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In shooting's wake, neighbor pushes city to make Providence park safe
PROVIDENCE – A shooting Sunday at Billy Taylor Park, a place enjoyed by children and adults of various races, has rattled some neighbors who want to make sure the area doesn't regress.
"I don't want anybody saying, 'I'm not going to take my children to the park anymore,' " said neighbor Irene Tayber-Twomey. "This should be nipped in the bud."
"We deserve the right to feel safe to go to our city park," she said. "We don't want it to return to the old times when criminals felt comfortable."
At about 8 p.m. Sunday, residents of the Mount Hope neighborhood on the East Side heard eight or nine gunshots coming from the park, according to Tayber-Twomey.
A 26-year-old Central Falls man later told the Providence police that he'd been playing basketball with another man when someone starting shooting at them, striking him in the arm.
More:Providence police increase patrols after man shot playing basketball in Billy Taylor Park
The victim's injuries were not considered life-threatening. As of Friday, no one had been arrested. Providence Police Cmdr. Thomas Verdi on Monday said the Police Department was increasing its presence in the neighborhood.
Only a short time before the shooting, a young family of four had left the basketball courts. A father and his pregnant wife had been teaching their two sons how to ride their bicycles without training wheels.
"We are scared," the father said this week. "We thought things had changed for the better, but it doesn't feel that way."
The man, who requested anonymity, on Wednesday said, "The police presence feels better now, but it lacks consistency. They need to be present now more than ever during the summer."
He's afraid to bring his children back to the park.
He plans to attend a May 31 community meeting with City Councilwoman Nirva LaFortune to discuss the issue. He also plans on being at a June 1 "Coffee with a Cop" meeting.
Tayber-Twomey, who has lived next to the park for 25 years, says she's witnessed improvement in the neighborhood and the park. It's often a "nice, beautiful, peaceful place" where people can bring a book and read in the shade, she said. "When I hear children playing on the playground, I love it."
But crime can still be a problem. Last May, two men were shot and wounded at the park; in July, another man was wounded by a gunshot. Shots were reportedly fired in the area on a night last September.
The park plays "a central role" in the community, and its "kiddie playground has become a point of pride for a neighborhood that has long fought drug dealing and violence," Tayber-Twomey wrote in a message to Mayor Jorge Elorza's office.
She's especially struck by the boldness of the act, saying whoever fired the shots felt comfortable enough to "march" armed down Camp Street "to force a confrontation with some players on the basketball court."
"We the people want our elected and appointed officials to recognize this blatant, dangerous, criminal behavior and to make a concerted effort to get these individuals off the street," she wrote to Elorza.
"Don’t let a regular, law-abiding citizen lose their life because this was not addressed," Tayber-Twomey wrote.
A member of Elorza's staff responded to Tayber-Twomey via email, and Elorza provided a statement for this story.
"My thoughts are with those directly impacted by this incident, their family and everyone in the neighborhood that had their sense of peace disturbed," Elorza said. "I have full confidence in the Providence Police Department’s ability to investigate and hold those responsible accountable."
He urged anyone with information to contact the police.
Elorza said the Police Department works "extremely hard to address any instance of violence in our community, and the city also works to address "the root causes of violence."
He added that the city funds "anti-violence investments like jobs for our city's youth, mentorship programs and nonviolence training for the community. We continue to work to provide meaningful supports that connect individuals to opportunity, guidance and mentorship."
The Police Department's Verdi said the police continue to investigate and are working with the community. Tayber-Twomey, who also talked to the police this week, was encouraged when she saw police officers shooting baskets at the park Monday.
After learning of the shooting Sunday night, Councilwoman LaFortune, who represents the area, went to the park and talked with police officers and neighbors.
"It's quite concerning and traumatizing," LaFortune said. "It has to stop."
Billy Taylor Park is LaFortune's favorite park in the city. She goes there and often brought her children there to use the waterpark and have picnics when they were younger.
LaFortune, who is running for mayor, says she knows what it means to lose someone to gun violence, because her partner, her "best friend" was killed by a bullet meant for someone else in New York City 17 years ago.
LaFortune expects to discuss park safety at a community meeting later this month. She's looking into the cost of putting video cameras in the park, but acknowledges that could raise privacy concerns.
"I understand the concern about being watched," she said. "I'm more concerned about a kid getting hit by a bullet."
LaFortune is an advocate of community policing. Like Elorza, she says the city also needs to continue addressing the root causes of violence, such as poverty, mental health issues and lack of access to education and jobs.
People also need to learn that guns aren't the way to resolve problems, she says.
Asked if Billy Taylor Park is safe, LaFortune was quiet for a moment before acknowledging, "There's been some issues."
Then she added, "I'm going to continue to use that park."
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Lane closures are planned next week on the Seventh Street and Ninth Street one-ways in Bismarck.
Starting at 7 a.m. Monday, on Ninth Street north of Thayer Avenue to Avenue C, the east outside lane will be closed to traffic and parking while a contractor does conduit work. Two lanes of northbound traffic will be maintained. The lane reduction will be in place for about three days.
Starting at 6 p.m. Monday, Ninth Street north of Front Avenue will be closed to traffic while a contractor installs bird netting under the railroad structure. Northbound traffic will be detoured east on Front Avenue to 12th Street and back to Main Avenue. Ninth Street will reopen to traffic at 7 a.m. Tuesday.
Starting 7 a.m. Tuesday, Front Avenue between Seventh and Ninth streets will be closed to through traffic while a contractor works on installing a new water main. The closure is expected to be in place the next two weeks. No detour is in place.
Starting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Seventh Street south of Main Avenue will be closed to traffic while a contractor installs bird netting under the railroad structure. Southbound traffic will be detoured west on Main Avenue to Fifth Street and south to Bowen Avenue. Seventh Street will reopen to traffic at 7 a.m. Wednesday.
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Arizonans to enjoy 'tranquil' weekend weather, freeway closures expected in metro Phoenix
Arizonans will enjoy some cooler temperatures and calmer fire weather conditions this weekend after red flag warnings were in place for Thursday and Friday across the state, according to the National Weather Service in Phoenix.
According to meteorologist Bianca Seldkircher with the weather service in Phoenix, a weather system moving across the state brought very dry and breezy conditions for most of northern and eastern Arizona in the later part of the week.
Seldkircher said temperatures will cool down starting Friday evening as the system moves east, with metro Phoenix dropping back into the 90s and the Flagstaff area into the mid to upper 60s.
"We're expecting really tranquil weather this weekend," Seldkircher said. "We're expecting clear skies and lighter winds this weekend."
Seldkircher said these conditions will be more favorable for firefighting efforts as lighter winds will help avoid the quick spreading of existing fires.
More:Wildfire map: Track where fires are burning in Arizona in 2022
High pressure is expected to build back up early next week. Seldkircher said residents can expect triple digits to come back by mid-week, and temperatures will continue to get warmer for the latter half of the week.
"We are expecting temperatures to start approaching 110 degrees by the end of next week," Seldkircher said.
Seldkircher advised residents to follow local fire burn regulations in effect as the highly windy conditions can cause any starting fire to grow fast. She also advised residents to keep in mind that even though weekend temperatures will be slightly cooler, it will still be hot outside.
"Stay hydrated, especially if you're spending any time outdoors," Seldkircher said.
Weekend traffic: WB U.S. 60 remains closed, but not for long
Westbound lanes of the U.S. 60 will remain closed between Loop 101 and McClintock Drive for the weekend but are expected to reopen early next week, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
The westbound lanes of the freeway required additional construction work as water damage affected the full width of that side of the road, the city of Tempe said last week.
According to ADOT, crews made significant progress on Thursday night and are expecting the freeway to fully reopen for traffic next week.
Eastbound Interstate 10 is also expected to be narrowed to only three lanes for barrier work on Saturday from 3 a.m. to 5 p.m. The eastbound freeway on-ramp at Ray Road and off-ramp at Chandler Boulevard will be closed.
ADOT advised drivers to plan ahead for delays and seek alternate routes.
Reach breaking news reporter Laura Daniella Sepulveda at lsepulveda@lavozarizona.com or on Twitter @lauradNews.
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This famous de Kooning painting was stolen and missing for 31 years. Now the world can see it again
Baltimore businessman and architect Edward Joseph Gallagher Jr. donated hundreds of paintings and sculptures to museums in memory of his late son, who died in a boating accident at age 13.
He wanted students to learn, to be inspired by the artwork.
“I was never particularly interested in collecting for myself," he told a newspaper reporter in 1974. "I believe art should be where everyone can see it."
But for the past 37 years, one of Gallagher's most famous gifts — a Willem de Kooning painting titled "Woman-Ochre" — has been mostly hidden from view.
The oil-on-canvas artwork was stolen in 1985 from the University of Arizona Museum of Art in Tucson. It was discovered in 2017 in a small New Mexico town, when an antiques dealer read an Arizona Republic article about the theft and, realizing he had found the painting within his estate sale, contacted the newspaper and the university.
Now, after being released as evidence by the FBI and after undergoing research and conservation at the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Conservation Institute, "Woman-Ochre" returns to exhibit this summer.
The Getty exhibit runs from June 7 to August 28, focusing on scientific analysis and conservation treatment. Then "Woman-Ochre" will come back to the university art museum for an exhibit beginning October 8.
The painting, estimated to be worth more than $100 million, was damaged in the heist. The thief used a sharp object, possibly a box cutter, to slash "Woman-Ochre" from its frame. Then it was ripped from its backing. The oil painting had horizontal creases where it was rolled up. Two layers of varnish gave a yellowish tint. After the theft, someone stapled and screwed the painting into a gold, commercial frame, leaving holes in the canvas.
"Honestly, it really hurt to look at the painting," said Josh Goldberg, a former museum employee who saw "Woman-Ochre" at a press conference after it was recovered in 2017.
He thought the painting looked dirty, shabby, as if the soul was no longer there.
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He remembers the shock and anger he felt when the painting was stolen. On the day after Thanksgiving in 1985, a man and a woman entered the museum shortly after it opened. The woman distracted the lone security guard. The man wandered up to the gallery on the second floor. Police believe he cut the painting from its wooden frame, rolled it and stuffed it under his blue winter coat.
Goldberg was one of only four employees at the museum that day. He was in the bathroom, washing his hands, when he heard the security guard scream.
“The painting was stolen. They stole the painting!” the guard yelled.
“Calm down,” Goldberg said. “What painting?”
“The de Kooning,” the guard said.
The painting had been cut and ripped from the canvas. The wooden frame was empty.
He never thought he would see "Woman-Ochre" again and believed it probably had been taken out of the country.
University police and the FBI followed up on a number of leads; none of them panned out.
In the years after the painting was stolen, works by the Dutch-American artist de Kooning exploded in value. A similar painting, titled "Woman III," sold for $137.5 million in 2006.
How the stolen de Kooning was found
Thirty-one years after it was taken, "Woman-Ochre" was discovered in the home of two retired schoolteachers, Jerry and Rita Alter in rural Cliff, New Mexico. The Alters were from New York City and world travelers, who would have been familiar with a famous artist like de Kooning.
A 2018 Arizona Republic report revealed a new detail that placed the couple in Tucson on the day before the theft.
A photo taken by relatives and provided to the newspaper shows the Alters at a Thanksgiving dinner there in 1985, one day before the painting was stolen. The photo bears an eerie resemblance to a police composite sketch of the thieves. The FBI has not commented on whether the couple were the thieves.
Long-lost painting recovered:Priceless de Kooning painting is recovered 31 years after being ripped from University of Arizona gallery
After the Alters died, the owners of an antique store in nearby Silver City — David Van Auker, Buck Burns and Rick Johnson — bought the contents of the home for $2,000 in August 2017.
Van Auker did not recognize the work as coming from the modernist master, but he liked the painting and intended to hang the art in his guesthouse. So he offered the estate an additional $200 for the de Kooning, unaware it was stolen.
He kept it at his store, just for the day. Customers noticed the distinctive brushstrokes and striking colors. One asked, "Is that a real de Kooning?"
Van Auker, tapped "de Kooning" into his internet browser. Up popped an azcentral.com article that led him to report the discovery of the stolen artwork to the newspaper, the university and law enforcement authorities.
"Woman-Ochre" came back to Tucson under tight security a few days later. It was held at the museum as evidence for the FBI for more than a year and then transported to the Getty in California in mid-2019 for research and conservation.
The Getty undertook the project at no charge to the university in exchange for being able to display the de Kooning for a few months after conservators finish their work.
University officials said they chose the Getty because of its reputation as an international leader in art conservation. The Getty previously embarked on a similar project to restore a Jackson Pollack painting titled "Mural," which is owned by the University of Iowa Museum of Art.
For Goldberg, the former museum employee, the theft was so traumatic that he is still debating if he wants to see the restored painting.
"Perhaps, at some point, I will go in by myself to take a look at it," he said, "after the frenzy dies down."
How to see 'Woman-Ochre'
What: Willem de Kooning's "Woman-Ochre" is a 30-by-40-inch oil painting he made in the winter of 1954-55. The artwork is part of his famous Women series where the Dutch-American artist explored the female figure. The Women paintings shocked the art world because of their aggressive nature where the female form is characterized by wide eyes, big mouths and exaggerated breasts.
Painting's history: "Woman-Ochre" went on display at the Martha Jackson Gallery in New York City in 1955 before being purchased by Baltimore businessman Edward Joseph Gallagher Jr. in 1957. The next year, Gallagher donated "Woman-Ochre" and other works to the University of Arizona Museum of Art. The painting was valued at $6,000 at the time.
Estimated worth: The university is no longer putting a value on the painting but in 2015 the estimated value was up to $160 million.
In Los Angeles: On exhibit at the Getty Center from June 7 to August 28. See the Getty's website for more information.
In Tucson: On exhibit at the University of Arizona Museum of Art, beginning October 8. See the museum's website for more information.
Reporter Anne Ryman was the first journalist to break the story that "Woman-Ochre" had been recovered and has written extensively about the painting. Have a question about the painting? You can reach her at anne.ryman@arizonarepublic.com or 602-444-8072. Follow her on Twitter @anneryman.
Reach the reporter at anne.ryman@arizonarepublic.com or 602-444-8072. Follow her on Twitter @anneryman.
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Raising a flag to Guatemalans in Philadelphia
A flag-raising ceremony hosted by Guate en Philly and the Consulate General of Guatemala in Phila. was held at City Hall on Thursday to honor Guatemala Day.
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May 20th, 2022On May 19, the Guatemalan flag was raised at Philadelphia City Hall as Mayor Jim Kenney — through city representative Sheila Hess — declared the day Guatemala Day.
“The City of Philadelphia that has long welcomed the immigration of Guatemalan citizens into our city… We are proud to join with each and every one of you in the Guatemalan community of Philadelphia, where we will celebrate the engaged community of citizens of Guatemalan heritage, who are an integral part of making our City of Philadelphia a welcoming and diverse City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love,” Hess said.
Celebrated since 2017, Guatemala Day was originally declared on May 16. As of 2018, there are around 10,000 Guatemalan people living in Philadelphia.
Alain Joinville, Director of Strategic Communications and Programs at the Philadelphia Office of Immigrant Affairs, echoed sentiments from Hess’ speech by saying, “The city of Philadelphia is proud to be a welcoming city where our 232,000 immigrants call home. Today, we celebrate the Guatemalan community that is here with us. And I want to express my gratitude to each of you for selecting Philadelphia as a place to live, work, and play.”
Speeches were also given by representatives from the Consulate General of Guatemala in Philadelphia and the organization Guate en Philly. Guate en Philly is an organization that promotes economic and social wellbeing by connecting the Guatemalan community to opportunities in Philadelphia.
The Consulate representative spoke about the history of the Guatemalan flag and its design. The colors of white in the middle with light blue on either side represents how the country has the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Ocean to the east.
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The flag was originally designed by the Conservative government in 1847 but was modified by the Liberal government after the Liberal Revolution of June 13, 1871. The flag is partially modeled on the Argentinian flag. The most notable difference is that the stripes on the Argentinian flag are horizontal while the stripes on the Guatemalan flag are vertical.
After the flag was raised, Manuel Portillo, Director of Community Engagement at the Welcoming Center, presented awards to members of the local Guatemalan community who have made important contributions to their community, and the larger Philadelphian community.
The first was to Jeferson Santiago of Marimba Tumbadora Orquidia Cubulenze. Marimba Tumbadora Orquidia Cubulenze is a group of local Guatemalan musicians who played marimba music throughout the program.
Zulma Guzman was also honored for her work as a community leader. She provides people in her community with resources and helps them navigate the process of things such as registering their children for school. She was honored for the impact of her work on the Guatemalan community, even though she herself is not Guatemalan.
The third went to Sofia De Leon, founder of El Merkury, a Guatemalan restaurant with locations in the Reading Terminal Market and on Chestnut Street. De Leon was honored for being a business leader.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A more than 3,000-year-old gold signet ring that was stolen from an Aegean island in World War II, crossed the Atlantic, was bought by a Nobel Prize-winning Hungarian scientist and ended up in a Swedish museum has found its way back to Greece.
It was the latest in a series of coups by Greek authorities seeking the return of works plundered from the antiquities-rich country — even though an initial effort by the Swedish museum to return the ring apparently fell between the cracks of 1970s bureaucracy.
The Greek culture ministry said Friday that the gold Mycenaean-era work from Rhodes, decorated with two facing sphinxes, was willingly returned by Swedish officials who provided full assistance with documenting the artifact and its provenance.
Greek experts confirmed the identification, and the piece was handed over in Stockholm by Vidar Helgesen, executive director of the Nobel Foundation, to which the ring had been bequeathed by the Hungarian biophysicist.
The foundation, which presents annual awards for outstanding achievement in several fields, had given it to the Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm.
Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni thanked the Nobel Foundation and Swedish authorities for the repatriation, saying it “shows their respect for modern Greece and our constant efforts to fight the illegal trafficking of cultural goods.”
The ring, which would have been a status symbol for a local nobleman in the 3rd millennium B.C., was discovered in 1927 by Italian archaeologists in a Mycenaean grave near the ancient city of Ialysos on Rhodes. The southeastern Aegean island belonged to Italy until it was incorporated in Greece after WWII.
The Ministry of Culture and Sports said the ring was stolen from a museum on Rhodes during the war — with hundreds of other pieces of jewelry and coins that remain missing — and surfaced in the United States.
It was bought to the U.S. during the 1950s or 1960s by Georg von Békésy, a biophysicist and art collector whose collection was donated to the Nobel Foundation after his 1972 death and from there distributed to several museums.
The Nobel Foundation’s Helgesen said there was no doubt where the ring belonged.
“To us, it was obvious that the ring should be returned,” he said. “This artifact is of very great cultural-historical value for Greece.”
The Stockholm museum had initially identified the ring from Ialysos in 1975 and contacted Greek authorities, the ministry said.
“But it remained in Stockholm for reasons that are not clear from existing archives,” Friday’s statement said. The artwork will now be displayed in a museum on Rhodes.
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A domestic battery charge against a 23-year-old Florida rapper who goes by the name Rod Wave has has been dropped, according to court documents.
Prosecutors filed a notice Thursday in Osceola County court that the case against Rodarius Green was not suitable for prosecution.
Green, whose song “Heart on Ice” broke into the Billboard Hot 100 in 2020, was arrested earlier this month following a traffic stop in St. Petersburg on a warrant out of Osceola County, officials said.
According to an arrested warrant, Green’s ex-girlfriend accused him of entering her central Florida home and choking her last month while their two children were in another room of the house. The former couple had dated for about four years, and the girlfriend told investigators that Green accused her of seeing other men while they were broken up.
Green grew up in St. Petersburg and began working on his music career while at Lakewood High School, the Tampa Bay Times reported. He broke into the industry with a startup label, Alamo Records, in 2018.
Green gave away $25,000 in gas to drivers at a St. Petersburg gas station on April 9, WTSP reported.
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LONDON (AP) — British singer-songerwriter Ed Sheeran has announced the birth of his second daughter, saying he and his wife, Cherry Seaborn were “over the moon’’ at the baby’s arrival.
The Grammy award-winner posted a picture of baby socks on his Instagram site.
“We are both so in love with her,” Sheeran, 31, said in the Thursday night post, without giving the child’s name or saying when she was born.
The couple welcomed their first daughter, Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran, in August 2020.
Despite being in the spotlight for his music, Sheeran has remained private about his relationship with Seaborn.
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) —
A South Carolina judge granted bond on Friday to the former “American Idol” contestant accused of barreling into a man with his pickup truck and killing him.
Caleb Kennedy, 17, received a $50,000 bond and was ordered to receive mental health treatment while in home detention, news outlets reported.
The country music singer had been jailed since February on a charge of driving under the influence resulting in the death of 54-year-old Larry Duane Parris. Police say Kennedy drove his truck up a private driveway in Spartanburg County and struck Larry Duane Parris, 54, pushing Parris into a building.
A toxicology report showed that Kennedy had marijuana and Prozac in his system at the time. Kennedy told deputies after the crash that he had taken a “deep draw” from a vaping device and then felt its effects while driving, prosecutors have said.
Judges had previously denied bond for Kennedy several times, citing pending toxicology results as well as Kennedy’s mental health.
Kennedy advanced into the Top 5 of the television talent show last year, but dropped out of the singing competition after a video circulated of him sitting next to someone wearing what appeared to be a Ku Klux Klan hood. Kennedy apologized at the time for the video, saying “it displayed actions that were not meant to be taken in that way.”
Kennedy’s mother, Anita Guy, told news outlets the video was filmed when Kennedy was 12 and had been taken out of context. She said Kennedy had been imitating characters from the film “The Strangers: Prey at Night.”
Kennedy’s hometown is listed as Roebuck, just south of Spartanburg.
He faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.
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NEW YORK (AP) — For comedians of a certain age, there was one album that was worn out on the turntable, dutifully memorized and acted out. That was George Carlin’s signature “Class Clown.”
“The way George Carlin looked at the world and broke it down taught so many of us how to be comedians,” said Judd Apatow. “He injected the software into our brains about how to think as a comic.”
Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio have teamed up to honor Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians, by directing the two-part HBO documentary “George Carlin’s American Dream.” The first half airs Friday, with the second on Saturday.
“For most people, he is on our Mount Rushmore of comedy,” said Apatow, whose contributions include “The 40-Year Old Virgin” and “Knocked Up.” “He is definitely one of the best thinkers but also writers and performers that comedy has ever had.”
The documentary traces the rise and multiple rebirths of Carlin, from mainstream, groomed comic in a skinny tie and slicked-back hair to bearded, long-haired provocateur.
That change — from playing a mocking hippie-dippy weatherman on variety shows to a more authentic comedian talking about power, language and human foibles — took its toll.
“He took a big hit financially,” said Apatow. “He was making $12,500 a week in Las Vegas in the late ’60s. That’s crazy money. And it went from that to getting paid almost nothing in coffeehouses in Greenwich Village.”
The documentary also plainly discusses Carlin’s wicked coke habit and personal turmoil. Kelly Carlin, the comedian’s daughter, would have it no other way.
“I think we’re all better off when we take people off a pedestal — not to take them down, but to raise ourselves up to their level. We are all humans here trying to figure out our way,” said Kelly Carlin, who co-executive produced the series.
An A-list of comedians are interviewed, all attesting to Carlin’s genius, including Jon Stewart, Paul Reiser, Stephen Wright, Alex Winter, Paul Provenza, Robert Klein, Bill Burr, Bette Midler, Kevin Smith, Stephen Colbert, Hasan Minhaj and Judy Gold. “I wanted to be just like him,” says Jerry Seinfeld in the film.
“It wasn’t hard to get people to talk. It was hard to decide who to ask because I think so many people were influenced by him,” said Judd. Added Bonfiglio: “It was fascinating to see the breadth of comedians of different ages and different backgrounds and the influence that he’s had over people.”
Carlin’s biting insights on life and language reached its zenith with his “Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV″ routine, which appeared on “Class Clown.” When he uttered all seven at a show in Milwaukee in 1972, he was arrested for disturbing the peace.
When the words were played on a New York radio station, they resulted in a Supreme Court ruling in 1978 upholding the government’s authority to sanction stations for broadcasting offensive language. “It’s extraordinary that his material actually created a new category of speech in our country,” said Bonfiglio.
The HBO portrait is wonderfully enhanced by the Carlin archives, which include Post-It notes of joke ideas, scripts, home footage, letters and TV clips. Carlin held onto everything, from an Air Force letter kicking him out of the service to the legal papers his mother filed to divorce her abusive husband. The filmmakers also got lucky when they discovered 23 hours of brutally honest interviews he did for an autobiography.
Kelly Carlin wanted to put it all in the right hands. She says she found in Apatow a great storyteller and one who tells them from his heart. She was a particular fan of his four-hour 2018 HBO documentary on comedian Garry Shandling.
“I knew that Judd was working through his own grief around it, but also brought to the world the pieces of Garry that Garry would have never shared — did never share out loud or directly, was reticent to share — but did it in a way that was so respectful and let people see the full man,” she said.
“So I knew 100% that Judd was going to do my father’s career right, the story part of it, and that he was going to take care of the more tender parts of this man’s story in a way with real respect.”
Kelly Carlin said she actually leaned a few things from the documentary, like the savvy way her dad got a spot on the show “Tony Orlando and Dawn” to keep his profile up during a lean patch and how he handled interviews.
