or commercial project.
People can also be reimbursed up to $5,000 in fees from Brooks C&D Landfill. This is only for lots with construction materials that need to be disposed of.
“We are hoping that this incentive will spark up some activity so that folks can just really bring their properties up to par,” said Mayor Whipple.
You can start applying for the program on Oct. 3, 2022.
To learn more about the housing incentive program, view the document below: | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-city-council-approves-new-housing-incentive-program/ | 2022-08-23T12:28:13 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-city-council-approves-new-housing-incentive-program/ |
WATERLOO — Waterloo’s former top cop has landed a job protecting the Mile High City’s mass transit system.
Joel Fitzgerald was sworn in as the chief of the Denver Regional Transportation District’s police and emergency management division during a ceremony at the city's Union Station, according to a press release on the organization's website.
The department is responsible for customer safety and security across the eight counties and 40 cities of the Denver, Colorado, metro area.
“I am a person of integrity, and I care about the people we serve,” Fitzgerald said during the ceremony. “I set expectations high for interactions with people. It is important to be someone who beats crime and builds legitimacy and trust in the community.”
Fitzgerald was hired as the Waterloo police chief in 2020 and he announced he was leaving last week for a position in Colorado.
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Denver RTD officials said Fitzgerald was selected to lead the division following a nationwide search.
Denver RTD CEO Debra Johnson said Fitzgerald’s career reflects a commitment to integrity, conceptual leadership that promotes procedural justice and evidence-based strategies to abate crime.
“Joel is a courageous leader,” Johnson said. “He builds coalitions, he is focused on strategic planning and he has expanded community policing everywhere he has served – all elements that are important to RTD. He is committed to the betterment of the community in his approach.”
Fitzgerald said he would like to pursue statewide accreditation for RTD’s transit police and would like to see the division become “the place where police officers from other departments want to serve.”
RTD’s Transit Police division encompasses the chief of police, one deputy chief, one administrative lieutenant, four sergeants and a team of transit police officers. The division is supported by two 911 dispatch centers, a video investigation unit and more than 600 contracted police and uniformed security officers. Its jurisdiction spans RTD’s service district of nearly 2,400 square miles. Its annual operating budget is $28 million.
The agency’s former chief, Robert “Bob” Grado, stepped down in March. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/fitzgerald-named-chief-of-denver-rtd/article_77962e17-b8ea-5531-90a1-7e9a345708cf.html | 2022-08-23T12:28:16 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/fitzgerald-named-chief-of-denver-rtd/article_77962e17-b8ea-5531-90a1-7e9a345708cf.html |
The New Yorker profiled the White Cube, an art museum in the Congo, which has accused the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts of stonewalling requests for a loan of a sculpture it feels belongs to the Congolese people.
With the proceeds from their art work, the Congolese Plantation Workers Art League buys back land—more than 200 acres so far—and farms it using ecological methods, to replenish soil devastated by plantations. https://t.co/71FobACwEL
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) August 21, 2022
The VMFA owns a wooden statue of Maximilien Balot, which was originally carved by a native artist.
The Congolese Plantation Workers Art League, or CATPC, an art group associated with the White Cube, said that they have been trying to get the Balot sculpture on loan from the VMFA for the past two years with no success.
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In the New Yorker article, a member of CATPC, said the VMFA’s loan refusal was “a form of violence.”
“We come from a country that has perpetual war,” he said. “We don’t want war. We do not want to oppose the museum. We are not here to have a conflict with them. The only thing we want is to rekindle a relationship with the sculpture.”
After almost two years of trying to obtain the Balot statue, the White Cube decided to mint digital images — known as non-fungible tokens, or NFTs — of the Balot statue and sell them to raise funds and buy back land in the Congo.
In June, the first batch in a collection of 306 individual Balot NFTs went on the market. One Balot NFT costs 290 euros, roughly $290, which is equal to the cost of one hectare of land in Lusanga, the town where the White Cube is located.
With the 50 NFTs already sold, CATPC said it has bought back 50 hectares of land on the Unilever plantation where the workers live and where the museum is located, which the group plans to replant and use for food security.
“The Balot NFT ... will put digital ownership of culture back into the hands of the many and helps buy back land once stolen and exhausted. ... In a radical new model of restitution, blockchain-based NFT technology becomes a tool for decolonization,” Dutch artist Renzo Martens posted to his website for the Institute for Human Activities.
“Impoverishment on the plantations is rampant: it is now essential that local communities make use of this technology and control the powers of their lost art, rather than the institutions that were built on the exploitation of their labour and culture.”
The New Yorker article addresses the problem with how the Western art world capitalizes on artwork gathered during colonization, which raises questions of whose art it is and who should benefit from it.
The article also explores how Dutch artist Martens, who is white, has helped the group, originally for artistic purposes, but now as a means for social justice.
Since the controversy first aired earlier this year, Ndubuisi C. Ezeluomba has rejoined VMFA’s staff as the new curator of African Arts. The museum describes Ezeluomba as “a thought-leader and widely published authority on the restitution of African art.” He is currently leading provenance and title records research of the African objects in the museum’s collection.
The Balot sculpture was made to capture the spirit of Maximilien Balot, an abusive Belgian colonizer who was murdered in an uprising in the Congo in 1931. Later, a native artist carved his likeness in wood as a way to contain and control the Belgian’s spirit, in accordance with the beliefs of the Pende people.
The VMFA has since investigated the provenance of the Balot sculpture and reports that the provenance is verifiable.
According to the museum, the Balot sculpture was collected in Gungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 1972. It was purchased by collector Herbert F. Weiss in 1973. The VMFA purchased the Balot sculpture from Weiss in 2015 for $25,000.
The VMFA said “research continues on African art objects in VMFA’s collection with verified provenance, such as the Balot sculpture, for the purposes of gaining more and new knowledge about each work for the purposes of interpretation and exhibition.”
The Balot sculpture, which can usually be found in the African Art galleries at the VMFA, is currently on loan to the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, N.C., until August 2023. | https://richmond.com/news/local/the-new-yorker-writes-about-balot-sculpture-and-white-cube-controversy-with-vmfa/article_dad0b4ab-8fe4-52d1-bec2-7dae466a8fce.html | 2022-08-23T12:30:34 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/the-new-yorker-writes-about-balot-sculpture-and-white-cube-controversy-with-vmfa/article_dad0b4ab-8fe4-52d1-bec2-7dae466a8fce.html |
Costco project development underway in Jackson Township
JACKSON TWP. ‒ Crews have started work on the county's next big-box retailer by clearing and leveling an 18.25 acre site along Frank Avenue NW.
Costco Wholesale Corp. acquired the tract in June for $5.83 million from Dressler Properties, according to county records. Plans are to build a 160,000-square-foot warehouse store, as well as a convenience store and gas station.
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Retaining walls and drainage basins are being built as the ground is being leveled. It's expected that footers and the concrete pad will be installed in early September.
Updated plans for platting the property and extending Huckleberry Street NW from Frank Avenue east to Strip Avenue NW have been submitted to the Stark County Regional Planning Commission for review at the September meeting.
Costco formed in 1983 in Seattle and has grown to become an international membership-only retailer. According to a recent press release, Costco operates 834 warehouses, including 575 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 107 in Canada and 40 in Mexico. Other warehouses are in Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Spain, France, China, and Iceland. Costco also operates e-commerce sites in the U.S., Canada and six other countries.
The Jackson Township project isn't mentioned on the company's website. It's anticipated the store will open sometime in 2023.
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Costco lists four Northeast Ohio locations, with the closest being a store in Boston Heights near Hudson. It also has three stores in the Columbus area.
Costco will be the anchor business for the Creekside Crossing development. Still available is a 5.5-acre tract at the corner of Strip Avenue and Applegrove Street NW. Another 21.30 acres is south of the Huckleberry Street extension and can be subdivided, according to developers.
Dressler Properties, which is owned by developer Scott Fitzpatrick, is negotiating with several potential companies for the property.
Hall of Fame Resort betting on Betr
Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co. has aligned with start-up company Betr as its partner for mobile sports betting.
The two companies announced a 10-year agreement earlier this month. Betr will be Hall of Fame Resort's official partner on mobile sports betting — subject to securing the necessary licenses ― replacing Genesis Global Ltd., which had signed as a mobile betting partner in January.
Betr formed earlier this year and lays claim to being the first direct-to-consumer micro-betting focused sports betting company. Jake Paul, an American social media personality and professional boxer, is co-founder of Betr along with Joey Levy, a sports betting veteran. The company also has launched a media venture that features Paul's interviews with top athletes.
Betr will be powered by Simplebet, a micro-betting technology company where Levy previously served as co-founder. The company said in a press release that it will focus on micro-betting — for example the pitches and at-bats in a baseball game or plays and drives during a football game ― turning them into discrete betting opportunities.
As part of the agreement, Hall of Fame Resort gains a limited equity interest in Betr, along with revenue sharing. The partnership also has opportunities for cross-marketing and branding, the company's said in the release.
Michael Crawford, Hall of Fame Resort president and chief executive officer, said the partnership amplifies two of the company's key business verticals, gaming and media. It also fits the company's goal of developing new and different content for guests to enjoy at Hall of Fame Village.
Hall of Fame Resort also is working with Chicago-based Rush Street Interactive, which will operate a retail sportsbook in the Fan Engagement Zone at the Hall of Fame Village complex.
True Hire, Sgt. Clean Car Wash and Modern Hearing Solutions land spots on Inc. 5000 list
Three area companies found themselves on the Inc. 5000 list for 2022.
True Hire (number 3,996) in Lake Township, Sgt. Clean Car Wash (4,379) in Green and Modern Hearing Solutions (4,458) in Jackson Township are among more than 130 Ohio-based businesses on the annual list compiled by Inc. magazine.
This year marks the third time that True Hire has been placed on the list.
The Inc. 5000 annual list ranks privately-held businesses based in the United States according to the percentage of revenue growth. The new list is based on revenue growth from 2018 to 2021.
Housing sales dropped in July
Real estate agents around Ohio and in the region reported fewer sales in July, the Ohio Realtors reported.
Of the 15 markets around the state, only four saw the number of properties sold increase during July. But 12 of the markets reported higher prices on properties sold.
Statewide, real estate agents reported selling 14,719 houses in July, a 10.4% drop from 16,425 sold in July 2021. Agents who are part of MLS Now, which includes Stark County and 22 other Northeast Ohio counties, reported selling 4,994 properties, a 12.2% drop from 5,691 sold last year.
Through the first seven months, real estate agents reported selling 85,243 units, a 3.4% drop from 88,242 sold during the same period in 2021. Members of MLS Now reported selling 30,040 units so far this year, a 3.6% drop from 31,175 sold last year.
The average sale price this year is $256,872 per unit, up 10.6% from the average price of $233,265 last year. The average price for units in MLS Now is $229,756, a 9.3% jump from $210,201 reported last year.
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Shaunna Garner’s 16th year teaching eighth-grade science began as it usually does: a week of lab safety training before students get to conduct experiments and exercises.
But this year, Garner has other tricks up her sleeve. Researchers studying infectious diseases at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute are going to share their work and discuss it with her classes at Tex Hill Middle School in the North East Independent School District.
“Science is so hands-on, and getting the kids motivated and engaged can be so difficult,” Garner said. “So anytime I can bring in the real-life stuff that can get them excited, I try to do it.”
She’s among a handful of educators working to give teachers across San Antonio a chance to team up with area researchers — and get more than 9,500 students thinking about science careers — under a $1.25 million grant the institute obtained this year.
“I think the most dreaded question any teacher gets is, ‘Ms., when am I ever going to use this?’” said Rose Riggs at Texas Biomed, who is leading the five-year program funded by a Science Education Partnership Award from the National Institutes of Health.
“This was a great opportunity to submit a grant that would help us unite those two worlds, the education world, specifically secondary education, with what Texas Biomed does,” Riggs said. “But it also helps to inform teachers about the research that’s being done and helping us connect that research into their classroom, as well as helping teachers to connect career opportunities to their students.”
Riggs is the education and outreach specialist at Texas Biomed and has worked for years on those connections — formerly through UT Health San Antonio — with the goal of creating a stronger pipeline of local students entering the sciences.
This summer, she kick-started the grant project with Garner and three other teachers from area schools. They will get to work infectious disease research into their lectures and invite the actual researchers to share their process and findings with students and answer questions.
This first cohort of four teachers developed a curriculum and will test it over the coming school year, gathering data that will help train the next cohort in the summer of 2023. The program aims to recruit 10 general and content-specific science teachers each year, who could in turn impact thousands of students over the life of the grant.
“As educators we do have a tendency to get focused on what we are being charged to teach, but we have to make those connections” with the world of research and show “how it can enrich our lives,” Riggs said.
Participating teachers will be paid a $4,000 stipend for the four-week summer professional development portion of the program, and up to $1,000 per semester for continuing their engagement through the school year.
Beatriz Guajardo, the early college high school director and instructional coach at Brooks Collegiate Academy, is one of the first four teachers who helped design this year’s program. After 17 years teaching science, one of her main questions when deciding what research to select was, “Does it align with what our schools are required to teach?” she said.
“The beauty of that is that, because we were all experienced teachers, we were able to find that alignment and say ‘Hey, this is not just (useful) for biology, we can also use it in another eighth grade classroom and adhere to those standards,” Guajardo said.
The program aims to reach students right before they make career-path decisions and start taking career-focused classes.
“(Students) don’t understand that they can do it, too. They think it’s something so far-fetched,” Garner said. “So, for us to be able to bring that into the classroom and show them, in the middle school level where their interests are just starting to peak, is really important.”
At a downtown S.A. high school, the college-bound are already there
Making science a part of students’ possible career choices could be especially important to those from cultural and economic backgrounds, or those with special needs, that tend to limit their exposure to it, said Juliana Berry, who teaches eighth graders at Corbett Junior High in the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD.
“It really brings in those special populations,” said Berry, also one of the grant’s initial cohort, who has taught science for 19 years. “You are really getting those students - those who don’t have a lot of opportunities - you are getting them engaged and involved… and those students are the ones that get most excited.”
danya.perez@express-news.net | @DanyaPH | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Science-students-team-up-with-researchers-17390726.php | 2022-08-23T12:48:08 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Science-students-team-up-with-researchers-17390726.php |
WASHINGTON, DC. – With gas prices taking a toll on people’s wallets, Consumer Reports (CR) has a new survey of what Americans think about battery electric vehicles (EVs) and low carbon fuels. The nationally representative survey of 8,027 American consumers, which was fielded in late January and February, is the largest national survey sample in the history of CR, the nonprofit consumer research, testing, and advocacy organization.
Electric vehicles
The survey finds 71% of Americans express some level of interest in buying or leasing an electric-only vehicle: 14% would “definitely” buy or lease one if they were to get a vehicle today, 22% would “seriously consider” one, and 35% “might” consider one.
The 14% of American drivers who say they would “definitely” buy or lease an electric-only vehicle is up markedly from the 4% who said the same in a 2020 nationally representative CR survey of 3,392 licensed U.S. drivers.
Another key finding: Nearly half of Americans (46%) are unaware of the incentives available to purchase an EV. 53% say tax rebates or discounts at the time of purchase would encourage them to do so. Many consumers can save thousands of dollars on the price of an electric vehicle with existing federal, state, and local incentives, such as power utility incentives.
This suggests that incentives—and concerted efforts to make Americans aware that they exist—are important policy tools to help spur a transition to clean transportation. Resources such as CR’s free EV Savings Finder are available to help people find incentives available to them locally.
Consumers who buy EVs can also save thousands of dollars a year in fuel and maintenance costs, compared to owners of comparable gas-only cars, according to CR analyses from this year and 2020.
The survey was fielded January 27 to February 18, when the national average price for gasoline rose from about $3.34 to $3.52 per gallon. Now the average price is about $4.78, according to AAA. The survey was conducted with support from philanthropic groups Breakthrough Energy and the Energy Foundation.
“A growing number of people want clean cars that cost less to drive,” said Dr. Quinta Warren, associate director of sustainability policy for Consumer Reports. “Getting to say goodbye to the gas pump is a big factor for people considering electric vehicles. Our findings suggest automakers and policymakers need to do more to address concerns about charging and costs, and educate people about the available savings and incentives for EVs.”
When asked what factors would make them consider an EV, 33% say it costs less to charge an EV than to refuel a gas car, 31% say lower lifetime costs, and 28% say lower maintenance costs.
Among those who did not say they’d “definitely” buy or lease an EV, the top three barriers are charging logistics, such as where and when they’d be able to charge it (61%), the number of miles the vehicle can go before needing a charge (55%) and costs involved with buying, owning, and maintaining an EV (52%).
Some progress is being made in these areas. There are more than 48,000 U.S. public EV charging locations, but low- and moderate-income communities need greater access. While some of the priciest EVs generate huge attention, mainstream automakers are introducing lower-priced models. CR has found good wall-mounted home charging units for $500 to $700. EV range is commonly around 250 miles, which is far more than most people typically drive each day, so overnight charging at home can satisfy most drivers’ needs. The survey finds experienced EV owners consider range to be much less of an issue than non-owners – 27% versus 56%.
Americans who have experience with EVs are more likely to be interested in purchasing one. Only 7% of Americans have driven one in the past 12 months, while 20% of those who say they would “definitely” buy or lease an EV as their next vehicle have driven one.
“Some of us have questions about the transition to electric vehicles, as many of us are unfamiliar with them. Expanding charging options and elevating incentives, combined with education campaigns and getting more people to experience EVs personally, can all help drive adoption,” Warren said.
Low carbon fuels
61% of Americans say the impact on the environment is important to them when buying or leasing a vehicle – 18% say “very important,” and 43% say “somewhat important.” Running vehicles on electricity is one way to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions in transportation. Another is a shift to low carbon fuels, which produce less carbon dioxide than traditional fuels, but are not yet widely available.
Low carbon fuels can include ethanol, biodiesel, hydrogen, liquified natural gas, and propane. Some low carbon fuels are designed to work in regular gasoline-powered vehicles and others may require new powertrain technology. The survey focuses on “drop-in fuels” that could be used in current vehicles without modification.
While just one in four Americans (25%) had heard of low carbon fuels prior to the survey, 67% say they would use low carbon fuels in their personal vehicle if the cost per gallon was the same as the cost for traditional fuels. And one-third (33%) say they would be “very likely” to choose a flight on a plane that uses LCFs if the cost of the ticket was the same as flying on a plane that uses traditional jet fuel.
“As automakers roll out more electric vehicles, there are other low carbon fuels that could eventually complement this shift to more sustainable transportation,” Dr. Mohammad Tayarani, senior policy analyst at Consumer Reports, said. “Plus, there is huge potential for low carbon fuels to power planes, boats, and other transportation for both freight and people.”
CR will share the survey findings with automakers, federal and state officials, and other stakeholders as it advocates for solutions to help consumers save money on transportation, reduce emissions, and improve public health.
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ST JOSEPH, Minn. — When life lays heavy upon one's shoulders, there's something about the morning.
“Things that you worry about all day — the day before or something — in the morning, they seem a lot smaller,” Liz Fiedler says as she snips stems in her flower garden with the sun cresting the horizon behind her.
The past two years, Liz has experienced both the weight of loss and the light that makes it bearable.
“Josh was, I always say, he was the how to my wow,” Liz says.
Liz's husband Josh welcomed her to the farm near St. Joseph on which Josh had grown up milking cows, the fifth generation of his family to do so.
“The summer he was 36, we bought it and moved out here,” Liz says.
As Josh grew his career in ag lending, Liz earned her doctorate as a nurse practitioner.
Joined by their new daughter, Vidalia, the couple envisioned a hobby farm selling flowers and canned goods — a place of their own, they named Sunny Mary Meadow, after Josh's late mother.
Two years ago, Liz had finished her first season in their first flower garden when their well-laid plans were uprooted.
Liz was at work, her husband home alone, when Josh collapsed while running on a treadmill.
He was 39 years old.
“Sudden cardiac arrest,” Liz says. “We were married for six-and-a-half years when he passed away.”
Fit, and in seemingly in perfect health, Josh had breezed through a physical the day before he died.
One day after Josh’s funeral, Liz learned she was pregnant with their second child.
Her mother suggested that continuing the flower business might be too much.
“And I just remember looking at her, and I was like, ‘Don't take away one of the things that still makes me happy,’” Liz says.
Let's just say, two summers later, good things are growing.
“So, this is Davie,” Liz says, introducing the 1-year-old daughter in her arms.
Davie’s 4-year-old sister pokes her head around her mother’s left leg.
“And this is Vidalia,” Liz says.
Count Vidalia and Davie among the reminders of Josh sprinkled around the farm.
The windchimes near the barn, with Josh’s name, inscribed on a metal plate, dancing beneath.
The last of the salsa Josh canned on a shelf in the shop.
And his college flag on a pole in the front yard.
“He loved St. John's University,” Liz says. “He was the Johnniest of Johnnies.”
But approaching two years since Josh's death, there are also signs that Liz, at 33, is making the old dairy farm her own.
Bright, floral, murals decorate white farm sheds, including a new painting in the works by local artist Lindsay Herdering.
“These murals reflect her personality. She's colorful and vibrant,” Lindsay says as she paints a Sunny Mary Meadow welcome on a bright yellow background.
The new farmhouse Liz and Josh had started planning together is now under construction.
One cut flower garden has grown to three.
Evenings, Liz teaches classes in flower arrangement.
She's written a children's book about grief titled, "When Flowers Bloom."
And all summer long, customers arrive to pick up the hundreds of bouquets she assembles in the farm's old butcher shop.
“You have a choice, and move forward is kind of what I've chosen,” Liz says.
Back in the garden, Liz offers her daughters beginning lessons in floriculture.
“It's called snow on the mountain,” Liz says, pointing to some white-tipped leaves.
Struck by the plant’s name, Vidalia giggles.
“I know, isn't that silly?” Liz says, cradling Davie in her right arm.
“They’re the sixth generation,” Liz says proudly.
She believes Josh would be proud too.
“This is what he wanted for us; I know it is,” Liz says.
One day, she wants Vidalia and Davie to have the opportunity raise their families on the 134-year-old farm too.
“I'm just the keeper of the flame for now – want to keep it burning,” Liz says.
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Support for food insecurity rose during the pandemic, but Wisconsin families now left with patchwork of solutions to hunger
Margaret Benton has held many roles since she moved to Wisconsin nearly 20 years ago.
With eight children — two living at home and others who live close to her house in Sun Prairie — Benton, 48, juggles motherhood with three jobs. She works as a cashier at T.J. Maxx, a bistro hostess at the East Madison Marriott Hotel and a social services specialist at Tellurian Behavioral Health.
Benton is also a student. After one more semester at Madison Area Technical College, she will have a liberal arts degree in human services with a minor in sociology.
And there’s another role she’s had to play that she’s never been ashamed to admit: FoodShare recipient.
Benton is among the 951,000 individuals in Wisconsin who used FoodShare, Wisconsin’s food assistance program for low-income people, in 2021. When her FoodShare benefits fall short, Benton has used pantries to further stretch her family’s food supply.
Benton does not hesitate to ask charities and the government for help with this basic necessity — and she encourages others in need to use the help without feeling ashamed.
“I just never suffered from that (stigma) as an individual. Because I feel that this is my job as a parent to feed my kids,” Benton said.
Before the pandemic hit, 1 in 12 Wisconsinites were food insecure — meaning they couldn’t or were uncertain they could get the food they needed. Food insecurity is linked to children struggling more in school, worse health outcomes in all age groups and greater stress on families, according to the Wisconsin Food Security Project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
And the number of food-insecure Wisconsinites has likely increased as the impact of pandemic-related relief initiatives has begun to fade. The number of annual users of the state-federal FoodShare program grew by more than 100,000 from 2019 to 2021. Researchers aren’t certain about the long-term fallout, but national estimates suggest food insecurity during the early months of the pandemic was greater than any point in the last quarter-century.
Anti-hunger advocates and people using pandemic programs had hoped the changes would stick — but some of the provisions have already expired. In their absence, long-term and patchwork remedies endure, including stores on wheels, subsidies to bring grocery stores to food deserts and recovery programs that collect edible food headed for the dumpster for distribution to people in need.
Meanwhile, government funding for Wisconsin’s FoodShare program is the highest it’s been in a decade. That has sparked concerns from legislative Republicans that the state is spending too much and possibly disincentivizing work at a time when Wisconsin is grappling with a shortage of labor.
Bigger than hunger
Wisconsin Food Security Project coordinator Judi Bartfeld said food security rests on four central pillars: financial security; vibrant, affordable food systems; robust federal nutrition and assistance programs; and strong safety nets provided by emergency or charitable food networks.
Food insecurity is a “bigger concept than just hunger,” Bartfeld said.
“It’s really a continuum,” she said. “At the one end, you have people who are anxious and uncertain about whether they're going to get the food they need, whether they can put food on the table. At the extreme end of the spectrum, you have households that are not feeding their kids for a whole day.”
Hunger is not evenly distributed — especially in Wisconsin. While households in the state report less food insecurity on average, about 1 in 5 children live in food-insecure households in Wisconsin, which is higher than the national average.