“Any time when he was interviewed, whether it was the bigger interviews or even the small interviews with college kids, he would reveal something about his heart or his thinking or his intention,” she said. “I always loved a glimpse of that because my dad and I didn’t have a lot of those conversations. He didn’t share his inner life much with people.”
The documentary charts Carlin’s reinventions against the backdrop of huge social changes — Watergate, Vietnam, Reaganomics, hippie culture, among them. It also documents his fallow early ’80s when he was in the comic wilderness before a Carnegie Hall show reignited his career. Carlin died in 2008.
“It was always important to us that we show how he was both reflecting and being shaped by the culture,” said Bonfiglio. “It was kind of a two -way sort of a thing.”
The documentary comes at a time when Carlin’s observations are making a comeback. The late stand-up went viral earlier this month thanks to a widely shared routine about abortion from his 1996 HBO special “Back In Town.”
“I really do feel like one of the things that’s happening in our world right now is we are looking for our moral center,” said Kelly Carlin. “And I think why he keeps showing up is because he was someone who we would get to check in with. It’s interesting how hungry we are for his voice right now.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Angell, the celebrated baseball writer and reigning man of letters who during an unfaltering 70-plus years helped define The New Yorker’s urbane wit and style through his essays, humor pieces and editing, has died. He was 101.
Angell died Friday of heart failure, according to The New Yorker.
“No one lives forever, but you’d be forgiven for thinking that Roger had a good shot at it,” New Yorker Editor David Remnick wrote Friday. “Like the rest of us, he suffered pain and loss and doubt, but he usually kept the blues at bay, always looking forward; he kept writing, reading, memorizing new poems, forming new relationships.”
Heir to and upholder of The New Yorker’s earliest days, Angell was the son of founding fiction editor Katharine White and stepson of longtime staff writer E.B. White. He was first published in the magazine in his 20s, during World War II, and was still contributing in his 90s, an improbably trim and youthful man who enjoyed tennis and vodka martinis and regarded his life as “sheltered by privilege and engrossing work, and shot through with good luck.”
Angell well lived up to the standards of his famous family. He was a past winner of the BBWAA Career Excellence Award, formerly the J. G. Taylor Spink Award, for meritorious contributions to baseball writing, an honor previously given to Red Smith, Ring Lardner and Damon Runyon among others. He was the first winner of the prize who was not a member of the organization that votes for it, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
His editing alone was a lifetime achievement. Starting in the 1950s, when he inherited his mother’s job (and office), writers he worked with included John Updike, Ann Beattie, Donald Barthelme and Bobbie Ann Mason, some of whom endured numerous rejections before entering the special club of New Yorker authors. Angell himself acknowledged, unhappily, that even his work didn’t always make the cut.
“Unlike his colleagues, he is intensely competitive,” Brendan Gill wrote of Angell in “Here at the New Yorker,” a 1975 memoir. “Any challenge, mental or physical, exhilarates him.”
Angell’s New Yorker writings were compiled in several baseball books and in such publications as “The Stone Arbor and Other Stories” and “A Day in the Life of Roger Angell,” a collection of his humor pieces. He also edited “Nothing But You: Love Stories From The New Yorker” and for years wrote an annual Christmas poem for the magazine. At age 93, he completed one of his most highly praised essays, the deeply personal “This Old Man,” winner of a National Magazine Award.
“I’ve endured a few knocks but missed worse,” he wrote. “The pains and insults are bearable. My conversation may be full of holes and pauses, but I’ve learned to dispatch a private Apache scout ahead into the next sentence, the one coming up, to see if there are any vacant names or verbs in the landscape up there. If he sends back a warning, I’ll pause meaningfully, duh, until something else comes to mind.”
Angell was married three times, most recently to Margaret Moorman. He had three children.
Angell was born in New York in 1920 to Katharine and Ernest Angell, an attorney who became head of the American Civil Liberties Union. The New Yorker was founded five years later, with Katharine Angell as fiction editor and a young wit named Andy White (as E.B. White was known to his friends) contributing humor pieces.
His parents were gifted and strong, apparently too strong. “What a marriage that must have been,” Roger Angell wrote in “Let Me Finish,” a book of essays published in 2006, “stuffed with sex and brilliance and psychic murder, and imparting a lasting unease.” By 1929, his mother had married the gentler White and Angell would remember weekend visits to the apartment of his mother and her new husband, a place “full of laughing, chain-smoking young writers and artists from The New Yorker.”
In high school, he was so absorbed in literature and the literary life that for Christmas one year he asked for a book of A.E Housman’s poems, a top hat and a bottle of sherry. Stationed in Hawaii during World War II, Angell edited an Air Force magazine, and by 1944 had his first byline in The New Yorker. He was identified as Cpl. Roger Angell, author of the brief story “Three Ladies in the Morning,” and his first words to appear in the magazine were “The midtown hotel restaurant was almost empty at 11:30 in the morning,”
There were no signs, at least open ones, of family rivalry. White encouraged his stepson to write for the magazine and even recommended him to The New Yorker’s founder, Harold Ross, explaining that Angell “lacks practical experience but he has the goods.” Angell, meanwhile, wrote lovingly of his stepfather. In a 2005 New Yorker essay, he noted that they were close for almost 60 years and recalled that “the sense of home and informal attachment” he got from White’s writings was “even more powerful than it was for his other readers.”
Not everyone was charmed by Angell or by the White-Angell family connection at The New Yorker. Former staff writer Renata Adler alleged that Angell “established an overt, superficially jocular state of war with the rest of the magazine.” Grumbling about nepotism was not uncommon, and Tom Wolfe mocked his “cachet” at a magazine where his mother and stepfather were charter members. “It all locks, assured, into place,” Wolfe wrote.
Unlike White, known for the children’s classics “Charlotte’s Web” and “Stuart Little,” Angell never wrote a major novel. But he did enjoy a loyal following through his humor writing and his baseball essays, which placed him in the pantheon with both professional sports journalists and with Updike, James Thurber and other moonlighting literary writers. Like Updike, he didn’t alter his prose style for baseball, but demonstrated how well the game was suited for a life of the mind.
“Baseball is not life itself, although the resemblance keeps coming up,” Angell wrote in “La Vida,” a 1987 essay. “It’s probably a good idea to keep the two sorted out, but old fans, if they’re anything like me, can’t help noticing how cunningly our game replicates a larger schedule, with its beguiling April optimism; the cheerful roughhouse of June; the grinding, serious, unending (surely) business of midsummer; the September settling of accounts … and then the abrupt running-down of autumn, when we wish for — almost demand — a prolonged and glittering final adventure just before the curtain.”
Angell began covering baseball in the early 1960s, when The New Yorker was seeking to expand its readership. Over the following decades, he wrote definitive profiles of players ranging from Hall of Famer Bob Gibson to the fallen Pittsburgh Pirates star Steve Blass and had his say on everything from the verbosity of manager Casey Stengel (“a walking pantheon of evocations”) to the wonders of Derek Jeter (“imperturbably brilliant”). He was born the year before the New York Yankees won their first World Series and his baseball memories spanned from the prime of Babe Ruth to such 21st century stars as Jeter, Mike Trout and Albert Pujols.
Even as drugs and labor-management battles shared and even stole headlines, he thought the real story remained on the playing field. Angell never had official credentials as a sportswriter: He was just a fan, a grateful onlooker, a former high school pitcher who once aspired to the big leagues.
“At some point in my upper 30s or early 40s, I was seeing a psychiatrist and I came in with a dream,” Angell told The Associated Press in a 1988 interview. “I dreamed that there were some bushes and shrubbery, and there was a gravestone with my name and my birthday on it and the year I was in.
“I took this dream to my shrink with some trepidation and he asked how I felt and I said I felt sort of sad. He asked me what the gravestone reminded me of and I said it reminds me of those stones out in center field in Yankee Stadium.
“Then I realized it meant the end of my baseball dreams.”
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne’s daughter Aimee was among those who escaped a Hollywood recording studio fire that killed a 26-year-old music producer, Sharon Osbourne and others who work in the space said.
Aimee Osbourne’s producer also escaped the blaze that erupted late Thursday afternoon in the two story commercial building. It took 78 firefighters more than 50 minutes to extinguish the flames, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott said in a statement.
The fire erupted late Thursday afternoon in a two-story commercial building, and it took 78 firefighters more than 50 minutes to extinguish the flames, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott said in a statement.
Two people reported respiratory symptoms related to smoke exposure and were evaluated at the scene, but both declined to be taken to a hospital, Scott said.
“Sadly, one person was found dead inside, as firefighters searched the structure,” Scott said, adding that no firefighters were injured and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
Authorities had not released the identity of the person killed, but friends and others worked in the building told The Los Angeles Times he was 26-year-old Nathan Avery Edwards, who recorded, produced and mixed music under the name Avery Drift.
One of the two survivors was the elder daughter of Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne said in an Instagram post.
Aimee Osbourne, 38, and a producer she was working with were “the lucky two that made it out alive,” Sharon Osbourne said, without identifying the producer.
“It is utterly heartbreaking that someone lost their life today in this fire & we are sending our prayers to this person & their family,” Osbourne said, adding “our prayers go out to the family and friends of the person that lost their life to this senseless fire.”
Aimee Osbourne is a singer who releases electronic pop music under the name ARO, her initials. She did not take part in the Osbourne family’s reality show as her younger siblings Kelly and Jack Osbourne did. Ozzy Osbourne also has three older children from a previous relationship.
Jonathan Wellman, who rented a recording space in the building down the hall from Edwards, told the Times he was “a talented young artist, producer, engineer.”
The structure houses several recording and rehearsal studios. Wellman, who was in his studio at the time, said the unit where the fire appears to have started was fully engulfed in flames by the time anyone from the building got to it, and it was impossible to try to put it out.
A hip-hop artist named Maxxamillion said he lost his entire studio and $50,000 worth of equipment.
“I opened the door, I saw smoke coming from across the hall,” he told KABC-TV. “I immediately reached over to grab a jug of water. I threw it at the door, flames bursted. I tried to go back to my room and grab anything I could, but flames were everywhere, and we ran out the building, and that was it.”
People inside said they heard no smoke detectors and saw no sprinklers go off.
“I was my own smoke detector,” Jamal Davis, who was in his recording studio, told the Times. “I ran to my room and grabbed my stuff and left my door open, trying to call my cats out to follow me.”
He tried to go back in to save his four cats, but the smoke was too thick and he lost them all, Davis said.
It was not immediately clear if the building had any code violations or citations.
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CANNES, France (AP) — A woman who stripped off her clothes to reveal a message against rape written on her body crashed the Cannes Film Festival red carpet premiere of George Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing” on Friday.
The unidentified woman tore off her clothes during the film’s red carpet procession to reveal the message “Stop raping us” written across her torso next to the blue and yellow colors of the Ukraine flag. Red was also painted on her legs and groin.
While she yelled “Don’t rape us!” security quickly encircled her and took her off the red carpet.
Representatives for the festival didn’t immediately comment.
Russia’s war in Ukraine has often been in the spotlight at this year’s Cannes festival, which is screening several films from Ukrainian filmmakers. The festival barred Russians with ties to the Kremlin from attending. Ukrainian President Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a surprise address Tuesday to open the festival.
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NEW YORK (AP) — With one notable exception, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan seemed to enjoy guiding American journalist Peter Greenberg around her country for the television show “The Royal Tour.”
The time spent recording voiceovers she could have done without.
“You tortured me!” the African leader needled Greenberg at a New York screening of the show, which is airing on PBS stations this spring.
“The Royal Tour,” a periodic feature on PBS for more than two decades, is just as the name implies. The veteran travel journalist, and by extension his viewers, are shown a nation’s points of interest by the country’s leader. Mexico, Israel, Ecuador, Rwanda and Poland have all been featured in the past decade.
“It’s the one show where I’m not the tour guide,” Greenberg said in an interview. “I’m the visitor. And it’s the one where I’m happy to be that way, because who knows a country better than the person who runs it?”
Tanzania is the first royal tour since the start of the pandemic, which briefly grounded Greenberg and was a key factor in Hassan getting her job.
When the shutdown began, “I was in a bunker, like everyone else,” said Greenberg, who is at the center of his own empire as travel editor of CBS News. He hosts the regular program “Eye on Travel” for CBS Radio and “The Travel Detective” on PBS.
His bunker was in Manhattan. Restless, he began rediscovering his neighborhood like a traveler, spotting one bronze plaque that honored a New Yorker who died on the Titanic.
Eventually, he realized it was his job to get back out there, to tell people how they could travel safely and navigate local COVID-19 regulations. Besides getting COVID, his followers were most worried about traveling someplace and not being able to get back, he said.
So Greenberg went through the maze of paperwork and testing to illustrate how it could be done.
“In one country I had to be tested five times,” he said. “I thought my nose was going to fall off.”
In Tanzania, Hassan was vice president to John Magufuli, a COVID denier who announced in 2020 that his country was free of the virus due to divine intervention. He died in March 2021 at age 61 and although it was never officially confirmed, it is widely believed he died of the coronavirus.
Hassan took over, and pointedly went before cameras to be vaccinated.
Hassan’s royal tour program unfolds like most of them. Greenberg gives a brief historical sketch of a country and illustrates where it is located, and is shown arriving at the leader’s official residence for an interview. Then, they take in the sights.
In Tanzania, they wandered around a marketplace and toured a primary school in Zanzibar, surveyed the majestic Mount Kilimanjaro from the air, saw mining of the rare Tanzanite gemstone and went on a safari in the Serengeti National Park. Hassan got behind the wheel, driving for what she said was the first time in 15 years.
“The Royal Tour” is often filmed as if Greenberg and the leader are taking in near-empty tourist sites alone, but self-aware producers sometimes pull the cameras back. In Israel, it looks like Greenberg is taking a boat ride down the River Jordan just with then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his family, until another view shows them surrounded by other boats stuffed with aides, a security detail and the press.
The Israeli tour that aired in 2014 began with Netanyahu and Greenberg playing soccer with local kids, until the prime minister tore a tendon and taping had to be delayed for several months.
Hassan also had a more sobering stop, a huge government warehouse stuffed with ivory confiscated from poachers, which allowed her to talk about the illegal trade that has decimated the elephant population.
Similarly, when Greenberg visited Poland for a 2019 program, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki took him on an emotional walk through the museum on the grounds of the former Auschwitz concentration camp from World War II.
To participate in “The Royal Tour,” Greenberg needs a leader who is comfortable speaking English, is willing to give up at least a day for filming and who cedes all editorial control — the latter requirement one that some potential participants chafe against.
“When I was doing it, I never knew it would come out like this,” Hassan said in New York after viewing the episode on her country for the first time.
While not necessarily valentines, “The Royal Tour” does offer countries that want to boost their tourism a unique opportunity to show off their features to millions of potential travelers.
Hassan clearly recognized this when an audience member at the screening asked her the best time of year to plan a visit.
June or July, she said. But don’t limit yourself.
“You can come anytime,” she said. “We can stop the rains for you.”
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MADRID (AP) — Spain’s former king, Juan Carlos I, is planning to visit Spain again in June, the mayor of the northwestern town hosting the former monarch said Friday, signaling that the vigorous debate sparked by the former monarch’s return is unlikely to fade soon.
Juan Carlos returned to the country on Thursday for his first visit since his abrupt departure nearly two years ago amid mounting financial scandals. Dozens of cheering supporters greeted the 84-year-old as he made his first public appearance on Friday in the town of Sanxenxo, where his yacht is taking part in a three-day regatta.
The royal household said the former monarch would travel to Madrid on Monday to meet with his son, King Felipe VI, his wife Sofia and other members of his family, before returning to his “permanent and stable residence” in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates.
On Friday, Sanxenxo Mayor Telmo Martín said Juan Carlos was already planning a second visit to to the town next month. “He confirmed to me that he is going to attend the Sailing World Championship, which starts June 10th and runs to the 18th,” he told reporters.
The former monarch’s return to Spanish soil this week – which came after Spanish and Swiss prosecutors shelved investigations involving Juan Carlos’ finances – sparked days of debate across Spain.
Members of the country’s Socialist-led government called on Juan Carlos to address the allegations of financial wrongdoing that have long dogged him.
“The public would like to receive explanations for everything that has happened,” said Justice Minister Pilar Llop.
Spanish prosecutors didn’t find evidence to take the former monarch to court because much of the alleged misbehavior, involving millions of euros (dollars) in undeclared accounts, happened when Juan Carlos had legal immunity as Spain’s king. Other acts of potential fraud fell outside the statute of limitations.
Others hailed the former monarch, who helped steer Spain back to democracy following the death of dictator Gen. Francisco Franco in 1975.
The mayor of Madrid, a member of the conservative opposition Popular Party, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, described the work carried out by Juan Carlos for Spain as “extraordinary.”
He added: “I have no problem acknowledging that work, saluting King Juan Carlos and welcoming his return.”
Juan Carlos was once one of Spain’s most respected public figures. But scandals involving Spain’s royal family began to mount in the later years of his reign, leading Juan Carlos to abdicate in 2014, ending a 39-year-long term as monarch.
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CANNES, France (AP) — Lee Jung-jae, the award-winning star of Netflix’s “Squid Game,” spent years developing the 1980s-set Korean spy thriller “Hunt” before electing to direct himself. He did it a little reluctantly, without big plans to continue filmmaking. But Lee did have a vision for what it could be — and where it could premiere.
“Before deciding to direct, I thought I just wanted to make a very fun film,” Lee says. “After I got my hands on it and started writing the script myself, I actually wanted to come to Cannes. Because I wanted to come to Cannes, I had to find the subject matter that would resonate with the global audience.”
Few actors know more about capturing the attention of the global audience than Lee. Already one of Korea’s top movie stars, the 49-year-old Lee is at the nexus of the “Squid Game” phenomenon, starring in the dystopic series that — subtitles and all — became Netflix’s most-watched show in some 90 countries.
Now, Lee is in Cannes to premiere “Hunt,” which is playing in Cannes’ midnight section and being shopped for international distribution. The film will test how far Lee can further extend his already borderless career. Earlier this year, Lee signed with the Hollywood powerhouse agency CAA. And he grants that he has some Hollywood ambitions.
“Working in Hollywood would definitely be a good experience for me,” Lee said in an interview in Cannes shortly before “Hunt” premiered. “If there was a good fit for me, a good character, I’d definitely like to join. But right now, I feel like global audiences are wanting more Korean content and Korea-made TV shows and films. So I would work in Korea as well very diligently. I might seem a little greedy, but if there was a role for me in Hollywood, I’d definitely like to do that, too.”
But if Lee’s ascension to being an increasingly world-renown actor typifies the pop-culture power of today’s Korea, his film is set in an earlier, less harmonious chapter in Korean history. “Hunt” takes place several years after South Korean president Park Chung-hee was assassinated in 1979 by the chief of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, a coup that ushered in the military dictatorship of Chun Doo-hwan. “Hunt” is loosely inspired by his subsequent 1983 assassination attempt orchestrated by North Korea.
“The ’80s in Korea was when we had the rapidest growth ever,” says Lee. “But democracy didn’t grow as much because there was a military dictatorship and the media was under full control of the government. So I did hear a lot from the older generation and my parents about those government controls. I also witnessed myself college protests.”
“Hunt” grippingly follows a pair of agents (one is played by Lee, the other by Jung Woo-sung) who are both assigned to uncover a North Korean mole within the agency. Lee — not merely dipping his toe into a modest directorial debut — proves skilled at mounting large-scale action sequences and marshalling a dense plot while managing to keep the suspense up.
“A lot of people told me that I should change the setting to now,” Lee said, speaking through an interpreter. “But in the ’80s, there was a lot of control of information and people were trying to benefit from fake information and misinformation. I think that still exists now in 2022. Still there are groups that try to benefit from these controls of information and propaganda.
“We now live in a global world that’s connected,” he adds. “We don’t have any silos between us. If there’s a problem or issue, we have to all work on it to overcome it.”
Lee is often asked how his life has changed since “Squid Game” by Western journalists who might be less familiar with his nearly three decades as a top star in Korea in films like “An Affair,” “New World” and “The Housemaid.”
Lee laughs. “It’s natural because a lot of people in the West might not have known me before ‘Squid Game.'”
That’s changing rapidly, though. Lee will return for season two of “Squid Game,” which the series’ creator Hwang Dong-hyuk recently said should be expected in 2023 or 2024. The first season already led to Lee becoming the first Asian actor win the Screen Actors Guild Award for best male performer. Lee was so surprised — aside from considering himself an underdog, he’s a big “Succession” fan — that he never managed to pull out the speech he had written in his pocket.
“It still,” Lee says smiling and shaking his head, “seems like a dream to me.”
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – Inflation is impacting everyone, and Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee is no exception.
The food bank is not only working to help those struggling to feed their families as costs rise but trying to combat the rising prices themselves.
“I think the one thing we want to say to our community is we need their support more than ever before,” said executive director Rhonda Chafin.
This comes as federal programs through TEMA and USDA that helped supply Second Harvest with extra food during the pandemic have stopped.
“All that support is gone now,” said Chafin. “It’s time for us to really rely on our community.”
The call for help comes amid the perfect storm. Not only has the federal assistance halted, but inflation is also rocking the nation. As such, Second Harvest has seen a lull in food donations.
“We saw a big decline in food donations this year,” said Chafin.
In recent months the demand for food assistance has climbed back up to where it was during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thanks to inflation, demand is high but supply is low.
“People are faced with higher overall costs for fuel and food, and now we are seeing those numbers increase again at the levels of the pandemic.”
Second Harvest is working to feed the same heightened level of need, but now the food bank is without the federal programs that helped them meet that need.
The high cost of food and gas is impacting not only the families they serve but Second Harvest as well.
“The main impact we have seen is a 50% increase in our transportation costs. That is transporting food. 50%,” Chafin emphasized.
Chafin says Second Harvest is feeding around 45,000-50,000 people a month on average. They know there is a gap in services as around 80,000 people are food insecure in our region.
“They really depend on us, and we are very concerned because we are going to start into the summer months with far less food than we normally have and a higher demand for food than we normally have,” said Chafin.
Second Harvest is asking the community to step up. The best way to help the food bank is by volunteering your time at the food bank, donating food or giving money.
Local churches, groups or organizations can also host their own community food drives and donate what is given straight to Second Harvest.
For information on how to get involved, click this link.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – A Johnson City woman celebrated a century Friday.
A birthday party for Thelma Price was held at Agape: A Waters Community on North Roan Street.
Price actually turns 100 on Sunday, but workers at the nursing center wanted to celebrate early.
Employees and residents sang for Price and enjoyed pizza and cupcakes.
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Kingsport police are investigating a shooting Friday evening on Interstate 81.
According to the Kingsport Police Department, officers and detectives responded around 4:45 p.m. to I-81 north at Exit 63, the Airport Parkway exit, regarding a shooting involving two motorists.
Police believe the shooting was an “isolated incident” and there is no threat to the public.
No other information about the shooting was released.
The interstate is open to traffic, but a heavy police presence could create congestion.
The police department said the case “remains an open and active investigation.”
News Channel 11 has a crew on the scene.
This is a developing story. Look for updates on WJHL.com.
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MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – As part of a larger investment into outdoor programs, MTN DEW announced the selection of a new Doe Mountain MTN DEW Outpost ranger Thursday.
According to PepsiCo officials, Donovan De Leon was chosen out of more than 4,000 applicants from across the United States. De Leon is based out of Oregon, and is a park ranger for the Bureau of Land Management when he isn’t blazing trails or climbing peaks.
De Leon’s previous work involved the management of river patrols, chainsaw trail clearing and white water kayaking.
As part of his duties on-site, De Leon will lead volunteer opportunities to enhance and preserve trails all across the mountain. As the Outpost’s public face, he’ll be greeting guests and supporting other outdoor activities.
In addition to the events scheduled for his workday, De Leon will have free reign of the trails on his new Polaris Ranger XP 1000 Premium ATV and a good night’s sleep in a customized RV supplied by RVshare.
For Doe Mountain managers, the introduction of De Leon’s temporary position means more than marketing.
“As Doe Mountain’s popularity begins to increase during the start of summer, this is the perfect time for MTN DEW to revisit its roots and encourage those who are local or traveling to get outside and visit our mountain,” said Shawn Lindsey, executive director of Doe Mountain Recreation Area. “The new programs and activities we can introduce as a result of the MTN DEW Outpost ultimately benefit tourism for the entire state of Tennessee.”
For more details on what MTN DEW and Doe Mountain will have to offer, click here.
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WASHINGTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark — According to a new report from the Northwest Arkansas Council, Northwest Arkansas recycled more than 41,000 tons of material in 2021.
The report by the Council’s NWA Recycles program is the first to tally collections from the Benton County, Boston Mountain Solid Waste Districts and from a dozen cities with public recycling programs. The 41,000 tons included collections of aluminum cans, cardboard, used tires, electronics and food and yard waste, all of which can be recycled and reused in some way.
“Recycling programs across the region take great care to safely collect recyclables, conserve natural resources and put these materials back to use, including by businesses right here in Northwest Arkansas,” said Dan Holtmeyer, the Council’s recycling program manager. “This report gives a thorough accounting of the programs’ collective efforts to keep more waste out of landfills.”
The programs tallied include E-Waste Warriors, a volunteer group of Rogers High School students that collected five tons of old electronics and the City of Fayetteville, which collected more than 13,000 tons in its recycling and composting programs.
Among the report’s findings, the region in 2021 recycled:
- 300 tons of electronic waste.
- 1,000 tons of aluminum, steel and other scrap metal.
- 1,000 tons of glass bottles and jars.
- 9,000 tons of yard and food waste for composting.
- 14,000 tons of cardboard and paper.
The council says those figures in reality are higher, since many community programs don’t track the weights of specific materials.
NWA Recycles is a joint effort by the Northwest Arkansas Council, Benton County and Boston Mountain solid waste districts that launched last year with support from Walmart. The program's goal is to coordinate and improve local recycling services, which has become a major priority for the growing Northwest Arkansas region.
The council also conducted a public infrastructure survey earlier this year which found more than 80% of respondents think more recycling is important to the area’s future and are willing to recycle more in their daily lives.
The annual report is the first in an ongoing effort that will hopefully improve over time, by including more data from private, and commercial recycling that is not accounted for in public programs, as well as more information about non-recyclable materials captured by recycling programs.
NWA Recycles says it will continue working with the waste districts and other stakeholders to help strengthen local programs and their available data.
To learn more about community recycling programs, click here.
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There’s a show at the Herkimer County Fairgrounds for trappers, sportsmen, and gun enthusiasts, but this year the New York State Trappers Association is expanding the interests to a vast crowd. Bill Swagler is the vice president of the NYS Trappers Association.
"We decided to add crafts and flea markets to make something for the whole family. So if somebody wants to look at guns, they can check out guns. The ones who want to look at crafts and flea markets can go out and look at them," he said.
The show tends to draw in hunters, and bow-hunters in particular might like the new style of sling being offered by Sager Outdoors Gear. Katelyn Sager is the Co-Founder of Sager Outdoors Gear. She and her father come to this show to sell a few items, but for this family it’s more of a social event.
"We’re avid outdoors people. Big time hunters you know. Whenever we have time we like coming out and even aside from all this stuff we’re doing and selling, just chatting with people. You know it’s a good time."
Not everyone is here to have a good time. Silver Dreaming Wolf, the Director of the Convention of States Project in New York is here targeting voters to take action against what they consider government overreach.
"We’re going through the State Legislators in order to impose amendments to the Constitution for term limits for all Federal Employees. That includes Congress, the a, b, c agencies that have absolutely no oversight what-so-ever. Fiscal restraints on the Federal Government, balance budget amendment if we’re lucky, and to bring power back to the States that have been taken by the Federal Government."
If politics isn’t your thing, just pull up your pants and head over and see Phil Taurisano who's the Owner of Tauris Belts & Custom Leathers.
"About 50 years ago I started making them, and I started doing gun shows. There was a big demand for them, I deal with a lot of people who carry guns, who hunt, and mostly who want a good belt that lasts."
Whatever you’re in the mood for, Bill Swagler says this show covers a lot of bases.
"If you need a bath towel, a candle, we got everything. If you can think of it, we’ve probably got it here."
The New York State Trappers, Sportsmen, and Gun Show will be open on Saturday May 21, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.
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DALLAS — With temperatures increasing and summer quickly approaching, it’s that time of year residents will begin seeing more pools opening across North Texas.
“We’re doing pool inspections,” said Dallas Code Officer Nilandra Canyon, as she entered an apartment complex leasing office in Uptown on Friday.
City of Dallas Code officers are bouncing around different properties inspecting pools.
“We take it very seriously. Our goal this year is to not lose any lives,” said Canyon.
Pool safety and preventing drownings is key.
The Code officers first check in with complex managers to make sure paperwork is up to date. Then, they take the inspection to the pool to check water clarity.
“I have to be able to stand right here and look in this water to make sure there’s no body there,” said Canyon.
Water clarity is a big issue during inspections. It’s a factor that could get some pools shut down. Code officers said murky conditions have been found at some complexes and deemed dangerous.
The pool inspections also include search the area for trip hazards, making sure rails are in-tact and proper signage is displayed.
“Her pool rules alerts you that there’s no life guard on duty,” Canyon pointed out, as she continued her inspection.
Code officers say the public should also make sure pools have proper safety equipment nearby. They’re also checking for working emergency phones in the area and confirming pool gates and doors are operable and closed.
“That’s my main focus. Kids. Kids like water, so they flock to water,” said Canyon.
Several municipalities across North Texas are cutting back on public pool hours, due to lifeguard staffing challenges. It’s possible apartment complex pools could be places where more children and adults try finding relief this summer.
“Always keep your eyes and ears open,” added Canyon.
Inspectors say before taking a dip in any pool, it’s always a good idea to survey the area for safety. If conditions look questionable, you can report them to 311.
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NORMAL — Two men are suspected of burglarizing Walmart and stealing more than $23,000 worth of merchandise last week, police said.
No arrests have been made in the suspected burglary and theft in the early morning of May 13 at Walmart, 300 Greenbriar Drive in Normal, police said.
Normal Police Sgt. Brad Underwood said the retailer reported stolen electronics and luggage to police May 13.
The suspects wore face masks, hooded sweatshirts and Walmart vests, police said.
Underwood said the men entered Walmart during early morning hours sometime before the store opened.
Anyone with information can contact NPD 309-454-9535.
Updated mug shots from The Pantagraph
Mark A. Carter
Mark A. Carter, 35, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony).
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
Joshua V. Wilburn
Joshua V. Wilburn, 33, of Bloomington, is charged with burglary and retail theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Alicia L. Rodriguez
Alicia L. Rodriguez, 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery and domestic battery.
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
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
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
Emmitt A. Simmons
Emmitt A. Simmons, 21, of LeRoy, is charged with indecent solicitation of a child (Class 2 felony).
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
PROVIDED BY BLOOMINGTON POLICE
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Cordaiz J. Jones
Cordaiz J. Jones, 35, is 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
Christopher L. Anderson
Christopher L. Anderson, 40, of Downs, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of meth, unlawful possession of a controlled substance and aggravated assault.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Megan J. Duffy
Megan J. Duffy, 27, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and two counts each of unlawful possession of 5-15 grams (Class 2 felony) and less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Jalen A. Davis
Jalen A. Davis , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of child pornography possession (Class X felony).
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.
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
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
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
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
Tyler D. Vidmar
Tyler D. Vidmar , 23, of Clinton, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine.
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
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
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
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
Joshway C. Boens
Joshway C. Boens , 41, of Chicago, is charged in McLean County with aggravated domestic battery and domestic battery as a subsequent offense.
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.
PROVIDED BY 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
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
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
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.
PROVIDED BY 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
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
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.
PROVIDED BY 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
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
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
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
Kent D. Johnson
Kent D. Johnson , 34, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andre D. Seals
Andre D. Seals , 37, of Champaign, is charged with aggravated battery.
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
Carrie Funk
Carrie Funk , 54, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of criminal neglect of an elderly person.
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
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
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
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
Frankie L. Hutchinson
Frankie L. Hutchinson , 21, of Chicago, is 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
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
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
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
Darrius D. Robinson
Darrius D. Robinson , 29, of Normal, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jacob Z. Kemp
Jacob Z. Kemp , 32, is charged with three counts of aggravated battery.
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
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
Geno A. Borrego
Geno A. Borrego , 23, of Pontiac, is charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault.
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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
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.
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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.
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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
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
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
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
Lorel M. Johnson
Lorel M. Johnson , 41, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery and two counts of aggravated domestic battery.
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Kimberlee A. Burton
Kimberlee A. Burton , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of child endangerment, Class A misdemeanors.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Jahni A. Lyons
Jahni A. Lyons , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
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Justin A. Atkinson
Justin A. Atkinson , 39, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery-strangulation, a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery as a subsequent offense, a Class 4 felony.
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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
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.
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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
Matthew D. Stone
Matthew D. Stone , 22, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated battery, a Class 2 felony.
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Tyler A. Guy
Tyler A. Guy , 25, of Towanda, is charged with one count of Class 2 felony aggravated battery.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Pedro A. Parra
Pedro A. Parra , 40, is charged with two counts of burglary, Class 2 and Class 3 felonies, and misdemeanor theft.
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Gregory A. Spence
Gregory A. Spence , 39, of Bartonville, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
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Justin A. Leicht
Justin A. Leicht , 41, of Downs, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
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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
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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.
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Shaquan D. Hosea
Shaquan D. Hosea , 26, of Bloomington, is charged with residential burglary, a Class 1 felony, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, a Class 4 felony.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Tommy L. Jumper
Tommy L. Jumper , 59, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, each a Class 2 felony.
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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.
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Logan T. Kendricks
Logan T. Kendricks , 35, is charged with two counts of aggravated domestic battery, Class 2 felonies.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Dontae D. Gilbert
Dontae D. Gilbert , 30, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery, charged as a Class 3 felony for a subsequent offense.
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
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
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.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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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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
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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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.
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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.
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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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Liberty Bell Middle School track team is headed for the state tournament.
A sendoff was organized to motivate the team as they left for the tournament Friday morning. Student-athletes wore medals that they had earned so far this season, and said they are proud that the season’s hard work is paying off.
“It’s always fun like the bus ride down there,” said team member Bryson Wilhjelm. “You’re just with all your friends and like I said before, you just work really hard for it so you just kind of get to enjoy every second of it, and it always makes my highlight of the year.”
The competition is set to begin Saturday at Franklin High School.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Hundreds, if not thousands, of students from across the Portland metro area gathered outside Portland City Hall Friday to rally for climate justice, an issue personal to many of them.
"It terrifies me that there's a possibility I may not be able to give my kids a safe planet to live on," said JJ Klein-Wolf, a student at Ida B. Wells High School and one of the event organizers.
Klein-Wolf said she and other organizers planned the event to call out what they described as four big local contributors to climate change: the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), the Portland Business Alliance, NW Natural and Zenith Energy.
Portland students hold climate rally
"These four entities we're targeting as climate villains are not just standing doing nothing," she said. "They're actively making the climate and environment worse."
Klein-Wolf and her fellow demonstrators presented a list of demands that included more green infrastructure, less freeway expansion and a divestment in fossil fuels.
"This is our future," said Amy Henrikson, a student at Lincoln High School. "This is the future for everyone. This is a global issue and impacts every single person and it's important for us to express that."
"There are so many ways everyone is impacted, but especially communities most marginalized in our society like low income and BIPOC communities," said Chloe Gilmore, a student at Lincoln High School.
The message was not lost on elected officials. A handful of them rallied alongside the high schoolers.
"You are the future," Portland City Commissioner Carmen Rubio said. "Your voices matter and continue fighting for climate justice and we're with you."
Not long after Commissioner Rubio's comments, the students took to the streets. The march snaked its way from City Hall to Revolution Hall, all in the name of climate justice.
"I think a lot of people realize now more than in the past that climate change is real and happening and impacting us every single day," Klein-Wolf said.
KGW reached out to the organizations identified by demonstrators, and received replies from ODOT and Zenith Energy.
"We are committed to working with our state and local partners to reduce our statewide carbon emissions from transportation," ODOT Communications Director Kevin Glenn said in a statement.
"Our plan is to fully replace traditional diesel with renewable diesel, utilizing existing infrastructure to advance the region’s climate goals," Grady Reamer of Zenith Energy said in a statement.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The U.S. House and Senate approved a bill to ease the baby formula shortage for families on government assistance this week, and one nonprofit in Northeast Portland says the law would help ease the stress on low-income families.
Families who participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC, account for about half of all formula bought in the U.S.
Usually, they are only allowed to get one brand of formula, but the new legislation — which is going to President Joe Biden to be signed into law — makes it possible for WIC participants to buy whatever brand is available.
Portland nonprofit Mother & Child Education Center provides infant resources to parents in need. Its executive director said low-income parents with babies are the most impacted by this formula crisis.
“You’re trying to do your best and gas is also $5 a gallon. You’ve got to drive to six stores to get formula — that is so hard,” said Executive Director Maura White of Mother & Child. “If you’re middle class American, you’re going to find that formula. But when you’re low income, you have other barriers to get formula. It is absolutely trying.”
The shortage started in February after a recall shut down a major manufacturing plant. It has since spiraled out of control.
“These are infants we’re talking about,” White said. “They don’t have any other kind of food.”
White said her supply of baby formula was decimated back after Abbott issued a recall and shut down its factory earlier this year.
“We had like 100 cans, we had to dump it all out and Abbott Industries would not refund it because we got it all donated to us,” she said.
While they had to trash gallons of formula, babies in Portland were in need.
“Now, we get calls everyday, people trying to find formula — they can’t find it on the shelves, they can’t find it here,” White said. “We were already serving a lot of people with formula, and now it’s gotten even worse.”
White said the government’s intervention came too late.
On Thursday, the Biden administration announced the Department of Defense is working to book a commercial aircraft to fly about 146 pallets of Nestle’s formula from Switzerland to Indiana.
The shipments will include up to 1.5 million 8-ounce bottles of three kinds of formulas.
But this shortage is still expected to at least last several weeks.
Recently, parents with extra formula in their pantries have donated their spare bottles to Mother & Child Education Center. While White is grateful, she said the need is still greater.
She expects her current supply will only last one more week.
The head of the FDA told lawmakers that the closed baby formula factory could be up and running again as soon as next week.
While the wait continues, White is asking anyone who has formula to spare to donate to centers or doctors office’s and help families get through the storm.
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LITITZ, Pa. — Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash involving a 14-year-old pedestrian in Lancaster County.
It occurred Friday at 7:15 a.m. in Lititz, police say.
The 14-year-old pedestrian was struck by a vehicle while crossing North Broad Street near Lititz Springs Park, according to Lititz Borough Police.
The victim was transported to an area hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police say.
The suspect vehicle was traveling north-bound on North Broad Street, and is described as a light tan colored SUV driven by a woman, according to police. No other vehicle description is available.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Lititz Borough Police at 717-626-6393 or email Tips@LititzPD.org.
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Two possible cases of monkeypox have been investigated by the New York City Health Department, as the officials look to identify what could be the city's first potential case of the contagious disease.
Specimens from two patients were tested, with the health department saying Friday that one of the cases has already been ruled out for possibly being monkeypox after preliminary testing. The other case was positive for Orthopoxvirus, which is the family of viruses to which monkeypox belongs.
However, the health department added that the case has not yet been confirmed to be monkeypox. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is handling the confirmation testing.
The patient, who had an illness consistent with monkeypox, is in isolation and is being cared for at NYC Health + Hospitals / Bellevue, according to health officials. The health department said the case is being handled as a presumed positive until it is confirmed. Contact tracing is also underway.
Both the city and state health departments said the risk to the general public appears to be low at this time.
"Reports of suspected cases of monkeypox in the United States and elsewhere are concerning," said New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett. "While a possible case in New York State awaits confirmatory testing by our local and federal partners, the Department has alerted health care providers in New York State so that they can consider this unusual diagnosis if their patients present with symptoms."
Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with a virus that is related to those that cause smallpox and cowpox. It was first discovered in 1958, when outbreaks occurred in colonies of monkeys kept for research -- resulting in its name. (What you need to know about monkeypox.)
The first case in a human was reported in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which still has the majority of infections. Other African countries where it has been found: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo and Sierra Leone.
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What Is Monkeypox?
Monkeypox - which presents itself as a flu-like illness accompanied by lymph-node swelling and rash on the face and body -- is uncommon in the U.S.
Human symptoms of monkeypox are similar to but milder than the symptoms of smallpox, the CDC says. Monkeypox starts off with fever, headache, muscle aches, and exhaustion. Monkeypox also causes lymph nodes to swell, something that smallpox does not. The incubation period is usually 7−14 days but can range from 5−21 days.
Typically cases recorded outside of Africa have been linked to international travel or animals that have been imported.
According to the CDC, monkeypox in the U.S. is very rare since it does not occur naturally in the country. However, the CDC notes that cases in the U.S. have happened which were associated with international travel or importing animals from areas where the disease is more common.
The CDC is urging healthcare providers in the U.S. to be alert for patients who have rashes consistent with monkeypox, regardless of whether they have traveled or have specific risks for monkeypox.
However, health officials say the risk to the general population remains low.
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SAN FRANCISCO — The conservative Catholic archbishop of San Francisco said Friday that he would no longer allow U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to receive Communion because of her support for abortion rights.
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone said in his notification to Pelosi that he sent her a letter April 7 expressing his concerns after she vowed to codify the Supreme Court's Row vs. Wade decision into law once Texas approved a law banning most abortions. He said Pelosi never responded.
Cordileone said he told Pelosi in the April letter that she must either repudiate her support of abortion rights or stop speaking publicly about her Catholic faith and that if she didn't, he would have no other choice but to declare she is not allowed to receive Communion.
"I am hereby notifying you that you are not to present yourself for Holy Communion and, should you do so, you are not to be admitted to Holy Communion, until such time as you publically repudiate your advocacy for the legitimacy of abortion and confess and receive absolution of this grave sin in the sacrament of Penance,” he wrote.
Cordileone said in a separate letter Friday to church members that he had requested to meet with Pelosi six separate times and her office didn’t respond or told him she was busy.
“After numerous attempts to speak with her to help her understand the grave evil she is perpetrating, the scandal she is causing, and the danger to her own soul she is risking, I have determined that the point has come in which I must make a public declaration that she is not to be admitted to Holy Communion," he wrote.
Throughout the past year, Cordileone has been among the most outspoken U.S. bishops advocating that Communion be denied to President Joe Biden and other politicians who support abortion rights.
However, each bishop has authority in his own diocese on this matter, and the archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, has affirmed that Biden is welcome to receive the sacrament there.
Last November, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops overwhelmingly approved a long-anticipated document on Communion that stopped short of calling for withholding the sacrament from politicians who support abortion rights but offered justifications for individual bishops to do so.
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SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in California has dismissed a securities fraud and defamation lawsuit filed by a Tesla investor against CEO Elon Musk, one of Musk's supporters and Tesla.
In an order filed Thursday, Judge James Donato threw out the lawsuit by the investor, Aaron Greenspan, who runs a legal document website. Donato wrote that the lawsuit had failed to make plausible legal claims.
Donato had previously dismissed the case in June, but he offered Greenspan the opportunity to file another complaint on federal legal issues. The judge wrote that claims such as defamation that were made under California law would be taken up later as warranted. In Thursday’s order, Donato dismissed all of Greenspan’s case, which was originally filed in 2020.
Among other things, the lawsuit alleged that Omar Qazi, a Musk fan, defamed Greenspan in a series of tweets that made baseless accusations against him. Greenspan asserted that the tweets were part of a campaign of 80,000 coordinated tweets that praised Tesla and attacked critics.
Donato ruled that Greenspan failed to provide facts to support his allegations that Qazi acted as an agent of Tesla or Musk. Qazi had previously called the allegations “absurd,” and Tesla's lawyers had disputed Greenspan's allegations as conspiracy theories.
In other legal news connected to Musk, a Delaware judge agreed Friday to expedite a Twitter shareholder lawsuit challenging his proposed buyout of the social media giant, while nevertheless saying she was “extremely skeptical” of the plaintiff’s claims.
In granting a motion to expedite requested by the Orlando Police Pension Fund, Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick noted that the threshold for granting such a request was relatively low.
“While I'm skeptical of the plaintiff’s theories, and extremely skeptical at that, on a motion to expedite the strike zone is far larger for the plaintiff,” the judge said. “It’s like the strike zone applied when Little League players start pitching their own games.”
McCormick said the pension fund could pursue “extremely limited discovery” regarding its allegations that the deal must be delayed for at least three years under an anti-takeover provision in Delaware corporation law.
The judge nevertheless said she was “dubious” that the proposed Twitter buyout is the sort of deal the provision is intended to address. The provision prevents any shareholder who owns 15% or more of a company’s stock from buying out other shareholders for a period of three years after reaching the 15% threshold unless certain conditions are met. One such condition is approval of the deal by at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock not owned by that “interested stockholder.”
While Musk owned only about 9.6% of Twitter’s stock when the company’s board approved his proposed $44 billion acquisition, the complaint alleges that he is an interested stockholder because he had an “agreement, arrangement or understanding” with Morgan Stanley and Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey.
The plaintiffs allege that Dorsey, who owns about 2.4% of Twitter’s stock, and Morgan Stanley, which owns about 8.8%, worked with and encouraged Musk to take the company private.
The defendants, who have filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, say there was no “meeting of the minds,” and that the notion that Musk is an interested stockholder under Delaware law is “wholly speculative and conclusory.”
They note, among other things, that the Morgan Stanley entity serving as Musk’s financial adviser, and a separate Morgan Stanley unit that has offered to help finance the buyout, are not among the entities that own Twitter stock. They also argue that Morgan Stanley Investment Management, which owns most of the Twitter shares in question, is a registered investment advisor prohibited from voting for a business transaction for any reason other than its clients’ best interests.
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AP Business Writer Randall Chase reported from Dover, Delaware.
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FOLSOM, Calif. —
As the weather heats up, residents across the Greater Sacramento region are seeing more snakes than usual.
Scotty Orbegozo has lived in the Folsom Ranch community since 2019. In his nearly 2.5 years living in the community, Orbegozo has had around 10 encounters with snakes.
"When we moved to the community, we knew we would have encounters with bugs since it is a newer development, but we were not prepared for there to be snakes all over the place," Orbegozo told ABC10.
Orbegozo said so far this year, he has already seen four snakes in his backyard. Out of the ten encounters he has had with snakes, Orbegozo said his most recent snake encounter was the worst one to date.
Orbegozo and his family were getting ready to swim in their pool. As Orbegozo's husband and child were in the water, he noticed that there was a snake dangling from their pool's waterfall.
"I had to put my snake grabber to use for the very first time," Orbegozo said. "This was an eye-opening experience because it was the biggest snake I have ever had to remove from our yard."
Daya Grondin, an animal control officer for the city of Folsom, says the number of reports they have received regarding snakes has increased by nearly 20%.
“As the weather is starting to heat up, we are getting calls nearly every day,” Grondin said.
Jake Molieri, the owner of Snakeout which is a snake removal company in Folsom, said they have responded to around 40 reports of rattlesnakes so far this year. Last week, in particular, the company responded to approximately 10-15 calls of nonvenomous snakes as the weather warmed up.
“It was really intense,” Molieri said. “I mean there were days where we were getting 7-9 calls a day for snakes in general.”
Grondin said the city usually receives the most rattlesnake reports around communities and businesses near the freeway because those areas have a lot of open fields surrounding them. Grondin added that the new construction has also impacted the number of snakes Folsom residents have seen recently.
“Folsom is a rapidly growing city and there has been a lot of new construction disrupting where the snakes would normally live, so that may be why we are seeing more snakes than usual,” Grondin said.
Molieri said the drought also has an impact on snake season because it causes them to get desperate for water.
“It does not help that we keep our yards really well watered,” Molieri said. “As we approach these hotter days, we are going to see a lot more snakes in backyards with pools and fountains.”
Molieri advises those who see a snake, not to touch it or try to pick it up as they can get defensive.
“If you pick up or harass a snake, you are more likely to get bitten,” Molieri said. “Nearly 51-60% of snake bites from venomous snakes are from people deliberately messing with them or trying to pick them up.”
According to Molieri, it is best to call a snake removal company if you see a snake on your property and wish to have it removed. Molieri said it is important to keep an eye on the snake while the snake removal company is on its way because if you lose sight of it, then it will be much harder for them to find the snake on your property.
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MODESTO, Calif. — Deputies with the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department Thursday arrested one man after a search warrant was served. The man is now in jail, facing 150 counts of animal cruelty, and 150 dogs are now in the custody of the Stanislaus Animal Services Agency.
On April 30, a domestic violence report was made to deputies regarding a woman who reported being severely beaten by who authorities describe as her significant other.
According to Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department Sergeant Luke Schwartz, the victim was injured with a heavy-duty ashtray, burned by a butane torch, and had a shock collar put around her neck.
"It was a horrible instance of domestic violence and assault with a deadly weapon," Schwartz said. "We've been working this investigation for quite some time, and it culminated in a service of a couple of search warrants."
On Thursday, deputies arrested Nicholas Baugh, 38, at his mother's Modesto home in connection to the domestic violence report.
Following the arrest, deputies returned to the home in the 500 block of Roselawn Avenue in Modesto, where the domestic violence report was made. With a search warrant, deputies entered the home and found 150 dogs living in what authorities describe as a puppy mill environment.
"They were in deplorable conditions," Schwartz said. "It's something that doesn't happen all that often, but again, it's a sign of the times that animal. cruelty cases do take place."
Deputies called in crews with the Stanislaus Animal Services Agency who took custody of the dogs and will assess their medical condition.
"Their health is still being ascertained, but obviously animal control is working with veterinary services and will get them the help they need," Schwartz said, adding that some of the dogs are suffering from, "various types of medical conditions."
Those with information on the domestic violence or animal cruelty cases are asked to call the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department at 209-552-2468 or reach out to CrimeStoppers.
According to Sergeant Schwartz, if Baugh decides to regain possession of the dogs at some point in the future, he would have to go through a hearing process in court.
"We are glad that this person was held to account and taken into custody safely," Sergeant Schwartz said. "We will closely monitor the outcome of these criminal proceedings as they move through the court systems."
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ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Mark your calendar, Placer Pride is happening on Saturday at Royer Park in Roseville.