At 32.6%, food insecurity for Black households in Wisconsin is nearly five times the rate of white households — and double the rate of the national average — making it one of the largest disparities in the country. Barfeld described the disparity as “quite stunning.”
Other factors can compound the problem, including location. According to 2015 numbers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, about 10% of Wisconsinites live in regions meeting the characteristics of a food desert. These are low-income or rural areas where people don’t have easy access to groceries. Lack of transportation can further intensify the challenges of living in a food desert.
Wisconsin Watch found the system of state-federal food assistance has stringent income requirements and frequent income reporting requirements that make maintaining benefits difficult for many recipients.
“Being on FoodShare, there are a lot of limits. There's embarrassment. There’s always a mindset of (it’s) not enough,” Benton said.
Today, 18% of those who qualify for the federal-state Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program don’t participate, with particularly low rates of participation among the working poor.
Rebecca McAtee, who formerly ran Wisconsin’s FoodShare program, said she would be “challenged” to fill out the application and keep up with income reporting requirements. The system, she added, can be “extremely punitive.”
“If they (a recipient) make a mistake … that gets deducted from that person's future benefits,” McAtee explained. “There's no room for error.”
FoodShare recipient Elizabeth Blume of Madison said she once lost all of her benefits after earning $6 above the eligibility limit one month.
Said Benton: “There’s lots of roadblocks that will keep you from being successful. I want to get off FoodShare, but you keep telling me I can’t make more money. How does this work?”
FoodShare has expanded benefits and worked to reduce stigma over the years, but lawmakers in Wisconsin continued to add new requirements and restrictions — until the pandemic hit.
Pandemic sparks ‘measurable increase’ in food security
As the number of economic threats grew during the first few months of the pandemic, the federal and state governments responded with a slew of policies to alleviate food insecurity as more people used assistance and emergency relief programs for the first time.
FoodShare eased several restrictions and boosted the amount of benefits families could obtain, giving all eligible families the highest benefit allotment possible — up to $459 a month for a family of two earning up to $34,800 a year — and suspending work requirements that had applied to some childless adults.
The pandemic also prompted the federal government to waive income eligibility requirements for school meals. That allowed all school districts in Wisconsin to offer free meals.
Other policy innovations like stimulus checks, greater access to unemployment insurance, eviction moratoriums and child tax credits supported financial stability. Overall, Bartfeld said the “robust” policy response to the pandemic led to measurable increases in food security — and it’s changing the way some people think about fighting hunger.
“By really going all in on trying to combat risk, we were able to actually move the needle and prevent some of the hardships that might have happened,” Bartfeld said.
A 2021 analysis conducted by the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers found the implementation of federal income support systems early during the pandemic correlated with improvements in food security — and now that some of those supports have lapsed, hunger rates are climbing once again.
Free lunch becomes political
But making these changes permanent fixtures of the food assistance system is an uphill battle. With the state unemployment rate at historic lows, Wisconsin Republicans want to bring back the work eligibility requirements for FoodShare.
And while free school meals have garnered statewide support, the well-publicized pushback against free meals in Waukesha highlights the complicated nature of food-related politics.
“Food is an apolitical thing. Feeding kids is an apolitical thing,” said Dave Dringenburg, a parent of two children in the Waukesha School District. “There's no real reason why it needed to become what it was.”
At the most basic level, experts and advocates say the pandemic heightened awareness of the conditions food-insecure Wisconsinites experience. As many people lost their jobs, took pay cuts or stayed home to watch kids and other family members, Feeding America estimates that statewide, 40% of people relying on its emergency food assistance network did so for the first time during the pandemic.
For Benton, some of the gut-wrenching worry about where she was going to get food no longer weighs on her mind like it did when her children were young. She is more financially stable and receives just $23 a month in FoodShare benefits for her 16-year-old daughter. But she continues to save canned goods because she “never know(s) what might happen.”
“I guess someone who is in a different position or a different living standard won’t quite understand it.”
If you need more information about food access — or have a tip for a follow up story, email us at foodinsecurity@wisconsinwatch.org. Or you can text the phrase WisFood to the number 73224. We’ll follow up as soon as possible, usually within 48 hours.
University of Wisconsin-Madison students Rachel Clark, Maddie Bergstrom, Joe States, Sam Watson, Lauryn Azu, Charlie Hildebrand, Maiah O'Rourke, Joey Prestley, Lydia Slattery and Riley Sumner contributed to this report. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/23/pandemic-support-fading-wisconsin-food-insecure-foodshare-benefits-free-school-lunch/7833112001/ | 2022-08-23T12:57:50 | 0 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/23/pandemic-support-fading-wisconsin-food-insecure-foodshare-benefits-free-school-lunch/7833112001/ |
ST JOSEPH, Minn. — When life lays heavy upon one's shoulders, there's something about the morning.
“Things that you worry about all day — the day before or something — in the morning, they seem a lot smaller,” Liz Fiedler says as she snips stems in her flower garden with the sun cresting the horizon behind her.
The past two years, Liz has experienced both the weight of loss and the light that makes it bearable.
“Josh was, I always say, he was the how to my wow,” Liz says.
Liz's husband Josh welcomed her to the farm near St. Joseph on which Josh had grown up milking cows, the fifth generation of his family to do so.
“The summer he was 36, we bought it and moved out here,” Liz says.
As Josh grew his career in ag lending, Liz earned her doctorate as a nurse practitioner.
Joined by their new daughter, Vidalia, the couple envisioned a hobby farm selling flowers and canned goods — a place of their own, they named Sunny Mary Meadow, after Josh's late mother.
Two years ago, Liz had finished her first season in their first flower garden when their well-laid plans were uprooted.
Liz was at work, her husband home alone, when Josh collapsed while running on a treadmill.
He was 39 years old.
“Sudden cardiac arrest,” Liz says. “We were married for six-and-a-half years when he passed away.”
Fit, and in seemingly in perfect health, Josh had breezed through a physical the day before he died.
One day after Josh’s funeral, Liz learned she was pregnant with their second child.
Her mother suggested that continuing the flower business might be too much.
“And I just remember looking at her, and I was like, ‘Don't take away one of the things that still makes me happy,’” Liz says.
Let's just say, two summers later, good things are growing.
“So, this is Davie,” Liz says, introducing the 1-year-old daughter in her arms.
Davie’s 4-year-old sister pokes her head around her mother’s left leg.
“And this is Vidalia,” Liz says.
Count Vidalia and Davie among the reminders of Josh sprinkled around the farm.
The windchimes near the barn, with Josh’s name, inscribed on a metal plate, dancing beneath.
The last of the salsa Josh canned on a shelf in the shop.
And his college flag on a pole in the front yard.
“He loved St. John's University,” Liz says. “He was the Johnniest of Johnnies.”
But approaching two years since Josh's death, there are also signs that Liz, at 33, is making the old dairy farm her own.
Bright, floral, murals decorate white farm sheds, including a new painting in the works by local artist Lindsay Herdering.
“These murals reflect her personality. She's colorful and vibrant,” Lindsay says as she paints a Sunny Mary Meadow welcome on a bright yellow background.
The new farmhouse Liz and Josh had started planning together is now under construction.
One cut flower garden has grown to three.
Evenings, Liz teaches classes in flower arrangement.
She's written a children's book about grief titled, "When Flowers Bloom."
And all summer long, customers arrive to pick up the hundreds of bouquets she assembles in the farm's old butcher shop.
“You have a choice, and move forward is kind of what I've chosen,” Liz says.
Back in the garden, Liz offers her daughters beginning lessons in floriculture.
“It's called snow on the mountain,” Liz says, pointing to some white-tipped leaves.
Struck by the plant’s name, Vidalia giggles.
“I know, isn't that silly?” Liz says, cradling Davie in her right arm.
“They’re the sixth generation,” Liz says proudly.
She believes Josh would be proud too.
“This is what he wanted for us; I know it is,” Liz says.
One day, she wants Vidalia and Davie to have the opportunity raise their families on the 134-year-old farm too.
“I'm just the keeper of the flame for now – want to keep it burning,” Liz says.
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ROCKY MOUNT, Va. – Former Rocky Mount officer Thomas Robertson’s attorney has filed an appeal of his conviction in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
This comes mere weeks after Robertson was sentenced to 87 months in prison.
In addition to this, he was also ordered to be under 36 months of unsupervised release and to pay a $100 special assessment fee for each count of conviction and $2,000 in restitution.
The notice of appeal was submitted to the Washington D.C. District Court and lists all of the counts, judgment and the sentence entered on Aug. 11.
Robertson was found guilty of the following on April 11:
- Obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and abetting
- Civil disorder and aiding and abetting
- Entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds
- Disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or ground
- Disorderly conduct in a Capitol building
- Obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and abetting
At this time, Robertson is being held at the Central Virginia Regional Jail. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/23/former-rocky-mount-officer-thomas-robertson-appeals-conviction-in-jan-6-capitol-riot/ | 2022-08-23T12:58:26 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/23/former-rocky-mount-officer-thomas-robertson-appeals-conviction-in-jan-6-capitol-riot/ |
Local agriculture agencies have launched a new campaign, “If you see it, kill it.” This message about Spotted lanternflies could help save plants, trees and even wine.
This fall when you see a Spotted Lanternfly, don’t hesitate, take a shoe and crush the invasive and destructive insect.
Spotted Lanternflies are known to be particularly destructive to vineyards and fruit trees. This insect has a kill-on-sight directive. Even though some of our local vineyards might not see the impacts on the insect yet, if the population continues to grow and spread, this could impact your favorite wines.
The quarantine area for Spotted Lanternflies was recently expanded to include 22 additional parts of Virginia. If left unchecked, they could continue to spread down the East Coast, wreaking havoc on Virginia’s fruit and lumber industries.
Dr. Doug Pfeiffer, a Professor and Fruit Entomologist at Virginia Tech says, “At first, it was found in about a square mile in northern Fredrick County and it has been spreading. You know, we have an eradication program, but the tools we had didn’t allow for total eradication. Right now, it has spread to include the entire Shenandoah Valley and with several Piedmont counties as well and sort of jumped over, leapfrogged a good part of the state and ended up down in Carroll and Wythe counties.”
Dr. Pfeiffer says that these insects are also very good hitchhikers. They like to attach themselves to your car and hide by the tires. That means if you are traveling to an area with a high population of Lanternflies, you should check your car before heading home, so you don’t expand the spread to a new location.
If you do notice Spotted Lanternflies in your area, the first thing you should do is report it. Local agriculture agencies are keeping track of the insect’s movement. However, if the area you live in is already identified as a high Spotted Lanternfly area, there is no need to further report.
You can get rid of these bugs by using insecticides. There is a range that works, but you want to be careful with how you use them.
“There is research being done to find a new release, natural enemies that are more effective on it. There are prospects in the future for biological control that would reduce the need for insecticides hopefully,” says Pfeiffer.
If you are near the woods, you want to be extra cautious. Even if you think you have killed ones near your home, more adult Spotted Lanternflies can migrate from the woods. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/23/if-you-see-it-kill-it-spotted-lanternfly-could-create-concern-for-virginias-agriculture/ | 2022-08-23T12:58:32 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/23/if-you-see-it-kill-it-spotted-lanternfly-could-create-concern-for-virginias-agriculture/ |
MCCSC, R-BB school board elections are coming up soon. Here's who has filed to run so far
This November, residents can weigh in on who is shepherding Monroe County's K-12 education in its two school districts. The Monroe County Community School Corp. and the Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corp. have open seats their school boards up for election.
The MCCSC and R-BB boards meet once a month to discuss and approve items that impact their respective education communities. While the superintendents and administration handle day-to-day management, school boards govern their districts at the broader level.
For example, the school board approves the corporation’s annual budget, selects the superintendent and authorizes maintenance or potential new construction of school buildings. School boards can also instigate direct change that impacts students and families, such as changing schools' start and end times, through new or updated policies.
School board members serve a four-year term. Historically, school board members have often been parents or former teachers.
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This year, three MCCSC board seats are up for election — District 1, which is occupied by Elizabeth Ruh; District 3, occupied by Martha Street; and District 7, occupied by Brandon Shurr. Two R-BB seats are open as well — the Bean Blossom District, occupied by Angie Jacobs; and the Richland District, occupied by Dana Kerr. So far, the only incumbents running for re-election are Shurr and Kerr. Most of the candidates are new faces.
Also on the fall ballot:How does the MCCSC plan to use referendum funds, and how much would it cost taxpayers?
While many of the open seats are have candidates, no one has filed to run for R-BB's Bean Blossom District. The filing deadline for candidates ends Friday, Aug. 26 at noon. Voters will be able to cast their vote in early November.
MCCSC school board: Who's running?
Monroe County Community School Corp., district 1
Erin Wyatt
Tabetha Crouch
Monroe County Community School Corp., district 3
Jon D. Hays
Daniel O'Neill
Ashley Pirani
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Monroe County Community School Corp., district 7
Brandon Shurr (I)
R-BB school board: Who's running?
Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corp., Richland District
Karl Boehn
Dana Kerr
This story will be updated as more candidates file to run. | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2022/08/23/heres-who-has-filed-to-run-in-monroe-county-school-board-elections/65411311007/ | 2022-08-23T13:00:51 | 1 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2022/08/23/heres-who-has-filed-to-run-in-monroe-county-school-board-elections/65411311007/ |
A Shreveport high school will be closed Tuesday. Here's what you need to know
Makenzie Boucher
Shreveport Times
Caddo Parish Schools announced Tuesday morning that Caddo Magnet High will be closed due to a power outage.
SWEPCO is currently working to restore power and classes are expected to resume Wednesday.
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Makenzie Boucher is a reporter with the Shreveport Times. Contact her at mboucher@gannett.com. | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/08/23/shreveport-high-school-closed-tuesday/7872413001/ | 2022-08-23T13:17:35 | 0 | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/08/23/shreveport-high-school-closed-tuesday/7872413001/ |
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — GPS Hospitality is set to host a job fair on Tuesday in order to help fill 132 positions at 19 Burger King locations across South Central Pennsylvania.
The company is specifically looking to hire 39 managers and 93 team members for full and part time positions across these 19 locations. If hired, they will join the area teams immediately.
Interested applicants can visit this link to view GPS restaurant locations, open positions, and apply online. Hiring managers will also be on-site to meet with potential applicants and to conduct interviews at these Burger King locations. No appointments are necessary, and qualified applicants may be hired on the spot, according to a release.
Applicants can also apply by texting "GPS" to 37872.
The release also states that GPS Hospitality provides employees with a competitive salary, quality training, flexible hours, and ample opportunities for growth. It also prides itself on its industry-leading bonus plan, which provides rewards and recognition throughout the company, the release states.
Management level employees are also eligible to receive performance-driven monetary bonuses, awards within GPS, and other benefits.
During the first half of time year, GPS awarded more than $1.3M merit-based bonus dollars, and since 2018, the company has offered annual vacation bonuses for full-time team members, the release goes on.
GPS Hospitality is also partnered with Instant Pay through its "Work Today, Get Paid Tomorrow” program, which allows employees to receive up to 50% of their pay the next day.
The following Burger King locations have open positions in South Central Pa.:
- 1066 Lincoln Way East, Chambersburg
- 2194 Lincoln Way West, Chambersburg
- 1950 Lincoln Way East, Chambersburg
- 5300 Main Street, East Petersburg
- 771 Buchanan Trail East, Greencastle
- 1160 Carlisle Street, Hanover
- 801 Baltimore Street, Hanover
- 1641 Lincoln Hwy East, Lancaster
- 2464 Lincoln Hwy East, Lancaster
- 1298 Millersville Pike, Lancaster
- 821 Lititz Pike, Lititz
- 498 Renaissance Drive, New Freedom
- 50 Townsedge Avenue, Quarryville
- 3100 Cape Horn Road, Red Lion
- 2600 Willow Street Pike North, #601, Willow Street
- 2400 Mount Rose Avenue, York
- 490 Loucks Road, York
- 2199 White Street, York
- 3345 Concord Road, York | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/burger-king-job-fair-central-pennsylvania/521-fe47392b-ef4f-4807-a099-4bd9ad3f1e8a | 2022-08-23T13:17:44 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/burger-king-job-fair-central-pennsylvania/521-fe47392b-ef4f-4807-a099-4bd9ad3f1e8a |
PORTAGE — A 42-year-old man was taken into custody after a young girl called police saying that she awoke to find him outside her bedroom door threatening to rape her, according to the incident report.
Portage police said they were called out at 5:38 a.m. Sunday to a home in the 5800 block of Carnation Avenue where they found the girl screaming for help from her bedroom window.
Police entered the home and found a man reluctant at first to identify himself, who later turned out to be Erik Gutierrez of Portage.
The girl's mother, who said she woke up to the police in her home, said she had told Gutierrez to leave earlier after he arrived with another family member following a concert the night before, according to the report. She said she went to bed thinking he was leaving soon.
The girl, who was crying, reportedly told police she was woke up to the sound of a man walking outside her bedroom door and threatening in a low voice to sexually assault her.
The girl said she yelled to her mother for help and the man continued to talk to her. She began pounding on her door hoping to scare him away and possibly wake her mother, at which time she decided to call 911.
Gutierrez allegedly told an officer he had been a boxer for more than 20 years and would hurt the officer once he got the handcuffs off.
Gutierrez was taken to the Porter County jail and faces two felony counts of intimidation, including one to law enforcement.
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Porter/LaPorte County Courts and Social Justice Reporter
Bob is a 23-year veteran of The Times. He covers county government and courts in Porter County, federal courts, police news and regional issues. He also created the Vegan in the Region blog, is an Indiana University grad and lifelong region resident.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the missing woman is encouraged to contact Gary police Detective Sgt. Mark Salazar at 219–881–1209 or dial 911.
A neighbor told police the defendant yelled, "I will kill everyone on the block. I don't care," before ramming his estranged wife's SUV and house with a pickup truck, according to court records. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/portage-girl-wakes-to-man-outside-her-bedroom-door-threatening-to-rape-her-police-say/article_16cd3f96-a9f4-5472-9045-efaf3cf2950b.html | 2022-08-23T13:24:10 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/portage-girl-wakes-to-man-outside-her-bedroom-door-threatening-to-rape-her-police-say/article_16cd3f96-a9f4-5472-9045-efaf3cf2950b.html |
GREENSBORO — The city has opened an online survey to help gather public input on the hiring of its next police chief.
The survey, which is open through Sept. 30, is at www.surveymonkey.com/r/T5QBLDQ. It includes topics such as key issues facing the police department and top priorities for the new police chief.
The results of the survey will be tabulated and shared by the consulting group Developmental Associates, according to a city news release.
There also are three virtual meetings this month to gather public comments.
The meetings will be held from 4:30-6 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday and Aug. 31.
Participants in Wednesday’s meeting can join via Zoom using the meeting ID: 82820353279, or by phone at 386-347-5053 and using passcode 660662.
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Participants in Thursday’s meeting can join via Zoom using the meeting ID: 86046639045, or by phone at 312-626-6799 and using passcode 144090.
Participants in the Aug. 31 meeting can join via Zoom using the meeting ID: 83468842155, or by phone at 669-444-9171 and using passcode 959723.
On April 18, Greensboro Police Chief Brian James announced his retirement from the department, effective May 31. James joined the department in 1996 and had served as the police chief since January 2020.
Interim Police Chief Teresa Biffle said Friday she is not interested in taking the position on a more permanent basis.
The position will be advertised after the search firm gathers input from the community and key stakeholders, said city spokesman Jake Keys. “We will work together to build a thorough profile of an ideal police chief at that point,” he said in an email.
The city doesn’t have a firm timeline of the hiring process, Keys said, but it hopes to have a new chief hired by the start of 2023. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/greensboro-adds-public-online-survey-to-help-with-selecting-a-new-police-chief/article_3e1cee34-2285-11ed-9026-8769a35d0503.html | 2022-08-23T13:24:49 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/greensboro-adds-public-online-survey-to-help-with-selecting-a-new-police-chief/article_3e1cee34-2285-11ed-9026-8769a35d0503.html |
DALLAS — Attorney General Ken Paxton’s non-binding legal opinion arguing that gender-affirming care for children could be considered child abuse sent shockwaves through the state agency responsible for investigating abuse, according to hundreds of Texas Department of Family and Protective Services emails.
The emails, obtained by WFAA through an open records request, highlight the agency’s scramble to understand the Feb. 21 opinion and subsequent Feb. 22 directive by Gov. Greg Abbott requiring DFPS to open child abuse investigations into transgender children undergoing gender-affirming care.
More than that, they reveal an uneasiness among some staff members when it came to enforcing Abbott's instructions.
Stephen Black, the DFPS associate commissioner for statewide intake, sent an email two days after Abbott's directive with two attachments giving “guidance and direction regarding how the department is to handle intakes related to gender transitioning.”
DFPS managers forwarded Black’s email to staff as they worked to understand the impact of Paxton’s opinion and how to internally handle Abbott’s directive.
“I know there are lots of feelings around this and more questions than answers right now,” wrote one DFPS manager in an email to staff. “This email is not the platform for opinions or discussion on this topic.”
Marina Yzaguirre, regional director for Child Protective Investigations in Edinburg, Texas, ordered that cases of “any intakes,” or children arriving into DFPS custody who are transgender, “must be escalated up for further guidance and direction” in a Feb. 23 email.
“We must treat these as normal investigations,” a regional director emailed on Feb. 24.
Warned a regional managing attorney to staffers in a March 1 email: “In regard to the AG opinion about gender reassignment, if program contacts you with any questions or wanting to staff a case with this issue, you need to notify me immediately and do not give any advice in regard to this subject.”
Abbott’s order directed DFPS to “conduct prompt and thorough investigations of any reported instances of Texas children being subjected to abusive gender-transitioning procedures.”
"We will need to discuss having a designated caseworker handle these special cases when they come up," an investigative program director wrote on Feb. 24. "It is being asked that these cases are worked thoroughly without text messages/emails to the family etc."
The American Psychiatric Association, American Medical Association, and American Academy of Pediatrics support gender-affirming care and consider it medically necessary treatment.
And, despite being asked not to do so, several employees expressed frustration and anger upon receiving Black’s email regarding Paxton’s legal opinion on Feb. 21.
“I will resign,” an employee wrote in an Feb. 24 email.
Less than an hour later, that employee sent an email to another staffer saying, “I have told my boss I will resign before I (report) on a family whose child is transitioning.”
It is unclear if the employee still works for DFPS.
In a Feb. 28 email, another employee spoke plainly about her feelings over the investigative order.
“Effing bull poop,” she wrote to a supervisor.
According to a new report by the Houston Chronicle, “nearly 2,300 employees have left the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services since the beginning of the year.”
Several told the Chronicle they left because of the directive to investigate transgender youth.
In April, more than half a dozen child abuse investigators told The Texas Tribune that they have either resigned or were actively job hunting because of the directive.
Currently, DFPS’s investigations are in legal limbo as the agency faces many legal challenges related to the order.
In all, DFPS had nine investigations related to Abbott's trans youth directive.
As of Aug. 23., eight of the investigations were closed, according to Marissa Gonzales, DFPS's media relations director. One case remains open.
"None of the investigations have resulted in a removal of a child," Gonzales said.
In May, the Texas Supreme Court allowed investigations to continue, but blocked at least one investigation into one family who is suing the state.
Over the summer, three more child abuse investigations into gender-affirming care were blocked in Travis County.
Either way, the emails shed light on the agency’s internal effort to understand the impact of Gov. Abbott’s order and Attorney General Paxton’s opinion.
“Not fully sure what this means for us at [Statewide Intake], but during the most recent legislative session our policy changed because of Texas law to add [physical abuse] for ‘sexual reassignment surgery for non-medical purposes,’” read an email from J.R. Uribe-Woods, a statewide intake supervisor, that was written on Feb. 23.
The state legislature failed to pass bills restricting gender-affirming care during its 2021 session.
But last August, in response to a request from Gov. Abbott, DFPS deemed gender reassignment surgery as child abuse except for the surgeries it deems “medically necessary” to correct “medically verifiable genetic disorders of sex development.”
Equality Texas, a statewide LGBTQ+ advocacy group, has criticized Abbott’s request.
“This is nothing more than another political attempt to stigmatize transgender people, their loving families and the healthcare providers who offer them lifesaving care,” CEO Ricardo Martinez said.
Medical experts widely agree that gender-affirming care rarely includes surgeries.
When needed, most treatment includes puberty or hormone blockers, which delays puberty, but can be reversed. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/gov-abbotts-order-to-investigate-trans-youth-elicited-anger-confusion-inside-state-protective-services-internal-emails-open-records/287-f42c4255-4a31-4a32-a63c-83ecb7de0d1b | 2022-08-23T13:42:06 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/gov-abbotts-order-to-investigate-trans-youth-elicited-anger-confusion-inside-state-protective-services-internal-emails-open-records/287-f42c4255-4a31-4a32-a63c-83ecb7de0d1b |
Join us today as we host our first interviews with candidates for the state Legislature.