Entertainment this year includes drag queens, KC Shane, and the Sacramento Gay Men's Chorus.
Community resources, services, creative booths, kid's activities, lawn games, a selfie booth, and a memory mural wall will also be featured at the event.
Daniella Zimmerman is an ally with many loved ones and friends in the LGBT community. Zimmerman said they've been trying to organize this event for the past three years, but it was put off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year is the first in-person Placer Pride event.
"There needs to be more visibility. There are a lot of members of the LGBT family that live here and don't often feel that they can be open in how they live or that they're supported [and] that there's other people like them in the community," Zimmerman said.
Event Details
What: Placer Pride 2022
When: Saturday, May 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
People are encouraged to bring a picnic blanket or lawn chairs. According to organizers, there will be a barbeque going with briquettes for people who want to grill.
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DUNNIGAN, Calif. — Cal Fire crews are responding to a grass fire in Yolo County near Dunnigan.
On Friday afternoon, the Cal Fire Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit responded to a 100-acre vegetation fire near the 24000 block of Country Road 11 in Dunnigan.
Just after 3:30 p.m., Cal Fire said that the fire had burned approximately 120 acres and was 75% contained.
Cal Fire is asking drivers to use caution and give way to emergency vehicles if they are driving in the area.
EVACUATIONS:
According to the Cal Fire LNU, there are no evacuations at this time.
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According to Cal Fire, the 2021 fire season started earlier than previous years, but also ended earlier, as well. January 2021 saw just under 1,200 acres burned from nearly 300 wildfires. Fires picked up in the summer when the Dixie Fire burned in five Northern California counties — Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen and Tehama. The Dixie Fire started on July 13 and wasn't contained until Oct. 25, burning nearly 1 million acres. It has since become the second-largest wildfire in state history and the largest non-complex fire.
Overall, 2.5 million acres were burned in 2021 from 8,835 wildfires. Over 3,600 structures were destroyed and 3 people killed.
If you live in a wildfire-prone zone, Cal Fire suggests creating a defensible space around your home. Defensible space is an area around a building in which vegetation and other debris are completely cleared. At least 100 feet is recommended.
The Department of Homeland Security suggests assembling an emergency kit that has important documents, N95 respirator masks, supplies to grab with you if you’re forced to leave at a moment’s notice. The agency also suggests signing up for local warning system notifications and know your community’s evacuation plans best to prepare yourself and your family in cases of wildfires.
Some counties use Nixle alerts to update residents on severe weather, wildfires, and other news. To sign up, visit www.nixle.com or text your zip code to 888777 to start receiving alerts.
PG&E customers can also subscribe to alerts via text, email, or phone call. If you're a PG&E customer, visit the Profile & Alerts section of your account to register.
What questions do you have about the latest wildfires? If you're impacted by the wildfires, what would you like to know? Text the ABC10 team at (916) 321-3310.
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Suspicious package found in South Shreveport. Police give the all clear
UPDATE: 3:43 p.m. Colquitt Road opened to traffic. Shreveport Fire Department public information officer Robert Taggart said, "at this time everything is safe. Traffic is now flowing and everything is getting cleared up."
The device is still under investigation at this time. Taggart said there is no threat to the public.
Original: A suspicious package was located in South Shreveport, leaving Shreveport police, fire and bomb squad busy Friday afternoon.
Sgt. Angie Willhite, Shreveport Police public information officer said that just after 12 p.m. a Shreveport auxiliary officer located a suspicious package on Colquitt Road near Amity Way.
Shreveport Fire Department and bomb squad was called to the scene and were able to move the package off the road.
Willhite said that crews are currently working to clear the item. The road has been blocked off.
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Makenzie Boucher is a reporter with the Shreveport Times. Contact her at mboucher@gannett.com.
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BOISE, Idaho — In recent months, there’s been several high-profile stories about American college athletes taking their own lives.
It is tragic and devastating to read these stories, but we cannot ignore the core issue: mental health. Mental health is an important thing for all of us to be talking about.
In light of recent events, there is renewed attention and conversations about mental health resources for student-athletes.
Those students are just that, students.
They take on high-pressure roles in athletics, while also balancing everything else that comes with the college experience.
Talking about mental health with college aged students can be tough, but that conversation is front and center at Boise State, and has been for several years.
The student led program, BroncoBOLD, launched in 2019. It's designed to spotlight mental health among athletes, coaches, and staff within Boise State Athletics.
The program is led in-part by Boise State Athletics' Director of Athletic Performance and Psychology, Stephanie Donaldson. BroncoBOLD focuses on three major areas of the mental health conversation: reducing stigma, raising awareness and cultivating resilience.
To highlight the important conversations at Boise State University, KTVB sat down with Donaldson to talk about those tough conversations, and how Boise State Athletics is addressing mental health for their athletes and in the community in general.
“Bronco Bold is our student athlete Initiative for mental health and suicide awareness and prevention," Donaldson said. "It's truly a student-athlete led initiative and it's based on education, prevention, and building awareness on our campus and also our community and just really opening the conversation about mental health and creating an open narrative, where we can talk freely and really normalize those conversations."
Working with student-athletes is a full-circle situation for Donaldson. She knows the pressure of being a student-athlete.
“I was a student-athlete in college. I swam a very long time ago and I definitely struggle with my mental health, but it was a time that we didn't talk about it," Donaldson said. "I fortunately, at the time, I thought it was unfortunate, but I had a coach who made me go to counseling and he said, you got to go.
"So, I begrudgingly went and I thought at the first part of it, this isn't working. I don't like this, but eventually I found someone who I really it was life changing. It made a huge difference in my life and so that's the reason why I do what I do today, because for me, it was a life changing experience."
Conversations around mental health and suicide can be very tough, but Donaldson said she thinks conversations are certainly more accessible than in years past.
“I think I've noticed just a huge shift generationally and these are student-athletes that want to talk about it and they want to be open about it," Donaldson said. "They want to create this environment that is, we're able to have these conversations and so I think that's amazing and really, it provides a lot of hope for the future moving forward. While they are difficult conversations to have, if we start together as a collective whole, we really can change."
Renewed attention on mental health is a great development. Donaldson said COVID helped put that conversation directly in the mainstream.
“I think it has, we've been moving forward, it has become, I don't know if easier is the right word to say, but it has become more prevalent those conversations, especially following COVID," Donaldson said. "I think everyone in the world realized, 'oh, mental health is really a thing that I've got to pay attention to.' I think with that, it also opened the doors to start more freely having the conversations.
"We see athletes at high levels speaking out and speaking out on their own mental health and the importance of seeing mental health just the same as physical health."
Main stream attention on athlete mental health has been highlighted by bold decisions by athletes like Olympian Simon Biles and tennis star Naomi Osaka, who prioritized their own well-being over sporting events on the biggest stage. Donaldson says that, too, helps the conversation.
“I think it really helps. Not just the student-athlete being able to talk about it, but someone maybe who's never even been involved as an athlete in athletics," Donaldson said. "You see someone who is at the top of their sport, the elite of the elite, who we think of as someone being so strong physically and mentally and if they can talk about it openly and then they can express, 'hey, I've struggled there,' it creates a lot of relatable ability there and it helps other people to be vulnerable and to say, 'hey, if they can be struggling, then it's okay if I'm struggling to.'"
If you or someone you know needs help, there are community resources out there and people who want to help.
The Idaho crisis and suicide hotline phone number is (800) 273-8255, and the text line is (208) 398-4357. Those needing to talk to someone can also use the chat portal on the hotline's website.
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GARLAND, Texas — Watch the full story tonight on WFAA at 10.
Police officers remember places based on cases.
They know a street because of a crash or a neighborhood because of a break-in.
They know a Texaco gas station in Garland because of a mystery – a maddening murder mystery.
“It’s actually pretty infuriating,” admits Garland police detective Lucas Shupe.
He believes he knows who the killer is, but no one can find him.
And he’s convinced he’s getting help from someone.
“I didn’t think a 14-year-old could stay gone this long. I really did not,” Shupe said.
Shupe began searching for Abel Acosta in the final days of 2021.
Police normally do not release the identity of juvenile suspects, but Garland police made an exception because Abel Acosta is accused in a triple murder.
The day after Christmas, three teenagers died inside the Texaco at 730 West Walnut in Garland.
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Someone opened the convenience store door and fired off at least 20 rounds, according to police.
Shupe was assigned as the lead detective that very night.
Surveillance cameras captured video of the shooter, the truck he was riding in and the man, police say, was driving.
Shupe was hopeful the clear images caught by multiple cameras would help them quickly zero in on the suspects
He was partially right.
The day after police circulated the surveillance evidence, the driver turned himself in.
He’s 33-year-old Richard Acosta, Jr.
His son is Abel Acosta, the 14-year-old Garland police have identified as the shooter.
He remains on the run almost five months after the crime, and Shupe does not think he’s acting alone.
“A 14-year-old in my opinion does not have the means to go off the grid, not be heard from and not be seen unless someone’s helping him,” Shupe said. “Someone knows where he is, and someone has helped him get there.”
Shupe agreed to return to the scene of the crime for an interview in hopes that renewed attention on the case drums up new leads.
He can recount every move the driver, the passenger and that truck made the night of the murders.
Police say Richard Acosta parked in front of the convenience store, walked in and bought something, then got back in his truck and backed out of the parking spot.
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“Then it pulls over here and comes to a stop at the end of the parking lot here. They stay there for a couple of minutes,” Shupe said, pointing to the far side of the lot.
During those couple of minutes, Shupe believes the passenger was prepping.
“It appears to me that steps were taken, based up on the surveillance video we saw, that he concealed his identity,” Shupe said. “He put on a baseball cap, removed his shirt and put on a face mask.”
Surveillance video shows the shooter crouching down as he approached the front door of the convenience store with what police say is a 40-caliber pistol with an extended magazine.
Police say surveillance video also shows the shooter getting back in the white truck he’d been riding in, which police say Richard Acosta was driving.
But where the teen went from there is a mystery.
Abel’s father, Richard Acosta, is charged with capital murder.
His attorney said he did not know Abel had a gun with him the night he drove him to the Texaco.
His attorney also said Acosta does not know where his son is.
“I can tell you I get a tip one day he’s in Mexico. The same day we get tips he’s in Iowa and he’s in Mississippi. All three tips come in on the same day,” Shupe said.
A $10,000 reward is still being offered and anyone who contacts Garland Crime Stoppers at either 972-272-8477 (TIPS) or at www.garlandcrimestoppers.org can remain anonymous.
The 26-year veteran police officer knows the faces of 17-year-old Rafael Garcia, 16-year-old Ivan Noyala and 14-year-old Xavier Gonzalez, as well as their families, will never leave his mind.
That’s why a few questions linger, too.
“Did I make any mistakes? Did I miss something?” Shupe says he asks himself. “What else can I actually do to find him?”
He is infuriated, but he’s also motivated to one day pass the corner of Walnut and Glenbrook and think about this case as closed.
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DALLAS — Beloved Dallas funk, jazz and R&B performer Bernard Wright died Thursday at the age of 58, according to a statement shared Friday on Facebook on behalf of Wright's family by fellow musician William S. Patterson.
Born in Queens, New York, Wright rose to national prominence with the release of "Who Do You Love," the lead single off his 1985 third LP, "Mr. Wright," and a song prominently sampled in LL Cool J's 1995 hit single, "Loungin'."
"Mr. Wright" would go on to peak at No. 25 on Billboard's U.S. R&B Albums chart, while "Who Do You Love" would reach as high as No. 6 on the Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart and No. 44 on the Hot Dance Singles Sales chart.
The godson of powerhouse R&B singer Roberta Flack, Wright released his first album, "'Nard," at just 18 years old.
That first LP set the table for his later successes, reaching No. 116 on the Billboard 200, No. 53 on the Billboard U.S. R&B Album chart and No. 7 on Billboard's U.S. Jazz Album chart.
As a studio musician, the multi-instrumentalist appeared on recordings from acts including Doug E. Fresh, Cameo, Bobby Brown and Miles Davis.
Internationally, his career will forever be marked, however, by the success of "Who Do You Love" -- and, perhaps even more specifically, by the extended life that song experienced as a sample within songs produced by other artists.
While numerous songs from throughout Wright's career were sampled by artists such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Big Pun, no other sample was quite as ubiquitous as the "Who Do You Love" one at the center of LL Cool J's laidback "Loungin'" track.
Later in his career, Wright would turn to gospel music and release three albums under the banner of that genre before evolving into a fixture and mentor figure within the Dallas jazz, funk and R&B music communities.
A sweet and gentle soul quick with a smile and pat on the back, Wright was always humble about his many noteworthy accomplishments as he actively rubbed shoulders with and performed alongside younger musicians who aspired to one day reach his career's heights.
Throughout the '00s and early '10s, Wright would regularly sit in on keyboards among the players at the popular Monday night weekly Bad Ass Jazz series at the late Amsterdam Bar in Dallas' Exposition Park neighborhood. More recently, he would pop up as a guest performer on stage with younger generation hip-hop, jazz and R&B fusion acts such as RC & The Gritz, CoLab and Ghost-Note at Dallas venues including Deep Ellum Art Company, Prophet Bar and Three Links.
Patterson's Friday morning statement on Wright's passing reads as follows:
"On behalf of the family of Bernard Wright (Nard),
We are saddened to announce that yesterday
Bernard has been called home to the Most High.
Many thanks for everyone's support, encouragement, and prayers for Nard throughout the years. Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers through this difficult time.
Our hearts are heavy and our faith is strong.
To be absent from the body is to be present with The Lord!
LOVE! Rest In Power, Nard."
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DALLAS — Editor's note: This story contains descriptions of situations that may make some readers uncomfortable.
Three sisters said they were abused and threatened by a man they thought was supposed to help and protect them.
"He knew I came from a bad situation at home, and he used that to his own advantage.”
The sisters, who asked WFAA to hide their identities, said they were in their early teens when they met Dallas Police Officer Tyrone Williams after one of the girls ran away from home and got in trouble and arrested. She said Williams was the responding officer.
“I was in a girls’ facility, and my mother came and picked me up at the facility and said she had befriended an officer that she met, and who had arrested me, and I would be living with him when I got out of the facility.”
She thought they would be safe.
"He abused me the first night my mother left me alone with him.”
The teens said eventually they would all go to his home. They said Williams was also allowed to take them out of school whenever he wanted.
“He would just come and get us and take us to his house, and stuff started to happen.”
They said they were terrified to report the abuse.
"He threatened us a lot, and if we wouldn’t do stuff with him, [he] threatened to do something to us or our mother.”
The girls said they finally told a relative, who eventually took them to two police stations to report the abuse and also told CPS.
"I was thinking no one is going to believe me because he’s a police officer.”
Their attorney, Hunt Bonneau, said that’s exactly what happened. No charges were filed and Williams stayed on the force.
“It’s odd that this slipped through somehow at every level of protection that society has… your family, the schools, hospitals and then the police,” said Bonneau.
So the girls moved on, until last year, when another victim came forward to Dallas police.
The girls don't know each other but have similar stories.
According to court documents, the possible victim in that case was also arrested as a runaway. She claimed Williams also befriend her mother, who allowed the teen to stay with Williams at his home.
She alleged that’s when she was abused.
“The complainant awakened to discover the suspect sitting on the side of the bed with his legs over her legs and stroking her thighs with his bare hand," the court document read.
She goes on to detail more alleged abuse.
The three sisters said when they heard that news, they were relieved someone else had come forward.
"I broke into tears because I knew he had done this to me around the same time and same age, and in a very similar way.”
Williams was arrested last year and put on administrative leave.
Dallas Police Department (DPD) detectives went back to investigate the sisters’ cases and arrested him again last week and charged Williams in one of their cases.
RELATED: Dallas police officer arrested on second charge of sexual assault of a child, officials say
Williams' attorney, Scottie Allen, issued the following statement:
"Officer Williams is an exemplary officer who has enjoyed an outstanding reputation amongst the citizens he has protected and served. Unfortunately, good officers aren’t immune from patently false and totally unsupported allegations. These young ladies were severely troubled youth with a myriad of disciplinary and mental health issues. What’s even more troubling than their stories, is the fact that there are those who would use them for profit and to vindicate their petty politics. We look forward to bringing this case before the proper tribunal as quickly as possible for full and complete vindication!!"
Williams' cases have not gone to a grand jury. He has not been indicted or fired by DPD.
The sisters, who are now in their 20s, said they are speaking out in case there are other victims who are afraid to come forward.
"Don’t be afraid to tell your story about anything.”
Williams remains in the Dallas County jail in solitary confinement in his own jail cell.
DPD has expediated an internal affairs investigation into the latest allegations to determine if they can fire him now.
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FORT WORTH, Texas — One of the most inspiring drivers in NASCAR will make an appearance at the Texas Motor Speedway.
Thousands of people will pack the stands for the 24th Annual SpeedyCash.com 220.
Although he has been in many races around the country, it will be the first time Armani Williams experiences the North Texas track.
"It's just that feeling of just wanting to go fast again," said Williams.
Going fast is what Armani Williams lives for. The 22-year-old is in a class of his own as a NASCAR truck driver who fell in love with racing as a kid.
He knew around the age of 8 that he wanted to pursue becoming a race truck driver.
Williams said, "I would play with Hot Wheel and Matchbox cars and my mom and my dad's, my grandparents' house on the kitchen counter, our kitchen floor, I just love cars and just fast speed."
Now, speeding is his part-time job with the Doug Flutie Foundation for Autism as one of his sponsors.
Williams is the first NASCAR driver openly diagnosed on the autism spectrum.
Williams was born Detroit, Michigan and made his series debut at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway last August, where he earned his speedway license in NASCAR competition.
Along with his Tundra, his appearance at the Texas Motor Speedway kicks off his limited NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2022 schedule.
Racing part-time is possible thanks to his sponsors and race partners -- the Doug Flutie Foundation for Autism, Inc and IceCOLD Technology.
"It's very exhilarating, said Williams, "I'm just excited to be here. You know, I've been waiting for months to just get back in a truck."
Since Williams isn't letting autism slow him down, he hopes others living with autism has a handle on pursuing their dreams.
"It's how are you going to handle the adversity and the obstacles that it's going to take? You know, that's something I had to go through being with autism," Williams said, "I pull that those belts, put that helmet on, start my engine and I'm just ready to hit it on the track and show everybody that I can do."
Williams didn't make the cut during qualifications Friday afternoon at the Texas Motor Speedway. But that won't keep him from pursuing more competitions throughout the summer racing season.
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ENNIS, Texas — Many North Texans will soon have access to more water — hundreds of millions more — thanks to a recently finished pipeline.
The Tarrant Regional Water District and the city of Dallas Water Utilities gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday after the completion of one of the nation’s largest water supply infrastructure projects finished in Ennis.
Thanks to a 2,700-foot tunnel, the $2.3 billion, 150-mile Integrated Pipeline Project will provide two of the state’s largest water suppliers up to an additional 350 million gallons of water a day for their customers.
The pipeline is located along a separate path than Tarrant Regional Water District's existing pipelines and operates in a different electric grid.
There were a lot of organizations, governments and people that needed to come together to make this project a reality, according to Brooke Paup. She is a board member for the Texas Water Development Board and was heavily involved in the project.
"This project has been a long time coming," Paup said during the ribbon cutting.
From its inception to its completion, this pipeline took 15 years to complete with the
By sharing operation and maintenance costs of the completed joint section of the pipeline, the two agencies say they will see more than $1 billion in savings over the life of the pipeline.
"We looked at efficiency and materials," Tarrant Regional Water District Integrated Pipeline Program Manager Ed Weaver said.
Tarrant Regional Water District owns and operates Cedar Creek and Richland-Chambers Reservoirs southeast of Dallas. The organization also has existing pipelines to those two lakes.
"In addition to adding more drinking water over the life of the project, we will save our customers a billion dollars by having a joint project," Dallas Water Utilities director Terry Lowery.
The Integrated Pipeline Project increases the district’s capacity to pump additional raw water back to its wholesale customers, including Fort Worth, Arlington, Mansfield and the Trinity River Authority. Tarrant Regional Water District supplies water to more than 2.3 million people in an 11-county service area.
Dallas Water Utilities will pay for its costs to connect to its water supply at Lake Palestine in East Texas. That project is already underway and expected to be completed in the next five years.
Dallas Water Utilities provides water to 2.6 million people in Dallas and 27 nearby communities. In addition, Dallas Water Utilities provides wastewater and stormwater services.
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Providence Mayor Elorza signs off on ARPA funds with $30M housing investment
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge Elorza on Friday signed off on the city's spending plan for nearly $124 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds.
The American Rescue Plan Act funds represent the lion's share of the roughly $166 million Providence received in total.
As a housing crisis persists across the state, the city is allocating $30.7 million to the issue, $17 million of which will go toward developing affordable units. The remainder of the category will be spent on rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, emergency housing, a home repair program and other initiatives.
More:Elorza proposes millions for housing, reparations in new COVID-relief fund spending plan
At a news onference on the city's pedestrian bridge with City Council members who on Thursday gave their final approval, Elorza said spending decisions were driven by public input sought by the city's COVID-19 Recovery and Resiliency Task Force.
"We made it a point to go to those hardest hit neighborhoods and hardest hit communities and get an over-representative sample from those folks as well," the mayor said. "But it still did not change the fundamental reality that regardless of where you are throughout the city, we have the same priorities."
Funding for certain categories, such as housing priorities, will not be spent until the city puts out a request for proposals and selects partners.
Where is the rest of the mone
Other major spending areas include a $20-million investment in water, sewer, broadband and infrastructure; $24.3 million for community and social disparities, which includes funding for recreation centers, community centers; and $10 million for a reparations initiative which is being formulated by a special committee. It is not yet clear what form reparations may take, though possibilities include money for housing and education.
More:New Providence board weighs how to offer reparations, from housing to education
Additionally, $36.7 million is budgeted for revenue recovery, which will replace lost meal-tax and hotel-tax revenues, for example.
A $6.2-million investment is being made in the tourism, travel and hospitality sectors to aid their recovery, down from the $7.7 million Elorza initially proposed. Upon receiving that first proposal, City Council President John Igliozzi criticized the category as a fund for "parties and tourism," stating that it was "concerning because this is called the American Rescue Plan Act, not the American Party Act."
More:'Parties and tourism': City Council president questions Elorza's COVID relief spending plan
However, during Friday's announcement, both Elorza and Igliozzi were all smiles and appeared to be in agreement on the end result.
"It’s good stuff because all of us, family and friends, have been going through a really difficult time thought these past few years," Igliozzi said. "This COVID has been horrific."
Elorza, who joked that he and Igliozzi find themselves siding on issues — as both campaign for voters and lawmakers to approve a hefty pension obligation bond — said he's satisfied with the final budget.
"I’m certainly happy with it," Elorza said. "Like everything in government, the result is a compromise, but at the heart of it, there’s a great deal of alignment in terms of values and principles, and they’re reflected here."
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FORT MYERS, Fla. – Resale shop Kid to Kid in Fort Myers is doing its part to fight the baby formula shortage by giving parents in need a helping hand.
“Parents are struggling,” said owner Jay Carney. “We’re just kind of in a good spot where if parents want to drop formula off or if you needed some maybe we could see what we have.”
Carney said he sees parents hunting for formula daily around his shop in the Forum shopping center.
“Sometimes we’ll get a lot sometimes we won’t but we haven’t got a ton lately,” he said.
He recently set out a table for parents to safely donate unused infant formula. The goal is to then give it away for free. One can per family per day.
“We had some on our shelf that we decided that we’ll take off to start the pile,” said Carney.
His store is trying to help as new tracking information from Datasembly shows around the country nearly half of formula products across the country are out of stock on many store shelves. Additionally, inflation is causing money to be tight for many.
“Working together on formula help them be able to buy clothes because their focus isn’t on formula,” said Carney.
The formula strain is even felt in places like local food banks that are already helping the community with food and other needs.
“Unfortunately baby formula is just not a thing we can get our hands on right now,” said Stefanie Edwards, CEO of the Community Cooperative in Fort Myers.
With rising food costs, the food pantry and soup kitchen are seeing more people coming in for help.
“We’re hoping that we’re going to be able to find some to buy but with that it requires donations so we can turn around and buy that,” said Edwards.
Other food banks NBC 2 spoke with said suppliers have not been able to donate recently because they are even out of formulas.
“We’re seeing a lot of pressure on a lot of the families and individuals that we serve its really hard for us not to have the items like baby formula that clients would really look for,” said Edwards.
Edwards said she shares a concern that people looking for baby formulas online or through social media groups are receiving quality products for their infants. That concern is why Carney started the formula sharing set up in his shop.
“We just thought it was right,” said Carney. “You don’t have to meet someone in a random parking lot just drop it off here and say hey go to kids to kids.”
“If you have and you’re not doing anything with it, bring it to us we’ll give it to someone who needs it,” he said.
Anyone who can donate formula for families in need, or if you need assistance getting formula for your infant, visit the Kid to Kid store at 3242 Forum Blvd #407 in Fort Myers.
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All the storms popping up around Southwest Florida on Friday are a good reminder that the official start of hurricane season is 12 days away.
And just before the start of the season three more Florida home insurance companies are asking to raise rates and some homeowners are even seeing your policies dropped and that leaves folks just 45 days to find a new policy.
It’s a recipe for disaster as so far majority lawmakers have made public their ingredients have the ingredients
Reid McDaniel runs his own agency in North Fort Myers.
“We’re getting a lot of phone calls from folks whose policy was cancelled or non-renewed and they can’t get a hold of their insurance agent,” McDaniel said.
Florida Farm Bureau is asking for a 48.7% hike. Kin Insurance asking to raise rates 25.1% and First Floridian is asking for a 23% hike in rates.
McDaniel pointed out that last year insurance companies collectively lost $1.9 billion in the state of Florida.
“So they have to raise rates to stay in business,” he explained.
So what’s causing the companies to lose money? Grayson Gwinn with AAA said the key issue he sees from the insurance side of things is the fraud that is taking place.
He blames roofing contractors who are filing claims on behalf of homeowners for more than any actual damage.
“Really the only way this issue is going to be solved is through legislative action,” Gwinn said.
Democrat Anna Eskamani of the Orlando area said she plans to file not just bills but amendments to focus on consumers.
However she is concerned whether lawmakers can solve any real problems to help homeowners in just five days.
Democrats have proposed two bills. So far, Republicans have not revealed their proposals although they are reportedly working on a plan.
Lawmakers will begin debating the issue Monday.
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The annual BN Video Game Convention starts heating up Saturday, offering a full day of family-friendly digital entertainment at the Interstate Center, 1106 Interstate Center Drive, Bloomington, as well as special retro vendors and niche artists. It runs from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Special guests include Tim Kitzrow, who did voice acting for games "NBA Jam," "NFL Blitz," "NHL Hits," and"MLB Slugfest." He’ll be joining Daniel Pesina and Paul Niemeyer for a panel discussing their experiences at Midway Games, a Chicago game developer widely known for fighter game series "Mortal Kombat" and sports titles.
Walter Day will also be hosting a trading cards award ceremony. He founded Twin Galaxies, an organization that tracks high scores, speed runs and other arcade and console gaming achievements.
Convention founder Ryan Tauscher, 34, who runs gaming store The Item Shop in uptown Normal, said his event is the biggest video gaming convention in the state, and he expects at least 1,200 attendees on Saturday.
While other video game conventions charge $40 or more for entrance passes, he said he wants to keep his affordable and charges $10. That’s because once people get there, Tauscher said, they’ll be spending serious cash on merchandise.
Children 12 and under can enter for $5.
Tauscher said the main attraction is the retro arcade room, set up with nearly 20 arcade games or pinball machines. They’re all free to play, along with dozens of other consoles, both modern and vintage, available for use.
Plus, it's a fun time for the kids, Tauscher added.
Systems being set up with Tauscher’s growing collection of televisions include the Atari 2600, the ActionMax, the original Nintendo system, a Super Nintendo, a Nintendo 64, a Nintendo GameCube, a Nintendo Wii, a Nintendo Switch, a SEGA Master System, a SEGA Saturn, a Intellivision, PlayStations 1-4, a Xbox, a Xbox 360, the Super Famicon, a TI-99/4, three Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality systems, and a few desktop computers.
Gaming tournaments will be held for arcade games "NBA Jam" and "Mortal Kombat." The championship prize of an Arcade1Up game cabinet machine signed by Kitzrow will be offered to the winner of the "NBA Jam" contest.
The event is a homegrown effort in the Twin Cities, as Tauscher said he and a handful of friends and family help make it happen. He said they thought there was a void for this type of convention in the Midwest, and it’s since grown hugely since starting out in 2018.
He said they started out their first year with just nine vendors, and this year will host 75 at the Interstate Center. Less than half of those are comprised of gaming store owners like Live Action Games from Champaign, Primary Colors in Lincoln and Retro Dimension in Chicago.
Vendors do so well, Tauscher said they’re excited to tell their friends about the convention.
Tauscher said the coolest stuff he’s found at his convention include SEGA Saturn items. He added people are also on the lookout for appreciated GameCube titles.
“People are always looking for expensive, high-dollar games or box games,” he said, or promotional items and store displays that were never publicly sold.
“That’s why people like to gravitate to conventions like this as well, because this is not stuff you’re going to see in your average video game store, ever,” he said.
Wes from the YouTube channel "Gaming Off The Grid" will be there livestreaming on Saturday. Artists vending wares include Jeremiah Lambert of Peoria Heights and Camron Johnson, also of Central Illinois.
Tauscher agreed that interest in gaming has seen a huge burst during the pandemic. He also chalked up fascination for vintage gaming systems to nostalgia.
“People definitely like reliving their youth,” he said, adding parents can show their kids what they once played and help them understand the history of video games at the same time.
With many social gaming platforms having moved online in recent years, Tauscher said an in-person gaming experience is much more fun.
“I like having your buddy next to you, actually making a night of it. Have a couple of friends over, hook up a couple consoles, try out different games,” he said. “It’s fun to just talk smack about the games or see what you like about them.
“There’s so many aspects of good and bad games you can have a good time with.”
Photos: 'American Idol' finalist Leah Marlene returns to Normal for concert, parade
Contact Brendan Denison at (309) 820-3238. Follow Brendan Denison on Twitter: @BrendanDenison
Brendan Denison is our breaking news reporter. Denison was a digital content producer for WCIA-TV in Champaign and a reporter for The Commercial-News in Danville. He can be reached at (309) 820-3238 and bdenison@pantagraph.com.
It’s no secret that the Normal-raised, top 10 American Idol contestant Leah Marlene had set her heart on musical ambitions early on in life. In fact, it’s long been public record.
The Pantagraph’s Flying Horse page got a glimpse of Marlene's dream in the making about ten years ago. Check out the story below to hear what she had to say about a career in music when she was in fifth grade.
Heartland Theatre Co. has announced its lineup for the 2022-23 season, with five main shows starting this fall and wrapping up with the 10-Minute Play Festival next June.
The Bloomington-based two-man acoustic rock squad regularly strum out all-request shows and cover both classic and recent hits. You can catch them Friday at Rob Dob’s Restaurant.
Jason Tauscher, right, helps his brother Ryan Tauscher, left, carry in a pinball machine on Friday to help set up for the BN Video Game Convention planned for Saturday at the Interstate Center in Bloomington. Over 20 classic arcade game plus dozens of retro and modern gaming consoles will be set up for tryouts.
Rebecca Hayes, of Saybrook, puts finishing touches on a decorative, stand-in photo board, on Friday, May 20, for the BN Video Gaming Convention in Bloomington, scheduled for Saturday, May 21 at the Interstate Center.
Vintage or retrofitted arcade game cabinets are set up Friday at the Interstate Center for the BN Video Game Convention, scheduled for Saturday, May 21, in Bloomington.
A Nintendo Super Famicon — the Asian variant of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, awaits setup the day before the BN Video Game Convention scheduled for Saturday, May 21, at the Interstate Center in Bloomington.
A rare Action Max video game console from the 1980s is displayed for use one day prior to the BN Video Game Convention scheduled Saturday, May 21 at the Interstate Center in Bloomington.
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Roanoke-Benson ROANOKE — Roanoke-Benson High School graduation will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 22, in the gymnasium.
Riley Beer, Zebadiah Beyer, Brock Byrd, Braden Clark, Cameron Coone, Brooke Crumrine, Rylie-Jo Damron, Tessa Feazel
Luke Getz, Cole Gillson, Michael Grady, Alaina Hartter, Kyla Jolynn Haskett, Frances Heckman, Dexter Hodel, Natalie Hodel, Porter Hoffman, McKinzie Kearfott, Kylar Kennell, Josie Knepp
Chase Martin, Patrick Oliveri, Colton Peterson, Chloe Pierce, Haley Pisel
Jaden Randall, Charles Remmers, Lily Sauder, Luke Sauder, Ryan Schumacher, Renner Thompson, Wyeth Thompson, Jayden Tibbs, Andreas Unzicker, Joel Weber and Chaysea Wood.
Photos: 'American Idol' finalist Leah Marlene returns to Normal for concert, parade
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene reacts to the crowd at a parade in her honor Tuesday, May, 17, 2022, in uptown Normal.
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"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene waves to the crowd at a parade in her honor Tuesday, May, 17, 2022, in uptown Normal.
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"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene is honored with a proclamation from Normal Mayor Chris Koos, who declared May 17, 2022, to be "Leah Marlene Day" for the town.
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A crowd gathers for "American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene's concert Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in uptown Normal.
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The crowd reacts to "American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene during her concert Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in uptown Normal.
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The crowd reacts to "American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene during her concert Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in uptown Normal.
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Leah Marlene waves to the crowd after Normal Mayor Chris Koos declared Leah Marlene Day on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.
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The crowd reacts to "American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene at her concert Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in uptown Normal.
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Leah Marlene performs during a concert in uptown Normal on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, as part of filming for "American Idol," where she is competing against two other finalists for the top spot.
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"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene looks at the audience who gathered in uptown Normal to watch her being honored by Normal Mayor Chris Koos on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.
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"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene appeared in uptown Normal on Tuesday for a parade and free concert.
CLAY JACKSON, THE PANTAGRAPH
Leah Marlene plays for a live audience Tuesday night at a free concert in Uptown Normal just two days after she became one of the top 3 performers in this season's American Idol contest.
Brendan Denison
From left, Paula and Eva Williamson and Jackie Reese, all of Tilton, hold up signs expressing their support for Leah Marlene before a free concert Tuesday in Normal.
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Crowds fill North Street in Uptown Normal Tuesday evening for a free Leah Marlene homecoming concert.
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Hannah Hinthorn, 12, of Bloomington holds a sign asking for "American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene's signature with Linda Jackson, right, before Marlene's concert Tuesday in Normal.
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Livi Blade, 10, of Bloomington, left, and family friend Nicki Green pose for a photo in advance of Leah Marlene's parade and concert Tuesday in Normal.
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"American Idol" finalist Leah Marlene, right, takes in the crowd on Tuesday before Normal Mayor Chris Koos, left, officially declares Tuesday, May 17, 2022, to be Leah Marlene Day following a parade in uptown Normal.
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From left, Jeremy, Jennifer and Julia Rady brush up on coverage of Leah Marlene's homecoming plans in Tuesday's Pantagraph prior to Marlene's appearance at Uptown Circle in Normal. The trio traveled from Mukwonago, Wisconsin, on Tuesday to see Marlene's free show.
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If asked the traditional question, “Hot enough for you?” many of us on Friday might have said no. Friday didn’t provide true Washington warm-weather temperatures, but it still proved to be the hottest day of the year.
So we have not yet reacquainted ourselves with one of the principal features of life here in the warm season, the 90-degree day.
Word is that our 2022 initiation into the realm of swelter could come as soon as Saturday.
But for now, all we can say is that Friday defeated by three degrees its closest competitors, April 13 and Thursday, to claim, at least temporarily, the hotly contested thermal crown.
While it may have fallen just short of 90, Friday did show achievement in terms of the two other members of the warm-weather “H” triumvirate.
It seemed a bit on the hazy side, and had its humid moments.
The haziness, perhaps as its name suggests, may be hard to pin down. But the air around us gave a vaguely indistinct and water-vapory sense of approaching summer and its softening of strictures.
In addition, if the thermometer failed to touch 90, the dew points were elevated and for a couple of afternoon hours, the heat index did get into the 90s.
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HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Friday marked a homecoming for Marsha Dudinova as she returned to Lakeside High School. Unfortunately, her return wasn't for a trip down memory lane.
"I woke up at 6 a.m., I heard some explosions and I heard people screaming in my dorm," she said.
Dudinova is back at Lakeside because her home is under attack – she's from Ukraine. She was studying in Kyiv when Russia invaded.
She fled from the country with her cousin, passing through Poland, Montenegro, Croatia and then Turkey before finally making it stateside.
During that journey, it was help from Arkansas that helped her make her return back.
"My host dad, Robert, just texted me like, if you can just try to go back to Arkansas, we'll be happy to have you here," she said.
Robert Mueller has been hosting exchange students like Dudinova since the 80's. He keeps in touch with many of them, including Dudinova.
When he heard what was happening in Ukraine, he immediately stepped in to make sure she was safe.
"Just in case, and remember we'll help you anyway we can if something happens," he said.
That help came in the form of helping Dudinova obtain a visa.
Mueller said he never thought he'd be in this situation with an exchange student, but he'd do it all over again if he had to.
"She's family, you know?" Mueller said. "She's like a daughter."
Mueller isn't the only one who kept up with Dudinova. Lewis Jolly is a world history teacher at Lakeside, and had Dudinova in class.
When other students heard that she was in Arkansas, they asked if Dudinova could speak about what she'd experienced.
"She's been through what most adults couldn't handle," Jolly said.
It's something Jolly said most students wouldn't be able to hear had it not been for Mueller helping her flee.
For Dubinova, she said this was important to share and while the Russian invasion seems a world away for many in the state, it's still very much real for her.
"So I just feel like it's a different experience when somebody from there tells you about it," Dudinova said. "And for Ukrainians right now, it's just really important to increase awareness so that the world knows what's going on."
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MCSO identifies man killed during standoff with SWAT teams in Guadalupe
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has identified the man killed this week during a standoff with SWAT teams as 37-year-old Rolando Abel Rojas.
Maricopa County sheriff's deputies shot and killed Rojas on Wednesday afternoon in the town of Guadalupe.
Sgt. Calbert Gillett, an MCSO spokesperson, said at the time that deputies were dispatched about 1:30 p.m. to the area near Avenida Del Yaqui and Calle Pitaya after receiving a call about a man acting erratically, firing a gun near a school, according to MCSO.
When deputies responded, Rojas took a "stationary position" at the front porch of a nearby residence, which was adjacent to the north fence of the grade school.
Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers and Tempe police supported deputies as law enforcement used a drone to get a visual of Rojas, who then began shooting at the drone, Gillett said.
Gillett said MCSO and Tempe police called their respective SWAT teams to establish a perimeter around the residence when Rojas shot at members of the MCSO SWAT team, who returned fire, striking him.
Rojas was pronounced dead at the scene, Gillett said. No deputies were injured, Gillett said.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — As the baby formula shortage continues around the nation, the Portland community is stepping up. Volunteers and community organizations are looking for any way they can help parents who are scrambling to feed their babies.
Northwest Mothers Milk Bank in Tigard opened its doors to the community nine years ago with a mission is to help the most vulnerable and premature infants across the Pacific Northwest.
The nonprofit processes up to 4,000 ounces of breast milk each day, according to executive director Lesley Mondeaux, with supplies donated by mothers who have excess milk.
"[Anyone] who’s healthy, nonsmoking, minimal medication use, we do a blood test," Mondeaux said. "Once they’re approved they can drop off milk, then we pasteurize the milk to make sure it has no bacteria or virus."
The milk is then shipped to 75 hospitals across Washington, Oregon and Alaska — as well as to people in the community — to help feed thousands of babies.
Mondeaux said milk donors are heroes, and that became evident when the formula shortage began and the nonprofit began receiving more calls from people asking how to help. Calls from families wanting to donate milk almost tripled since the news of the shortage began to spread.
"Our hearts are really warmed by the amazing community," Mondeaux said.
The milk bank prioritizes getting donor milk to babies with medical needs first, but with more donations now, they are able to help more families as this shortage continues.
"There isn’t a lot of good news in the world right now, so it’s really exciting to be doing something for the good," Mondeaux said.
From nonprofits to grassroots groups, the mission to help out in the community during this tough time is widespread. Community members have also displayed a determined to help each other out directly.
Sarah Fuller and Heather created the group Feeding Babes Bloc on different social media platforms about a week ago in response to the formula shortage. Their goal is connect Portland-area parents to the formula they need to feed their babies.
"A lot of people are posting formula aisle pictures to tell people which formula are in which store," Heather said. People hunt down the formula and donate or drop it off to families in need.
"I think we have 19 families on our needed list right now," Fuller said, "and the offers of support keep pouring in. It’s just been a wonderful thing, really, really encouraging."
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PORTLAND, Ore. — The sounds of birds chirping and children playing filled the streets of a Southeast Portland neighborhood off Powell Boulevard Friday morning. However, this seemingly safe neighborhood isn’t always that way.
“It’s really just a helpless feeling,” said Libby Brallier, who’s lived in the neighborhood for two years.
She explained that a number of homeless camps and RVs spring up across the street from her house, remaining there for months at a time.
“Very loud fighting,” she said, describing a recent brawl that took place outside her home. “It's not all the time, but it's happened a few times — most recently last Thursday.”
Brallier’s afraid to leave her property unattended and doesn’t walk alone at night. She described a time when she had to call 911 due to intense fighting in the streets.
“I just feel uneasy, that's probably the long and short of it.”
But Brallier knows this isn’t the only neighborhood struggling with these issues.
Last week, Portland’s Impact Reduction Program received 1,803 campsite reports. They observed 385 of them and met with the campers at another 593. Sixteen were cleaned while 43 were completely removed.
The city's Impact Reduction Team told KGW they prioritize the sites that pose the greatest safety and health risk, meaning the camps in Brallier’s neighborhood are most likely at the bottom of that list.
“Just today walking here, we saw a guy just in a towel outside of the RV, just cursing,” said a mother walking her two children through the nearby park. “We’ve seen pans of human excrement and urine, and a lot of bags of garbage.”
People in the neighborhood have reported the camps to the city multiple times, but nothing changes.
“That's scary to think about, that perhaps we'll never get to a point where it seems or feels or looks manageable,” said Brallier.
The city’s Impact Reduction Team reviews every single report — regardless of how many times it’s reported, officials said.
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Election Day: Tuesday
Voting hours: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Election Day voting centers
Annex Courtroom, County Annex, 2110 N. “A” St.
Centennial Library, 2503 W. Loop 250 N
Cogdell Learning Center, 201 W. Florida Ave.
Fairmont Park Church of Christ, 3813 N. Midland Drive
St. Paul United Methodist Church, 4501 Thomason Drive
MLK Jr. Community Center, 2300 Butternut Lane
Golf Course Road Church of Christ, 3500 W. Golf Course
Sample Democratic Party Primary Ballot
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Mike Collier
Michelle Beckley
Attorney general
Joe Jaworski
Rochelle Mercedes Garza
Comptroller
Janet T. Dudding
Angel Luis Vega
Land commissioner
Sandragrace Martinez
Jay Kleberg
Sample Republican Primary Ballot
Attorney general
Ken Paxton
George P. Bush
Land commissioner
Tim Westley
Dawn Buckingham
Railroad commissioner
Sarah Strogner
Wayne Christian
County commissioner, Precinct 4
Randy Prude
Dianne Anderson
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Primary results from March 1
Vote totals
Dianne Anderson 1,936
Randy Prude 1,626
Charles Hall 1,184
Note: Hall has endorsed Anderson for the runoff.
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A specialty air acrobatics act that features airplanes losing parts, engines shutting off mid-flight and “extraordinary” landings has been added to the 2022 CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air Show Presented by Kroger.
The act is by Kent Pietsch Airshows, which will perform two acts in Pietsch’s Jelly Belly Interstate Cadet S-1A-65F, including a dead-stick routine from 6,000 feet as well as a comedy act that features a “detached wing flap” and a “wingtip-scraping pass” down the runway.
Pietsch has been performing in air shows for 40 years, according to the announcement.
Pietsch joins other performers like the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, the U.S. Air Force F-16 Viper Demo, the U.S. Army Golden Knights, TORA! TORA! TORA! Airshows, aerobatic flyer Kevin Coleman and another performer making its first performance in Dayton, Vampire Airshows.
The air show will take place July 30-31, with tickets currently on sale. Discount tickets will be sold at area Kroger stores starting June 27.
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Northland Prep Academy junior Lukas Pico never thought he’d be standing atop the medal stand, having earned gold in the high jump at the Division IV state championship track and field meet last Saturday in Mesa.
Just a couple years ago he wasn’t sure he could be any good at the sport, much less contend for a state title. In fact, back in 2020, he didn’t even know the next time he would compete again. After just one meet into his freshman campaign, the Arizona Interscholastic Association shut down the spring season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fast forward to two years later, and Pico’s 6-foot, 3-inch effort in the high jump was 3" more than the second-place mark. He also earned silver in the 110-meter hurdles race with a time of 15.59.
He called his performance at state “surreal.”
“It’s really rewarding because you work for it your whole year up to the state meet. And then one day you’re just there; for high jump you have a couple hours to perform. For hurdles you have like 15 seconds, and to be lucky enough to make it to state, make it into the top 10 and even win it, was just a blast,” Pico said.
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Mark Hughes, the Spartans track and field coach, noticed Pico’s size -- the junior is listed at 6-foot-5 on the boys basketball roster -- and athleticism early. A collegiate hurdler himself, he figured Pico had the skills necessary to be competitive at the event. He also noticed Pico’s work ethic and humble nature that would make coaching easier.
“There wasn’t a whole lot that I needed to do. It was just putting him in the events that he could work and be the most successful,” Hughes said.
A longtime basketball player, and the starting center on the 2021-22 Spartans varsity squad, Pico utilizes some of his hoops skills on the track. The cross-training was impactful, giving him months of practice on his agility and quickness before even starting initial track and field workouts in the spring.
Pico became a quality hurdler quickly. It was the first real skill he had on the track.
He improved drastically during his sophomore season, and in the 2021 state championships he finished third in the 110m hurdles (16.04) and fourth in the 300m hurdles (42.58).
“Last year I was expecting to just go out and run, try track and field out again after the short freshman season. And then somehow I made it to state, and I realized I could actually take this somewhere,” he said.
He fell in love with the sport at that point. Hurdles continued to be his strength, though. He competed in the high jump at state in 2021, but hit a mark of just 5-08 and failed to qualify after the preliminary round.
Early into 2022, however, he started to see drastic results.
“Being as tall as I am, I was always expecting to do much higher. And this year I got 6 feet at the first meet, and I got a big jump up from that and kept going,” Pico said.
Still, he placed well in hurdles events all season. Having already medaled, he wanted to get to first place in one of his events. It just happened to be the one he wasn’t expecting.
“Hurdles was what I’d gotten to the podium for before, so for high jump I just kind of didn’t put any pressure on myself. I just went out there to compete and see what happens, and it worked out,” he said.
Pico said he has started fielding calls from college coaches interested in having him as part of their programs if he can continue to improve.
The success he’s seen already motivates him to want to do more. Moving forward, he plans to participate in a few USA Track and Field offseason meets and work on the sport. He is planning to continue basketball, always another passion since he was younger.
But track events have become his main focus.
“I think I’m going to spend more time on track and field. It’s something I want to really pursue and try to do at the college level,” Pico said. “It’s just really cool because I’m not just running for myself now. I’m running for this bigger goal.”
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Welcome aboard: Tempe streetcar opens with free passenger fare
Tempe's 3-mile streetcar line opened to passengers on Friday, with free fare for the first year.
The streetcar route connects riders to 14 different stops in downtown Tempe, Arizona State University and surrounding neighborhoods, including destinations such as Marina Heights, Gammage Auditorium and Tempe Beach Park.
The streetcar will operate from 6 a.m. to midnight Mondays through Saturdays and from 8 a.m. to midnight Sundays.
The streetcar vehicles are smaller than light rail cars and each one holds up to 125 passengers.
The service runs every 20 minutes, although that frequency is expected to improve later this year when the final two streetcar vehicles are added to the service. In total, there will be six vehicles running.
Tempe Mayor Corey Woods, City Council members and other state and local leaders attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday morning to celebrate the Valley's first streetcar.
“With Tempe having the highest transit ridership per capita in the state, as well as the highest density, a multi-modal transportation network is essential,” Woods said. “We are building for our future, and the streetcar is a great example of that.”
Construction of $200M line
Construction of the $200 million streetcar line started in 2018, funded with a mix of federal grants, regional funding and a local public-private partnership among Tempe, ASU and other property owners.
Trial runs began last year: Long-awaited streetcar hits the road for testing in Tempe. Here's when you can expect to hop on
The streetcar originally was expected to open last year, but it encountered delays when the COVID-19 pandemic led to factory closures and supply chain interruptions.
The vehicle is powered by an overhead electrification system and stores power in a battery to travel off-wire on Mill Avenue.
While the streetcar opened on a 3-mile route, there already are talks of potentially expanding the service to Mesa with a portion of the $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure package passed in 2021.
“Streetcar adds another sustainable option for transit riders to move around the Valley and enhances our comprehensive, regional transit network,” Valley Metro CEO Jessica Mefford-Miller said. “It’s also the start of a streetcar system that we hope to extend into Mesa in the coming years.”
Where to hop on the streetcar
Similar to the light rail, public art created by Arizona artists was incorporated at all stops and reflects the culture, architecture and natural beauty of the Valley.
Unlike light rail, the streetcar shares road lanes with other vehicles and travels with mixed traffic.
The 14 stops where riders can catch the streetcar are:
Dorsey Lane and Apache Boulevard.
Rural Road and Apache Boulevard.
Paseo Del Saber and Apache Boulevard.
College Avenue and Apache Boulevard.
11th Street and Mill Avenue.
Ninth Street and Mill Avenue.
Sixth Street and Mill Avenue.
Third Street and Mill Avenue.
University Drive and Ash Avenue.
Fifth Street and Ash Avenue.
Third Street and Ash Avenue.
Tempe Beach Park and Rio Salado Parkway.
Hayden Ferry and Rio Salado Parkway.
Marina Heights and Rio Salado Parkway.