At noon, our guest will be Mike Nickerson, the Democratic candidate for state Senate in Legislative District 17. At 1 p.m., our guest will be Brian Radford, one of the Democratic candidates for the state House in LD 17. At 4 p.m., we will host Democratic candidates Nancy Gutierrez and Chris Mathis and Republican candidate Linda Evans. They are running for the state House in LD 18.
On Aug. 25 at noon our guests will be LD 18 state Senate candidates Priya Sundareshan, a Democrat, and Stan Caine, a Republican.
We invite readers to attend the interviews, which will be conducted via Zoom. Email sbrown@tucson.com if you need the Zoom information emailed to you. Here is the invitation to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85030559366?pwd=MGtKTGZiMUhEancrejYrZXdKVWU2dz09
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The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer:
The lower basin states of California, Arizona and Nevada and the U.S. Department of the Interior are currently haggling over which states should accept further cuts in Colorado River water. None of these parties wants to be the “bad guy” and mandate actions that the public may complain about. The problem of the Colorado River flow has been developing for more than a century. All parties involved need to “man up” and accept cuts and serious conservation.
The Colorado River water was over-allocated to the adjoining states in the 1922 Pact. The level of flow in pre-1922 was not matched on average from 1922 to 2000. Since the megadrought began in the early 2000s, the average flow has further decreased by about one-fifth. The allocations were not accurate from the beginning and have been far off since 2000.
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Meanwhile, the Central Arizona Project (CAP) was built (1970-1992) while state populations in the lower basin skyrocketed. California’s population increased by 19.6 million (+98%) between 1970 and 2020 and Arizona added 5.4 million (+284%). Mary Beth Carlile, an early advocate for Catalina State Park and a former CAP board member, said that “CAP is a wonderful savior for us (Arizona) for a certain length of time, but there comes a time when even CAP won’t be able to do the job.”
With continued population growth in the lower basin states, demand would have eventually exceeded available CAP water. The megadrought from 2000 to the present just accelerated that process.
The dwindling flow of the Colorado River has significantly accelerated since 2014 as climate change worsens. Climate change is here to stay, and our water situation will likely only get worse. Recently, Arizona, California, Nevada and the federal government attempted to negotiate a grand bargain on water cuts. At least Nevada has already acted to lessen water use. Since 2003, the Las Vegas area has mandated cutbacks that have reduced per capita use by 47%. Arizona state government has done nothing in the way of major, mandatory regulations to cut water usage.
We cannot wait for desalination plants built in Mexico or the construction of a water canal from the Mississippi River. Neither of these proposals would happen in the next 20 years, nor would they be cost effective. They would require the cooperation of the federal government, numerous states, private landowners, and Mexico, a highly unlikely prospect. Arizona needs to follow the example set by Nevada and mandate major conservation measures.
Mandatory conservation is the cheapest solution and can happen the fastest. We can require low-flow toilets, limit yard irrigation, and other measures. Arizonans would likely cooperate with these and more measures if they are applied fairly to all. But if Arizona municipalities continue to permit the building of more residential units, low-flow toilets, et al will not solve anything. Why should current Arizona residents accept cutbacks to their water usage while new houses consume the water they saved?
The Arizona Department of Water Resources ruled in 2021 that developers in Pinal County cannot sell new residences unless they have an adequate, proven water source other than from groundwater pumping. With CAP cutbacks starting and likely to increase after January 2023, this may mean few new houses built in Pinal County. Announcing this policy, the AWDR stated that the Pinal County ruling “will occur [sometime] in every other Active Management Area in the future,” the Arizona Republic reported. That means the Phoenix and Tucson areas in the future.
It is time to rethink the state and local policies favoring automatic growth. If development must occur, government needs to mandate that it is highly water efficient. Arizona and its municipalities can act on their own to lessen water use. When the grand bargain is finally negotiated, Arizona will then be ahead of the game. Let’s cut water usage before we face a calamity.
James Williams is a resident of Oro Valley, a local historian, and author of “Claiming the Desert,” a history of early Oro Valley. | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-its-time-to-act-on-water-conservation/article_3389a5f6-2240-11ed-80de-eb98c0c9f16b.html | 2022-08-23T13:44:17 | 1 | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-its-time-to-act-on-water-conservation/article_3389a5f6-2240-11ed-80de-eb98c0c9f16b.html |
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If you’ve driven past Marana on I-10 lately, you’ve undoubtedly noticed the massive, high-density residential neighborhoods springing up seemingly overnight on both sides of the Tangerine Road exit. Drive a little deeper into town, perhaps along Twin Peaks Road, Thornydale Road, or into Dove Mountain and you’ll see countless more subdivisions — literally thousands of homes, apartments, and commercial spaces actively under construction.
And yet, the current town council’s thirst for development is apparently insatiable.
Next on the docket is a small 51-acre patch of pristine, undisturbed desert landscape on the southwest corner of Tangerine and Thornydale roads — currently zoned R-144 (one house per 3.3 acres), but slated for rezoning to multi-use (high-density, homes, apartments, commercial, assisted living — whatever the developer can get the most money for). This small parcel is a vital thoroughfare of both wildlife and water into the directly adjacent Sky Ranch Reserve development, which was mindfully constructed with a conscious habitat conservation plan that only allowed for developing just 20% of the available land while preserving the remaining 80% for our precious Sonoran Desert wildlife and fauna.
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A multi-use development is in direct contrast and opposition to the spirit in which this area has been developed for decades. If this parcel is allowed to be developed as proposed, it will almost certainly choke off a majority of the water and animals using this land to move freely and safely between the Sky Ranch Reserve and the Tortolita Mountains to the north. Restricted and redirected water flows could likely cause significant erosion damage to the existing infrastructure and even increased risk of localized flooding, while wildlife would be forced out of the safety of passing though the many culverts along this parcel and up onto Tangerine and Thornydale roads, where a much more tragic fate likely awaits.
And let’s not even get started on where the water for all these thousands of homes is coming from — I’m sure you’ve seen the news that Arizona is getting an additional CAP restriction added for 2023, which will bring us to a net 21% reduction of our previous allocation.
Continued high-density development is not a sustainable strategy for this already fragile area! If you agree and want to help curb the massive over-development of this beautiful area, please consider attending the next Town Planning Commission Meeting in the Council Chambers of the Marana Municipal Complex at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 31. Sign up to speak for three minutes and let the town council know that too much is in fact more than enough!
Kevin Kismet is a Sky Ranch Reserve resident, Tortolita Alliance member, and very concerned citizen. | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-maranas-race-to-overdevelopment/article_6631b0a0-222e-11ed-b9e2-7fe30248cdda.html | 2022-08-23T13:44:23 | 1 | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-maranas-race-to-overdevelopment/article_6631b0a0-222e-11ed-b9e2-7fe30248cdda.html |
Average daily flows
Snake River at Heise 9,350 cfs
Snake River at Blackfoot 2,213 cfs
Snake River at American Falls 9,770 cfs
Snake River at Milner 0 cfs
Little Wood River near Carey 210 cfs
Jackson Lake is 35% full.
Palisades Reservoir is 38% full.
American Falls Reservoir is 13% full.
Upper Snake River system is at 29% of capacity.
As of August 22. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/average-daily-streamflows/article_599cfc18-222a-11ed-897b-a3d8df79466f.html | 2022-08-23T13:52:28 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/average-daily-streamflows/article_599cfc18-222a-11ed-897b-a3d8df79466f.html |
'Until Someone Listens': Davenport girl's picture book tells story of mother's deportation
Picture book depicts mom's deportation from child's perspective
DAVENPORT — When Estela Juarez returned to school recently to begin eighth grade, she could tell her friends that she spent her summer making trips to the beach, exercising with her mom and caring for her pet turtle.
Oh, and recording an audio version of her first book.
“Until Someone Listens,” a picture book based on writings by the 13-year-old Davenport resident, will be issued Sept. 13 by Roaring Brook Press, an imprint of Macmillan. The 40-page book depicts the plight of Estela’s mother, Alejandra Juarez, an undocumented immigrant who was deported in 2018, from a child’s emotional perspective.
Juarez, 43, was allowed to return last year on humanitarian parole through U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and received a one-year extension in May.
The cover of the book, illustrated by Teresa Martinez, shows a cartoon version of Estela in shorts, a pink T-shirt and sneakers, standing defiantly as she speaks toward a phalanx of microphones and recorders held by unseen media members. The image symbolizes the attention Estela has drawn for her public advocacy on behalf of her mother, the wife of a Marine Corps veteran.
A subtitle reads, "A Story About Borders, Family, and One Girl's Mission."
“Some see people like my mom as ugly weeds that need to be plucked out of the dirt,” Estela writes in the book, co-written with an adult, Lissette Norman. “But they’re not weeds. They’re wildflowers, all with pretty shapes and colors, each one a different kind of beauty.”
'Until Someone Listens' is printed in both English and Spanish editions
The book, printed in both English and Spanish editions, derives from written ruminations Estela began keeping at age 8, during the process of her mother’s deportation in 2018.
“I think it was beautiful, the finished product of the book,” Estela said at her family’s Davenport home. “I think the illustrator did a great job.”
Alejandra Juarez’s story has become familiar through media reports in recent years. A native of Mexico, she illegally crossed the southern border into the United States at age 18 and was soon apprehended. Customs and Border Patrol agents gave her the options of going to a detention center or being released if she signed paperwork.
Juarez said she didn’t read English well enough to understand that by signing she had waived any future right to citizenship or a U.S. visa. She was taken back to Mexico and soon crossed back into the United States.
Juarez married Cuauthemos “Temo” Juarez, a former Marine and a U.S. citizen. They settled in Davenport and had two daughters, Pamela — now 20 — and Estela.
After being cited in a 2013 traffic stop, Juarez was ordered to report twice a year to an immigration office, but as someone with no criminal record she was not considered a priority for deportation during the Obama Administration.
After his election in 2016, President Donald Trump adopted a “zero-tolerance” policy on undocumented immigrants and Juarez was placed on a deportation list. Despite the pleas of her family and the efforts of U.S. Rep. Darren Soto, D-Kissimmee, on her behalf, Juarez left for Mexico on Aug. 3, 2018.
Estela soon joined her mother in Merida, Mexico, while her father and sister remained in Florida. Estela returned to Davenport in spring 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic emerged.
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Getting multiple offers
Alejandra Juarez gained renewed attention when she was featured in the 2019 Netflix documentary “Living Undocumented.” That yielded an invitation for Estela to record a segment broadcast during the virtual Democratic National Convention the following summer.
“The offer kind of came out of the blue to be on the National Democratic Convention,” Estela said. “I didn't really know about it until I was actually on it. I didn't know it was going to be that big, but I'm very thankful that I was on it.”
In the segment recorded in her bedroom, Estela read a statement addressed to Trump, who was then president. Noting that her father had voted for Trump in 2016, Estela said the president’s immigration policies had torn her family apart.
Soon after the convention, the Juarez family began hearing from major publishing companies.
“From what I've been told, multiple publishers saw it, and eventually we had to come down to one decision,” Estela said. “It was multiple publishers that have reached out because they saw the letter at the National Democratic Convention, and that's how I got the offer.”
She added: “It was really unexpected, but obviously I was really excited when I got the offer. I didn't even know that somebody my age could get a book, but it was a blessing.”
Macmillan, one of the “big five” publishers, assigned the book to Roaring Book Press, an imprint specializing in books for young readers. The publisher matched Estela with a ghost writer, Lissette Norman, and with Martinez, an illustrator based in Mexico.
Roaring Book Press said the volume is intended for children ages 4 through 8.
"My colleagues at Macmillan Children's Publishing Group and I were immediately impressed by how Estela, who was 8 at the time her mother was deported, found power in her voice and felt she could — and should — make sure she was heard,” Connie Hsu, Editorial Director for Roaring Brook Press, said by email. “As book lovers, we were also touched to discover that books like John Lewis' ‘March’ motivated Estela to take action and make change for herself and others.”
Hsu added: “We hope that like the books Estela read, young readers will also feel empowered to speak out when they see injustice. We also hope that families undergoing the same hardship of deportation and unfair immigration policies will find solace and hope in ‘Until Someone Listens,’ and that those new to this story will find empathy for Estela and her family and maybe even be inspired to support her mother's cause.”
“Until Someone Listens,” told from Estela’s perspective, conveys a sentimental version of Alejandra Juarez’s experiences. In describing her mother’s journey to “the other side of the river,” Estela doesn’t mention immigration laws or Alejandra’s initial capture by border agents.
Estela reveals that her mother attended high school after arriving in the United States, later working as a waitress and aspiring to become a lawyer.
Beginning with the cover illustration, Martinez uses the motif of a hummingbird to represent Estela. The girl said that her father affectionately nicknamed her “colibri,” Spanish for hummingbird, when she was small because of her energetic tendencies, which she said mirrored those of her mother.
The Juarez family’s late dog, Spot, also appears in some of the illustrations.
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Publisher pushes book
The book depicts the day when “a man from the government” came to the Juarez home and told Alejandra she would have to return to Mexico. Martinez depicts a 4-year-old Estela staring in fright from the dining room table with the official looming as an ominous shadow against a wall behind her.
“From then on, I never left her side,” Estela writes. “I was afraid to know a world without her in it.”
The book documents Estela’s growing activism, with illustrations showing her writing letters to members of Congress and the president and speaking at a lectern. The story ends with Alejandra Juarez still in Mexico and Estela imagining her returning to her family, like a hummingbird flying back.
Estela recorded an audio version of the book at a studio in Orlando.
Macmillan promoted “Until Someone Listens” with a prominent display at the American Library Association Conference and Exhibition in Washington, D.C. The School Library Journal Picture Book Palooza, a virtual event held in July, included a segment titled “Speaking Up, Changing the World,” in which Stephanie Ramirez of the Equal Justice Center in Texas moderated a discussion of Estela’s book.
The book has also drawn attention from the website Latina Moms.
Alejandra Juarez said that Estela has received invitations to other publishing events but has declined most of them, partly out of security concerns after the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Estela has already received a substantial advance on the book’s expected royalties. Her parents gave her a portion of the money, which she used mostly to buy clothes. The majority of the payment went into her college fund.
Money aside, Estela hopes her family might profit from the book by the attention it could bring to her mother’s plight.
“I think it could (help), if the right people read it, or if enough people read it,” she said. “I'm hoping they can make changes in the immigration law and help not just my family, but other family members or military families.”
Estela said she is at work on a follow-up project, a “chapter book” that would describe her family’s experiences in deeper detail. Though college is still five years away, Estela already has a future vocation in mind.
“Seeing how immigration laws have affected my family and other families, it's really got me thinking about what I want to be because time goes really fast,” she said, speaking with hummingbird rapidity. “And I want to be an immigration lawyer to help other families. Because even after all this time, like, the immigration laws haven't changed very much. And so I want to — even if the immigration laws don't change at all, I can be there to do my best to help other families.”
About the book
THE BOOK: "Until Someone Listens," by Estela Juarez with Lissette Norman, illustrated by Teresa Martinez, published by Macmillan.
PUBLISHING: Sept. 13
HOW TO PURCHASE: early orders at Amazon and bookstores; hardcopy $18.99, digital audio $1.99.
Gary White can be reached at gary.white@theledger.com or 863-802-7518. Follow on Twitter @garywhite13. | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2022/08/23/davenport-fl-estela-juarez-book-story-mother-immigration-plight/10246085002/ | 2022-08-23T13:53:30 | 1 | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2022/08/23/davenport-fl-estela-juarez-book-story-mother-immigration-plight/10246085002/ |
Recently released surveillance video shows the moments a man pulled out a gun and shot a witness who allegedly saw him stealing a catalytic converter in Northwest Philadelphia last week.
According to police, the ordeal happened August 17th, on 1 W. Pomona St. and Germantown Avenue shortly before 4 a.m., when four suspects tried to steal a catalytic converter from a parked van.
As the offenders fled the area, police said they were confronted by the vehicle’s owner and the block captain, however, one suspect later brandished a semi-automatic gun equipped with a laser sight and shot the captain once in the chest.
Two of the offenders immediately fled in a silver sedan while the others fled on foot on the 6300 block of Germantown Avenue towards Washington Lane.
The block captain was rushed to Einstein Medical Center where he was listed in critical condition.
The PPD asked that anyone who sees him call 911 immediately. People can also submit tips by calling or texting 215-686-TIPS (8477). Anonymous tips can also be submitted online. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/watch-thief-shoots-block-captain-after-being-caught-stealing-catalytic-converter/3342558/ | 2022-08-23T13:53:56 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/watch-thief-shoots-block-captain-after-being-caught-stealing-catalytic-converter/3342558/ |
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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/fort-wayne-mayor-says-jail-must-address-more-than-incarceration/article_e44959a6-224d-11ed-946a-5b3c8df350df.html | 2022-08-23T13:55:43 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fort-wayne-mayor-says-jail-must-address-more-than-incarceration/article_e44959a6-224d-11ed-946a-5b3c8df350df.html |
A handful of northeast Indiana school districts are operating under a two-hour delay today, including East Noble School Corp.
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A handful of northeast Indiana school districts are operating under a two-hour delay today, including East Noble School Corp.
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. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/school-closings-delays-aug-23/article_f474f058-22d2-11ed-acb5-5b46f7ecfdfd.html | 2022-08-23T13:55:49 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/school-closings-delays-aug-23/article_f474f058-22d2-11ed-acb5-5b46f7ecfdfd.html |
HENRY COUNTY, Ind. — As the new school year brings hopes and challenges, it also brings new technology for Henry County teachers.
School staff now has access to local law enforcement in the palm of their hands, thanks to a pair of school safety apps.
South Henry School Corporation is home to about 750 students all under one roof.
"We are a small, rural community," superintendent Jeremy Duncan said. "Every day, we are entrusted with our community's most precious assets, which is our children."
One school resource officer protects and serves K-12 classrooms inside, but leaders in Henry County are taking more steps to prepare for a worst-case scenario.
"It is always our goal to make sure our students are safe," Duncan said.
Using an app on their phones, teachers can communicate with first responders in seconds.
Duncan says for the teachers using the School Guard app, it is as simple as one, two, three.
"There is a large button here that says, 'report armed intruder and call 911,'" Duncan said. "When you click on that, you'll see there is a multi-step process here. It's going to ask you if you're sure, and then of course, you would click yes and slide across. That is the three-step process essentially."
Then, that alert immediately contacts all on- and off-duty law enforcement within 25 miles, cutting down on response times.
"This app essentially allows us to do that," Duncan said. "It essentially puts a panic button in the pocket of our teachers and our staff members. Especially for a school that's in a rural area, that's a huge deal. Seconds mean the possibility of lives."
Deputy Derek Bertrand, who grew up in Henry County and has been in local law enforcement for 10 years, helped bring this technology to the schools.
"I thought that this is something I really hear in Henry County, and so we really pushed to get it here," Bertrand said.
Bertrand said response time is the biggest benefit with the School Guard app.
"It sends out a notification to everyone in the school to lock down," Bertrand said, "and then, it simultaneously calls 911 and sends out to every on-duty and off-duty officer within a 25 miles radius to respond to the school."
Bertrand says Hero 911, which is the receiving app for law enforcement, gives officers a few options when responding to the alert. That includes whether an officer will be responding in uniform or plain clothes.
"Then it is going to give you an area of GPS location, what officers are coming, who hit the 'armed intruder,' and anything like that," Bertrand said.
Patrolman Chase Koger, of the New Castle Police Department, knows all too well how important response time can be.
One of the New Castle schools had a false alarm on the first day of school this year.
"It worked flawlessly with the communication from dispatch to the officers," Koger said. "We had our first officer in there within seconds and multiple officers inside the school within a minute."
Koger, who grew up in New Castle and has worked for the police department for nine years, said this kind of advancement could save lives across the county.
"The way we can break down a call to dispatch just simplifies everything and gets bodies into buildings quicker," Koger said.
"This gives us the information quickly," Bertrand said. "We can start that way, and then dispatcher can start deciphering through it while we are on our way."
The school app also has options for everyday use, like allowing teachers to call for help if there is a fight or medical emergency.
There is a "principal push," which allows school leaders to send direct messages to the entire school, like during severe weather, for example.
For Bertrand, whose children attend the school and whose wife teaches there, this system means a little more.
"Anything I can do, I really want to," Bertrand said. "We can never do too much to make sure that our kids are safe."
Organizers say there is a third app, called Guard 911, used in county buildings to protect county employees and guests. It operates the same way as the School Guard app.
"It's one of those things that I would rather have it and not need it, than need it and not have it," Bertrand said.
Bertrand said the system does come at a cost, but Henry County commissioners have picked up the tab for the entire first year. He said schools will be responsible for the monthly fees after that. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/henry-county-teachers-now-equipped-with-lifesaving-technology-contact-police-indiana/531-b6e78c0a-8c8f-4783-8548-744c2a01271d | 2022-08-23T13:57:06 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/henry-county-teachers-now-equipped-with-lifesaving-technology-contact-police-indiana/531-b6e78c0a-8c8f-4783-8548-744c2a01271d |
WATERLOO — Waterloo’s former top cop has landed a job protecting the Mile High City’s mass transit system.
Joel Fitzgerald will be sworn in Tuesday as the chief of the Denver Regional Transportation District’s police and emergency management division during a ceremony at the city's Union Station, according to a news release on the organization's website.
The department is responsible for customer safety and security across the eight counties and 40 cities of the Denver, Colorado, metro area.
“I am a person of integrity, and I care about the people we serve,” Fitzgerald said in the release. “I set expectations high for interactions with people. It is important to be someone who beats crime and builds legitimacy and trust in the community.”
Fitzgerald was hired as the Waterloo police chief in 2020 and he announced he was leaving last week for a position in Colorado.
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Denver RTD officials said Fitzgerald was selected to lead the division following a nationwide search.
Debra Johnson, chief executive officer of the district, said Fitzgerald’s career reflects a commitment to integrity, conceptual leadership that promotes procedural justice and evidence-based strategies to abate crime.
“Joel is a courageous leader,” Johnson said in the release. “He builds coalitions, he is focused on strategic planning and he has expanded community policing everywhere he has served – all elements that are important to RTD. He is committed to the betterment of the community in his approach.”
Fitzgerald said he would like to pursue statewide accreditation for the RTD’s transit police and would like to see the division become “the place where police officers from other departments want to serve.”
The district’s Transit Police division encompasses the chief of police, one deputy chief, one administrative lieutenant, four sergeants and a team of transit police officers. The division is supported by two 911 dispatch centers, a video investigation unit and more than 600 contracted police and uniformed security officers. Its jurisdiction spans RTD’s service district of nearly 2,400 square miles. Its annual operating budget is $28 million.
The agency’s former chief, Robert “Bob” Grado, stepped down in March. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/fitzgerald-named-police-chief-of-denvers-regional-mass-transit-system/article_77962e17-b8ea-5531-90a1-7e9a345708cf.html | 2022-08-23T14:02:34 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/fitzgerald-named-police-chief-of-denvers-regional-mass-transit-system/article_77962e17-b8ea-5531-90a1-7e9a345708cf.html |
CEDAR FALLS — The Art and Culture Board will welcome the new head of the Hearst Center for the Arts virtually over Zoom on Wednesday at its 5 p.m. public meeting.
Cory Hurless, the program manager for art, music and graphics at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, has been hired as the city’s next cultural programs supervisor, or what’s otherwise known as the director of the city’s fine arts center at 304 W. Seerley Blvd.
According to Amanda Huisman, communications specialist and city spokesperson, Hurless will start in late September.
Hurless replaces Heather Skeens, who held the title for four years and left in April to work for the nonprofit Waterloo Youth Art Team as its development and operations director.
In a recent survey of members, Charles Blair-Broeker, a club spokesperson, said the number one priority was beginning the process to increase the number of courts.
Hurless’ LinkedIn page indicates she’s been with the city airport for about six years as its program manager and, previously, as its culture and arts education coordinator.
“She has had previous positions at the Pearce Museum at Navarro College (Texas) and Tarble Arts Center (Illinois),” Huisman said in an email. “Her experience in curating, developing programs, and arranging performances fits with the Hearst Center for the Arts.”
Several homeowners were out on their porches and in their yards Thursday between 6:30 and 8 p.m. to share fun facts and old photographs.
According to her LinkedIn page, Hurless had a few jobs in the Midwest, specifically Michigan and Illinois, after obtaining her bachelor’s degree in art history and anthropology from Grand Valley State University and master’s degree in history with a focus on museums from Eastern Illinois University.
The city listed the position as being available April 15 with a salary ranging from $63,660 to $103,434.
Hurless was one of six candidates who took part in the city’s civil service hiring process, according to city documents.
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The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced Friday that it had immediately suspended the warehouse and grain dealer licenses for the Jesup-based store.
City Council was informed a 'pedestrian bridge' was constructed on private property, near where Eden Way and Andy Avenue merge, as 'a short cut' to get to school.
The former vice president told the crowd that 'Today our country is almost unrecognizable compared to the days of security and prosperity of the Trump-Pence administration.'
In a recent survey of members, Charles Blair-Broeker, a club spokesperson, said the number one priority was beginning the process to increase the number of courts.
The restrictions involve Sunset Street, Iowa Street, Third Avenue Southwest and Fourth Avenue Southwest. Officials argue they are necessary for safety and to alleviate traffic congestion. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/cedar-falls-finds-its-next-director-to-lead-hearst-center-for-the-arts/article_afda3369-60a6-5b52-a5c5-f525a650c9b2.html | 2022-08-23T14:02:40 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/cedar-falls-finds-its-next-director-to-lead-hearst-center-for-the-arts/article_afda3369-60a6-5b52-a5c5-f525a650c9b2.html |
WATERLOO — The deadline for paying the first installment of real estate and mobile home taxes is Sept. 30.
Real estate, mobile home and special assessment bills were mailed out last week.
If paying by mail, taxpayers are advised to have a post office postmark date of Sept. 30 to avoid interest accruing on Oct. 1. Payment can be made to the Black Hawk County Treasurer at 316 East Fifth St., Waterloo, IA 50703.
Include the payment stub from the tax bill along with the check. If a receipt is wanted, include the entire bill and a stamped, self-addressed envelope with the payment.
The treasurer also accepts Visa, MasterCard or Discover cards. There is a 2.25% non-refundable service delivery fee for credit cards and a $2 fee for debit cards.
The treasurer’s office in the Black Hawk County courthouse is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Payments may also be deposited in a secured drop box on the parking lot side of the courthouse.
The taxes can also be paid online with Visa, MasterCard, and Discover cards or electronic checks at iowatreasurers.org. The same fees apply if using a credit card. Electronic checks have a fee of 25 cents per transaction.
Interest will accrue at the rate of 1.5% per month beginning Oct. 1.
Iowa property tax credit claim forms will be accepted until Sept. 30. Residents can qualify for this credit if their income is below $24,354 and they are over 65 or 100% disabled or if their total household income is less than 250% of the poverty level and they are older than 70 by Dec. 31. If filing due to being disabled, a current year of proof of disability is required.
For further information, residents are asked to call (319) 833-3013.
Residents called 911 shortly before 10:20 p.m. Sunday after hearing gunshots in the 1000 block of West Fifth Street, where police found the person dead on the sidewalk.
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced Friday that it had immediately suspended the warehouse and grain dealer licenses for the Jesup-based store. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/real-estate-and-mobile-home-taxes-due-sept-30/article_17892a58-9c84-5e03-b490-653413824d53.html | 2022-08-23T14:02:47 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/real-estate-and-mobile-home-taxes-due-sept-30/article_17892a58-9c84-5e03-b490-653413824d53.html |
WATERLOO – Taking waste to the landfill will be less expensive for one day in September.
The City of Waterloo is sponsoring a city-wide clean-up “buck day” Sept. 10 from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Waste Management Services, 3505 Easton Ave. It is open for all Waterloo residents.
Each vehicle entering the site will be charged $2. Major household appliances will be charged $1 each, with a limit of three items. This includes air conditioners, refrigerators, washers and dryers, dishwashers, stoves, furnaces and water heaters, among other items.
Tires will cost $4 per tire. Automobile and pick-up truck tires, with or without rims, will be accepted. No tractor or semi tires will be accepted.
Bulk trash, such as electronics, furniture, clothing, lumber, carpet, housewares and bicycles, will be allowed. Trash that would normally go in a garbage bin cannot be brought in. Waste management asks people to use their garbage services for smaller trash.
Residents called 911 shortly before 10:20 p.m. Sunday after hearing gunshots in the 1000 block of West Fifth Street, where police found the person dead on the sidewalk.
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced Friday that it had immediately suspended the warehouse and grain dealer licenses for the Jesup-based store. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/waterloos-city-wide-clean-up-set-for-sept-10/article_41236daa-ff14-5e2d-b690-4c77586e0bc7.html | 2022-08-23T14:02:53 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/waterloos-city-wide-clean-up-set-for-sept-10/article_41236daa-ff14-5e2d-b690-4c77586e0bc7.html |
PHOENIX — Editor's note: The above video aired when the census began.
A first-of-its-kind survey has documented more than 8,000 saguaros in the Valley with the help of citizen volunteers. And the survey results show many of the cacti are damaged.
The survey, started back in May by the Desert Botanical Garden, aimed to find out just how at-risk saguaros found in the Valley's urban sprawl are compared to other saguaros in the desert wild. The survey relied on more than 300 everyday people that signed up to volunteer and collect data through the DBG Saguaro Census initiative through the free iNaturalist app here.
Around 1,000 of the more than 8,000 saguaros recorded in Phoenix, Tempe, Mesa Gilbert, and Chandler were damaged, the garden said in an Instagram post. Researchers will now start taking samples to find out how at-risk the Arizona icon is.
The garden was getting numerous reports of people noticing saguaros looking a little stressed, especially in urban areas.
“They were seeing entire plants falling," Dr. Tania Hernandez, New World Succulents Cactus Scientist at the Desert Botanical Garden, previously told 12News.
In response, researchers started a database to help keep track of the health of the cacti population in commercial and residential areas.
More than 300 residents have reportedly volunteered to help researchers by offering their saguaros for sampling. The garden did not give a specific date as to when the sampling phase would be completed.
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UM study to help those with autism improve driving
Ann Arbor — University of Michigan researchers are studying how well people with autism spectrum disorder can detect road hazards, and plan to assist the young motorists in sharpening their driving skills.
The upcoming effort will be the second phase of a project funded by Ford Motor Co. that teams the Ann Arbor university with a local driving school.
During phase one of the study, researchers found that students with autism spectrum disorder detected fewer hazards than control participants during simulated drives.
But, according to lead researcher Elise Hodges, some extra work behind the wheel did the trick.
“Those folks that underwent training improved in two-thirds of hazards in the simulated drive,” said Hodges, a clinical associate professor in the University of Michigan’s neuropsychology program.
Tate Ellwood-Mielewski, who was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at age 3, is among those who plan to get back in the driver’s seat for phase two of the study.
“I do want to be able to drive ... and get places where I want to go,” said Ellwood-Mielewski, a 23-year-old from Ann Arbor whose mother, Debbie Mielewski, was instrumental in pulling together the partners to make the study happen.
Mielewski had been harboring a growing concern about how her son would fare in the future with no driver’s license and his parents no longer around.
So, Mielewski, a technical fellow of sustainability at Ford, approached her boss in 2018 “and just blurted out: “Would you support a program to help autistic spectrum kids to learn how to drive?”
“And he immediately said, ‘Yes!’”
Ann Arbor Academy, a school for students with learning and social differences, hosted driving lessons. Hodges designed the simulated drives and oversaw the study. Ford footed the bill.
The goal, in part, was to provide an opportunity for those with autism spectrum disorder to improve their driving skills.
“Many of them … would like to drive, but getting from wanting to drive and being able to drive are two different things,” Hodges said.
Indeed, the first phase of the study found that, in addition to detecting hazards, students with autism tended to slow down and “stop short” in front of stop signs.
Hodges said she hopes the individualized driving sessions planned for phase two will bear fruit.
Either way, programs like this can go a long way toward helping those with autism overcome their doubts, Debbie Mielewski said.
“If we can just free them to think that they can do anything, I really think they can,” she said. “They need support. We should support them.”
Hodges said she hopes similar programs appear elsewhere.
“In the best-case scenario, I would hope that parents would learn that their teens or young adults who have ASD actually may be able to drive successfully,” she said. “And there may be some tools out there that they may not have been aware of.”
The second phase is expected to start in a month or two, Hodges said. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/23/university-of-michigan-autism-driving-study/7872493001/ | 2022-08-23T14:16:12 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/23/university-of-michigan-autism-driving-study/7872493001/ |
A flurry of students and vehicles are about to descend on Northern Arizona University in numbers not seen since the pandemic began. That’s according to Joe Tritschler with the NAU Police Department, who said campus has been much quieter these past two years.
“It was really different; people were kind of hesitant to come,” Tritschler explained. “Some came and didn’t like the setup and went home to do their coursework virtually. That’s okay. This year, I think people are in a good place.”
He said he couldn’t be happier to see the Mountain Campus come alive again, but that’s balanced with the understanding that NAU’s population can rival that of a small city, and that poses challenges to a relatively small police force.
“Our shortcomings are our staffing here. Unfortunately, like every other police agency in the country, we are looking for good people.” He said. NAUPD is staffed with state-certified officers with the same academy experience and training as officers at any police department in Arizona. Even criminal justice program graduates don’t always end up working for NAUPD.
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“We’ve had good student workers who went on to be officers and deputies in their home communities. We’re very proud and excited to see them joining the profession. We wish some would stay here, but even going over to Flagstaff Police or Coconino County Sheriff’s Office? I understand. If you don’t want to work on a campus, but you want to work in the woods, you go to the sheriff’s office. It’s a good department. It’s just been hard trying to find that perfect person who really wants to help young people, for starters,” he said.
In the weeks leading up to move-in, Tritschler was able to hire a handful of student workers. He said they will play a key role in helping newly minted or returning lumberjacks to adjust back to campus life.
“The new folks and the returning folks that we have available will be on the streets trying to keep people moving. It will be a challenge — mainly because we haven’t had this many people for a couple of years,” Tritshcler said.
For locals, avoiding the area around the university during move-in and graduation weeks is nearly a tradition. NAU police say that’s a great practice — especially this year.
“Move-in week, we ask for people’s patience. We know University Avenue between Milton Road and going across campus…it’s going to be difficult. We’ll have our video message boards put out, advising the community who travels through campus to get to and from work or to shopping so that they’re aware," Tritschler said. “We do ask for people to drive cautiously, especially if you’re going through campus. We don’t want those negative interactions between cars, people, bikes.”
As traffic returns to the pedways and parking lots between Gabaldon Hall and Old Main, police are also expecting the return of crimes they address every year.
“Traditionally -- and we haven’t seen a normal year for a while now -- there is a lot of bike theft. Bike theft is one of those issues where people bring very nice bikes to campus and they put a $5 or a $10 lock on it that you could cut with bolt cutters or even wire cutters in many cases. So we want to encourage them to protect their property, especially the bikes.”
Protecting property extends to other belongings as well. Tritschler has been with NAU for a number of years and said there’s a period where students are beginning to adjust to life on campus. He calls it “learning the NAU way.” In that time, laptops are sometimes left out in libraries and dorm room doors are propped open. Neither of those things are good, he said, and he encourages students to be aware of their surroundings and keep their doors secured.
“Normally valuable items are only two or three feet from that door. If the door’s open and somebody’s walking by? An item might not be safe,” he said.
There’s another old-school safety measure that’s still useful, but has a slightly different purpose as the 2022 school year kicks off: the "blue-light" system. Blue lights are introduced to students during orientation, and they’re simple to spot. The lights are mounted into booths alongside emergency phones. They were meant to offer an easy point of contact for students to reach police dispatch.
“They’ve been useful in several instances, so that’s why they’re still around. Now with our updated 9-1-1 system, we have the same program as Flag (PD) -- when someone calls 9-1-1 we’re able to gather a location immediately. A blue phone is great if you see a fire. If you see a car collision. If they know that they’re safe in that location, they can certainly use the blue phone,” Tritschler said. “Other than that, use your cellphone. Identify yourself as being on campus, where you’re at, and what the emergency is.
"If someone were to be following you, you’re not stuck in one spot. You can head to a place where there are lights and people and seek some help that way. That way, we’ll know exactly where you are. If the situation changes we don’t want people standing at a phone waiting for an officer if they feel they’re in danger.”
A more modern tool students are encouraged to use is the NAU Safe App. Downloaders can opt in to receive push notifications designed to keep the campus community informed about potential safety hazards or threats. The smartphone application also allows students to request an NAU Police escort, share their location with a friend, contact dispatch for assistance and even ask for help with car trouble.
For more information, visit https://in.nau.edu/police-department. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/traffic-back-ups-and-blue-lights-naupd-prepares-for-busy-move-in-week/article_562f2428-2254-11ed-98c4-4bba8d5ccdbb.html | 2022-08-23T14:18:48 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/traffic-back-ups-and-blue-lights-naupd-prepares-for-busy-move-in-week/article_562f2428-2254-11ed-98c4-4bba8d5ccdbb.html |
Chesterfield County police said one was person was killed in a crash on Midlothian Turnpike Tuesday morning.
Police in a statement said a 2007 Honda Civic was traveling west on Midlothian Turnpike "at a high rate of speed" and came in contact with a 2016 Ford F-150 traveling in the same direction. Both vehicles went off the road and the Honda struck a utility pole and overturned, police said.
The driver of the Honda was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. The victim's name is being held until notification of the next of kin.
An occupant of the F-150 was transported to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact police at 804-748-1251 or Crime Solvers at 804-748-0660 or through the P3 app.
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Updated at 9:24 a.m.
The state Department of Transportation said eastbound lanes of Midlothian Turnpike near Old Hundred Road have reopened following a crash.
Westbound lanes were closed and a detour is in place.
Our earlier story ...
A crash on Tuesday morning closed all lanes of Midlothian Turnpike near Old Hundred Road.
Midlothian Turnpike/Route 60 (Chesterfield) - All eastbound and westbound lanes are closed near Old Hundred Road (Route 652) due to a crash.
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Get ready for an immersive dinosaur experience coming to Kissimmee.
Jurassic Jungle Live will be delighting audience members with the “largest touring dinosaur show in the U.S.” between Aug. 26-28 at the Kissimmee Civic Center.
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During the show there will be mind-blowing effects, professional puppeteers and some of the most realistic dinosaurs on display during the 55-minute production, according to its website.
The show centers around a team of conservationists who try to help dinosaurs from an evil professor. Throughout the show, 11 dinosaurs will be introduced.
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- Police are searching for an individual they say is responsible for spraying two men on two separate occasions this past Sunday with a fire extinguisher in a series of possible hate crimes in Brooklyn.
- The first reported incident involved a 72-year-old man said he was approached by an unknown group and sprayed, police said.
- Another victim, a 66-year-old man, was sprayed and punched in a separate incident, police said.
Police are searching for an individual they say is responsible for spraying two men on two separate occasions this past Sunday with a fire extinguisher in a series of possible hate crimes in Brooklyn.
According to police, on Sunday, at around 6:06 a.m. police responded to a 911 call in the vicinity of Taylor Street and Lee Avenue. Once police arrived, a 72-year-old man said he was approached by a group of unidentified individuals, and one sprayed him with a powder from a fire extinguisher, police said, adding that apparently words were not exchanged between the two parties leading up to the attack.
Police said they responded to another call that same day in the area of Roebling and 3rd streets for a similar attack to a 66-year-old man who was also sprayed on with fire extinguisher and then punched by an individual in a group that approached him. The man refused medical attention on scene.
The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the two incidents.
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BLOOMINGTON — McLean County prosecutors have filed charges against a Bloomington man after they say correctional officers found cocaine on him in the county jail.
Christopher M. Adams, 47, was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance in a penal institution, a Class 1 felony, and unlawful possession of a controlled substance, a Class 1 felony.
Assistant State's Attorney Aaron Fredrick said a correctional officer saw a gambling chip — an item not allowed in the jail — on Adams' bunk on Sunday. A further search led to the discovery of a crystal that field tested positive for cocaine.
Bond for the charges was set at $50,000 as a 10% bond, meaning Adams would have to post $5,000 plus fees to be released. His next court appearance on the matter is an arraignment on Sept. 16.
Updated mug shots from The Pantagraph
Aaliyah J. Gray
Aaliyah J. Gray
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Aaron J. Zielinski
Aaron J. Zielinski, 28, of Plainfield, was sentenced to four years on probation for unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine. A charge of unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver was dismissed.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Aaron Parlier
Aaron M. Parlier , 40, was sentenced Jan. 14 to 450 years in prison after he was found guilty in a bench trial of 10 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a minor and 10 counts of child pornography production.
Ade A. McDaniel
Ade A. McDaniel , 40, of North Miami Beach, Florida, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, a Class 1 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Aikee Muhammad
Aikee Muhammad , 19, is charged with two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Albert F. Matheny
Albert F. Matheny , 35, of Bloomington, was sentenced Jan. 10 to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than five grams of methamphetamine.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Alexandria S. Macon
Macon
MCLEAN COUTNY JAIL
Alexis S. Williams
Alexis S. Williams, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Alicia L. Rodriguez
Alicia L. Rodriguez, 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery and domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Amari M. McNabb
Amari M. McNabb , 23, of Country Club Hills , was sentenced to 28 years in prison for murder and mob action for his involvement in the 2019 fatal shooting of Juan Nash, 25, in Bloomington. He was found guilty in a jury trial of those charges, but the jury found him not guilty of discharge of a firearm.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Amari S. Buchanon
Amari S. Buchanon, 25, of Normal, was sentenced to 16 days in jail. She earned credit for eight days served in jail. She pleaded guilty to one count of possessing a firearm without a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andre D. Seals
Andre D. Seals , 37, of Champaign, is charged with aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andrew L. Stanley
Andrew L. Stanley , 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years on probation for one count of arson. He pleaded guilty to setting his home on fire while a woman and a teenage girl were inside. One count of aggravated arson was dismissed in a plea agreement.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Anthony R. Fairchild
Anthony R. Fairchild , 51, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of burglary and theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Antonio R. Ross
Antonio R. Ross , 28, of Springfield, was sentenced March 24 to two and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of retail theft. All other charges were dismissed. He also was ordered to pay $7,305 in restitution. Ross earned credit for previously serving 239 days in jail.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ashley R. Schneiderheinze
Ashley R. Schneiderheinze, 32, is charged with unlawful possession of:
15 to 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) 15 to 100 grams of cocaine (Class 1 felony) 15 to 100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony) Less than 15 grams of alprazolam (Class 4 felony) Less than 15 grams of clonazepam (Class 4 felony) 30 to 100 grams of cannabis (Class A misdemeanor) She also is charged with two counts of permitting the unlawful use of a building.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Austin S. Waller
Austin S. Waller, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of burglary at a Bloomington smoke shop. He is separately charged with three counts of burglary at the Corn Crib.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Billy J. Braswell
Billy J. Braswell , 39, of Wapella, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and four counts of methamphetamine possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon E. Reynolds
Brandon E. Reynolds, 35, of LeRoy, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation for a charge of grooming.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon E.J. Frieburg
Brandon E.J. Frieburg, 29, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 100 to 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class X felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon J. Black
Brandon J. Black, 33, of Decatur, is charged with child pornography (Class X felony), attempt to produce child pornography (Class 3 felony), sexual exploitation of a child and grooming (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brenden P. Cano
Brenden P. Cano , 23, of LeRoy, was sentenced to eight years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of child pornography production.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brennen M. Whiteside
Brennen M. Whiteside, 33, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of vehicular invasion and aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brettais J. Lane
Brettais J. Lane, 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance in a public park and ulawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
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Brian D. Stewart
Brian D. Stewart, 48, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Caleb W. Collier
Caleb W. Collier, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class 1 and 2 felonies). He is accused of possessing between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine and less than 1 gram of cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Calvin E. Young
Calvin E. Young , 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of cocaine.
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Carlos L. Hogan
Carlos L. Hogan , 33, of Decatur, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 30-500 grams of cannabis. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Carrie Funk
Carrie Funk , 54, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of criminal neglect of an elderly person.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Cedric J. Haynes
Cedric J. Haynes , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with nine counts of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Charles L. Bell
Charles L. Bell , 33, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery (Class X felony), two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felonies), aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 2 felony), unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon (Class 2 felony), and violation of the Illinois Firearm Identification Card Act (Class 3 felony).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Chester Johnson
Chester Johnson, 69, of Chicago, was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christina D. Noonan
Christina D. Noonan , 42, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christina E. Dickey
Christina E. Dickey, 37, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christopher M. Adams
Christopher M. Adams
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christopher A. Johnson
Christopher A. Johnson, 29, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), possession of less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of a controlled substance (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christopher Garza
Christopher O. Garza, 35, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christopher L. Anderson
Christopher L. Anderson, 40, of Downs, was sentenced to 167 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Clinton A. Page
Clinton A. Page , 29, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 24 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery of a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Connor M. Mink
Connor M. Mink, 18, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful:
Possession of 5-15 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony) Possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 1 gram of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of alprazolam (Class 4 felony) Possession of 30-500 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 3 felony) Possession of 10-30 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 4 felony)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Cordaiz J. Jones
Cordaiz J. Jones, 35, was sentenced to 142 days in jail in June 2022 for aggravated battery to a peace officer. He was originally charged with two counts of aggravated battery (Class 2 felonies), stalking (Class 4 felony) and two counts of misdemeanor resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Corey B. Dowell
Corey B. Dowell , 24, of Bloomington, is charged with failure to report an accident or injury.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Corey K. Butler
Corey K. Butler , 19, of Champaign, is charged with possession of a stolen firearm and two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Corey W. Elizondo
Corey W. Elizondo, 31, of Peoria, is charged with possession of a stolen or converted stolen vehicle and theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Courtney A. Boyd
Courtney A. Boyd, 27, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Craig O. Harrington
Craig O. Harrington , 23, of Chicago, was sentenced to 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to one count of burglary.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Daniel Wilcox
Daniel Wilcox, 22, of New Concord, Kentucky, is charged with five counts each of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felonies) and criminal sexual abuse, which are charged as Class A misdemeanors.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Darrius D. Robinson
Darrius D. Robinson , 29, of Normal, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Darrius J. Heard
Darrius J. Heard, 21, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was sentenced to six days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David L. Hendricks
David L. Hendricks, 44, of Clearwater, Florida, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David S. Fry
David S. Fry , 70, of Normal, is charged with 45 counts of child pornography. Sixteen of the charges are a Class 2 felony and 29 charges are a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal, 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of 15-100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony), and possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Davis W. Hopkins
Davis W. Hopkins , 25, of Chenoa, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine, a Class X felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Demarcus J. Heidelberg
Demarcus J. Heidelberg, 24, of Belleville, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Deon K. Moore
Deon K. Moore, 26, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Derail T. Riley
Derail T. Riley , 35, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and five counts of Class 4 felony domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Destinee M. Nuckolls
Destinee M. Nuckolls, 23, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine and permitting unlawful use of a building.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Destiny D. Brown
Destiny D. Brown , 39, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, three counts of methamphetamine possession and one count of methamphetamine delivery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dexter D. McCraney
Dexter D. McCraney , 38, of Normal, is charged with one count each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Donna Osborne
Donna Osborne, 52, of Decatur, is charged with two counts of burglary (Class 2 felonies) and one count each of retail theft (Class 3 felony) and theft (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Donnell A. Taylor
Donnell A. Taylor , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dontae D. Gilbert
Dontae D. Gilbert , 31, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 36 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated domestic battery-strangulation.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dontel D. Crowder
Dontel D. Crowder , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies, and harboring a runaway, Class A misdemeanor.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Duane K. Martin
Duane K. Martin, 34, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, three counts of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine and four counts of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dujuan L. Enos
Dujuan L. Enos, 48, of Normal, was sentenced to 14 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of fentanyl.
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Edward L. Holmes
Edward L. Holmes , 50, of Bloomington, is charged with the following:
Controlled substance trafficking of between 400 and 900 grams of cocaine Unlawful possession of between 400 and 900 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver Controlled substance trafficking of between 100 and 400 grams of cocaine Unlawful possession of between 100 and 400 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver Methamphetamine trafficking of between 100 and 400 grams of a substance containing meth Unlawful possession of between 100 and 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver Methamphetamine trafficking of between 15 and 100 grams of meth Unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Elizabeth A. Johnson
Elizabeth A. Johnson, 40, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Emmitt A. Simmons
Emmitt A. Simmons, 21, of LeRoy, is charged with indecent solicitation of a child (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Enrique D. Sosa
Enrique D. Sosa, 55, of Spanish Fork, Utah, is charged with theft, financial institution fraud, wire fraud and two counts of computer fraud.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Eric E. Seymon
Eric E. Seymon , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with eight counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Fenwrick M. Bartholomew
Fenwrick M. Bartholomew , 51, of Normal, was sentenced to three years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Frankie L. Hutchinson
Frankie L. Hutchinson , 22, of Chicago, was sentenced to 60 days in jail, plus 30 months of probation, after pleading guilty July 2022 to illegal possession of stolen vehicle parts. He was previously charged with one count of aggravated unlawful possession of stolen vehicle parts, two counts of unlawful possession of stolen vehicle parts, two counts of aggravated fleeing a peace officer and two counts of criminal damage to property.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Franklin P. Roberts
Franklin P. Roberts, 50, of Bloomington, is charged with threatening a public official (Class 2 felony) and domestic battery (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Geno A. Borrego
Geno A. Borrego , 23, of Pontiac, is charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
George E. Wisehart
George E. Wisehart, 44, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and two counts of meth possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Gordan D. Lessen
Gordan D. Lessen , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of domestic battery as a subsequent offense, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Gregory A. Spence
Gregory A. Spence , 39, of Bartonville, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Hannah J. Jackson
Hannah J. Jackson , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Hunter A.W. Williamson
Hunter A.W. Williamson, 23, of Heyworth, is charged with cannabis trafficking and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class X felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Hunter C. Kellenberger
Hunter C. Kellenberger , 24, of Pekin, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. A meth possession charge was dismissed.