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MANTECA, Calif. — When the Great Wolf Lodge opened last June in Manteca, many residents were upset day passes were not offered. Now, the resort known for its 13 water slides and many other attractions is offering day passes.
"Day passes are more for people that are a little closer who don't need to take a long drive or need a place to stay overnight," says Great Wolf Lodge General Manager Keith Furnas.
Pricing for day passes varies depending on the day of the week, the season, demand, and peak periods. They're priced between $50 a day up to $100 a day no matter the age.
For example, ABC10 randomly picked Sunday, June 12th on their website which showed $100 for a day pass. But, the visit on September 21st and passes are $50.
To get a day pass you have to pay for it online — you can't buy one in person — and passes are also limited to prevent overcrowding.
But, the resort touts its best value is a room on the low end at $199 a night that includes up to four passes. If you need more passes, the room rate is adjusted higher, but much less than individual passes.
Tiffany Murray, her husband, and two young children from Oroville are staying two nights. It's the second time they have visited the resort.
"If you don't live local after a day of being here, you're tired and you want to go back to your room and just kind of relax and get a fresh start the next day to drive home," said Murray.
If you do go, be sure to plan as far in advance as possible to reserve passes or a room online. Many dates are sold out, especially on weekends. Also, the resort offers promotional deals from time to time.
Right now, there is a 25% resort birthday discount for rooms through July 28th if you book by May 29th.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento County Coroner's Office has identified the three-year-old child who died in an Arden area apartment complex fire Thursday morning as Ryan Bon Jovi McGuire.
"He was joyful, his little brown hair and stuff, he was just a pleasure to me," said Rosalind Chastain, a neighbor who lives next door.
Chastain describes McGuire as 'another grandchild' and said she often brought books and gifts to him and his siblings.
"The other day, he was just jumping around on the porch and he was like 'Hi Ros!' I was like 'Hi Ryan' and I would always make sure I speak to him because if I don't, he'd keep saying 'Hi Ros,'" said Chastain.
Rob and Barbara are the first names of McGuire's parents according to Chastain.
"They had four kids. The oldest daughter and they had three boys," said Chastain. "Barbara, she'd have them out there coloring and reading books. I know Rob was a really good father to his children. I know he was because his heart was his kids and the way he tried his best yesterday to try and save his son really tore me up."
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office is investigating whether there was a criminal neglect component to the fire. Chastain believes the tragic incident was accidental and says it can happen to any parent.
"I know that things happen and I know that you have to constantly keep an eye on kids, but anything can happen in a minute with kids," said Chastain. "I'm still praying for Rob and I'm praying for Barbara, and I love those kids and I hope they'll be back together as a family because his kids are his world."
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A vegetation fire has been contained near 7th and B Streets in downtown Sacramento.
The fire was reported through an alert service just before 4 p.m. Friday.
The Sacramento Fire Department said the fire grew to about 45 acres and began from "mowing being conducted in the area."
This is one of a handful of other fires that have broken out Friday. This includes a fire in Rio Linda, Yuba County's Golden Fire, and the Dunnigan Fire.
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According to Cal Fire, the 2021 fire season started earlier than previous years, but also ended earlier, as well. January 2021 saw just under 1,200 acres burned from nearly 300 wildfires. Fires picked up in the summer when the Dixie Fire burned in five Northern California counties — Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen and Tehama. The Dixie Fire started on July 13 and wasn't contained until Oct. 25, burning nearly 1 million acres. It has since become the second-largest wildfire in state history and the largest non-complex fire.
Overall, 2.5 million acres were burned in 2021 from 8,835 wildfires. Over 3,600 structures were destroyed and 3 people killed.
If you live in a wildfire-prone zone, Cal Fire suggests creating a defensible space around your home. Defensible space is an area around a building in which vegetation and other debris are completely cleared. At least 100 feet is recommended.
The Department of Homeland Security suggests assembling an emergency kit that has important documents, N95 respirator masks, supplies to grab with you if you’re forced to leave at a moment’s notice. The agency also suggests signing up for local warning system notifications and know your community’s evacuation plans best to prepare yourself and your family in cases of wildfires.
Some counties use Nixle alerts to update residents on severe weather, wildfires, and other news. To sign up, visit www.nixle.com or text your zip code to 888777 to start receiving alerts.
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CALHOUN COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — Authorities in Calhoun County are investigating a crash that left a pedestrian dead Friday evening.
According to Calhoun County Coroner Pat Brown, a truck driver struck a bicyclist before crashing into the NobleBank & Trust in Piedmont.
The victim was later identified as Thomas Wayne Bennefield, 27.
No other information has been released at this time. Stay with CBS 42 as this is a developing story.
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SPRINGDALE, Ark. — The Census Bureau reported an undercount in Arkansas that officials say could impact districting and federal funding.
The 2020 Census counted 3,011,524 Arkansans. It was then a record for Arkansas, topping 3 million residents for the first time.
On Thursday, the Census Bureau estimated an undercount of the Arkansas population by 5.04%. That translates to about 1 in 20 Arkansans.
State senator Jason Rapert, a Republican who represents District 35, said this could mean issues in proper districting.
“There were areas for instance Fort Smith and Sebastian County where it was very difficult to get things to fit for the congressional districts and some of these counties even have parts of the counties that were shaved off in places,” said Senator Rapert. “It means a lot to those people if they would have had enough population where they could have stayed whole”
Rapert explained that the new number could not change districting. He said counts that impact a house congressional seat, however, could present a political issue spurring change.
For the state of Arkansas, he said his concern was federal funding.
“You're talking as much as $1.5 trillion a year,” said Senator Rapert. “If we are undercounted that means that we're really not getting our fair share of that return of federal money to our states for programs.”
A previous report from the census showed the same count had significant undercounts for black and Hispanic populations across the nation, which some groups say would have a major impact in Northwest Arkansas. Margot Lemaster, Executive Director of EngageNWA, said as the community grows understanding the demographics are key for inclusion.
”The region is continuing to grow rapidly and continuing to grow in diversity and becoming increasingly diverse,” said Lemaster. “It's really important that people living here understand that and think about that when they're making decisions around their company or business the future of their company or business when they're making around hiring or other policies that they have within their organization”
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CHARLESTON, Ark. — Many people think Little Rock Central High School was the first school to de-segregate in the south, Turns out, that’s not the case. It was actually the Charleston School District.
In August of 1954, 11 black students went to Charleston schools. This came after the Charleston School Board voted unanimously the month before to integrate all grades. This vote was in response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka ruling making segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
“A lot of people thought it was Little Rock, but it was Charleston, Arkansas to be the first to integrate,” said Barbara Williams Dotson.
Barbara Williams Dotson was the first African American woman to graduate from Charleston High School. She started school in the ninth grade in 1954 and got her diploma in 1961.
“It makes me feel good and I’m thankful for that,” she said.
On Friday, May 20, the Arkansas Department of Heritage dedicated a historical marker. It sits on the farm where Dotson and her nine siblings grew up. Her niece Tamara Wesley says it took a lot of research to get this recognition.
“In addition to reaching out with executive government who could finalize the story to validate the accomplishments of the Williams family and the other legacy individuals who came together so they could pursue education and have a great quality of life,” said Wesley.
And a lot of that research was done through the Belle Museum by historian and former teacher Mary Belle Erving. She says it’s very important that everyone understands history.
“This monument tells a lot of things that everyone needs to know, and I would encourage everyone who lives anywhere around, or they are out of state, people around here, they need to come out and see this marker,” said Erving.
A marker honoring the woman Wesley and many others consider a trailblazer.
“This family has made the opportunity for many cultures to have access to education and to establish their families and go on and have great careers. So, it’s a root here which has created a blossoming foundation for many families,” said Wesley.
This site at the former Charleston High School was the first in the nation to be designated as a national commemorative site thanks to legislation by senator dale bumpers who was from Charleston.
The historical marker dedicated today can be found on West Eucal Road in Charleston.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — While that warm weather continues, it may cause a few issues for the electricity that keeps us cool.
A recent study shows that Arkansas, along with other states, could possibly face a power shortage this summer.
The power grid that actually supplies Arkansas is under the high risk category and it's coming at a time when our temperatures could reach new heights this season.
Entergy Arkansas Communications Specialist, Brandi Hinkle, said they're prepared though.
"We don't really have any fears of having widespread or long term outages," she said.
As the days get hotter in the Natural State, the last thing anyone wants is a lack of air conditioning, but Hinkle said there's no reason to panic.
"We try to over prepare, but we don't really expect that we're going to have any issues with too much demand this summer here in Arkansas," she said.
Basically, Hinkle believes Arkansas is in a unique position because we have a surplus of generation capacity, even though we share our power grid with 14 other states.
"It's because we're interconnected to some of those other areas. They may have the potential for what we might call blackouts, but here in Arkansas we really don't see a need for that," she said.
According to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation report, part of the worry comes from tornado damage back in December, but Hinkle said the crazy weather we've had over the past several years has changed some of Entergy's processes.
"We have taken some steps, as have some of our other partners in the MISO footprint, so that we're better prepared in case we reach those really, really cold temperatures and those really, really hot temperatures, as well," she said.
There are some things you can do at home to help the grid.
According to Hinkle, adjusting your thermostat up a degree or two makes a big difference during the summer.
Also, she said try not to load the dishwasher or do a load of laundry during peak hours when everyone else is using that same power.
"We ask you to just kind of think about some of your usage. It's better for you, for your costs, it's better for us when it comes to energy efficiency and we hopefully will make it through this summer without having any of those power outages as a result of too much demand on the grid," Hinkle said.
You can actually keep an eye on your energy usage through the Entergy app.
As for your thermostat, Hinkle said the sweet spot for the summer is around 72 degrees.
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PINE BLUFF, Ark. — If you look around, you'll see pretty immediately that battery-powered scooters are still a big thing in Little Rock.
If you visit the downtown area, you are sure to see them everywhere.
It's a trend that's blossoming in other cities too. In Pine Bluff, the people that live there consider the scooters as a new way to get around town.
"They started out at UAPB and everything is going well," said Joni Alexander, a city council member.
She said the scooters rolled in back in January by the Bird Company.
They are a big hit on the college campus and now that the semester is over, she said the Bird Company is hoping to go beyond that area.
"Initially, when they wanted to expand, it was all over the city to various neighborhoods to the parks, but there was no real clarification as to where," Alexander said.
That quick desire to expand became a big red flag for her.
"It didn't go through the proper protocols that we have in place for something like that," Alexander said.
The scooters are in the same ballpark as a bicycle, where riders are able travel on sidewalks and roads.
With limited walkways in the city, she said the only option for riders is the road.
"I don't like that part at all," Alexander said.
Another proposed area for the scooters are in city parks.
Samuel Glover is the director of Parks and Recreation. With the proposed expansion of the scooters, he admits that he also has some reservations.
"My initial concern was about safety and the infrastructure and the speed of the expansion here in the parks," Glover said.
His desire to see the city continue to grow won't necessarily overshadow his concerns, but he's willing to compromise.
"If the council feels comfortable doing a trial run and seeing if things work here, then I'm all for that," Glover said.
Glover said the scooter expansion will happen soon and he's recommended MLK and a section of Regional Park as places people can ride during the trail run.
He added that test period could actually prove to be helpful in other ways too.
"Maybe the trial run will expose some things to say, 'okay, look, we need these bike lanes, [and] we need these trails,'" Glover said.
Alexander wants to be clear, she is not against the scooters, she just wants things done correctly.
"We don't want to have scooters just lay on the sidewalk. We want that local buy-in from the company that represents them locally to make sure that everyone is doing their job," said Alexander.
We reached out to the Bird Company, but haven't received a response.
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BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) — The leader of Bristol, Virginia’s school system believes a recent report about public education in Virginia does not give a fair depiction of what is going on in Southwest Virginia.
The report by Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration claims Virginia’s students are falling behind the rest of the country and that decisions made at the state level “created confusion in Virginia education and downplayed troubling trends.”
“The data is overwhelmingly clear,” Youngkin said. “We are not educating Virginia’s kids to the standards and expectations that we want. And we’ve got a lot of ground to cover.”
The report describes the current state of public education in the state as having lowered expectations, wide gaps between state and national proficiency standards, and lower achievement.
Bristol, Virginia Public Schools Superintendent Keith Perrigan said the report doesn’t show the good things happening in schools across Southwest Virginia.
“There was a lot of data in there that I think will be beneficial and will help Virginia move forward and get better, but I don’t [think] the data that was released today really tells the whole story of what was going on across Virginia, but especially in Southwest Virginia,” Perrigan said.
According to the report, Standards of Learning (SOL) reading scores declined statewide in grades 3–8 from 2017 to 2019. However, Perrigan said his district actually saw growth in 3–8 reading during that time and pointed out that one elementary school was recognized as a Title I school of distinction.
Perrigan also addressed the decline in SOL scores mentioned in the report. He said SOL standards are changed every four years or so, which causes scores to decline temporarily. However, teachers and students make adjustments and scores bounce back. He cited previous sharp decline when changes were made in 2007 and 2013.
“And that’s exactly what’ll happen this time,” Perrigan said. “Now that we’re coming out of the pandemic, we’ll start to take a really hard look at that data, and we really already have, and we’ll work to start improving those scores. So this is not an anomaly, it’s not the first time that it’s happened in Virginia or other states, and rather than causing alarm, I think maybe it should open our eyes and to dig deeper into the data.”
The report also claims that “Virginia parents are taking their kids out of public schools” and placing them in private schools or homeschooling them.
Perrigan said that has not been in the case in Bristol, Virginia.
“As a matter of fact, since the pandemic, we have actually had a lot of our homeschool students come back to us. Our enrollment, because of the economy in Southwest Virginia, has been gradually declining over the last 20 years. Actually, during the pandemic, we saw our enrollment stabilize,” Perrigan said. “Many of our students have come back to us from homeschooling because we now offer a regional virtual academy that all the Region 7 schools in this part of the state have come together to offer.”
Perrigan said the school system will have a better idea of how his district compares to the rest of the state in the coming weeks once school officials review the data further. Although he expressed concerns about the report, he said there are some things worth looking forward to.
“We’re excited about having higher expectations, we have high expectations of our students, and of our staff, and of ourselves, so we’re looking forward to the challenges that are put forth as part of this report,” Perrigan said. “But, we’re also concerned that there really wasn’t a lot of positive that came out of that report and we know, especially here in Southwest Virginia, that there are a ton of positive things going on in public schools.”
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COVID-19 cases rose in Coconino County the week ending May 14, according to the latest dashboard data report. Cases and positivity rose, while metrics used to determine community level fell.
Overall, the county continues to be at a low community level.
Both new COVID admissions (2.1 per 100,000) and the percent of staffed in-patient beds occupied by COVID patients (2.3%) fell into the low category and had decreased from last week’s rate (2.8 per 100,000 and 2.7%, respectively).
A total of 207 new cases were reported this week (from 135 the week before). After falling to 94.6 per 100,000 last week, the case rate rose to 145.1 per 100,000. The threshold for adjusted community level metrics is 200.
The rate of positive cases rose to 10.8% for the week (from 9% the week before). The number of tests conducted also rose to 2,199 from 1,726.
Residents between the ages of 25 and 44 reported the highest case incidence for the week (192 per 100,000) and those between the ages of 18 and 24 had the highest positivity rate (16.6%).
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Two patients were hospitalized with COVID in Coconino County this week (five the week before) and no COVID deaths were reported (one the week before). The incidence of COVID-like illness in county hospitals rose, however, to 3.7% (from 3.2%).
As of this week, U.S. households are eligible to order a third round of free COVID tests. An additional eight at-home tests can be ordered per household at COVIDTests.gov.
The CDC approved on Thursday Pfizer COVID booster doses for children 5 to 11 years old who received their initial series at least five months ago.
“As cases increase across the country, a booster dose will safely help restore and enhance protection against severe disease,” according to the CDC announcement.
More about COVID in Coconino County, including vaccination and testing locations, is available at coconino.az.gov/2294/COVID-19-Information.
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BOISE, Idaho — Idaho’s unemployment rate in April dropped a tenth of a percent to 2.6% to mark a third consecutive month of historic lows since record-keeping started in 1976.
The Idaho Department of Labor said Friday that 913,000 workers have jobs while about 24,000 are looking for work.
The agency said Idaho's nonfarm jobs exceeded expectations with an increase of 3,000 jobs to 815,500.
Industry sectors showing the most gains include natural resources, wholesale trade, professional and business services, and private educational services.
Those showing greatest job declines include arts, entertainment and recreation, and information.
The unemployment rate in Idaho fell to 2.7% in March and February's unemployment rate was 2.8%.
In March 2021, unemployment was at 3.9%. The labor force has increased by 20,255 people in the last year, a 2.2% jump.
In addition, the number of unemployed Idahoans decreased by 30.5%, or 10,860 people in the last year, while the number of those employed rose 31,115.
The Idaho Department of Labor hosted a Teen and Young Adult job fair at Wahooz in Meridian on Saturday from 11 am - 2 pm. More than 30 employers were there, including Bogus Basin and Brundage Mountain Resort.
Jan Roeser, a regional economist for the Idaho Department of Labor, said the number of online jobs posted in southwestern Idaho, which includes 10 counties like Ada and Canyon, is somewhere around 18,000, which is an increase of 10% compared to last April. She added the civilian labor force is also up 4.5%.
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BOISE, Idaho — The Wildland Firefighter Foundation (WFF) celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new Boise headquarters Friday.
WFF's facility includes exhibits to honor fallen wildland firefighters. The largest Honor Guard presentation in wildfire history happened during Friday's celebration, as 40 honor guards from agencies across the United States paid tribute to the walls of honor.
The foundation helps wildland firefighters who are hurt and helps the families of deceased firefighters. WFF offers grief and bereavement counseling, as well as mental health assistance through the foundation's "One Foot in the Black" program.
During the Gem State's last fire season, the Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) said residents were curious how they could help and support wildland firefighters. IDL recommended people donate to WFF.
The response to IDL's recommendation was significant, with more than $10,000 donated to the Wildland Firefighter Foundation.
WFF relies on donations to provide its tragedy assistance programs as a charitable organization.
The fire season has already started in the western United States - with fires recently hitting New Mexico, Arizona, California, Colorado and Texas - despite not yet making its annual appearance in the Gem State. The IDL said it expects Idahoans will once again want to donate to WFF as summer approaches.
To donate to the Wildland Firefighter Foundation, visit the WFF website by clicking here.
WFF's new Boise headquarters is located at 2933 West Airport Way.
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CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by CalMatters.
Eight months into my first year at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, in May 2021, I visited the university campus for the first time. Because of the pandemic, I was taking class virtually from 200 miles away, and repeated COVID-19 spikes pushed a campus visit down on my list of priorities.
Seeing San Luis Obispo for the first time made me reflect on how I only had one school year to spend in the city and soak up all that was left in my undergraduate experience. Making the most of that time was significant for me — I am a graduate of El Camino College, and transferring to a university from a community college in the middle of the pandemic wasn’t an easy transition.
I made a grand total of five friends during a year of school over Zoom. I clung to the idea that things would be different in the fall, when I moved to San Luis Obispo for my first, last and only in-person year at Cal Poly.
When I got on campus, it felt great but at some points, college felt super lonely. Other times felt overwhelming, and full of grief: I lost loved ones and friends to COVID-19 and other health conditions. I was facing burnout, too.
I know I’m not alone. Going to college during a pandemic has been challenging, stressful, and anxiety-inducing for many students. At least for me, out of those challenges came counting the small wins, like completing an assignment on time or cooking something tasty.
In a month, I’ll be able to walk the stage at a graduation ceremony — something not every graduating class got to experience during this pandemic. That’s a welcome bookend signifying that despite everything hurled at me and my peers, we made it to the end.
The CalMatters College Journalism Network talked to other California students as they wrapped up their college careers. Here are their stories in their own words — what they’ve learned, how they’ve changed, and what it’s like to navigate college in a pandemic. (Comments have been edited for length and clarity.)
— Omar Rashad
Carrie Young — Scripps College
Art major
I took a year off during the pandemic, so the idea of coming back for my senior year was super strange. I felt like I was living my life — I had a job (at a museum back home), and I was doing all this stuff outside of college. I couldn’t conceptualize being a student again.
When I came back to school, a lot of my initial class had graduated. It definitely felt kind of like coming back to like a ghost town a little bit. It felt like being a freshman again, in a weird way.
Having that year off changed my understanding of what it means to be a student a ton. Having the space away from school was really validating in realizing that I can create a life for myself that’s really wonderful — and where I felt like I was learning a ton and it wasn’t within this super tiny institution.
And then when I came back to school, I think I felt so much more agency in terms of creating that kind of space and those communities at school.
This semester has been the best semester of all of my time in college because I just stopped having the value system of what I’ve been told college should look like. I’ve overloaded myself on things that aren’t school in a lot of really good ways.
I’ve been working at two of the on-campus art centers and teaching classes for those and running the roller skating club. I feel like I’ve gotten really into the things that really matter to me and have not been putting my energy into things that don’t.
— Interviewed by Carolyn Kuimelis
Katherine Castillo — City College of San Francisco
Journalism major
A few months before the pandemic, I started going to City College of San Francisco. One of my boyfriend’s friends said that they were offering free classes for people who were residents of San Francisco. So, I was like, ‘OK, that’s great. Let me go there and investigate what I need.’
I started with just one class, an (English as a second language) class because I was not confident with my English level, and it was in-person for the first few months. And then when the pandemic happened, we started doing online classes. I know it’s kind of hard for many people to do classes online. But I wouldn’t have been able to go to college the way I did, if it wasn’t (for) the pandemic. I don’t have a car and live an hour away from college. I was worried about the commute because I need to work. The pandemic allowed me to do both things at the same time.
Still, I suffered from a lot of anxiety because I’m a first-generation student so I didn’t know what to expect. And I put a lot of pressure on myself. I’m graduating with a 4.0. I feel amazing because of that, but I don’t know if it was worth it to cry every semester because I was stressed.
My counselor, Anastasia, got me through it. She literally changed my life. Every semester I was like, ‘I’m not going to be able to do it. I’m not going to be able to do it.’ I remember crying and meeting with her, and she was always so supportive. I didn’t even know how to register for a class. Anastasia helped me a lot with that because I was super lost.
For many years, I thought about going to college, but I was scared. You start thinking that you’re not intelligent, or it’s not your first language so it might be more difficult for you. I didn’t start because I was afraid. And now that I finished the first two years, it’s like ‘OK, I did it.’ And I did it in a big way — it helps a lot with how you see yourself and your self-confidence.
— Interviewed by Emily Margaretten
Alejandro Gatus — UC Berkeley
Media Studies major
My experience at UC Berkeley before the pandemic was honestly cinematic. On (Admit Day) 2018, it was sunset and I was walking up this hill towards the Campanile. The light was hitting perfectly. They were playing one of my favorite instrumentals. Just having that scene and realizing that ‘Hey, I’m at my dream school, I accomplished it’— it felt really blissful and it was the start of an amazing journey at Berkeley.
I feel like during my senior year, I’ve been chasing that feeling. I didn’t have any in-person lectures, even during my last semester, even though Berkeley was on a hybrid model. It has kind of been a grieving process, realizing that I may never be in lecture halls again. I will never have another undergraduate experience.
Anyone can always be a student again. There’s masters or doctoral programs, but you can never be an undergrad again. It has made me really sad. What I’ve really taken away is that what matters is the people I surround myself with and knowing that those people will stay in my life.
I’ve felt jealous of the underclassmen who will get a full experience at Berkeley. I have some friends who are in their sophomore year. Being around them and seeing that light in their eyes and the excitement they still carry — that I remember from my first year — eases away the jealousy because then I get excited and optimistic for them that we are getting out of this pandemic and they will get these experiences.
— Interviewed by Itzel Luna
Omar Zintan Mwinila-Yuori — Pomona College
Computer Science major, Math and French minor
(The pandemic) taught me that it’s possible to survive, like, no matter what the situation is.
First of all, I’m abroad. This is not my home (Ghana). And so being in that situation, I feel like a lot could have gone wrong. I could have been really stranded or very lonely or very depressed, but it worked out. So I guess it just showed me that it’s possible to survive or thrive, even in dire circumstances.
My second semester sophomore year, when the pandemic happened and they kicked us off campus, I didn’t have anywhere to go. So my roommate actually took me to his house in Arizona. I lived with him and his family for the rest of the semester.
A lot of things happened during that time for international students. Since school was gonna be online, the government was trying to figure out how visas would work. And so there was this whole scare like, ‘Oh, they’re gonna kick all the international students out of the U.S.?’ I was a bit calm about it. Part of the reason why I was not very worried was because of my faith. My faith was something I was able to rely on for just, like, stability in a time of instability.
One thing I’ve learned through college is that friendships are a valuable thing to have. Especially when unseen circumstances happen, like the pandemic, your friendships are the things that you lean on to help you to keep going. The pandemic made me value my friendships more.
I’m going to move to the Bay Area to start working, like late August. I’m going to be working as a software engineer at Google. I’m not really scared about moving to the Bay, even though I’ve never been there before. I’m not worrying about it because we’ve been through this already, like, I’ve been through a similar situation or worse situation.
— Interviewed by Elina Lingappa
Mariah Angelresza Peralta — UC Santa Cruz
Environmental Science major
Looking back at myself as a freshman, I was very timid to join a lot of spaces on campus. I was very dependent on others to support me, like going to the dining hall or going to class — I hated doing a lot of things alone. And I guess that timidness prevented me from exploring other interests, or other spaces on campus where I feel like I can find a community.
I came from a pretty non-diverse city. My residential college (at UC Santa Cruz) wasn’t that diverse either. I was one of, I would say, a couple people of color in my residential college, and in my high school too. And so I didn’t get to explore that identity at all until I got to college.
Luckily enough, I joined Bayanihan, which is a Filipino organization at UC Santa Cruz. And that definitely provided me with the community that I was missing out on in my first year.
My biggest memory is that I failed my (calculus) series. I failed it. I was like, ‘oh my gosh, I can’t be an environmental science major anymore. Like, what am I going to do?’ I didn’t feel comfortable going to my professor. I didn’t feel comfortable going to the TA. The only person I truly felt comfortable going to was my ate — my mentor in Bayanihan. She was like, ‘Listen, we have these resources available to you not only within the Filipino organization but the school as well. Here they are, seek them out, take advantage of them — you’re paying for them.’ I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, maybe this is going to work out. I’m going to finish the major that I wanted to finish.’
I would say to a woman of color going to UC Santa Cruz or any institution of higher education that ‘There are spaces for you, and they’re made by other students who want to see you succeed and want to create a collective community that is successful and supports you.’ So I would say, ‘Don’t be discouraged with how these classrooms look or how these resources treat you because there are spaces on campus that want to support you and want to see you (be) successful.’
— Interviewed by Carolyn Kuimelis
Claire Tauber — UC Davis
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems major
I transferred to UC Davis in the fall of 2020, which was a really interesting time to transfer because it was full-on pandemic Zoom school. I was in a group of students who graduated from community college that first spring of the pandemic. There were a lot of us having conversations like, ‘Should I wait? Should I defer for a year and then transfer?’ Because everything felt so up in the air.
A deciding moment for me was when I called my grandma. And she’s like, ‘Just go to university. What else are you going to do?’
I tried really hard to make friends as much as possible, but it was difficult because being a transfer, you already have the fear of ‘What if I don’t make friends?’ I found it too challenging to form a real connection with anyone online. You miss all the walking to class moments of just chatting with someone when you’re on Zoom. It doesn’t really facilitate casual social interactions.
Once we returned in-person, I was able to make friends because we all were eager to know each other. But it felt kind of fast and furious. Everyone was like, ‘Oh my God, we’re back in person!’ And then about a month later I found myself wondering, ‘Why am I so exhausted? Why do I feel all these emotions?’ And I realized I just went from seeing a max of 20 people a day to seeing 3,000 people a day.
I think the pandemic served a little bit like a mirror, or looking glass, to see the value of college. And in a lot of ways, it has not been worth it just due to the exorbitant cost of school. I’m quite fortunate I have a family that’s helping me pay for college. But even in that case, it still feels like, ‘Why were so many students expected to pay the exact same tuition for something that was so vastly different from what they signed up for initially?’
I think for me, personally, trying to cram so much in such a short span of time led to the risk of burnout. There’s kind of a sense of time lost due to the pandemic and then this desire to wring out every possible opportunity because it’s so expensive and short-lived.
— Interviewed by Emily Margaretten
Luna and Lingappa are fellows with the CalMatters College Journalism Network, a collaboration between CalMatters and student journalists from across California. Kuimelis and Margaretten are contributors to the network. Rashad is a senior fellow with the network. This story and other higher education coverage are supported by the College Futures Foundation.
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GRAPEVINE, Texas — It started with an idea.
After a 30-year career in IT, Grapevine resident Jane Gow knew it was time for her second act.
“My husband and I decided, God give us our health and the chance to make it over here, so we decided it’s time for us to give back,” Gow said.
In 2019, the mom-of-three launched Be Kinder Coffee. It’s run entirely from her kitchen. The empty nester sells bags of organic coffee beans online and at farmer’s markets.
All the money she makes from sales goes directly to refugee families who are just starting out.
“I think it’s giving people a second chance in life,” Gow said.
It’s her way of going back to her roots, because Gow got that second chance more than 40 years ago.
At age 13, she and her family fled her home country of Vietnam during the Fall of Saigon. Together, they embarked on a treacherous journey by boat to the U.S.
“Coming over here the journey took us almost a year,” Gow said.
It wasn’t easy, but she and her family found success in their new country.
“I believe that we were not being accepted over here in terms of the public, but we’re here,” Gow said.
Through Be Kinder, she’s wants refugees to feel welcome when they arrive in the U.S. Gow plans to open a coffee storefront, and she has partnered with Refugee Services of Texas to give refugees the opportunity to work in her store.
Gow, who is a certified life coach, wants to help refugees navigate their new lives in the U.S.
Her mission is all in the name: Be Kinder.
“I was looking for a name, and I thought ‘Be Kind’… but I said, ‘You know, be kind is really hard, but all of us can be a little bit kinder,” Gow said. “There’s so much hate out there. I want to do something to let everyone know we’re all in this together.”
Big or small, she believes everyone can do something.
You can support Be Kinder coffee and learn more about her mission here.
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DALLAS — Gabriela Perez's struggle to find formula for her son, Levi, started back in March. Her baby's formula is one of the brands that was recalled and pulled off the shelves in February.
She said, in March, she started making social media posts to see if anyone had seen her son's formula. A friend in Georgia sent her some.
"We're here now in May, and it's just gotten worse," Perez said.
Perez's best friend, Jennifer Mendez, stopped seeing her daughter's formula on shelves a few weeks ago.
"We found some and ordered some from Walgreens," Mendez said. "My mom was going to pick it up because it was on the other side of Dallas, but they canceled the order."
Both women said they'd used their social circles and even social media to try and find formula for their babies. They even found a Facebook group that connected mothers who needed certain formulas with people who were able to find it.
However, that group had members around the country and often required shipping.
So, they had an idea.
“What if we make one for the DFW since we’re all local," Perez said.
The two worked with their friend, Adrianna Vasquez, to create the DFW Formula Fed Babies Facebook group. They made the group on Monday.
On Friday, there were more than 1,000 members posting the formulas they need, swapping pictures of what they've found, donating and selling.
The rules are simple: No price gouging. No selling samples (they're free).
"We just look out for things like that where people are trying to take advantage of others in this situation," Mendez said.
Monitored community groups like these are what Better Business Bureau Senior Regional Director Jason Meza called "the best scenario."
“Every shortage…every opportunity that scammers can see in the headlines in the news, they will create false online appeals…create fake websites to buy things," Meza said.
He said the BBB has not received any formal complaints about any specific businesses or scams. He said, if they're being reported, it's likely to the specific websites or platforms where the interactions are happening.
“I know a lot of desperate moms are backs against the wall trying to locate this and due to the supply, demand and strain we are noticing it’s happening," Meza said.
His advice is to take the extra step to make sure an online profile claiming to be selling formula is a real person.
"You're going to see profiles coming up…many of them can be fake," Meza said. "You really need to do some digging. Investigate the profile. If the profile doesn't have a lot of friends or networks or mom groups that they joined, more than likely it's a duplicated or hijacked profile."
He also said it's important to be cautious about the form of payment requested. Methods that don't allow you to get your money back if necessary, like wire transfer or money sending apps, are not recommended when working with someone you don't know.
Meza said credit cards are best for online transactions because it's easier to file a fraud claim.
"We’re at a critical point cause we’re not talking days or weeks, we’re talking hours, so we just want to get the word out so moms knows what to look for," Meza said.
He said the best option is to lean into communities, like DFW Formula Fed Babies, that are taking the extra step to protect members.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – This weekend, Shahzeb Anwer will get married in his home country of Pakistan, and all of Birmingham, Alabama, is invited to attend.
Anwer is no stranger to the Magic City. Although he was only here for a short time, he said he feels like Birmingham’s “favored son.” And he wants to repay the favor.
The 31-year-old had been diagnosed with hyperparathyroidism, a disease that had been causing him to get kidney stones once or twice a year since he was 18. He began having digestive problems. He developed skin issues. But the treatment for his medical issue, Anwer found out, was a surgery that was impossible in Pakistan because of limited technology.
So Anwer began looking for help outside his own country. He looked into travelling to Turkey, Singapore, the UK, and India for treatment, but pandemic-related travel restrictions had made things difficult. Anwer was also worried about costs – the cost of travel as well as the out-of-pocket cost of the medical procedure itself.
Eventually, Anwer found out that having the procedure done at UAB hospital would cost him about half of what had been quoted to him by other medical facilities. So he started learning more about Alabama, a state he’d never even heard of before. In his search for information, Anwer had posted on various websites, including Facebook and Reddit, asking for folks to help him better understand the culture he was about to be immersed in, if only for a short time.
His first post in Birmingham’s subreddit was about clothes. He wanted to know what clothes he should wear in the U.S. Could he wear what he already had in his wardrobe? Would he need to get something new to fit in?
The response he received was overwhelming, he said.
“People responded in a way that I wouldn’t even expect from my own people in Pakistan,” he said.
Folks in the group from around the Magic City began helping Anwer, facilitating his trip, giving him tips, and cheering him on along the way.
Andrew Harris was one of the people who reached out to Anwer. He said he wanted to help dispel any negative stereotypes Anwer may have had about Alabama and the South.
“Anytime anyone comes here, I really, truly want to make them have the best time,” he said.
When Anwer made his way to Birmingham, Harris, a Trussville native who now lives in Bush Hills, helped him with transportation, bringing him to the store, to eat out, or to medical appointments.
“He would always try to pay me,” Harris said. “But I didn’t want his money. I’ve gained such a friend – a best friend for life.”
During his time in Birmingham – his first time out of Pakistan at all – Anwer came to love the city. He visited local Indian and Thai restaurants, as well as getting in as many trips to McDonald’s, KFC, and Five Guys as he could. He walked through Highland Park and the trails of Mountain Brook. He said Birmingham became his home away from home – a place he’ll never forget.
And Anwer’s surgery was successful, resolving the medical problems that had plagued him for years. But after UAB had done its job, it was time for Anwer to head back home to Pakistan. Andrew Harris wasn’t ready for him to go.
“When he started to leave, I got this huge hole in my stomach – in my heart – that I was about to lose him,” Harris said. “Knowing him such a short time, I was surprised that I started having those feeling, but he’s already become such an important part of my life.”
Anwer headed back to Pakistan, but he wasn’t done with Birmingham. When he found out he’d soon be getting married, he posted an invitation in the Reddit group that had helped him find his footing in the United States. Everybody in Birmingham was invited to the wedding, he said.
He’s unsure whether anyone from the city will be able to make it – there was short notice and round trip tickets to Pakistan cost thousands, but he said he felt like he owed the city an invitation, whether its residents can take it up or not.
“Birmingham treated me as their favored son,” he said. “Birmingham literally gave me the attention that people give out to celebrities… So that’s why I did it. I believe someone should be coming, because Birmingham has now become a part of my life.”
Anwer’s wedding will be held this Sunday, May 22, in Pakistan.
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Arizona lottery numbers, May 20
Associated Press
These Arizona lotteries were drawn Friday:
Pick 3
0-0-9
Fantasy 5
02-15-18-20-23
Estimated jackpot: $195,000
Triple Twist
06-08-15-18-31-41
Estimated jackpot: $275,000
Mega Millions
33-40-59-60-69, Mega Ball: 22, Megaplier: 3
Powerball
Estimated jackpot: $117 million
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OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee struck down Friday an order that granted parole to Timothy Pauley, a 1981 convicted murderer who is currently serving a life sentence.
Inslee canceled an order from the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board (ISRB), which makes decisions on whether inmates have been “rehabilitated and should be granted parole."
Inslee wrote in his cancelation order that Pauley has failed to “demonstrate both a full acceptance of his responsibility and remorse” and that he has failed to apologize to the victims and their families.
Inslee called Pauley's parole hearing in March "troubling" and said Pauley distanced himself from his actions and never directly acknowledged the victims, only referring to them as "these people."
Family members of Pauley's victims said they were surprised and relieved to hear about Inslee's decision.
"I about fell off my chair! To say that we are in complete shock is an understatement," said Angie Dowell, daughter of Loran Dowell, one of the employees killed by Pauley.
Dowell's sister, Kelley Tarp, and their mother, Maggie Dowell testified against Pauley's release to the parole board and met with Gov. Inslee in April pleading for him to block the parole.
"We truly feel that our father, Robert, Linda, our mom, and Sherri received justice this morning," said Angie Dowell.
She said the family members expect Pauley to appeal and make another attempt to get released.
ISRB said Pauley has shown some signs of rehabilitation, including not having received an infraction since 2012 and completed chemical dependency and behavioral treatment.
Inslee said for Pauley's rehabilitation to be complete, he must demonstrate full acceptance, responsibility and remorse for his actions.
In 1980, Pauley and an accomplice, Scott Smith, robbed the Barn Door Tavern in south King County. Three employees were killed.
Pauley confessed to shooting two men, Loran Dowell and Robert Pierre. Smith killed Linda Burford.
During the robbery, Maggie Dowell was tied up, strangled and left for dead in the tavern’s women’s restroom.
Smith and Pauley both received life sentences in 1981. But after sentencing laws changed in 1984, their sentences became eligible for review.
After several attempts at parole, in April the board granted Pauley his potential release in July. During his parole hearing, Pauley said he panicked, and shot the two men as a result.
The board determined he was eligible for release for several reasons, according to state documents, including that he was a low risk to re-offend, he had remained sober and out of trouble in prison, and participated in support groups and therapy sessions.
Former Congressman and King County Sheriff Dave Reichert said he does not believe Pauley has been rehabilitated because he never has shown any remorse for his crimes.
Reichert said because of that, Pauley reminds him of serial killers he’s investigated, including Gary Ridgway and Ted Bundy.
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Michael (Mike) E. Codner, 74, died Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at his home in rural Bristow. Arrangements: Counsell Woodley Funeral Home of Allison.
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HAGERMAN, Idaho — Multiple crews responded to a fire at the Hagerman Christian Center Friday evening.
Hagerman Fire Protection District Chief Tim Peterson told KTVB the fire has impacted 70-75% of the church and crews are actively working the fire.
Fire crews from Hagerman, Bliss, Gooding, Buhl, Jerome and Wendell responded to the church Friday.
Peterson said the crews were "nearing containment" of the fire.
Details on the cause of the fire are unknown at this time.
This story will be updated. KTVB is working to gather more information.
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PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. — Brian Harris needed help.
The 38-year-old military veteran had been struggling for some time with mental health problems and the crisis reached a breaking point last summer, resulting in Harris' family taking him to a hospital.
His mother, Peggy, drove him down to the Veteran Affairs facilities. He was later transferred to a hospital in southern Arizona to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
Brian's family claims he asked the facility's staff to place him in a treatment center, but he ended up getting discharged and was sent back to Prescott Valley.
His relatives continued to monitor Brian's behavior and he seemed to be making improvements. He even asked his family to go on a camping trip.
Brian's family advised they'd be available to go camping on a later date, yet Brian proceeded to begin purchasing an assortment of outdoor supplies.
Then he vanished -- making no contact with family, leaving no sign of where he may have gone.
Almost one year later, the Harris family is still haunted by the mystery of trying to figure out what happened to Brian.
"I cry myself to sleep a lot," his mother told 12 News.
Ghosts of War
Brian's story dates back much further from July 2021, when he was first reported missing to Prescott Valley police.
His family said Brian's problems seemingly began after returning from completing two combat tours in Iraq. The military veteran struggled to readjust to civilian life and would fall into bouts of depression that involved signs of suicidal ideation.
"There's a lot of stuff that I think has led up to him feeling suicidal," Peggy Harris recalled.
Brian is not alone in his struggles.
Nearly 16% of all service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan have screened positively for symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, according to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
Since 2006, there's been an 86% increase in suicide rates among male veterans between 18 and 34. And more than 114,000 veterans have died by suicide over the last two decades, according to the nonprofit Stop Soldier Suicide.
But Brian's family said he would periodically experience moments of stability and made attempts to leave behind his memories of war. He enrolled in classes, tried working a couple of jobs, and started attending church.
"For a while, he felt pretty normal," Peggy added. "He would feel good, and then he'd go off his medication thinking he didn't really need it."
Then Brian would fall back down a dark hole again.
Up and Vanished
After Brian's last stint at a VA facility in southern Arizona last summer, his family made sure to keep a close watch on him.
The VA staff gave him one week worth's of medication and made a follow-up appointment for Brian at the facility in Prescott.
Brian spent the following days at his parents' house and became intrigued by television shows about people attempting to survive out in the wilderness.
He proposed the idea of his family taking a camping trip. Brian's parents told him they could all go camping at a later date.
The evening of July 11 ended with Brian going back to his residence in Prescott Valley. He hugged his mom and promised to call her the next day.
"I never heard from him again," Brian's mom said.
Peggy got a call a few days later from a VA staff member who informed her that Brian had missed an appointment. The VA then reported Brian missing to local police.
Prescott Valley police spent the following weeks interviewing Brian's neighbors, attempted to search his phone records, and asked surrounding agencies to be on the lookout for Brian.
His family discovered several receipts in Brian's home that showed he had recently purchased several outdoor supplies, suggesting he may have gone camping on his own.
Investigators additionally checked in with the VA to see if Brian had sought treatment without telling his family.
"(The VA) looked through their database and advised that Brian was not at any VA location according to their system," Prescott Valley police wrote in a report.
The VA told investigators that Brian would be flagged in their system, meaning he'd be listed as a missing person if he checked into a VA facility.
Car found in California
In October 2021, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office reported finding Brian's 1983 Chevrolet Suburban abandoned on a dirt road near Needles, Calif.
The Sheriff's Office said there were no signs of foul play observed around Brian's vehicle and no trace of Brian himself.
After the Sheriff's Office processed the vehicle and turned it over to the Harris family, some items were discovered by his relatives that aroused suspicion.
His mother reported finding a Powerade bottle that had a wristband and a military velcro badge stuffed inside. The randomness of the items made it appear to Brian's family that he may have intentionally placed them there.
"Was he trying to leave us a clue that something happened that was against his will?" Peggy Harris said.
But there haven't been many questions answered since Brian's car was discovered.
The family's begun communicating with organizations that specialize in locating missing people by conducting drone searches.
And his relatives have given DNA samples to investigators, hoping they might be used to identify any possible remains located out in the wilderness.
Yet it's still not quite clear to investigators or Brian's family what happened to him between the time he left Arizona and when his car was found in California.
Did he take his own life? Did he get lost? Or does Brian simply not want to be found by anyone?
Whatever the answer might be, the Harris family just wants to find a resolution and escape the feeling of being left in the dark.
Anyone with information about Brian's case can contact the Prescott Valley Police Department at 928-772-9267 or Yavapai County Silent witness at 1-800-932-3232.
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FORT SMITH, Ark. — Miguel Anaya was diagnosed with stage four thymic carcinoma, a rare form of cancer just eight months ago. Tragically, Anaya passed away earlier this week before he was able to walk across the stage with his classmates during Southside High School’s Friday night graduation.
It was one of Anaya’s last wishes to receive his diploma.
School and district officials coordinated with Anaya’s family and made this wish a reality.
During a small, private ceremony at home, Miguel was presented with his high school diploma.
“We were able to present him with his diploma, have some pictures taken, spend some time with the family and really honor his time with us,” said Southside High School Principal, Jeff Prewitt. “One of the last things I said to him was, ‘I’m proud of you and once a maverick, always a maverick’.”
During Friday’s graduation ceremony, the name of Miguel Angel Anaya was called but no one walked across the stage. Instead, the entire senior class and the audience gave a resounding round of applause for their classmate.
Prewitt has known Anaya since 7th grade and was happy to see the student and young man he became. Saying Anaya was eager for the next chapter in his life, like so many other students.
“We get to see the kids that we’re pouring into everyday, grow and mature. I mean, Miguel was no exception to that,” said Prewitt.
To honor his life and memory, the senior class has purchased a bench that will be installed in Miguel’s memory. The bench will be a constant reminder to future students of Miguel’s legacy.
“It’s a monument that’s engraved into Southside for generations to come,” said Victor Nguyen, Southside High School Co-Valedictorian. “Students can always see that bench and be reminded of what it truly means to be a Maverick.”
Miguel’s family set up a Go-Fund-Me page and you can find that here.
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No charges against law enforcement in fatal police pursuit crash in Wicomico
No charges will be brought against any law enforcement officers after the conclusion of an investigation into a fatal crash during a Salisbury police chase, the Office of Attorney General announced Friday.
The Independent Investigations Division of the Office of Attorney General released its investigative report about the Oct. 21, 2021, police pursuit crash that ended in the death of Jamaal Parish Mitchell, 35, of Salisbury.
The investigative report contains detailed investigative findings and an analysis of relevant legal issues. The report does not make any recommendations as to whether an officer should or should not be charged.
The Independent Investigations Division concluded its investigation and forwarded its investigative report to the Wicomico County State’s Attorney’s Office on Feb. 14. The Wicomico County State’s Attorney’s Office notified the division on April 21 of its decision not to prosecute this case.
The report details the Independent Investigations Division's findings based on a review of physical evidence, crash scene analysis, autopsy reports, video and audio recordings, officers’ written reports and personnel records for the officers involved, according to the report. The division also interviewed civilian witnesses, responding officers and the paramedic who attended to the driver.
What happened in the police pursuit
At about 10 p.m. Oct. 21, Private First Class Christopher Denny of the Salisbury Police Department noticed a car at the intersection of Delaware Avenue and West Salisbury Parkway that did not have its lights on and was swerving, the release states.
Initial reasoning for the stop as detailed in the report is consistent with dashboard video from Denny's marked police cruiser. The Honda driven by Mitchell turned left onto Route 50 west. Denny followed, activating his emergency lights. Mitchell’s speed was not measured, however, the cruiser reached a maximum speed of about 72 mph while maintaining several car lengths between vehicles, according to the report.
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While on Route 50, Mitchell's car swerved across the dotted white lane line to his right several times, according to the report, twice straddling the rightmost and second rightmost lanes.
After initial attempts at a traffic stop failed, a pursuit was supervisor-approval to continue because of the concern the driver was impaired, according to the Independent Investigations Division report. There is no evidence suggesting Denny was previously familiar with either Mitchell or the Honda, the report states.
Sheriff's deputy joined pursuit
About two minutes after the pursuit began, the driver turned onto Queen Avenue, struck a Wicomico County Sheriff's Office cruiser and kept going, according to the attorney general's office.
Wicomico County Sheriff's Deputy David Munir had been on patrol about a mile away and had stopped at this intersection to assist. There is no evidence Munir obtained supervisor approval before pursuing Mitchell, the report states.
The report shows the driver struck a second vehicle at the intersection of Queen Avenue and Duchess Drive, causing the driver to lose control. The Honda entered a yard on Duchess Drive, struck a parked car and then hit a tree, about 18 seconds after first turning onto Queen Avenue.
Denny’s body-worn camera video shows the exchange at Duchess Drive in which officers tried to contact the driver, tried to open the stuck door and radioed "Subject’s unconscious," according to the report.
Denny radioed: “We need EMS (emergency medical services) out here immediately. Driver’s unresponsive. Trapped.”
Attempts were made to bend the window frame to enter the vehicle to render aid. A front passenger door was eventually opened, and Mitchell's pulse was checked and EMS arrived on scene. The attorney general's office said the driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
Deputy First Class Christian Pecoraro of the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office later observed the crashed Honda’s speedometer was stuck between 70 and 80 mph, the report states.
Mitchell’s autopsy was conducted the following day and identified Mitchell’s cause of death as: “multiple Injuries” with the manner of death to be: “accident.”
A toxicologist's report found Mitchell’s blood alcohol concentration to be 0.25%. No other drugs were identified in a urine sample.
By law, the Independent Investigations Division’s report must remain confidential until the State’s Attorney’s Office declines to prosecute or any related prosecution is completed. If the local state’s attorney declines to prosecute, the division will release the report, with appropriate redactions for confidentiality, within 30 days of that determination.
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Brickhouse joins Basin Electric
Todd Brickhouse will join the Basin Electric Power Cooperative as its senior vice president and chief financial officer effective June 10. Steve Johnson, current CFO, will retire in June after more than 40 years of service to Basin Electric.
Brickhouse graduated from the Virginia Military Institute with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and business. Prior to accepting this position, he spent 21 years at Old Dominion Electric Cooperative in Glen Allen, Virginia, serving as vice president-treasurer since 2010.
Prior to working with electric cooperatives, Brickhouse was employed in the financial services industry and held positions in the areas of securities trading, investment management and investment banking.
Interstate Engineering hire
Carmen Knoll has been hired as a CADD technician by Interstate Engineering.
She has 15 years of relevant experience and holds an associate degree in estimating and architectural drafting from North Dakota State College of Science and an associate degree in engineering technology from Bismarck State College.
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CHI St. Alexius names VP operational finance
James L. Smith, CPA, has been named vice president of operational finance by CHI St. Alexius Health.
He previously served as vice president of finance at Palomar Health in San Diego, California. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of California, Berkeley and gained his professional public accounting experience with the Northern California Healthcare Practice Group in Ernst & Young’s San Francisco office.