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Inez J. Gleghorn
Inez J. Gleghorn, 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm in connection to an April 2021 stabbing in Bloomington. Other battery charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaccob L. Morris
Jaccob L. Morris , 20, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jacob S. Upton
Jacob S. Upton, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jacob Z. Kemp
Jacob Z. Kemp , 32, is charged with three counts of aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jahda R. Davis
Jahda R. Davis, 20, of Normal, is charged with aggravated battery and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jahni A. Lyons
Jahni A. Lyons , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Jalen A. Davis
Jalen A. Davis , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of child pornography possession (Class X felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jamakio D. Chapell
Jamakio D. Chapell , 28, of Montgomery, Alabama, is charged with four counts of Class 2 felony aggravated battery, misdemeanor resisting a peace officer and 11 traffic charges, including driving under the influence of alcohol.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James Canti
James Canti, 48, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of heroin.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James E. Chase
James E. Chase , 52, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James L. Fields
James L. Fields , 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaren K. Jackson-Coates
Jaren K. Jackson-Coates, 24, of Peoria, is charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jason M. Harris
Jason M. Harris , 33, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated arson (Class X felony), residential arson (Class 1 felony) and two counts of arson (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jason R. Roof
Jason R. Roof , 46, of Heyworth, was sentenced March 28 to five and a half years in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jason S. Russell
Jason S. Russell , 22, of Chicago, is charged with attempted possession or sale of stolen car parts, a Class 2 felony, and resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Javares L. Hudson
Javares L. Hudson , 21, of Bloomington, is charged in federal court with possession of a machine gun. He was initially charged in McLean County court with two counts of unlawful use of a weapon-machine gun parts. One charge is a Class X felony and the other is a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Javon T. Murff
Javon T. Murff, 19, of Normal, is charged with two counts aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felony), robbery (Class 2 felony), possession of a stolen firearm (Class 2 felony), two counts aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 4 felony), two counts reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jawarren L. Clements
Jawarren L. Clements, 25, of Peoria, is charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaylin M. Caldwell
Jaylin M. Caldwell , 21, of Bloomington, was sentenced to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jerail M. Myrick
Jerail M. Myrick , 26, of Springfield, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jesse S. Duncan
Jesse S. Duncan, 28, of Bloomington, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. He pleaded guilty to criminal damage to property with a value of between $500 and $10,000.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jessica N. Huff
Jessica N. Huff, 35, of Peoria, was sentenced to seven years in prison. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jodi M. Draper
Jodi M. Draper, 55, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathan A. Jamison
Jonathan A. Jamison , 44, of Normal, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathan Wiley
Jonathan Wiley , 30, of Chicago, is charged with attempted possession or sale of stolen car parts, a Class 2 felony, and resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Jonathon K. Campbell
Jonathan K. Campbell , 43, Jonathan K. Campbell, 43, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 48 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery causing bodily harm.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathon P. Keister
Jonathon P. Keister, 38, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordan P. Gillespie
Jordan P. Gillespie , 27, of LeRoy, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for residential burglary and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
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Jordyn H. Thornton
Jordyn H. Thornton , 22, of Bloomington, was convicted of first-degree murder in the Oct. 30, 2018, shooting death of Trevonte Kirkwood, 27, of Bloomington, in the 1300 block of North Oak Street in Bloomington.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joseph L. McLeod
Joseph L. McLeod , 40, of Peoria, is charged with two counts of burglary, two counts of theft, and one count each of forgery and deceptive practices.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua A. Lindsey
Joshua A. Lindsey, 33, of Bloomington, is charged with the following:
Two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (15 to 100 grams and 5 to 15 grams of meth) Two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (15 to 100 grams and 5 to 15 grams of MDMA) Two counts of unlawful possession of meth (15 to 100 grams and 5 to 15 grams of meth) Unlawful possession of a controlled substance (less than 15 grams of MDMA) Unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (amphetamine) Four counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (less than 15 grams of amphetamine, less than 15 grams of clonazepam, less than 15 grams of lorazepam, less than 15 grams of cocaine) Unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (30 to 500 grams) Unlawful possession of cannabis (30 to 500 grams)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua D. Rials
Joshua D. Rials , 28, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of armed violence, Class X felonies, four counts of unlawful possession of a firearm and firearm ammunition by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies. He was charged March 1 with two counts each of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and of firearm ammunition by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua K. Wilson
Joshua K. Wilson, 39, of Normal, was sentenced to 152 days in jail and 24 months on conditional discharge after pleading guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua V. Wilburn
Joshua V. Wilburn, 33, of Bloomington, is charged with burglary and retail theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshway C. Boens
Joshway C. Boens , 41, of Chicago, was sentenced to 143 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Juls T. Eutsey
Julian T. Eutsey, 21, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 24 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of criminal sexual abuse.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Justin A. Atkinson
Justin A. Atkinson , 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to one year in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Justin A. Leicht
Justin A. Leicht , 41, of Downs, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kaveior K. Thomas
Kaveior K. Thomas, 32, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony), two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, and violation of the Illinois FOID Card Act (Class 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kavion J. Anderson
Kavion J. Anderson, 18, of Hazel Crest, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He earned credit for 197 days served in jail. Anderson pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular hijacking.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kayala D.C. Huff
Kayala D.C. Huff, 23, of Normal, is charged with aggravated battery, domestic battery and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kelyi G. Kabongo
Kelyi G. Kabongo, 21, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession 5 to 15 grams of meth and less than 5 grams of meth with the intent to deliver, possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth and possession of less than 5 grams of meth.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenneth R. McNairy
Kenneth R. McNairy, 32, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X and Class 1 felonies), and two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 and Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kent D. Johnson
Kent D. Johnson , 34, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kentre A. Jackson
Kentre A. Jackson, 26, of Ypsilanti, Mich., was sentenced to 30 months of conditional discharge. He was charged as of June 9, 2020, with unlawful possession of 500 to 2,000 grams of cannabis and unlawful possession of 500 to 2,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver. The latter charge was dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenyatta C. Chissell
Kenyatta C. Chissell, 40, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of heroin.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenyatta L. Tate
Kenyatta L. Tate , 46, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts each of unlawful possession of between 15-100 grams and 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class X and Class 1 felonies) and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kerrigan T. Spencer
Kerrigan T. Spencer, 18, of Normal, is charged with two counts of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kerry M. Huls
Kerry M. Huls, 47, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful delivery of 5 to 15 grams of meth, unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of meth, unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth, and unlawful possession of less than 5 grams of meth.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kevin C. Knight
Kevin C. Knight , 40, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kimberlee A. Burton
Kimberlee A. Burton , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of child endangerment, Class A misdemeanors.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kyle D. Kindred
Kyle D. Kindred , 23, of Shirley, is charged with cannabis trafficking, two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lanee R. Rich
Lanee R. Rich , 18, of Heyworth, is charged with two counts each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Latele Y. Pinkston
Latele Y. Pinkston , 29, was sentenced to five years in prison. Pinkston pleaded guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Latoya M. Jackson
Latoya M. Jackson , 31, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of possession of a stolen or converted motor vehicle, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Laycell D. Wright
Laycell D. Wright , 32, of Rantoul, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine (Class 1 felony). He also is charged with unlawful possession of 100-500 grams of cannabis (Class 4 felony) and 30-100 grams of cannabis (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lazaro Flores
Lazaro Flores , 34, of Streator, was sentenced to seven years in prison for aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol causing death.
Logan T. Kendricks
Logan T. Kendricks , 35, was sentenced to five years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lonnie L. Kimbrough
Lonnie L. Kimbrough , 36, of Peoria, was sentenced to 24 months on conditional discharge and four days in jail. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful cannabis possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lorel M. Johnson
Lorel M. Johnson , 41, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery and two counts of aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Loren M. Jepsen
Loren M. Jepsen , 34, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of home invasion causing injury (Class X felony). All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lorenzo Sims
Lorenzo Sims, 30, of Chicago, is charged with five counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Madison A. Knight
Madison A. Knight , 20, of Rutland, was sentenced to 120 days in jail and 30 months' probation for unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Malik A. Wilson
Malik A. Wilson, 23, of Chicago, is charged with two counts of attempted armed robbery and aggravated discharge of a firearm, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mark A. Carter
Mark A. Carter, 35, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mark A. Thrower
Mark A. Thrower, 40, of Vinton, Louisiana, is charged with:
Eight counts child pornography (Class X felonies) Two counts aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor (Class 2 felonies) Two counts grooming (Class 4 felonies) Indecent solicitation of a child (Class 3 felony) Traveling to meet a minor (Class 3 felony)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mason A. Artis
Mason A. Artis, 22, of Shirley, is charged with possession of a stolen license plate, unauthorized use of a license plate and three counts of theft. He is separately charged with unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Matthew D. Nunley
Matthew D. Nunley , 33, of Eureka, was sentenced to four years in prison for one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Matthew D. Stone
Matthew D. Stone , 22, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated battery, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Megan J. Duffy
Megan J. Duffy, 27, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 102 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Melissa J. Piercy
Melissa J. Piercy , 38, of Normal, is charged with unlawful delivery of meth (Class 2 felony), unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) and unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Meontay D. Wheeler
Meontay D. Wheeler , 23, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and torture, a Class 1 felony, aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michael J. Owen
Michael J. Owen , 30, of Stanford, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michael S. Parkerson
Michael S. Parkerson, 54, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine (Class 2 felony) and possession of drug paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michelle E. Mueller
Michelle E. Mueller , 32, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of burglary. All other charges were dismissed.
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Mitchell A. Rogers
Mitchell A. Rogers , 37, of Peoria, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mohamed N. Thiam
Mohamed N. Thiam , 19, of Bloomington, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nathaniel A. Butler
Nathaniel A. Butler , 20, of Bloomington was sentenced Jan. 4, 2022, to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm into an occupied building and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm without a valid firearm owners identification card.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nayeon A. Teague
Nayeon A. Teague , 21, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Noel R. Castillo
Noel Ramirez-Castillo, 48, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful vehicular invasion, aggravated battery, theft, criminal damage to government supported property and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Pedro A. Parra
Pedro A. Parra , 40, is charged with two counts of burglary, Class 2 and Class 3 felonies, and misdemeanor theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Penny S. Self
Penny S. Self , 59, of Ashland, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Quacy L. Webster
Quacy L. Webster , 43, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Qwonterian V. Ivy
Qwonterian V. Ivy, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied building.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Randy M. Turner
Randy M. Turner, 39, of Danville, is charged with two counts of disarming a peace officer, five counts of aggravated battery, unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, attempted possession of a stolen motor vehicle, criminal damage to government supported property and driving under the influence of drugs.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rebecca L. Gormley
Rebecca L. Gormley , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rebecca Y. Choi
Rebecca Y. Choi, 32, of Wheaton, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony), possession of less than 15 grams of amphetamine (Class 4 felony), and possession of drug paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rhiannan O. Keith
Rhiannan O. Keith, 23, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 100 to 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class X felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rhonda L. Davis
Rhonda L. Davis , 41, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Richard L. Kletz
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MCLEAN COUTNY JAIL
Richard S. Bjorling
Richard S. Bjorling , 54, of Peoria Heights, was sentenced to seven years in prison for unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ricky A. Smith
Ricky A. Smith , 30, 0f Urbana, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felonies), unlawful possession of meth and possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rochelle A. McCray
Rochelle A. McCray , 37, of Chicago, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class X felony; unlawful possession of between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ronnie Cannon
Ronnie Cannon, 43, of Chicago, is charged with possession of a stolen firearm, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Roosevelt Williams
Roosevelt Williams, 43, of Bloomington, is charged with home invasion, criminal trespass to a residence and battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ryan D. Triplett
Ryan D. Triplett , 27, of Decatur, is charged with aggravated domestic battery-strangulation, a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery as a subsequent offense felony, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Samantha Selburg
Samantha A. Selburg
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Samuel Harris
Samuel Harris , 21, of Chicago, was sentenced to 22 days in jail and 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to one count of possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Sarah E. Myers
Sarah E. Myers, 39, is charged with aggravated battery (Class 2 felony) after she knowingly made physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature by spitting upon a correctional officer, court documents said.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Seth A. Kindred
Seth A. Kindred , 31, of Ellsworth, was sentenced March 30 to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
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Shanarra S. Spillers
Shanarra S. Spillers , 36, of Normal, is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Shaquan D. Hosea
Shaquan D. Hosea , 26, of Bloomington, was sentenced July 13, 2022, to 68 days in jail and 30 months of probation after pleading guilty to residential burglary, a Class 1 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Stefan A. Mangina
Stefan A. Mangina , 32, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine, unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Stephon T. Carter
Carter
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Steven M. Abdullah
Steven M. Abdullah , 31, of Heyworth, is charged with two counts of harassment of jurors, Class 2 felonies, 11 counts of communication with jurors, Class 4 felonies, and one count of attempted communication with a juror, a Class A misdemeanor.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Telly H. Arrington
Telly H. Arrington , 24, of Normal, is charged with four counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Terrance T. Jones
Terrance T. Jones, 34, of Chicago, is charged with armed robbery (Class X felony), aggravated battery causing great bodily harm (Class 3 felony), and two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 and 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Thomas E. Dolan
Thomas E. Dolan , 22, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 500 and 2,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver, unlawful cannabis possession, battery and unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Thomas J. Davis
Thomas J. Davis , 27, of Bloomington, was sentenced to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tommy L. Jumper
Tommy L. Jumper , 60, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 30 months on probation and 96 days in jail for one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tony Robinson
Tony Robinson , 38, of Chicago, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class X felony; unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, a Class 2 felony; unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a convicted felon, a Class 2 felony; unlawful possession of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Trevon J. Triplett
Triplett
MCLEAN COUTNY JAIL
Ty W. Johnson
Ty W. Johnson , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with criminal sexual assault, robbery and possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler A. Guy
Tyler A. Guy , 25, of Towanda, is charged with one count of Class 2 felony aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler C. Neely
Tyler C. Neely, 21, of Bloomington, is charged with four counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class X and Class 1 felonies), reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felony) and methamphetamine possession (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler D. Vidmar
Tyler D. Vidmar , 23, of Clinton, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler S. Burns
Tyler S. Burns, 31, of Chenoa, was sentenced to 170 days in jail and 30 months probation. He earned credit for the 170 days previously served in jail. Burns pleaded guilty to one count of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyrone L. McKinney
Tyrone L. McKinney, 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of 1 to 15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyson Brown
Tyson Brown is charged with burglary and forgery for attempting to cash a stolen check at CEFCU in Normal.
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Wesley M. Noonan
Wesley M. Noonan , 48, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William M. McCuen
William M. McCuen , 33, of Atlanta, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William R. Carter
William R. Carter , 23, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexual assault, attempted residential arson and unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Wilmer A. Marquez-Ayala
Wilmer A. Marquez-Ayala , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor family member (Class 2 felonies) and three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under 13 years old (Class X felonies).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Xavier M. Moreau
Xavier M. Moreau, 19, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and violation of the Firearm Owner’s Identification Card Act.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Zachary J. Williamson
Williamson
MCLEAN COUTNY JAIL
Cierra A. Hazlett
Cierra A. Hazlett, 26, is charged with unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) as well as six other related charges across two separate cases.
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Edin O. Portillo-Lopez
Edin O. Portillo-Lopez, 37, is charged with 30 counts each of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felonies) and child pornography (Class 2 felony).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
Matthew T. Huett
Matthew T. Huett, 40, was arrested Wednesday after multiple bills of indictments were signed by a McLean County grand jury. He was charged with two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under 13 years old (Class X felonies) and four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor family member (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyson S. Moore
Tyson S. Moore, 40, is charged with aggravated battery (Class 2 felony) after he knowingly made physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature by pushing a corrections officer, court documents said.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jeremiah D. Bivens
Jeremiah D. Bivens, 47, is charged with aggravated domestic battery (Class 2 felony) and domestic battery as a subsequent offense (Class 4 felony) on Aug. 9.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Chemier M. Lewis-Sangster
Chemier M. Lewis-Sangster, 18, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of armed violence, a class 3 felony, and one count of unlawful possession of methamphetamine, a class 2 felony.
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Tye Z. Thomas
Tye Z. Thomas, 24, of Bloomington is charged with multiple counts related to drug possession, possession with the intent to sell, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
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Angela R. Oss
Angela R. Oss, 43, is charged with unlawful possession of more than one gram but less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 1 felony) and unlawful delivery of cocaine (Class 2 felony).
MACON COUNTY JAIL
Tabu H. Triplett
Tabu H. Triplett, 53, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of more than one gram of cocaine and two counts of unlawful delivery of less than one gram.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Izaiah N. Lemos
Izaiah N. Lemos, 18, is charged with two counts of armed violence for possessing a loaded firearm while in possession of and attempting to deliver cannabis and methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Matthew Kiely
Matthew Kiely, 44, is charged with two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault and three counts of aggravated sexual abuse.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ynella S. Jackson
Ynella S. Jackson, 57, appeared in court on Monday after multiple bills of indictment were signed by a McLean County grand jury.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brenda K. Persico
A McLean County grand jury indicted Brenda K. Persico, 29, with burglary (Class 2 felony) and possession of a stolen or converted motor vehicle (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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Stephen M. Schultz, 59, of Normal, is charged with possession and reproduction of child pornography.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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Cedarville University announced it has received an anonymous $8 million donation toward improving facilities, bringing the university within $11 million of its larger fundraising goal.
The $8 million gift toward Cedarville’s $125 million fundraising campaign, “One Thousand Days Transformed,” is the third-largest donation in the university’s history. The donation moves the campaign total to $114.5 million, according to the school.
The largest private gifts to Cedarville University are an anonymous $12 million donation in the fall of 2020 and the $10 million contribution from the Scharnberg family to help build the $38 million Lorne C. Scharnberg Business Center.
This month, Cedarville opened two of the largest infrastructure projects that are part of the One Thousand Days campaign. One is an $8 million expansion to its Callan Athletic Center, adding new athletic facilities, as well as new classrooms, labs, and administrative centers. The other is the $7.5 million Duane Wood Residence Hall, which will house 108-120 women.
The 65,000-square-foot Scharnberg Business Center will house the university’s school of business, the communications department, and the Center for the Advancement of Cybersecurity, according to university officials. Cedarville will break ground on the Scharnberg Center during the university’s homecoming ceremonies, Sept. 30 to Oct. 1.
Of the fundraiser’s $125 million goal, $92.5 million is dedicated to improving university facilities. To date, $74.6 million has been committed to the facilities portion of the campaign, the university said. Since the campaign launched in October 2021, more than 14,000 people have donated.
To date, $20.54 million has been committed to student scholarships, $8.49 million has been dedicated to programs to enhance student life, and $9.36 million has been contributed to growing the university’s endowment funds, according to the school.
“The campaign has experienced unprecedented success, for which I am grateful to the Lord for His blessings,” said Cedarville University President Thomas White. “This anonymous gift — and the thousands of other gifts — will be used to continue helping Cedarville University transform the lives of students through an education marked by biblical excellence.”
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KINGMAN COUNTY, Kans. (KSNW) – One man is dead, and another is seriously injured after a head-on wreck Monday near Kingman.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash happened around 12:45 a.m. on U.S. Highway 54, about two miles west of Kingman.
The driver of a semitruck in the eastbound lane crossed the center line, hitting a westbound semitruck head-on. The truck that was hit caught on fire.
Troopers say Johnnie Randall Jones, 61, of Greenbrier, Arkansas, was driving the truck that started to burn. He managed to escape without burns but has serious injuries. He has been taken to a Wichita hospital.
Troopers say Marcus W. Craven, 72, of Pueblo, Colorado, was the driver that crossed the center line. He died at the scene.
U.S. 54 was closed for most of the morning. The KHP opened one eastbound lane shortly before noon. The Kansas Department of Transportation says all lanes are now open. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/crash-closes-us-54-west-of-kingman/ | 2022-08-23T14:37:34 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/crash-closes-us-54-west-of-kingman/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Sedgwick County released its “Value Them Both” abortion amendment recount results on Sunday, Aug. 21, after missing the deadline that was Saturday, Aug. 20, because the Sedgwick County election commissioner found some things she wanted to double-check.
The no votes still came out on top.
“After the recount, the official total was yes, 61,843 and no, 85,885,” said Election Commissioner Angela Caudillo.
Eight other counties completed the recount on time, and the numbers they released did little to no change to the initial tally. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/sedgwick-county-releases-abortion-amendment-recount-results/ | 2022-08-23T14:37:40 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/sedgwick-county-releases-abortion-amendment-recount-results/ |
Shore towns in Atlantic and Cape May counties prone to flooding have been awarded more than $1.1 million in grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to fund resiliency projects.
The grants follow the Biden administration committing $3 billion to FEMA's Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities and Flood Mitigation Assistance programs, both of which are devised to help communities nationwide manage flooding risks associated with climate change.
"Chronic lack of investment in climate resilience has only made matters worse for America's crumbling infrastructure," FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said in a statement on Tuesday.
Cape May was granted over $190,00 for a flood mitigation project on Beach Avenue, a task that includes designing an seawall extension along the city's promenade from Philadelphia and Madison avenues to the corner of Beach and Wilmington avenues.
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North of the city, Wildwood Crest will get $70,875 to fund a stormwater pump station's conceptual design. The station will serve the Washington Avenue area to protect homes in danger of flooding.
A third project in Cape May County has been submitted for review. When approved, a $2 million grant will help fund a flood mitigation project at Wildwood's Otten's Harbor.
The project will provide a living shoreline - one made with natural materials - along Mediterranean and Andrews avenues. It also calls for replacing stormwater infrastructure and adding bulkheads at seven street ends.
In Atlantic County, two projects on Absecon Island received funding.
In Ventnor, a $1.6 million grant was awarded for bulkhead replacement, a project that consists of 500 linear feet of bulkhead with deadmen that will extend back to a Winchester Avenue. The road will be reconstructed as part of the project, including sidewalk and curbing replacement. Associated drainage, electrical and outlet structures are included.
Nearby Longport will see $1.1 million for a resiliency project aimed at protecting bayfront homes.
The job includes building a new pumping station on 31st Street. Additionally, aging stormwater piping will be replaced on Winchester Avenue, from 31st Street to 34th Avenue, and on 34th Avenue, from Winchester to 31st Street to the new station.
Pumping equipment in the current 34th Avenue station will also be replaced, accommodating the increased runoff. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/fema-helping-fund-flood-projects-in-atlantic-cape-may-counties/article_58532d20-22e6-11ed-8df5-67ddea9beb1e.html | 2022-08-23T14:37:47 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/fema-helping-fund-flood-projects-in-atlantic-cape-may-counties/article_58532d20-22e6-11ed-8df5-67ddea9beb1e.html |
OCEAN CITY — A southend landmark could disappear under a deal to sell the Chapel by the Sea at 5501 Asbury Ave. to a developer, with a proposal in the works to build residential and retail units on the site.
The church’s history goes back more than a century in the south end of the city, according to members.
There, the chapel of the building has withstood decades of storms, including the 1962 nor’easter that devastated much of the Jersey shore and Superstorm Sandy in 2012, in which the ocean poured over the nearby bulkhead.
While the building may not survive, the church will. The church has an active membership, although few live or vacation in Ocean City.
According to Timothy Bromhead, the church pastor, the sale will fund the building of a new church in the Marmora section of Upper Township, where there will be room for a campus and land around the church. He declined to say what location in Marmora was under consideration.
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He said there is an agreement of sale with an Ocean City development company. Bromhead declined to say the purchase price. A recent assessment put the value of the tax-exempt church property at about $2.5 million.
Bromhead said he and the congregation have struggled with the question of whether to move out of Ocean City.
“It was not an easy decision,” he said. “We prayed very hard about it.”
The city has changed dramatically over the years. In the 1940s and 1950s, many families spent the summer at the shore, often with the father working in Philadelphia during the week and returning by train on Friday. More recently, there were still families who spent extended vacations in the city’s south end, and many attended the church each summer.
Today, most people get a week of vacation. That’s changed who attends the non-denominational Chapel by the Sea, Bromhead said.
Most of the congregation is from Upper Township and other mainland communities, and some people are reluctant to make the ride over the bridge to Ocean City, much less to the far south end of the island. Traffic is intense in the summer, and the beachside neighborhood is almost empty in the winter.
Bromhead plans to post a sign outside the church sometime this week, explaining the decision and what is likely to happen at the site. Some neighbors have heard about the plans already.
“Some of the neighbors have not been really nice,” Bromhead said on Sunday. Neighbors want to keep the church where it is, he said, but he added that he does not see many of them in the pews.
One neighbor, who agreed to speak if his name was not used, said the pastor is right that the neighborhood is not happy with the proposal.
The neighbor does not regularly attend services at Union Chapel, but said the church has been supported by the neighborhood for decades. He said the area does not need more density or development.
Bromhead, a retired Ocean City police officer who has been involved in ministry in the city for 38 years, said he became part of Union Chapel nine years ago.
He said he wanted to be careful about what he said, calling the agreement of sale “fragile.” The proposal would need the blessing of the Planning Board, including approval for subdividing the property. So far, no application has come before the board.
According to Bromhead, the property could be divided into six or seven lots, including the long-standing chapel, the adjoining fellowship hall, and the parking lot next to the church.
Because of the zoning of the property, the plans would need to include a commercial use on the ground floor of the unit on Asbury Avenue, Bromhead said.
In the meantime, services continue at the church, which had long be known as Union Chapel by the Sea. Bible study takes place Wednesday evening, and Sunday services start at 9:30 a.m. About 11 on Sunday, the service was over, but the fellowship continued, with church members crowded along long tables in the fellowship hall or chatting in the chapel.
A few children played an impromptu game, one hiding behind the upright piano in the church. They eventually drew a “no running” reminder from Bromhead, standing in the foyer. Surrounding him on the walls are photos of the history of the church, collected by Edna May Streaker, a devoted southend resident who showed her collection of historic photos of the area in the church each year. Streaker died in 2016, at the age of 90.
Arranged on the walls are images dating from the early 20th century, when the church members gathered in each other’s houses, while others show the additions over the years.
There is a photo from a Sunday in 1936, with sharply dressed people gathered outside the church. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/historic-ocean-city-church-under-agreement-of-sale/article_32678e02-2198-11ed-9116-4f369d0c494b.html | 2022-08-23T14:37:53 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/historic-ocean-city-church-under-agreement-of-sale/article_32678e02-2198-11ed-9116-4f369d0c494b.html |
LYNNWOOD, Wash. — More than a dozen people were forced from their homes after a 2-alarm fire broke out at an apartment complex in Lynnwood Tuesday morning.
Crews with South County Fire responded after midnight to a report of a car fire at an apartment complex on the 19300 block of 46th Avenue West, which is located just north of the Fred Meyer store on 196th Street.
When crews arrived, they saw the fire had spread to the apartment complex and called for a second alarm. South County Fire tweeted just after 1:45 a.m. that the fire was under control.
Officials at the scene told KING 5 that eight units were damaged, displacing 11 adults and four children from their homes. The Red Cross responded to the scene and took the 15 residents to a nearby hotel.
Neighbors told KING 5 they could feel the heat from the fire across the street.
“It was just nerve-wracking,” one neighbor told KING 5. “You know, to see something go up in flames like that. I mean, it went quick, and fire is a very dangerous thing.”
No injuries have been reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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Beloved Boy Scout summer camp in northern Arizona to remain open
Camp Geronimo, where thousands of Boy Scouts have come each summer for decades to learn archery, canoeing and other outdoor activities in the Mogollon Rim wilderness near Payson, will not be sold after all.
Arizona’s Grand Canyon Council of the Boy Scouts of America dropped plans to sell the property after parents and former Scouts ignited an outcry.
The organization will find other ways to help pay its required contribution to the Boy Scouts of America’s sexual abuse settlement trust, its chief executive says.
Geronimo’s summer camp program serves about 3,000 Scouts each year from across the Southwest. The 100-year-old camp is located on 200 acres but is surrounded by 5,000 acres of Ponderosa pines in the shadow of the rugged Mogollon Rim cliffs.
Scouts spend a week at a time at the camp earning merit badges in cooking, soil and water conservation, rifle shooting, wilderness survival, hiking, horsemanship and dozens of other scout activities.
Andy Price, the CEO of Grand Canyon Council, said after the council last year announced its plans to sell, parents and former Scouts came to him asking what they could do to protect Geronimo.
“It really was largely an emotional impact on people for whom Geronimo means so much,” Price said.
Chapter 11 filed in response to lawsuits
The Grand Canyon Council has created the Geronimo Endowment Fund to offset the maintenance costs of the camp. Price said it costs about $250,000 a year to keep the camp maintained.
In 2020, the Boy Scouts of America filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from creditors in response to thousands of sexual abuse lawsuits. More than 82,000 individuals have said they were sexually abused while in Scouts, making it the largest-ever child sex abuse case involving a single national organization.
In July 2021, BSA proposed an $850 million settlement. The agreement required Arizona’s Grand Canyon Council to contribute $7 million to the settlement trust.
To pay its required contribution, the council first decided to sell Camp Geronimo, its primary summer camp.
“At that time, the best way that we could meet an obligation to fund our council's contribution to the Boy Scouts of America Settlement Fund was to contribute Geronimo and some additional cash,” Price said.
“Since that time, we've had the benefit that the Chapter 11 case has taken longer than expected,” Price said. “That's given us more time to continue studying our camps and our facilities.
“We were unhappy with the previous decision, but it was sort of the best of a lot of bad options,” Price said. “And now that we know more about the situation and some of the dynamics have changed slightly, we now have a new path that allows us to keep Camp Geronimo.”
On July 20, the council announced it would keep Camp Geronimo open.
On July 29, a federal bankruptcy judge approved parts of the Boy Scouts of America’s bankruptcy exit plan, which includes a $2.7 billion settlement trust to compensate survivors.
The Grand Canyon Council is still required to contribute $7 million toward this settlement. Price said that the council will use some cash it has from the sale of Little Grand Canyon Ranch near New River about two years ago.
The council is still planning to sell about 13 acres of the Heard Scout Pueblo's 500 acres in south Phoenix. And it is in the early stages of finding ways to monetize Camp Raymond, its 160-acre camp 30 miles outside of Flagstaff between the Kaibab and Coconino national forests, Price said.
Camp Geronimo never shut down its operations. Even before retreating from the decision to sell the camp, the council was planning to run its summer camp program through summer 2023.
If the council had continued with plans to sell Geronimo, it would have moved Geronimo’s summer camp operations to Camp Raymond.
Raymond would have been able to offer essentially the same programs and accommodated all the Scouts who would have attended Geronimo, Price said.
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'It's always been a tremendous experience'
Fifth-generation Arizonan and Scottsdale resident Blair Coe Schweiger has taken her 17-year-old son to Camp Geronimo’s weeklong summer camps almost every year since he was 11.
The first time she visited Geronimo, she was 16, and it was one of the best days of her life, she said. She was visiting her friends who were Boy Scouts, and she knew she wanted to provide that experience for her future children.
“It’s always been a tremendous experience for them, being outside, getting to see the beautiful area that Camp Geronimo is in,” Coe Schweiger said.
Activities at the camp include merit badge clinics where Scouts learn a variety of skills and service projects focused on nature preservation, like fixing hiking trails.
As an adult leader at the camp — her role in her son’s troop is advancement coordinator and social media chair — she has been able to benefit from Geronimo’s environment as well.
During the one year she wasn’t able to attend with her son, she was receiving treatment for cancer. The next year, when she returned to Geronimo, “it was very therapeutic,” she said. “It helped me get my strength back.”
“It was disappointing, initially, when they had chosen Geronimo to be sold because we love it,” Coe Schweiger said. “When we heard that it wasn’t going to be sold, we were obviously very happy that another plan had been come up with to meet the social obligations we have, as well as the obligation to our Scouts.”
Includes information from Arizona Republic reporter Daniel Gonzalez. Madeleine Parrish covers equity issues for The Arizona Republic. Reach her at madeleine.parrish@gannett.com and follow her on Twitter @maddieparrish61. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/08/23/boy-scouts-camp-geronimo-arizona-remain-open/7853416001/ | 2022-08-23T14:44:44 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/08/23/boy-scouts-camp-geronimo-arizona-remain-open/7853416001/ |
ODESSA, Texas — An Odessa man has agreed to a plea deal that has officially charged him with Manslaughter, a Second Degree Felony.
Back in November of 2021, 33-year-old Jose Ballardo was indicted on Murder after an incident sent 40-year-old Lester Bland to the hospital where he would later pass away due to the severity of his injuries.
The initial investigation last year revealed that Ballardo got into an altercation with Bland at Frisky Brewing in Odessa. Ballardo struck Bland several times in the head and rendered him unconscious. Bland was transported to MCH for treatment.
Ballardo was arrested on Aggravated Assault charges, but soon after, Bland passed away in the hospital and the charges were upgraded to Murder.
According to Ector County District Attorney Dusty Gallivan, the family of the victim did not want Ballardo to go to jail for Murder since they had a prior relationship with him before the incident. This ultimately led to a plea deal that charged Ballardo with Manslaughter.
Ballardo was given 10 years of probation. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/odessa-man-agrees-to-plea-deal-charged-with-manslaughter/513-fe02c5ba-ed39-41c8-88a0-5c5d76b3ede9 | 2022-08-23T14:46:29 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/odessa-man-agrees-to-plea-deal-charged-with-manslaughter/513-fe02c5ba-ed39-41c8-88a0-5c5d76b3ede9 |
ATLANTA — The special prosecutor in the Rayshard Brooks murder case will announce a decision today regarding the charges against officers in Brooks' 2020 police shooting death.
A press conference by prosecutor Pete Skandalakis is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia office in Morrow. You can watch that here, on the 11Alive YouTube channel, or our Roku and Amazon Fire apps.
The shooting of Brooks came at the peak of the movement in the summer of 2020 for police accountability and set off nights of searing protests in Atlanta, infamously including the burning of the Wendy's where he was shot.
The case against the officers - which includes a murder charge against Officer Garrett Rolfe, who shot Brooks - has proceeded haltingly over the past two years, and been passed between three different prosecutors.
Skandalakis was appointed by Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr last year to review the case after a judge ruled in favor of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' recusal request.
Willis had argued both during the 2020 campaign for district attorney and in the months after taking office that former DA Paul Howard mishandled and politicized the case, making it impossible for her office to try the case.
Rolfe, who shot and killed Brooks as he ran from him after grabbing his Taser and discharging it back toward the officer, faces a felony murder charge and multiple counts of aggravated assault in the case. Officer Devin Brosnan, who was accused of kicking and stepping on Brooks as he lay dying after being shot, is charged with aggravated assault.
Rolfe was fired immediately after the incident, but reinstated more than a year ago by a city board that had determined the firing did not follow proper procedures. Brosnan has remained with the Atlanta Police Department since the incident.
Earlier this year, lawyers for Rolfe and Brosnan also announced they were suing ex-Fulton DA Howard, the city of Atlanta, former Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and former Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields over their handling of the Brooks shooting.
The broader trend in these cases and several others in metro Atlanta is the clearing of officers, legally and administratively, in use-of-force and shooting cases.
Already, there have been several setbacks in this case and the other high-profile Atlanta Police use-of-force case that touched a nerve two summers ago. In this case, Rolfe's reinstatement put him back on the force less than a year after he was charged.
Another case, in which six APD officers were charged during the protests for pulling two college students - Messiah Young and Taniyah Pilgrim - out of a car and tasing them as they made an arrest in Downtown Atlanta, was dropped in May.
Brooks' widow, Tomika Miller, meanwhile has a civil suit against the officers and the city that remains unresolved.
Activists and supporters of Brooks' family also continue to push for the former site of the Wendy's in Peoplestown to be turned into a peace center named in his honor. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/atlanta-police-rayshard-brooks-case-decision-charges-garrett-rolfe-devin-brosnan/85-5132826c-5f80-442a-8094-8050e9af8872 | 2022-08-23T14:48:11 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/atlanta-police-rayshard-brooks-case-decision-charges-garrett-rolfe-devin-brosnan/85-5132826c-5f80-442a-8094-8050e9af8872 |
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Police in Johns Creek are investigating a double shooting that left one person dead Tuesday morning.
They said it happened around 7:30 a.m. on Bramshill Drive in the Hunter's Forest neighborhood not far from State Bridge Road and Jones Bridge Road.
Police got a call about shots fired. When officers arrived, they said more shots were heard. They located a deceased victim on scene a second victim who was transported to the hospital.
Police tell 11Alive that a person has been "detained as a person of interest," but would not elaborate. They added that the "scene is secured."
This is a developing story. Check back often for new information.
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STONECREST, Ga. — Marijuana is now decriminalized in the city of Stonecrest after a new rule surrounding the drug was passed with a unanimous vote Monday.
So, this means it's completely legal? Not quite.
Essentially, anyone caught with an ounce or less of marijuana in the city will only get a citation. That will also include a $100 fine.
Earlier this month, Athens-Clarke County commissioners voted to adopt a similar ordinance to decriminalize marijuana in that county. Atlanta itself took steps to decriminalize the drug years ago.
The city of Stonecrest hopes its ordinance will cut down on those serving jail time for the offense. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/marijuana-decriminalized-stonecrest/85-aec8052c-23c2-4d41-89b6-b167153ee08a | 2022-08-23T14:48:24 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/marijuana-decriminalized-stonecrest/85-aec8052c-23c2-4d41-89b6-b167153ee08a |
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Pennsylvania was recently ranked the number four least happiest state in the nation in a new study conducted by researchers at HouseFresh, a company made up of indoor air quality experts.
The study began, the research states, when these experts started to notice how often people post selfies on Instagram. They decided to conduct the study in order to find out just how many smiles on the platform were genuine.
"Happiness may be hard to find, but it’s even harder to fake," the study states. "A generation of internet users has grown up with everyone always looking happy on Instagram, and they’ve figured out how to tell the difference. No matter how much you rehearse or how many discarded snaps end up in your phone’s trash, people have learned to piece together the clues from your selfies and figure out how you really feel."
Here's how the company determined the rankings:
Using Microsoft's facial recognition software, Azure, researchers used a database of Instagram selfies from every state and the 100 biggest U.S. cities to see which are the happiest places to live. Azure then used these facial recognition tools to place numerical estimates on emotions based on characteristics and expressions, the study results explain.
In terms of the happiest cities and states, researchers used the FaceAPI happiness score to average all of the scores in a given location.
Doing all this, Pennsylvania fell to the 47th spot. It was only beaten by Indiana, New Jersey, and California.
Utah, on the other hand, was determined to be the happiest state. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/new-study-claims-pennsylvania-a-top-unhappy-state/521-23476696-3cd2-48fe-84d2-9d64fbfd015c | 2022-08-23T14:48:55 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/new-study-claims-pennsylvania-a-top-unhappy-state/521-23476696-3cd2-48fe-84d2-9d64fbfd015c |
Fatal Salisbury hit and run: Police seize suspect vehicle as family mourns victim
UPDATE: This story has been updated to note that police have seized a new vehicle of interest in the fatal hit-and-run incident on North Salisbury Boulevard.
The death of 29-year-old Colin Lin, the victim of a hit-and-run on Route 13 in Salisbury last week, has devastated his family.
It's also forced them to close their restaurant, Tokyo Steakhouse, indefinitely. Lin was the operating manager.
“My brother was very well-known, very well-loved,” his sister, Mimi Lin, said Monday. “A lot of customers that came in recognized him. He was a funny guy.”
Colin Lin lived near the family business, which is located at 2475 N. Salisbury Blvd., his sister said. In the early morning hours of Aug. 16, he and some friends decided to go to the Wawa on Route 13, his sister said. His friends walked, while he drove a motorized scooter he’d had for about a month, according to his sister.
At about 3:40 a.m., he tried to cross the northbound lanes of Route 13 from a median crossover near Oliphant Street, a Maryland State Police news release issued later that day said. Following a crash, he was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Mimi Lin said the family met with state police earlier Monday and they have obtained more video footage.
Originally, police were looking for a truck tractor they believed to be part of the incident, but police updated the news release Monday evening. They now believe the crash occurred around 4 a.m. and the truck tractor has been ruled out as a suspect vehicle.
A white Ford Edge was identified as a vehicle of interest, and it was seized by police Monday.
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In addition, forensic analysis of the debris at the crash scene identified parts belonging to a Kia Soul, believed to be light-colored and from between 2016 and 2019, according to police.
“They do have some pretty significant evidence,” Mimi Lin said. “But the community can help speed things along.”
Anyone with information related to the incident should contact the Maryland State Police Salisbury Barrack at 410-749-3101.
Colin Lin was the second-oldest of six siblings, according to Mimi Lin. Their father, Jie Lin, owns the Tokyo Steakhouses in both Salisbury and Lewes. The family splits their time between the two towns, but Colin Lin was the primary operator of the Salisbury location, his sister said.
“He was there every single day. It’s logistically difficult to run without him,” Mimi Lin said. “We are hopeful that we will reopen, but at this moment, we can’t specify a time.”
She urged the community to come forward with information and sought to dispel a social media rumor.
“We have not hired a (private investigator); we are working very closely with police. They have offered a lot of support and put a lot of work into this. This has definitely been escalated –— they're taking it very seriously,” she said. “The community is riled up, but we’re just asking them to support our officers however they can.”
MORE:Suspected vehicle found, suspect sought in hit-and-run that killed Pines teen: Police | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2022/08/22/salisbury-md-hit-and-run-victim-was-well-loved-tokyo-steakhouse-manager/65414583007/ | 2022-08-23T14:49:30 | 1 | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2022/08/22/salisbury-md-hit-and-run-victim-was-well-loved-tokyo-steakhouse-manager/65414583007/ |
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) will be holding a press conference Tuesday to address the state's emergency response to severe weather and flash flooding across North Texas.
The press conference is scheduled to take place at 11:30 a.m. and will appear in the player at the top of the screen.
The governor will be joined by Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd, Dallas Chief of Police Eddie Garcia, Dallas Fire Chief Dominique Artis, and Dallas City Emergency Manager Rocky Vaz. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/coming-up-governor-abbott-to-address-state-flood-response-in-dallas/3054845/ | 2022-08-23T15:00:06 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/coming-up-governor-abbott-to-address-state-flood-response-in-dallas/3054845/ |
LITHIA, Fla. — According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a driver was killed Tuesday morning after hitting another car head-on while traveling on State Road 674 near Katie Stanaland Road in Lithia.
Troopers say the driver was traveling eastbound on SR-674 just before 6 a.m. when they crossed over the centerline of the roadway, hitting a car traveling westbound. It's unclear why the car crossed the centerline.
The driver killed in the crash has yet to be identified by authorities. The other driver was not injured. This crash comes just weeks after a FedEx delivery driver was killed after hitting a tractor-trailer head-on near the same intersection. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/driver-killed-crash-lithia/67-bbdfbdc5-bea4-4f56-9598-6edfb3c1be52 | 2022-08-23T15:03:03 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/driver-killed-crash-lithia/67-bbdfbdc5-bea4-4f56-9598-6edfb3c1be52 |
FOR THE KENOSHA NEWS
The Boys & Girls Club of Kenosha has announced 2022 honorees and plans to return an in-person Young at Heart Gala on Saturday, Oct. 29.
The Young at Heart Gala is a celebration of the positive impact that the club has had on the lives of youth in Kenosha. The event will feature a three-course dinner, performances by club members, a live auction, entertainment, and awards.
The 2022 Mary Frost-Ashley Patron Saint Award Winner is Snap-on. The 2022 Youth of the Year is Kayla, currently a senior at Harborside Academy.
It will be the first time the gala will be held in person in two years.
The gala will be held in Uline’s event center, just southwest of the main building at 12575 Uline Drive in Pleasant Prairie. It will open at 5 p.m. with the program beginning at 6 p.m
Tickets are available online at www.bgckenosha.org/events/gala/ .
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The Boys & Girls Club of Kenosha is a youth guidance organization dedicated to promoting health, social, educational, vocational, cultural, character and leadership development. The club helps youth improve their lives by building skills, values, and self-esteem. Visit www.BGCKenosha.org for more information.
WATCH NOW: Boat building camp at the Boys and Girls Club in 2021
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB BOAT BUILDING
Marcelis Buttler, 13, right, drills a hole with help from Jason Justus, Teen Service Director, as a group participates in a boat building camp at the Boys and Girls Club on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. The two-week camp, sponsored by Snap-On and Offsite, is being provided by the Chicago Maritime Arts Center. The building takes place at the Boys and Girls Club where 13 club members are able to participate. The boats will be launched on Saturday, June 26, at the Kenosha Community Sailing Center.
SEAN KRAJACIC, Kenosha News
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Riziyah Williams, 10, center, uses a power drill to place a screw with help from Patrick McBriarty, of the Chicago Maritime Arts Center, during a boat building camp at the Boys and Girls Club on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. The two-week camp, sponsored by Snap-On and Offsite, is being provided by the Chicago Maritime Arts Center. The building takes place at the Boys and Girls Club where 13 club members are able to participate. The boats will be launched on Saturday, June 26, at the Kenosha Community Sailing Center.
SEAN KRAJACIC, Kenosha News
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB BOAT BUILDING
Martin Perez, 13, right, sands a row boat that he and a group are building in a boat building camp at the Boys and Girls Club on Tuesday. The two-week camp, sponsored by Snap-On and Offsite, is being provided by the Chicago Maritime Arts Center. The building takes place at the Boys and Girls Club where 13 club members are able to participate. The boats will be launched on Saturday, June 26, at the Kenosha Community Sailing Center.
SEAN KRAJACIC, Kenosha News
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB BOAT BUILDING
Amira Gordon, 13, points to boat plans as she works with a group in a boat building camp at the Boys and Girls Club on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. The two-week camp, sponsored by Snap-On and Offsite, is being provided by the Chicago Maritime Arts Center. The building takes place at the Boys and Girls Club where 13 club members are able to participate. The boats will be launched on Saturday, June 26, at the Kenosha Community Sailing Center.
SEAN KRAJACIC, Kenosha News
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB BOAT BUILDING
Jailyn Smith, 11, front right, measures for a seat with Jason Justus, Teen Service Director, during a boat building camp at the Boys and Girls Club on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. The two-week camp, sponsored by Snap-On and Offsite, is being provided by the Chicago Maritime Arts Center. The building takes place at the Boys and Girls Club where 13 club members are able to participate. The boats will be launched on Saturday, June 26, at the Kenosha Community Sailing Center.
SEAN KRAJACIC, Kenosha News
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB BOAT BUILDING
Jeveah Sullivan, 10, center, cuts a piece of wood with help from Ted Cartner, of the Chicago Maritime Arts Center, as Zachariah Dalton looks on during a boat building camp at the Boys and Girls Club on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. The two-week camp, sponsored by Snap-On and Offsite, is being provided by the Chicago Maritime Arts Center. The building takes place at the Boys and Girls Club where 13 club members are able to participate. The boats will be launched on Saturday, June 26, at the Kenosha Community Sailing Center.
SEAN KRAJACIC, Kenosha News
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB BOAT BUILDING
Zachariah Dalton, 9, uses a saw to cut a piece of the bow off a rowboat with help from Ted Cartner, of the Chicago Maritime Arts Center, at the Boys and Girls Club on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. The two-week camp, sponsored by Snap-On and Offsite, is being provided by the Chicago Maritime Arts Center. The building takes place at the Boys and Girls Club where 13 club members are able to participate. The boats will be launched on Saturday, June 26, at the Kenosha Community Sailing Center.
SEAN KRAJACIC, Kenosha News
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The free concert series “Tuesdays at the Shell” (meaning the band shell in Pennoyer Park, at 35th Street and Seventh Avenue) is back tonight. Today’s concert, starting at 6 p.m., features the Doo Wop Daddies. The popular band — a fixture at area church festivals and other events — performs ’50s and ’60s “oldies.” Benches are provided, or you can bring your own lawn chair. Concessions are available for purchase. For more details, search “Tuesdays at the Shell in Pennoyer Park” on Facebook.
Twilight Jazz wraps up its 2022 season of free concerts this evening at the Anderson Arts Center grounds, 6603 Third Ave. Dave Sturino & Friends performs, starting at 7 p.m. The concert grounds open at 6 p.m.
Kenosha’s historic Velodrome in Washington Park, 1901 Washington Road, hosts Tuesday Night Bike Racing. The races are 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays, through Aug. 30. Spectators can cheer on their favorite racers from “the hill.” Admission is free. kenoshavelodromeracing.com.
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The Milwaukee County Zoo is offering a new attraction this summer: “Dragon Kingdom” is open through Sept. 5. Zoo visitors will “enter an enchanting mythical world to encounter more than 15 awesome animatronic creatures found in cultures throughout the world.” The dragons include an “ice” dragon from the Arctic, a Chinese dragon who brings good fortune and a dragon from Persian mythology, with a lion’s body — and rows of sharp teeth! The cost is $3 per person in addition to regular zoo admission. milwaukeezoo.org. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-events-for-tuesday-aug-23/article_922cb5d6-2230-11ed-808e-dfdd4ad48623.html | 2022-08-23T15:03:27 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-events-for-tuesday-aug-23/article_922cb5d6-2230-11ed-808e-dfdd4ad48623.html |
Twilight Jazz wraps up its 2022 season this evening, capping off what has been “a joyful year” for the concert series, said Kemper Center Administrator Robin Ingrouille.
Dave Sturino & Friends performs, starting at 7 p.m.
For 19 years, Twilight Jazz has been a popular community event and a fundraiser for Kemper and its Anderson Arts Center.
The free concerts take place on the arts center’s grounds, 6603 Third Ave.
In addition to the music, “we will have a full bar on the patio,” Ingrouille said.
Also during the event, there is a 50/50 raffle, and food can be purchased from the Nacho Queen Food Truck.
“This season has been really wonderful,” Ingrouille said. “It’s been going better than ever. The crowds seem to be bigger, and people are dancing. There’s a LOT of dancing. Really, it’s been one of the best years we’ve seen so far.”
A huge plus has been the weather — or, rather, the lack of bad weather — for the Tuesday night concerts.
“We’ve also had some new acts this season,” Ingrouille added, “which the crowds have really seemed to enjoy. It should be a lovely time tonight.”
As Twilight Jazz 2022 winds down, Ingrouille is looking ahead to 2023.
“Next year will be Kemper Center’s Twilight Jazz Concert Series 20th anniversary,” she said. “We are looking forward to 2023 and planning some celebratory surprises.”
Tonight’s music
Dave Sturino — who sponsors local music performances through his business, Hansen’s Pool & Spa — is also a busy musician. The keyboard player has performed several times at Twilight Jazz and at other local events and venues with various groups over the past 30-plus years.
For tonight’s show, Sturino will be on keyboards, with his son, John Sturino (who studied jazz at the University of North Texas) on drums, along with saxophone player Steve Jacobs and busy local musician Kal Bergendahl on bass.
“We’ll be performing many popular jazz fusion and funk standards, along with original material,” Dave Sturino said.
Funds raised during the concert series support and sustain the Anderson Arts Center and the Kemper Center and help to promote the arts and art education in the community.
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People listen to Janet Planet sing Tuesday evening, Aug. 31, 2021, at the Twilight Jazz Summer Concert Series at the Anderson Art Center. The annual series features regional and local jazz bands on the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Janet Planet performs Tuesday evening, Aug. 31, 2021, at the Twilight Jazz Summer Concert Series at the Anderson Art Center. The annual series features regional and local jazz bands on the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Janet Planet performs Tuesday evening, Aug. 31, 2021, at the Twilight Jazz Summer Concert Series at the Anderson Art Center. The annual series features regional and local jazz bands on the Lake Michigan shoreline.
People listen to Janet Planet sing Tuesday evening, Aug. 31, 2021, at the Twilight Jazz Summer Concert Series at the Anderson Art Center. The annual series features regional and local jazz bands on the Lake Michigan shoreline.
People listen to Janet Planet sing Tuesday evening, Aug. 31, 2021, at the Twilight Jazz Summer Concert Series at the Anderson Art Center. The annual series features regional and local jazz bands on the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Janet Planet performs Tuesday evening, Aug. 31, 2021, at the Twilight Jazz Summer Concert Series at the Anderson Art Center. The annual series features regional and local jazz bands on the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Janet Planet performs Tuesday evening, Aug. 31, 2021, at the Twilight Jazz Summer Concert Series at the Anderson Art Center. The annual series features regional and local jazz bands on the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Janet Planet performs Tuesday at the Twilight Jazz Summer Concert Series at the Anderson Art Center. The annual series features regional and local jazz bands on the Lake Michigan shoreline. The singer’s previous planned performance was rained out.
Janet Planet performs Tuesday evening, Aug. 31, 2021, at the Twilight Jazz Summer Concert Series at the Anderson Art Center. The annual series features regional and local jazz bands on the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Janet Planet performs at the Aug. 31, 2021, Twilight Jazz series at the Anderson Arts Center on Kenosha's lakefront.
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People listen to Janet Planet sing Tuesday evening, Aug. 31, 2021, at the Twilight Jazz Summer Concert Series at the Anderson Art Center. The annual series features regional and local jazz bands on the Lake Michigan shoreline.
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Janet Planet performs Tuesday evening, Aug. 31, 2021, at the Twilight Jazz Summer Concert Series at the Anderson Art Center. The annual series features regional and local jazz bands on the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Rex Davenport
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Janet Planet performs Tuesday evening, Aug. 31, 2021, at the Twilight Jazz Summer Concert Series at the Anderson Art Center. The annual series features regional and local jazz bands on the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Rex Davenport
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People listen to Janet Planet sing Tuesday evening, Aug. 31, 2021, at the Twilight Jazz Summer Concert Series at the Anderson Art Center. The annual series features regional and local jazz bands on the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Rex Davenport
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People listen to Janet Planet sing Tuesday evening, Aug. 31, 2021, at the Twilight Jazz Summer Concert Series at the Anderson Art Center. The annual series features regional and local jazz bands on the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Rex Davenport
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Janet Planet performs Tuesday evening, Aug. 31, 2021, at the Twilight Jazz Summer Concert Series at the Anderson Art Center. The annual series features regional and local jazz bands on the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Rex Davenport
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Janet Planet performs Tuesday evening, Aug. 31, 2021, at the Twilight Jazz Summer Concert Series at the Anderson Art Center. The annual series features regional and local jazz bands on the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Rex Davenport
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Janet Planet performs Tuesday at the Twilight Jazz Summer Concert Series at the Anderson Art Center. The annual series features regional and local jazz bands on the Lake Michigan shoreline. The singer’s previous planned performance was rained out.
Rex Davenport
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Janet Planet performs Tuesday evening, Aug. 31, 2021, at the Twilight Jazz Summer Concert Series at the Anderson Art Center. The annual series features regional and local jazz bands on the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Rex Davenport
If you go
What: Twilight Jazz season finale, with Dave Sturino & Friends
When: 7 to 9 tonight (Aug. 23); grounds open at 6 p.m.
Where: The grounds at the Anderson Arts Center, 6603 Third Ave.
Cost: Free
Also: Food and drinks will be available for purchase. No carry-ins of alcohol are allowed. Bring a lawn chair and/or blankets. The concert venue has no seating.
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SOMERS — The following students graduated at the end of the spring semester with degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside:
BRISTOL: Belynda Alberte, master of science, biological sciences; Mikayla Chon, bachelor of science, psychology; Justin Fanter, bachelor of arts, international studies; Joseph Graham, bachelor of science, business management and marketing; Olivia Matushek, bachelor of science, elementary education; Patrick Prokop, bachelor of science, business management; Jason Schreiber, master of business administration.
BURLINGTON: Maquel Lamb, bachelor of science, elementary education.
CAMP LAKE: Jack Stoppenbach, bachelor of science, physics and mathematics.
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Steven Crane, bachelor of science, biological sciences; Jacqueline Cruz, bachelor of science, biological sciences; Randall Delaney, master of science, sport management; William Detwiler, bachelor of arts, art; Erin Dillon, bachelor of arts, theatre arts; Wilhelmine Edwards, bachelor of science, kinesiology and sport performance; Meghan Fastenau, bachelor of science, business management; Sydney Ferguson, bachelor of science, psychology; Scott Flood, master of science, sport management; Emma Foley, bachelor of arts, theatre arts and communication; Nicole Ford, bachelor of science, business management; Timara Frink, bachelor of science, marketing and business management; Lynsey Gallagher, bachelor of arts, theatre arts; Caesar Garcia, bachelor of arts, communication; Brianna Gesiorski, bachelor of science, molecular biology and bioinformatics; Dana Gloria, bachelor of science, psychology; Laijay Glover, bachelor of science, business management; Jaileen Gonzalez, bachelor of science, applied health sciences; Sean Gorman, bachelor of arts and bachelor of science, economics and business management; Jennavieve Growel, bachelor of arts, communication; Ali Haider, bachelor of science, biological sciences; Mikayla Haubrich, bachelor of arts, criminal justice; Grace Heide, bachelor of science, special education; Samantha Heidingsfelder, bachelor of arts, sociology; Jonathan Helton, bachelor of arts, criminal justice; Austin Henningfield, bachelor of science, business management; Maria Herrera-Charignon, master of business administration; Ari Hjelmeseth, bachelor of science, psychology; Bradley Huber, bachelor of science, marketing; Nathan Hughes, bachelor of science, business management and accounting; John Jecevicus, bachelor of science, computer science; Terrell Johnson, master of business administration; Elise Kiouressis, bachelor of arts, criminal justice and political science; Isaac Klein, bachelor of science, computer science; Makayla La Point, bachelor of arts, criminal justice; Joseph Landgraf, master of business administration; Joshua Laviolette, bachelor of science, computer science; Stephanie Lecheler, bachelor of science, applied health sciences; Teizan Logarta, bachelor of science, health information management and technology; Max Ludwig, bachelor of science, sport management exercise science; Ana Maldonado, bachelor of arts, criminal justice; Olivia Martinez, bachelor of arts, criminal justice; Gerald Maryanov, bachelor of science, applied health sciences; Emiko Masaka, master of science, health and wellness management; Hannah Maurer, bachelor of arts, communication; Lindsey Maxfield, bachelor of arts, criminal justice; Kevin Mayfield, bachelor of science, management information systems; Kolin Meyer, bachelor of science, marketing; Benjamin Michaelis, master of business administration; Heather Montey, master of business administration; Carlos Moreno, bachelor of arts, history; Kyle Newman, bachelor of arts, political science; Ximena Ocampo, bachelor of science, business management; Edyta Odorowska-Duleba, master of business administration; Leah Orr, bachelor of arts, geography; Christopher Ortega Saucedo, bachelor of science, business management; Olivia Patrizzi, bachelor of science, business management and marketing; Nayit Perez, bachelor of science, psychology; Jacob Rasmussen, bachelor of science, psychology; Joel Rasmussen, bachelor of science, marketing; Jazmine Retana, bachelor of science, psychology; Jordan Ricchio, bachelor of science, accounting and business management; Edwin Rodriguez Sanchez, bachelor of arts, criminal justice; Joseph Root, master of business administration; Betsy Saenz, bachelor of arts, history; Taskin Saiyed, bachelor of arts, communication; Adrian Sanchez, associate of science, physics; Gabriana Sandoval, bachelor of science, psychology; Brooke Santelli, bachelor of science, biological sciences; Benjamin Sauer, bachelor of science, accounting; Dawson Schmaling, bachelor of science, management information systems; Mary Scott, bachelor of arts, English art; Carl Sechrist, bachelor of arts, communication; Shelby Severson, bachelor of arts, art; Molly Shannon, bachelor of arts, graphic design; Jessica Sigman, bachelor of science, elementary education and special education; Madelynn Sinclair, bachelor of science, biological sciences; Riley Smith, master of business administration; Adela Sosa, bachelor of arts, communication; Olivia Springsteen, bachelor of arts, theatre arts; Bridget Stella, bachelor of arts, communication; Caileigh Stephens, bachelor of science, biological sciences; Kenneth Stoner, master of business administration; Gabriella Stratton, bachelor of science, psychology; Michelle Strzalka, bachelor of science, accounting; Ashley Surdey, master of business administration; Michela Tenuta, bachelor of science, marketing; Kaeleb Thomas, bachelor of arts, communication; Courtney Toepfer, bachelor of science, applied health sciences; Blanca Tovar, bachelor of science; psychology; Kristiyan Vachev, bachelor of science, business management; Jared Vanblarcom, bachelor of science, elementary education; David Vargas, bachelor of science, business management; Megan Vittone, bachelor of arts, communication; Eric Watkins, bachelor of science, kinesiology and sport performance; Hunter Weddel, bachelor of science, business management; Melissa Wells, master of business administration; Kaitlyn Williamson, bachelor of science, elementary education and special education; Nicholas Zimmerman, bachelor of science, sport management; Timothy Zimmermann, master of business administration.
PLEASANT PRAIRIE: Trinitee Ajazhane, bachelor of science; business management; Samuel Bernhagen, bachelor of science, biological sciences; Mackenzie Brennan, bachelor of arts, geography; Alyssa Carter, bachelor of science, elementary education; Sean-Salvatore Cerchiara, bachelor of science, environmental studies; David Davison, bachelor of arts, graphic design; Karlie Dostal, bachelor of science, business management; Shaye Dostal, bachelor of science, biological sciences; Heather Emery, master of science, biological sciences; Brian Falcone, bachelor of science, business management; Sharon Fleming, bachelor of science, environmental studies; Daniel Overman, bachelor of science, environmental studies; David Schnettler, bachelor of science, accounting; Steven Smith, bachelor of science, health information management and technology; Jeffrey Spaeth, master of business administration; Jessica Topp, bachelor of science, environmental studies; Jonathan Tritt, bachelor of arts, liberal studies; Elijah Wallace, bachelor of science, computer science; Hannah Willis, bachelor of science, elementary education and special education.
SALEM: Morgan Bennett, bachelor of science, business management and marketing; Benjamin Fude, bachelor of science, computer science; Teagan Holland, bachelor of arts, graphic design; Jonathan Ocasio, bachelor of arts, graphic design.
SILVER LAKE: Kristin Reitenbach, bachelor of science, biological sciences.
TREVOR: Joseph Castle, bachelor of science, biological sciences; Samantha King, bachelor of science, accounting; Alexander Kremer, bachelor of science, business management; Wesley Lemons, bachelor of science, management information systems and business management; Trace Miller, bachelor of science, exercise science and applied health sciences; Caleb Pittman, bachelor of science, business management; Lillian Schnider, bachelor of arts, criminal justice; Matthew Sonnentag, master of business administration.
TWIN LAKES: Kristen Carlson, bachelor of science, geosciences; Barbara Kramer, master of business administration; Brie Smith, bachelor of arts, communication.
UNION GROVE: Danielle Gulliford, bachelor of science, applied health sciences; Ishmeet Singh, bachelor of science, computer science.
WILMOT: Elijah Wychers, bachelor of science, business management. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/uw-parkside-announces-kenosha-county-area-students-receiving-diplomas/article_ec7060ca-1f5f-11ed-b451-27eb5a7b3ce7.html | 2022-08-23T15:03:39 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/uw-parkside-announces-kenosha-county-area-students-receiving-diplomas/article_ec7060ca-1f5f-11ed-b451-27eb5a7b3ce7.html |
SAN ANTONIO — Fire crews are working to figure out what caused an explosion and fire at a SAWS plant on the far south side Monday night.
Bexar County Fire responded to the 3700 block of Hardy Road for the reported explosion.
Not much is known at this time, but officials suspect a lightning strike may have struck a location near large tanks with flammable liquids.
Residents who live nearby said the explosion was loud and the shook the ground.
No water customers were affected by the incident and no injuries were reported. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/lightning-strike-possibly-the-cause-of-explosion-fire-at-saws-facility-news/273-1e17d881-31ee-4c3f-8be8-36645211860d | 2022-08-23T15:06:31 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/lightning-strike-possibly-the-cause-of-explosion-fire-at-saws-facility-news/273-1e17d881-31ee-4c3f-8be8-36645211860d |
SAN ANTONIO — Officials are looking for a missing 33 year old man who was last seen on the 1500 block of West French Place on August 12.
Shannon Callaway is described as being 5'11", weighing 190 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. Officials say he has a medical condition that requires medications.
If you have seen or know the whereabouts of Callaway, you are asked to contact the San Antonio Police Missing Persons Unit at (210) 207-7660. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/officials-looking-for-missing-man-last-seen-almost-two-weeks-ago/273-c12c9336-163a-4946-9b4f-5b784a2d71d7 | 2022-08-23T15:06:37 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/officials-looking-for-missing-man-last-seen-almost-two-weeks-ago/273-c12c9336-163a-4946-9b4f-5b784a2d71d7 |
LA PORTE, Texas — Battleship Texas finally has a set date to sail from its La Porte home.
Initially, the historic ship was scheduled to be towed to the Gulf Copper Shipyard in Galveston for necessary repairs in mid-August. Those plans were pushed back to Wednesday, Aug. 31.
While the ship will officially leave the San Jacinto Battleground site for repairs, you might still be able to see it as it gets repaired.
Currently, the Battleship Texas Foundation is working on a plan for visitors to see the ship while it's dry-docked at Pier 21, but those plans have yet to be finalized.
At the end of July, teams installed pumps that will be used during towing to limit the ship's water intake from leaks.
Back in May, crews removed about 23,000 cubic yards of mud from the stern around the ship to clear a path for towing into the Houston Ship Channel.
The Texas still does not have a permanent home planned after it's repaired, but we know it won’t be returned to La Porte, where it’s been since 1948.
Its new permanent home is likely to be in the Houston area, but Beaumont and Baytown have also been discussed as options.
Meanwhile, the City of Beaumont hired a marine engineering firm to help them determine the cost and precise location of the Battleship Texas if it were to be moved to Southeast Texas.
Beaumont paid $20,000 for the engineering firm to help with their quest to obtain the Texas. At the time, Beaumont city councilmembers said they were the "only logical place" for the Texas because Baytown will have to spend $20 million to dredge a channel and maintain that channel for the ship. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/battleship-texas-leaving-for-repairs/285-2194328e-bd16-4059-a731-de8171fc71d2 | 2022-08-23T15:06:43 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/battleship-texas-leaving-for-repairs/285-2194328e-bd16-4059-a731-de8171fc71d2 |
LAPEER COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - A 53-year-old man from Otter Lake sustained serious injuries after police say he ran a stop sign into the path of a semi-truck north of Lapeer.
The Lapeer County Sheriff's Office says the 2008 Dodge Dakota pickup truck was traveling west on Barnes Lake Road around 7:15 p.m. Monday when he ran a stop sign at M-24 in Deerfield Township.
The pickup truck drove into the path of a 2015 Freightliner semi-truck, which was towing a fully loaded 53-foot cargo trailer. The semi-truck driver was unable to avoid a collision and slammed into the side of the pickup truck.
The crash caused the pickup truck to roll onto its roof and the semi-truck to jackknife. The Otter Lake man was pinned in his pickup truck until the Deerfield Township Fire Department extricated him.
The semi-truck damaged a DTE utility pole and started leaking diesel fuel. Authorities closed the intersection for about five hours while crews investigated and cleared the scene.
An ambulance transported the 53-year-old in the pickup truck to McLaren Lapeer Region hospital, where he was listed in stable condition Tuesday with non-life-threatening injuries.
A 27-year-old man from Melvindale driving the semi-truck did not report any injuries from the crash.
Investigators do not believe either driver was intoxicated or speeding when the crash happened. The Lapeer County Sheriff's Office will continue looking into what caused the crash. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/53-year-old-seriously-injured-after-semi-truck-and-pickup-crash/article_c8ddb5b8-22ed-11ed-893b-3f193752158c.html | 2022-08-23T15:11:09 | 0 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/53-year-old-seriously-injured-after-semi-truck-and-pickup-crash/article_c8ddb5b8-22ed-11ed-893b-3f193752158c.html |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Hillsboro Police Department confirmed the identity of the man who allegedly attacked an officer before being shot Friday afternoon.
HPD told KOIN 6 News Juan Aguilar-Mandujano, 20, was the suspect shot at least one time by an officer near the department.
Witnesses at the scene told police an officer was attacked near his patrol car, prompting a shooting which resulted in the officer striking the suspect.
“Witnesses tell us that they witnessed one of our officers near his patrol car, seemingly randomly attacked,” said Sergeant Stewart Kelsey of the Hillsboro Police Department. “A scuffle ensued and resulted in lethal force being used by the officer. So, an officer-involved shooting.”
The condition of the suspect or officer has not been released. It’s unclear whether the suspect fired any shots. | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/officials-identify-man-who-allegedly-attacked-hillsboro-officer/ | 2022-08-23T15:19:53 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/officials-identify-man-who-allegedly-attacked-hillsboro-officer/ |
WOOD VILLAGE, Ore. — A Multnomah County jury has ordered Walmart to pay $4.4 million in damages to Michael Mangum, a Black man who sued the store after he said he was racially profiled and harassed by an employee at the Walmart in Wood Village. According to the lawsuit, the employee "spied" on Mangum while he was shopping, ordered him to leave and then called police when he refused.
Walmart allowed the employee to keep his job for several months after the incident, Mangum's lawyers said, even after law enforcement refused to take action against Mangum and warned managers that the employee had a history of making false reports to police about customers.
According to the lawsuit and a news release from his attorneys, Mangum, who was 59 at the time, visited the Walmart located at 23500 Northeast Sandy Boulevard in Wood Village on March 26, 2020, to buy a light bulb for his refrigerator. After Mangum arrived, he noticed a store employee watching him as he shopped. The court filing says the employee, Joe Williams, "spied on Mr. Mangum."
Williams told Mangum to leave the store, but Mangum refused, saying he'd done nothing wrong. According to the news release from Mangum's lawyers, Williams told Mangum he was going to call the police and tell them Mangum had threatened to "smash him in the face."
Williams called the non-emergency police dispatch line and told the operator he "had a person refusing to leave," the lawsuit states. Williams told the operator that Mangum wasn't acting violently and didn't appear to be drunk or high, but that "he just keeps checking me out." He told the dispatch operator that he asked Mangum to leave because "he started flipping out on me."
According to Mangum's lawyers, deputies from the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) responded and "refused to take action against Mangum." The lawyers said deputies made that decision based on Williams' "shifting explanations" for the reason he called and because of his "reputation for making false reports to police."
The lawsuit states that after the incident, a store manager spoke to Mangum outside the store and told him the store had experienced "large losses from theft." Mangum told the manager that had nothing to do with him.
According to Mangum's lawyers, the following day, MCSO Sergeant Bryan White and an unnamed deputy returned to the store and met with Kelly Cooper, the director of the Wood Village Walmart, and assistant manager Dugan Harris. They explained that deputies had noticed a "pattern of behavior" in which Williams would call police to report "dangerous active situations, such as customers physically assaulting him or other employees." Deputies would later determine that Williams was reporting things that were not happening.
The store and Walmart corporate officials ignored these warnings about Williams' pattern of false reporting, Mangum's lawyers said, and kept him on the job for several more months after the racial profiling incident. He was eventually fired on July 9, 2020 for "mishandling $35 of Walmart property."
Mangum filed a lawsuit against Walmart for negligent retention and action against person who summons police with improper intent (ORS 30.845).
According to his lawyers, Mangum is a respected man in the community who works serving residents of a large housing project in Portland and counseling young people at risk of gang involvement. He's known by those with whom he works and serves as "Mr. Michael."
"His jobs would have been at great risk had he been charged with a crime, but he refused to be intimidated by Williams' lying and bullying," Mangum's trial lawyer, Greg Kafoury, said in a news release. "He lives the same message of self-respect that he teaches to young people, 'stand up for yourself when you know you're right.' Because of his courage, we were able to show the jury an unconscionable failure of responsibility by the world's largest corporation."
In a statement sent to KGW, Randy Hargrove, senior director for national media relations for Walmart, called into question some of the claims by Mangum's lawyers and said Walmart considers the verdict "excessive."
"We do not tolerate discrimination. We believe the verdict is excessive and is not supported by the evidence," Hargrove said. "Mr. Mangum was never stopped by Walmart's Asset Protection. He interfered with our associates as they were surveilling and then stopped confirmed shoplifters, and then refused to leave despite being asked to repeatedly by our staff and Multnomah County deputies. We are reviewing our options including post-trial motions."
Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly referred to the jury in this case as a grand jury. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/44-million-verdict-walmart-racial-profiling-oregon/283-a009b826-440e-4569-8a10-2bba9e4b23aa | 2022-08-23T15:25:37 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/44-million-verdict-walmart-racial-profiling-oregon/283-a009b826-440e-4569-8a10-2bba9e4b23aa |
ST JOSEPH, Minn. — When life lays heavy upon one's shoulders, there's something about the morning.
“Things that you worry about all day — the day before or something — in the morning, they seem a lot smaller,” Liz Fiedler says as she snips stems in her flower garden with the sun cresting the horizon behind her.
The past two years, Liz has experienced both the weight of loss and the light that makes it bearable.
“Josh was, I always say, he was the how to my wow,” Liz says.
Liz's husband Josh welcomed her to the farm near St. Joseph on which Josh had grown up milking cows, the fifth generation of his family to do so.
“The summer he was 36, we bought it and moved out here,” Liz says.
As Josh grew his career in ag lending, Liz earned her doctorate as a nurse practitioner.
Joined by their new daughter, Vidalia, the couple envisioned a hobby farm selling flowers and canned goods — a place of their own, they named Sunny Mary Meadow, after Josh's late mother.
Two years ago, Liz had finished her first season in their first flower garden when their well-laid plans were uprooted.
Liz was at work, her husband home alone, when Josh collapsed while running on a treadmill.
He was 39 years old.
“Sudden cardiac arrest,” Liz says. “We were married for six-and-a-half years when he passed away.”
Fit, and in seemingly in perfect health, Josh had breezed through a physical the day before he died.
One day after Josh’s funeral, Liz learned she was pregnant with their second child.
Her mother suggested that continuing the flower business might be too much.
“And I just remember looking at her, and I was like, ‘Don't take away one of the things that still makes me happy,’” Liz says.
Let's just say, two summers later, good things are growing.
“So, this is Davie,” Liz says, introducing the 1-year-old daughter in her arms.
Davie’s 4-year-old sister pokes her head around her mother’s left leg.
“And this is Vidalia,” Liz says.
Count Vidalia and Davie among the reminders of Josh sprinkled around the farm.
The windchimes near the barn, with Josh’s name, inscribed on a metal plate, dancing beneath.
The last of the salsa Josh canned on a shelf in the shop.
And his college flag on a pole in the front yard.
“He loved St. John's University,” Liz says. “He was the Johnniest of Johnnies.”
But approaching two years since Josh's death, there are also signs that Liz, at 33, is making the old dairy farm her own.
Bright, floral, murals decorate white farm sheds, including a new painting in the works by local artist Lindsay Herdering.
“These murals reflect her personality. She's colorful and vibrant,” Lindsay says as she paints a Sunny Mary Meadow welcome on a bright yellow background.
The new farmhouse Liz and Josh had started planning together is now under construction.
One cut flower garden has grown to three.
Evenings, Liz teaches classes in flower arrangement.
She's written a children's book about grief titled, "When Flowers Bloom."
And all summer long, customers arrive to pick up the hundreds of bouquets she assembles in the farm's old butcher shop.
“You have a choice, and move forward is kind of what I've chosen,” Liz says.
Back in the garden, Liz offers her daughters beginning lessons in floriculture.
“It's called snow on the mountain,” Liz says, pointing to some white-tipped leaves.
Struck by the plant’s name, Vidalia giggles.
“I know, isn't that silly?” Liz says, cradling Davie in her right arm.
“They’re the sixth generation,” Liz says proudly.
She believes Josh would be proud too.
“This is what he wanted for us; I know it is,” Liz says.
One day, she wants Vidalia and Davie to have the opportunity raise their families on the 134-year-old farm too.
“I'm just the keeper of the flame for now – want to keep it burning,” Liz says.
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DALLAS — Attorney General Ken Paxton’s non-binding legal opinion arguing that gender-affirming care for children could be considered child abuse sent shockwaves through the state agency responsible for investigating abuse, according to hundreds of Texas Department of Family and Protective Services emails.
The emails, obtained by WFAA through an open records request, highlight the agency’s scramble to understand the Feb. 21 opinion and subsequent Feb. 22 directive by Gov. Greg Abbott requiring DFPS to open child abuse investigations into transgender children undergoing gender-affirming care.
More than that, they reveal an uneasiness among some staff members when it came to enforcing Abbott's instructions.
Stephen Black, the DFPS associate commissioner for statewide intake, sent an email two days after Abbott's directive with two attachments giving “guidance and direction regarding how the department is to handle intakes related to gender transitioning.”
DFPS managers forwarded Black’s email to staff as they worked to understand the impact of Paxton’s opinion and how to internally handle Abbott’s directive.
“I know there are lots of feelings around this and more questions than answers right now,” wrote one DFPS manager in an email to staff. “This email is not the platform for opinions or discussion on this topic.”
Marina Yzaguirre, regional director for Child Protective Investigations in Edinburg, Texas, ordered that cases of “any intakes,” or children arriving into DFPS custody who are transgender, “must be escalated up for further guidance and direction” in a Feb. 23 email.
“We must treat these as normal investigations,” a regional director emailed on Feb. 24.
Warned a regional managing attorney to staffers in a March 1 email: “In regard to the AG opinion about gender reassignment, if program contacts you with any questions or wanting to staff a case with this issue, you need to notify me immediately and do not give any advice in regard to this subject.”
Abbott’s order directed DFPS to “conduct prompt and thorough investigations of any reported instances of Texas children being subjected to abusive gender-transitioning procedures.”
"We will need to discuss having a designated caseworker handle these special cases when they come up," an investigative program director wrote on Feb. 24. "It is being asked that these cases are worked thoroughly without text messages/emails to the family etc."
The American Psychiatric Association, American Medical Association, and American Academy of Pediatrics support gender-affirming care and consider it medically necessary treatment.
And, despite being asked not to do so, several employees expressed frustration and anger upon receiving Black’s email regarding Paxton’s legal opinion on Feb. 21.
“I will resign,” an employee wrote in an Feb. 24 email.
Less than an hour later, that employee sent an email to another staffer saying, “I have told my boss I will resign before I (report) on a family whose child is transitioning.”
It is unclear if the employee still works for DFPS.
In a Feb. 28 email, another employee spoke plainly about her feelings over the investigative order.
“Effing bull poop,” she wrote to a supervisor.
According to a new report by the Houston Chronicle, “nearly 2,300 employees have left the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services since the beginning of the year.”
Several told the Chronicle they left because of the directive to investigate transgender youth.
In April, more than half a dozen child abuse investigators told The Texas Tribune that they have either resigned or were actively job hunting because of the directive.
Currently, DFPS’s investigations are in legal limbo as the agency faces many legal challenges related to the order.
In all, DFPS had 11 investigations related to Abbott's trans youth directive.
As of Aug. 23., eight of the investigations were closed, according to Marissa Gonzales, DFPS's media relations director. Three cases remain open.
"None of the investigations have resulted in a removal of a child," Gonzales said.
In May, the Texas Supreme Court allowed investigations to continue, but blocked at least one investigation into one family who is suing the state.
Over the summer, three more child abuse investigations into gender-affirming care were blocked in Travis County.
Either way, the emails shed light on the agency’s internal effort to understand the impact of Gov. Abbott’s order and Attorney General Paxton’s opinion.
“Not fully sure what this means for us at [Statewide Intake], but during the most recent legislative session our policy changed because of Texas law to add [physical abuse] for ‘sexual reassignment surgery for non-medical purposes,’” read an email from J.R. Uribe-Woods, a statewide intake supervisor, that was written on Feb. 23.
The state legislature failed to pass bills restricting gender-affirming care during its 2021 session.
But last August, in response to a request from Gov. Abbott, DFPS deemed gender reassignment surgery as child abuse except for the surgeries it deems “medically necessary” to correct “medically verifiable genetic disorders of sex development.”
Equality Texas, a statewide LGBTQ+ advocacy group, has criticized Abbott’s request.
“This is nothing more than another political attempt to stigmatize transgender people, their loving families and the healthcare providers who offer them lifesaving care,” CEO Ricardo Martinez said.
Medical experts widely agree that gender-affirming care rarely includes surgeries.
When needed, most treatment includes puberty or hormone blockers, which delays puberty, but can be reversed. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/gov-abbotts-order-to-investigate-trans-youth-elicited-anger-confusion-inside-state-protective-services-internal-emails-open-records/287-f42c4255-4a31-4a32-a63c-83ecb7de0d1b | 2022-08-23T15:26:17 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/gov-abbotts-order-to-investigate-trans-youth-elicited-anger-confusion-inside-state-protective-services-internal-emails-open-records/287-f42c4255-4a31-4a32-a63c-83ecb7de0d1b |
GLEN ROSE, Texas — They say everything is bigger in Texas and that includes dinosaur tracks.
Over 113 million years ago, pre-historic dinosaurs roamed what is now the Glen Rose area in Texas and managed to leave fossilized tracks hidden beneath the Paluxy River. They were recently re-discovered by workers of the Dinosaur Valley State Park, as shown in videos and images posted to their Facebook page.
"The Paluxy River has pretty much gone dry this drought," said one park worker in a Facebook video post shared on Aug. 17. "What's cool about the river is what you'll find in the river. Sweep a little bit of the dirt and dust away and this is what you'll find... dinosaur tracks."
In the video, the worker points out how many tracks have three large claw marks, commonly belonging to the theropod dinosaur class, he said. This was confirmed in a 2012 study, which also said the river holds tracks from the sauropod class, too.
"These are normally underwater so you don't easily get to see these... well in shallow water, covered in dirt and silt," he said.
The park also shared several photos of volunteers cleaning out the long trail of prints as they worked on "dinosaur track mapping," which also consisted of measuring the tracks, the park commented in their posts.
It is likely the tracks were covered up again, however, due to heavy rainfall that passed through the Lone Star State.
"When it starts raining they will fill up with water and mud. Most likely we will not see them like this again for a very long time," the park said.
Dinosaur Valley State Park is located at 1629 Park Rd 59., Glen Rose, TX 76043, which is about an hour and a half drive northwest of Waco. It is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
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BUXTON, Maine — At an MSAD 6 school board meeting on Monday night, parents voiced their concerns while other parents showed their support for two books in the middle and high school library.
The books are titled "It's Perfectly Normal" and "Gender Queer: A Memoir." They deal with the topic of sexuality and gender identity.
One group of parents is asking for the books to be pulled off the shelves because they say it amounts to pornography, while the other group argues that no one is forcing kids to read them because they are not part of the official curriculum.
Board members decided they will take some time to read the books for themselves and will vote on removing them at a meeting on Sept. 6.
The towns of Buxton, Hollis, Standish, Limington, and Frye Island are part of MSAD 6.
These books have been targeted nationally and in another Maine school district.
Back in June, a panel in RSU 56 voted to keep the book "Gender Queer" on library shelves after some parents asked that it be removed from Dirigo High School in Dixfield, but when a new board took power, the book was removed.
To watch the full MSAD 6 school board meeting, you can click here. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/lgbtq-msad6-gender-queer/97-76be7f2f-5f90-42d0-9b89-b2c381586c6b | 2022-08-23T15:26:29 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/lgbtq-msad6-gender-queer/97-76be7f2f-5f90-42d0-9b89-b2c381586c6b |
SKOWHEGAN, Maine — Skowhegan is looking to spruce up its riverfront and is inviting community members to share ideas and give feedback on designs.
The goal is to make an area that's available for walking and biking along the river and river access between 39 Water St. and 225 Water St. in downtown Skowhegan.
Project leaders are seeking the public's input on design concepts for the development. The design team is holding open studio hours from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at 181 Water Street on Tuesday and Wednesday for community members to see drafts.
"Our riverfront has so much potential, and right now it's not being utilized to its full potential," Kristina Cannon, executive director of Maine Street Skowhegan, said. "There's chain-link fences and dumpsters out by the river right now, and I'm hoping we can take another look at our beautiful river gorge and say, 'How do we make this more welcoming?"
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On Tuesday, there will be a meeting for public comment from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Then on Wednesday from 5:30 to 8 p.m., the design team will give a presentation and plans for the next steps.
The town and nonprofit Main Street Skowhegan received a $2 million grant from the federal government to fund the development, according to Cannon.
Cannon said she's hoping construction will start summer 2023. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/skowhegan-waterfront-revitalization-project/97-2225f0c6-65fb-437a-bfe5-d5c08fab7694 | 2022-08-23T15:26:35 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/skowhegan-waterfront-revitalization-project/97-2225f0c6-65fb-437a-bfe5-d5c08fab7694 |
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (KSNW) — Nineteen new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on Aug. 19 at a ceremony held in the KLETC Integrity Auditorium.
Kalaeb Bratton, game warden with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, was the graduating class president.
The speaker for the ceremony was Todd Ackerman, director of the Augusta Department of Public Safety. Michael Satterlee, KLETC senior instructor of police, was the class coordinator for the 297th Basic Training Class.
Bratton was named to the Director’s Honor Roll and given the Larry Welch Academic Award for having the highest total average on the written exams within the class. His final average was 95.7%. Officer Mitchell May of the Hutchinson Police Department was recognized during the ceremony for his firearms proficiency as the class “Top Shot.”
Graduates receive certificates of course completion from KLETC and Kansas law enforcement certification from the Kansas Commission on Peace Officers’ Standards and Training, the state’s law enforcement licensing authority. The training course fulfills the state requirement for law enforcement training. Classroom lectures and hands-on applications help train officers to solve the increasingly complex problems they face in the line of duty.
Established by the Kansas Legislature in 1968, KLETC trains the majority of municipal, county, and state law enforcement officers in Kansas and oversees the training of the remaining officers at seven authorized and certified academy programs operated by local law enforcement agencies and the Kansas Highway Patrol.
About 300 officers enroll annually in KLETC 14-week basic training programs. KLETC offers continuing education and specialized training to over 10,000 Kansas officers each year. KLETC is located one mile west and one mile south of Yoder, near Hutchinson, and is a division of the University of Kansas Lifelong & Professional Education.
The graduates, who began their training in April 2022, represented multiple municipal, county and state law enforcement agencies from across Kansas. Graduates are listed below by county and agency:
Allen
- John Walker, Allen County Sheriff’s Office
Barton
- Derrick Brown, Ellinwood Police Department
Butler
- Nicklas Cline, Rose Hill Police Department
- Samantha Cosby, Augusta Department of Public Safety
- Blake Elsen, Andover Police Department
- Tyler Smith, Augusta Department of Public Safety
Cowley
- Jeni McGee, Arkansas City Police Department
Dickinson
- Matthews Asmus, Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office
Ellis
- Brevin LaBarge, Hays Police Department
Ford
- Michael Imel, Dodge City Police Department
Geary
- Jared Johnson, Junction City Police Department
Harvey
- Charles Jefferis, Newton Police Department
Leavenworth
- Alexis Solis, Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Office
Pratt
- Kalaeb Bratton, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Reno
- Mitchell May, Hutchinson Police Department
- Pearson Schrag, Hutchinson Police Department
Riley
- Michael Riffelmacher, Kansas State University Police Department
Shawnee
- Cody Frost, MTAA Police & Fire Department
- James Hubbard, MTAA Police & Fire Department. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/19-new-law-enforcement-officers-graduate-from-kletc/ | 2022-08-23T15:34:14 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/19-new-law-enforcement-officers-graduate-from-kletc/ |
HUDSON — If traveling south on U.S. Highway 63 beyond Hudson this fall, drivers will face a total road closure for a little more than two months.
If coming from Waterloo, they'll be better off heading directly to Hawkeye Road, also known as Iowa Highway 21, to get to their destination.
The northbound and southbound lanes, for a little more than 13 miles, will be shut down from Sept. 6 until Nov. 14 for a concrete overlay project, the Iowa Department of Transportation announced.
The approximate dates are weather dependent.
Antics were part of a dance-off held Thursday as Waterloo Schools welcomed staff back to work after summer break.
The contractor will allow residents access to their homes along the strip. And traffic will be able to cross the closed highway, except when an intersection is being paved.
The work will start near Hudson's southern border, on Highway 63, a half mile south of South Hudson Road, or Iowa Highway 58, and will conclude near the Wolf Creek Bridge in Traer.
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The last time the stretch of road was resurfaced was in the late 1990s.
If travelling southbound on Highway 63 from Waterloo, traffic will be directed around the work zone: east onto West Schrock Road (Black Hawk County Road D-35), south onto Highway 21 and then back west onto Iowa Highway 8 to Traer to get back onto Highway 63.
WATERLOO — Larger planes will not have to pay landing fees if they fly into the local airport.
The detour adds another 12 miles to a trip south toward Traer.
Questions can be directed Dustin Skogerboe at (641) 752-4657 or dustin.skogerboe@iowadot.us
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To receive email or text alerts about traffic incidents, road closures, traffic delays, and other restrictions that affect the highway route or other routes, the Iowa DOT offers the “Your 511” option on 511ia.org. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/highway-63-to-be-closed-south-of-hudson-for-two-months-beginning-in-september/article_06896bae-b824-527b-a28f-2013afb720a3.html | 2022-08-23T15:36:13 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/highway-63-to-be-closed-south-of-hudson-for-two-months-beginning-in-september/article_06896bae-b824-527b-a28f-2013afb720a3.html |
GREENSBORO — A person suffered life-threatening injuries after being stabbed this morning, Greensboro police said in a news release.
At 5:18 a.m., officers responded to a call about a stabbing the 1100 block of Summit Avenue. They found the male victim with life-threatening injuries.
Police did not immediately release the victim's age and information about possible suspect(s) was not available.
The investigation is continuing.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Greensboro/Guilford Crime Stoppers at 336-373-1000. Citizens can also download the mobile P3tips app to submit a mobile tip, or go to P3tips.com to submit a web tip. All tips to Crime Stoppers are anonymous. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/stabbing-leaves-victim-with-life-threatening-injuries-greensboro-police-say/article_b74a78ee-22e9-11ed-84cd-639b755df46c.html | 2022-08-23T15:39:12 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/stabbing-leaves-victim-with-life-threatening-injuries-greensboro-police-say/article_b74a78ee-22e9-11ed-84cd-639b755df46c.html |
Lincoln fire crews rescued an 8-month-old yellow Labrador from a burning house near the city's northwestern edge Monday night after the home's residents were unable to retrieve the dog despite multiple attempts, according to officials.
Two residents and one dog had already made it out of the house at 5541 N.W. Third St. when crews responded to the blaze around 11 p.m. Monday, Lincoln Fire and Rescue Capt. Nancy Crist said.
A man had reentered the house several times in an effort to save the puppy but wasn't able to retrieve the dog, Crist said. Fire crews later found the dog — rattled, but unharmed — underneath a bed before bringing the Lab to safety.
The fire — which Crist said originated inside a pellet smoker on the family's back deck before spreading into the attic and throughout the house — caused $125,000 in damage to the structure and another $50,000 in damage to contents. No one was injured in the blaze.
A Kansas City, Missouri, native, Andrew Wegley joined the Journal Star as breaking news reporter after graduating from Northwest Missouri State University in May 2021.
Nebraska State Patrol troopers arrested Oscar Villa, 36, and Johana Madrid, 27, both of Los Angeles, after a rural Winside resident reported them on their property.
"I think every indication shows that he is a predator to the public," Nemaha County prosecutors said before a district judge sentenced a former Lincoln sportswriter to prison.
Authorities responded to the north Lincoln gas station around 11 p.m. Saturday after a 31-year-old man was shot once in the leg in an apparently targeted act of violence, according to police.
The collision occurred around 5:45 p.m. Sunday in northeast Lincoln, where the police cruiser was stopped facing eastbound on Adams Street, getting set to turn south onto 48th.
Judge Kevin McManaman sided with the city on its motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought by Erin Spilker, who was a 20-year veteran of LPD when she resigned this year. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-fire-crews-rescue-8-month-old-dog-from-highlands-house-fire-officials-say/article_c2279bf6-bbef-5735-8590-498c4401a252.html | 2022-08-23T15:39:20 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-fire-crews-rescue-8-month-old-dog-from-highlands-house-fire-officials-say/article_c2279bf6-bbef-5735-8590-498c4401a252.html |
ALBANY – Immediately following this past spring’s Primary Election in Dougherty County, County Administrator Michael McCoy provided Chairman-elect Lorenzo Heard with a letter noting that a transitional plan would be forthcoming.
McCoy delivered the document, entitled “A Guide to Government,” to the chairman-elect on Tuesday.
“In order to make the chairman-elect’s transition into the new chairman position a smooth one, we wanted to provide him with a guide to make this as easy a transition as possible,” McCoy said in a news release. “The guide provides a complete and comprehensive overview of all functionalities of Dougherty County government.”
The first of its kind in Dougherty County government history, this guide includes a welcome letter from McCoy, along with items such as information on the structure of the county government, key departments and department managers, organizational charts, and much more.
Providing an easy reference to all the functionalities of Dougherty County government, the guide also features summaries of various committees and other information to serve as a guide to help the incoming chairman-elect learn more.
Heard is set to take office as chairman of the Dougherty County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 9.
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LA PORTE, Texas — Battleship Texas finally has a set date to sail from its La Porte home.
Initially, the historic ship was scheduled to be towed to the Gulf Copper Shipyard in Galveston for necessary repairs in mid-August. Those plans were pushed back to Wednesday, Aug. 31.
While the ship will officially leave the San Jacinto Battleground site for repairs, you might still be able to see it as it gets repaired.
Currently, the Battleship Texas Foundation is working on a plan for visitors to see the ship while it's dry-docked at Pier 21, but those plans have yet to be finalized.
At the end of July, teams installed pumps that will be used during towing to limit the ship's water intake from leaks.
Back in May, crews removed about 23,000 cubic yards of mud from the stern around the ship to clear a path for towing into the Houston Ship Channel.
The Texas still does not have a permanent home planned after it's repaired, but we know it won’t be returned to La Porte, where it’s been since 1948.
Its new permanent home is likely to be in the Houston area, but Beaumont and Baytown have also been discussed as options.
Meanwhile, the City of Beaumont hired a marine engineering firm to help them determine the cost and precise location of the Battleship Texas if it were to be moved to Southeast Texas.
Beaumont paid $20,000 for the engineering firm to help with their quest to obtain the Texas. At the time, Beaumont city councilmembers said they were the "only logical place" for the Texas because Baytown will have to spend $20 million to dredge a channel and maintain that channel for the ship. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/battleship-texas-leaving-for-repairs/285-2194328e-bd16-4059-a731-de8171fc71d2 | 2022-08-23T15:47:45 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/battleship-texas-leaving-for-repairs/285-2194328e-bd16-4059-a731-de8171fc71d2 |
BELTON, Texas — A Belton ISD librarian went viral on TikTok after she posted a video about being told to take down her "banned book" display because of a parent complaint.
Last Tuesday, a day before the first day of school, user miarwilson posted a video on the popular social media platform, which has garnered over 1 million views as of Monday night. In it, she explained how she was approached by her principal over the display and how she was worried that she'll get fired because she refused to take it down.
"I told him no, I was not taking it down because I serve over 700 students and not one student alone," she said in the video. "Celebrating Banned Books Week is in our [American Library Association] standards, as well as what every secondary library does in our school district."
She continued to say the principal requested she keep things "academic," to which she also told him "no."
"Would you like me to take down 10 library displays that are not academic because I've got one on superheroes and I'm pretty sure there's no standard on that," she said.
She continue to explain there was a process in place at Belton ISD where the parent should talk to her first before going to the principal because of it falling under her area of expertise.
"It's not about taking away parent autonomy," she stressed in the video. "Your kid definitely doesn't have to read those books. However, this is an opportunity to bring awareness and information and knowledge to kids."
In a later video, miarwilson shared to viewers what the display looked like, which consisted of posters saying "banned books week" was Sept. 18 to Sept. 24 and how students could win a free book if they read two of the books on the banned/challenged book list.
It also displayed a series of physical copies of the books. Some of the books in the display include "Hunger Games," "Bridge to Terabithia," "Lord of the Flies," "Beyond Magenta" and "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret."
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Officials with Belton ISD told 6 News the books that are in the viral book display have not been formally challenged or banned within the district. Even so, the books still don't sit right with many parents.
"They're not quietly on a shelf, they're displayed, promoted, advertised and in some cases, they're actually incentivized," said Hillary Hickland, a concerned parent.
Hickland and other parents attended Belton ISD's scheduled board meeting Monday night to address book policies and current books on BISD shelves during a public comment session.
"I'm here for awareness of the harmful material that is in our schools, particularly sexually explicit and age inappropriate material," she said.
Concerned Belton parents and grandparents say they have asked the district to pull books before the display went viral. But, the display with historically known banned or challenged books goes too far for Hickland.
"We're calling attention to it with this event like come see the Banned Books Week and that's really sad if that's what it takes to get kids engaged with literature," she said. "I think we can go about it in a better way than trying to celebrate controversy. I'm not a book burner, but we're not talking about public libraries. We're talking about our school libraries, and we're talking about children who are really impressionable and really vulnerable."
Data from the the ALA shows challenges mostly happen in school libraries and are primarily initiated by parents.
As book bans remain a hot topic across the country in schools, Dr. Deanna Lovesmith with Belton ISD says parents should be involved.
"Where we stand in Belton is we are about each and every student and so what we recognize is we have 14,000 students, and we have families with vastly different values and beliefs and so that's why we really focus on a partnership with each parents," the assistant superintendent of teaching and learning explained.
For the first time ever, BISD has opened up resources for parents to monitor what their students read. The district has also set up a committee made up of parents, teachers, campus administrators and librarians to take further action of reviewing books if someone formally requests for one to be pulled from the shelves of BISD libraries.
Lovesmith says if there are certain books or authors you don't want your child to read, then you can contact your librarian and they can ensure your student doesn't get their hands on them.
"We just want parents to have comfort and knowing that as a parent, you have a say in what your child can read and what you don't want them to read," Lovesmith added. "That really starts with a great conversation with your child but, when you want to go beyond to your own parent rights and you want to dictate maybe what access any child will have, that's when we go through a more formal process."
Hickland and other parents at the board meeting Monday night say they want more to be done and sooner.
"It's really not an adequate response in my opinion," Hickland said. "Like in the meantime, can we just pull these books until we come up with a process and then decide what to do about it?"
Meanwhile, students of Belton Middle School have started a petition in support of the librarian, asking that the book display be allowed to stay in place. They hope to get a couple hundred signatures then will turn it into the principal. If the principal takes down the display, the students will stage a walkout, according to the petition.
Belton ISD said they could not comment on personnel matters related to the librarian in connection with the viral TikToks. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/librarian-viral-tiktok-over-banned-book-display-complaint/500-88932329-fadd-409a-8846-fc4c5d570dd0 | 2022-08-23T15:47:51 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/librarian-viral-tiktok-over-banned-book-display-complaint/500-88932329-fadd-409a-8846-fc4c5d570dd0 |
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