Bismarck Aero Center adds, promotes staff
Dan Folden has been hired as a flightline technician 1. Prior to joining the FBO team, Folden worked on his family farm in Sawyer. He has since worked with a local lumber company as a warehouse employee and delivery driver and also spent some time working in the oilfield and gaining experience in construction, electrical work, landscaping and concrete work.
Drew Meissner has been promoted to the lead flightline technician position. Meissner has been with Bismarck Aero Center for nearly two years and in the aviation industry for four years. He recently completed the Dale Carnegie leadership training course.
DakCU recognizes two
Stephanie Heim, member engagement officer at Railway Credit Union in Bismarck, and Jerry Suko, volunteer at Railway Credit Union in Mandan, have been recognized as the Emerging Leader of the Year and Volunteer of the Year by the Dakota Credit Union Association.
Schafer on DakCU board
Darla Schafer, Flasher, has been elected to the Dakota Credit Union Association Board of Directors – ND Division C. Before becoming the manager of Flasher Community Credit Union, she served on the credit union’s board of directors. She holds an associate degree in electronic technology from Bismarck State College and an associate degree in theology from Yankton College. Schafer is a longtime member of the Dakota Credit Union Foundation Board and has been a member of the North Dakota Government Advisory Committee for more than 10 years.
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The Bismarck Mandan Chamber EDC has named its Outstanding Teachers of the Year.
The teachers were honored during separate surprise presentations this month. Award winners are:
- Katie Babcock, Sunrise Elementary School, Bismarck
- Kris Brashears, Custer Elementary School, Mandan
- Kelsey Brown, Mandan High School
- Jessie Markovic, Century High School, Bismarck
- Ginny Saiki, Bismarck State College
This is the 35th year the Chamber EDC has honored area teachers with the Crystal Apple.
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JEROME COUNTY, Idaho — The Jerome Rural Fire Department is trying to raise money for their assistant fire chief who lost his home in a fire last week.
"We get real close. We're all tight it's a brotherhood within a brotherhood," Charles Howell said. "Firefighters are brothers inside and out, but this volunteer group has been really tight.
Howell, a volunteer firefighter for more than 30 years, said the department got a call to respond to a structure fire in Jerome around 12:30 pm on May 12. Assistant Chief Larry Robbins also got the call, but at the time was not aware it was for his own home.
"He got up and heard some noise outside of his house. He started putting on his bunker gear, headed out the door and couldn't figure out what the noise was," Howell said. He added when Robbins opened his door he saw his camp trailer, his car and the roof on the fire. The noise was his neighbor banging on the front door trying to wake them up.
Fortunately, Robbins was able to get himself and his family out of the house safely. However, the house, a car and their camp trailer were completely destroyed. Howell said the cause of the fire was from the propane refrigerator in the camp trailer.
"'How can we help?' That's the first thing that comes to everybody's mind," Howell said.
Howell said some of the volunteers were able to donate money, food and clothes to Robbins' family. He added they've also been able to help them find a place to love for the time being, but are searching to find something long-term support for their "brother."
"He gives back to the community as much as he can. He comes to 90% of the calls, and gives up his time in other areas," Howell said. He added Robbins has been part of the department for more than 30 years as well.
They've started a GoFundMe account where all of the proceeds will go to the Robbins family to help with any emotional and financial burdens. People looking to make a donation in person or have questions can contact Dennis Clark at (208) 358-3886.
"As we say we're all brothers and in this and that's that's the biggest part," Howell said.
The Jerome Rural Fire Department is an 18-person volunteer fire crew. They serve about 20,000 homes in West Jerome County and respond to about 300 calls a year, less than 10 are structure fire calls.
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It's one of the most sought-after tickets in New York City: A seat to see "Saturday Night Live" in person.
Anyone who has watched the show on television knows it's not a big audience (around 300 people total), and an even smaller portion of those are held for standby seats, making the process to get tickets very competitive and difficult.
Nevertheless, the SNL faithful line up outside of 30 Rock each week there's a show during the season, hoping to snagging one of those sacred stubs. Many can end up disappointed, but two women who said they have been to more than 50 shows each said they have a 100 percent success rate in getting a ticket to the show — and explained their method.
It's a weekly tradition for Jill Goucher and Amada Scott, as even on a rainy Friday they're posted up outside on the sidewalk. But their work actually begins on Thursday.
"On Thursday morning, you go online and send an email reservation to get a spot in line," said Goucher. "This week we're number 35."
They show up knowing it's going to be a whole lot of waiting, so it's best to come prepared.
"Bring a tarp, that's Jill's number one," said Scott. "You can expect to be in line all night, a lot of people still don't know that's how it works, but we have to stay here all night."
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And they have the necessary items to make it through the night: sleeping bags, chairs, blankets, warm clothing - whatever is needed — including a toothbrush, which they use in the nearest bathroom.
"I've been here when everyone in line got in, and sometimes only like 20 people get in," said Goucher.
Of course, some overnight campouts are better than others. For example, Lizzo stopped by to greet the crowd during her time hosting earlier in the 47th season.
Others are not as much fun, like camping during a rainstorm. Which does happen.
"My sleeping bag got wet, so I slept in a wet sleeping bag all night, which was not great. Luckily it wasn't cold, but there are nights when it's like negative three degrees, so that's rough," said Scott.
After spending Friday nights on the sidewalk, those waiting in line get to find out if they got a ticket on Saturday morning. It's a long process, but well worth it for the two mega-fans — Goucher has seen about 60 shows, Scott about 55 — who don't miss an episode.
"It's the show and the cast," Scott said about why they do it. "Not that we're not excited when people we love come on. But we're here regardless.
Through all the trials and tribulations, Goucher and Scott say they have a perfect success rate — a stat so impressive, the two launched their own podcast. Kenan Thompson, the longest-running cast member in the show's storied history, even made an appearance on their podcast.
"We started it because we wanted to help people. We though we could provide that to people and it looks like it worked," said Scott.
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For weeks, the mayor of a New Jersey town has faced deep criticism over secret recordings that captured him using racial slurs. As calls for racial equality in the Union County community continue to grow louder, the latest actions come from a surprising source: a youth basketball team from a rival town.
Former Gov. Richard Codey has been coaching youth basketball for nearly 25 years, passing the ball to some big names, including Kyrie Irving and other professional players. Codey, who was governor of the state from 2004-2006, is now an outspoken state senator.
So when the racist massacre in Buffalo rocked the country, Codey wanted to make sure the voices of his young, diverse players at Roosevelt Middle School in West Orange were heard.
"Doesn’t matter what skin color you are, we should all be able to feel safe," said player Aaron Morrison.
The 7th grade West Orange Knights boys basketball team will all be wearing T-shirts with the words “end racism” and “equality” during a tournament in Clark on Saturday. It is being done to send a message to Clark Mayor Sal Bonaccorso, who was heard on leaked audio recordings using racist language against the Black community and sexist comments about female police officers.
"What the mayor said was not right at all," said Morrison. His father shared the sentiment.
"It's super critical that children understand what’s appropriate, what’s inappropriate," Mark Morrison said.
"When we see a mayor in a town in New Jersey is on tape using the N-word over and over and over but will not resign, that’s wrong," said Codey. "It's time to say: Clark, get rid of him."
Bonaccorso has since apologized, but has not heeded calls to resign.
"It’s a life lesson and hopefully they will remember," said Codey. "So if they’re ever faced with it again, they can handle it the right way."
Codey said he's not sure if wearing the shirts on Saturday will be a one-time thing, or if the team will wear the shirts at other games.
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Sarasota County prepares for hurricane season
With hurricane season beginning June 1, Sarasota County officials are prepared for what experts say will be a busy few months.
At a press conference Thursday morning at the Sarasota County Emergency Operations Center, Sarasota Emergency Management Chief Ed McCrane outlined the county’s plans in the event of an impending storm, while emphasizing that families need to take the necessary steps in anticipation of a hurricane.
“The basic preparedness messages still continue, that we want people to put together a disaster supply kit, have a plan on what they’re going to do, know their evacuation levels, whether they need to evacuate or not, and to stay informed,” McCrane said.
McCrane detailed an array of preparations, but here are four things county residents should keep in mind as hurricane season approaches.
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Sarasota County residents should prepare for hurricanes ahead of time
McCrane referenced supply chain issues and shortages, indicating that there is an increased need for residents to get ready for hurricane season in advance. Stocking up on supplies early is a must.
“Hurricane season happens every year, and you don’t want to wait until the last minute to prepare,” McCrane said.
Additionally, he mentioned that May 28-June 10 marks a tax savings holiday, during which “people will be able to save on purchasing those supplies.”
Hurricane supplies should last a week
McCrane indicated that seven days’ worth of resources is the minimum families should have on hand as we enter hurricane season.
“We used to say, ‘the first 72 are on you,’ but with these shortages and these issues, we ask people to provide themselves at least one week of emergency supplies in that disaster supply kit.”
In terms of the contents of these supply kits, McCrane said that full meals are not the only option. Snacks, such as protein and cereal bars, will also last. He suggested that a gallon of water per person, per day, is enough.
Additionally, if you have children, McCrane said to be sure that you include items that help them stay entertained during the storm – such as stuffed animals.
Prepare your home for hurricane season
Keeping windows closed, installing shutters or impact glass and having a designated safe room are among what residents should prioritize with regards to their homes.
“We want them to take a look at their homes, and make sure that their home is a safe location to stay in,” McCrane said.
He also recommended that residents get a wind mitigation inspection of their homes, to determine weak spots.
In the event that their home is not deemed a safe place to stay during a storm, evacuation centers are available as a last resort. Twelve sites, all of which are pet friendly, are located throughout the county.
McCrane noted that one of the biggest mistakes people make is not evacuating when it is suggested, referencing damage to Monroe County, where roughly a quarter of residents stayed, after Hurricane Irma.
“It’s a very devastating thing to go through,” McCrane said. “And then afterwards, you can’t get out even if you wanted to, and then there’s no services available.”
Keep your gas tank full during hurricane season
Under normal, storm-free circumstances, loading up on gas when your tank is nearly empty is acceptable. But when a hurricane is approaching, you may want to refill earlier than usual.
“Obviously you want to make sure you have a full tank of fuel in your vehicle, and you can take State Road 72, Clark Road…. There are East/West roads that you can take,” McCrane said.
Sarasota County hurricane preparations
As for the county, McCrane assured that emergency management officials are ready. Multiple systems have already been detected in the West Caribbean, so hurricane season might get off to its typically early start.
“It only takes one, so regardless of what’s out we’re going to prepare the same way for every storm ... that looks like it could be a potential threat,” McCrane said.
Residents should stay prepared themselves, however. That will limit the damage and ensure that the community, as a whole, stays safe.
“One of the most important principles of emergency management is individual preparedness,” McCrane said. “If every resident, if every individual in the community, had a kit, had a plan, was prepared and was staying informed, an impact wouldn’t be as severe.”
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Canton's Christ Presbyterian, Bolivar's St. John UCC celebrate bicentennials
The Canton church that served as a backdrop for the courtship of a future president and his wife is celebrating its 200th anniversary this weekend.
Christ Presbyterian Church, 530 Tuscarawas St. W, will host a series of special events including a sold-out dinner today at 4 p.m., followed by a free celebration program from 6 to 8:30 tonight.
On Sunday, a discussion program "Honoring Our Past/Celebrating Our Future," will be held at 9:15 a.m. followed by a worship service at 10:30 a.m.
On Friday, the church hosted a "Jazz Concert in the Courtyard" featuring the Gateway Band.
Christian Presbyterian's actual bicentennial was in 2021, however the celebration was postponed because of the pandemic.
More:Canton’s Christ Presbyterian Church prepares for its 200th
The church, which stands on its original footprint on land donated by city founder Bezaleel Wells, has served as a the spiritual home for some of the city's most prominent and influential citizens, including Canton Repository founding publisher John Saxton and his spirited daughter, Ida.
John Saxton and his son, James, served as church elders.
As the story goes, Ida Saxton met William McKinley, a young attorney, while each was walking to their respective churches. The courtship was sparked when McKinley, a member of the current Crossroads United Methodist Church, suggested they walk together to the same church.
The present Christ Presbyterian Church building was under construction when the young couple married on Jan. 25,1871. The church still has a pulpit that may have been used at the wedding.
More:Canton church to reenact William & Ida McKinleys' 1871 wedding
The Rev. William McLean oversaw construction of the original church building, which was completed in 1833. The main stone structure of the current building was begun in 1868 and dedicated on April 23, 1871.
Subsequent projects include a choir loft added in 1912, a restoration program in 1945, the installation of stained glass windows imported from England, and a pipe organ donated in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Gibbs by their children.
In 2020, the church completed a major renovation through its "Spirit & Space" project under its current senior pastor, the Rev. David deVries, who has served for 20 years.
deVries is one of three pastors who have served Christ Presbyterian for nearly half of its existence. The Rev. George Parkinson had the longest tenure of 36 years, from 1942 to 1978, followed by the Rev. Ebeneezer Buckingham, who married the McKinleys and served 28 years.
Today, the church is committed to ministry in the city's center. It includes a Sunday broadcast on WHBC AM, weekly food and clothing giveaways, live music series, housing the Tiqvah Hands of Helping after school-program and supporting Camp Wakonda in Carroll County.
To lean more visit www.cpccanton.org or on Facebook.
St. John UCC
On May 15, St. John United Church of Christ at 409 Park Ave. in Bolivar celebrated its 200th anniversary.
The church's roots go back to the Zutaverns, settlers who established the “Society of German and English Lutherans” by 1822.
The group met in private homes until 1833 when they built a log cabin on present-day County Road 422 just south of Bolivar to serve as a church.
In 1853, a group of members from Bolivar left the Zutavern church and formed their own congregation, the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John, which was incorporated in 1856.
The current church was built in 1871.
When St. John joined the German Evangelical Synod of North America, it changed its name to St. John Evangelical Church, a name that remains visible over the entrance to the present building.
With the merger of the Evangelical Synod and the Reformed Church in 1934, St. John became St. John Evangelical and Reformed Church. After a second merger with the Congregational Christian Churches in 1957, St. John became the St. John United Church of Christ.
Improvements to the church include Sunday school rooms and a new entrance. In 1925, a basement was hand-dug under the church. In 1951, wings were added to the sanctuary and the basement was remodeled.
An education wing, offices, additional bathrooms and a vestibule were added in 1971. Extensive remodeling of the sanctuary, the basement fellowship hall and kitchen were completed in 1986.
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U.S. Senator Ron Wyden joined colleagues in a letter calling on infant formula manufacturers to make every effort possible to get parents and families in Oregon and nationwide the formula they need to feed their kids.
“We write to express our concern about the infant formula supply shortage which is making it harder for parents and caregivers nationwide to get their children the nourishment they need,” Wyden and the senators wrote in a letter to Mardi Mountford, President of the Infant Nutrition Council of America. “Formula is a critical source of nutrition for newborns and infants, and this supply shortage has put their health and development at risk. We are calling on you and your member companies to take immediate action and ensure that infant formula manufacturers are making every effort to mitigate this dangerous shortage and get children the nourishment they need.”
Over the past several months, partially due to a massive recall following contaminated formula from major supplier Abbott Nutrition, it has become increasingly difficult for families to get access to infant formula. In the letter to the Infant Nutrition Council of America today, Wyden and his colleagues stressed how dire the situation is for families, and urged formula manufacturers to take action to increase infant formula production and distribution, and prevent future supply chain disruptions.
“This shortage has placed an unacceptable burden on parents and caregivers and has put the health of babies and infants at risk. For many families, infant formula is critical for ensuring their children receive the nutrition they need to grow healthy and well-nourished” the letter continued. “This shortage has been especially challenging for some of the most vulnerable infants, with particularly acute shortages of specialty formulas to address health needs such as allergies, gastrointestinal issues, or metabolic disorders. There is no easy substitute for infant formula, and this shortage has left families across the nation scrambling to figure out how they will safely care for their children.”
The letter was led by Senators Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Bob Casey, D-Pa. In addition to Wyden, others signing the letter are U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Cory Booker, D-N.J., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Tom Carper, D-Del., Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, Tim Kaine, D-Va., Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., Alex Padilla, D-Calif., Jack Reed, D-R.I., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Tina Smith, D-Minn., Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Jon Tester, D-Mont., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Mark Warner, D-Va., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Reverend Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.
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DOWNS — Tri-Valley High School graduation will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 22, in the gym.
Graduates are:
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Lucas Amend, Faith Anderson, Forrest Appleton, Micaela Barnes, James Bierman, Lucas Burgard, Grace Christianson, Madison Christianson, Andrew Dardis, Rachel Davis, Anthony Decker, Benjamin Dischert, Davis Donovan, Catherine Efaw, Braiden Elliott, Alexis Ferrell, Molly Forbes
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Jacey Goff, Gavin Gosch, Micah Grim, Heather Guelde, Sydney Haase, Aidan Hadfield, Andrew Hepner, Adam Hopf, Caleb Humphrey, Gabrielle Irwin, Elliot Johnson, Kaitlyn Jones, Taylor Jones, Ryan Kane, Brett Kelly, Keelin Kilmer, Shelbi Kinder, John Kitchen, Carson Knittel, Adam Knox, Emily Knox, Kyle Krzeminski, Ayden Kurtyak
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Michael Mangina, Alexander Markwell, Kaleb Markwell, Grace Martin, Kaitlyn Masters, William Masters, Nolan McCrary, Charles Moore, Luke Myszka, Nathaniel Noe, Dimitri O'Brian, Kaili Palumbo, Krisitian Perez, Andrew Petrili
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Addison Ritchie, Mila Sakinis, Evember Sampson, Zachary Schummer, Nathan Simon, Sydney Stiles, Noah Streenz, Katherine Traugott, Landry Warfel, Baylee Weinheimer, Baylee Weinheimer, Sabrina Will, Kaela Williams, Dane Wilson, Ashley Witte and Jacy Young.
From the minute Sara Williams met Leah Marlene — now a top 14 contestant on "American Idol" — the Normal West teacher knew she was looking at a musician.
Regional Office of Education 17 plans to launch a new program for students who might be hospitalized or have been discharged from a hospital, with most students expected to be those experiencing mental health concerns.
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The Episcopal Church of The Epiphany May 21 — The Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, 423 N. Beaver St., Flagstaff. 928-774-2911. 8 a.m.- May 22, 10:30 a.m., WELCOMING ALL: with Rev Alison Lee: SAT 5:30PM; SUN: 8:00AM & 10:30AM - with organ, choir, and congregational singing; IN PERSON or on-line at epiphanyaz.org ; 5PM FLG Youth Co-op Midschoolers; TU 9 AM-Contemplative Conversation; WE 6:30PM, FLG Youth Co-op (@flagyouthcoop); 928-774-2911. https://go.evvnt.com/1155355-0.
Beacon UU Service: “The Thrift Shop Angel and the Power of Memory” May 22 — Beacon Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 510 N. Leroux St., Flagstaff. (928) 779-4492. 10-11 a.m., ALL are welcome! You BELONG at Beacon, spiritually open and intentionally inclusive since 1958. What is it about objects that can evoke such poignant and potent memories? What lost piece of your life might you be grateful to have returned by the “Thrift Shop Angel” of New York City? Why do you keep the memorabilia and ephemera of our lives and what power do they hold to remind us of both joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain? And how do these objects help us remember as we age? As Memorial Day approaches, we will build an altar of our precious objects of memory as we conjure the love and spirit of the people and moments they represent. Rev. Robin Landerman Zucker, preaching with Worship Associate Mark James and music from Jason Drahos and Bailey Cunningham. PLEASE BRING A MEMENTO OR HEIRLOOM FOR OUR COMMUNAL ALTAR. https://go.evvnt.com/1151084-0.
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Church of the Resurrection Sunday Church Services: May 8 — 740 W. University Heights Drive S., 740 W. University Heights Drive S., Flagstaff. 928-853-8522. 10-11:30 a.m., Church of the Resurrection Presbyterian Church in America (PCA): We invite you to join us for worship at 10 a.m. on Sundays at 740 W. University Heights Drive South as Rev. Joshua Walker preaches through the book of Acts. Please feel free to contact us for information on our mid-week gatherings and for more information on our church. You can find us at www.cor-pca.org and www.facebook.com/CORFlagstaff or we can be reached at corflagstaff@gmail.com and (928) 699-2715.
Flagstaff Federated Community Church: Please join us for in person services Sundays at 10 a.m. We are located at 400 W Aspen Ave. on the corner of Aspen and Sitgreaves in Downtown Flagstaff. All are welcome to our services. For more information about Flagstaff Federated Community Church please call our office at 928-774-7383, Mon – Thurs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Living Christ Lutheran Church: Living Christ Lutheran Church is a diverse and LGBTQ-affirming community of disciples embraced by God's unconditional love and enduring grace. You are invited to celebrate with us God's love and presence in your life, grow in your discipleship, and leave empowered to be God's hands in the world. We worship through music, teaching, prayer, and the sacraments each Sunday at 10 a.m. with Rev. Kurt Fangmeier leading. We offer worship both in-person (masks are respected, not required; encouraged for unvaccinated) and online. Learn more about us at our new website: lclcflag.org.
Leupp Nazarene Church: The church, near mile post 13 or Navajo Route 15, has been holding services by teleconferences and doing drive-up meetings. For information, call pastor Farrell Begay at 928-853-5321. Teleconference number: 1-7170275-8940 with access code 3204224#. Services are 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sundays and 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays.
Christian Science Society of Flagstaff: 619 W. Birch Ave. The Christian Science Society of Flagstaff has opened for Sunday services while continuing to have them available via Zoom for online and phone. Wednesday testimony meetings are available only via Zoom. For phone Sunday Services: Dial: 669-900-9128, Meeting ID: 369 812 794#, Passcode: 075454#. For phone Wednesday meetings, dial: 669-900-9128, Meeting ID: 971 672 834#, Passcode: 894826#. The access for Zoom on Sundays is: https://zoom.us/j/369812794. The Zoom access for Wednesdays is: https://zoom.us/j/971672834. The password to use to enter both is CSS. We welcome all to attend our Sunday Services in person, or live by Zoom, at 10:00 o’clock, and to attend our Wednesday Testimony meetings live by Zoom, at 5:30 o’clock. Our Reading Room will be open on Wednesdays from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 10-12 noon. For further information please call 928-526-5982.
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LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — For those in the business of driving, there's not much they can change about their driving habits.
We found truck drivers stopping to fuel up in Pittston Township Friday afternoon; they hope something gives soon or else more drivers will be parking it for good.
"I drive for a living, so I can't but if I were not driving for a living, I definitely would get a Prius or something you know," said Ned Georgia.
The rising cost of fuel is hitting drivers across the nation. We spoke with truck drivers in Pittston about the impact it has on day-to-day operations. They tell Newswatch 16 it's slowing down productivity quite literally.
"A lot of trucks that are geared at 65, you see drivers out on the road doing 55 now because it saves that much fuel to compensate for the cost of the fuel that's going up," said Michael Kindt, Reading.
With freight rates going down and fuel prices going up, drivers say they are seeing many leave the industry.
"A lot of smaller owner-operators absolutely, because they are choking right now because they can barely make ends meet," said Kindt.
Another truck driver came to the United States from Somalia in 2016 to open his own trucking business. He tells us if prices continue, he may be forced to hang it up, "The load we are picking up they pay only $2 or $1.75 per mile. But before it would take 200-300, now even 1,000 cannot fill my truck," he said.
"But if the next two months if the price will be like that we cannot move, we cannot pay the rent we cannot pay the tolls we cannot pay gas we can't do anything," he said.
At the end of the day, when the cost to move goods goes up consumers like you and I will feel it.
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FRACKVILLE, Pa. — The students at the Schuylkill Technology Center are hard at work finishing their final project before the end of the school year, making a new shed for the Frackville Little League.
“It serves as an educational opportunity for my cooperative education students to come out to show their fellow classmates what they were learning at their co-op working for their employers. In this case, it was concrete placing and finishing,” explains Masonry Instructor Scott Allvore.
Masonry and carpentry students worked together to create new sheds for the little league teams to properly store their equipment, something they didn't have before.
This gave Schuylkill Haven baseball player Ryan Johns a way to give back to the baseball community he's been a part of his entire educational career.
“I like it. It helps the community a lot. It makes our school look very presentable and good to the community. And all of the students here should be proud of themselves,” mentions carpentry student Johns.
Ryan got to see the baseball field from a different angle while finishing the roof of the softball shed.
“This is our first, and one of the first for me, job sites in the real world. So this gives me a lot of experience under my belt. Helps me realize I know what I'm doing,” Johns adds.
This project also exposed students to a different program at the Schuylkill Technology Center and other aspects of construction.
“The most surprising thing is learning more about carpentry. Because I'm never really looking or anything in the shop so it's really interesting to watch them do their thing. And I think they were surprised watching us lay the concrete down as well,” shares Rian Ramos, a masonry student.
Volunteers with the Frackville Little League team say these high school students hit a home run with this brand new softball shed.
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Bismarck might become the third North Dakota city to adopt a hate crimes ordinance, a move supporters say would help fight racism by gathering data that's specific to such acts.
If Ordinance 6501 is enacted, Bismarck would join Fargo and Grand Forks in placing such language on the books. Fargo’s ordinance has been in place for a year, with one hate crime offense reported in a case that's ongoing. Grand Forks followed suit last winter. Information on whether any hate crime offenses have been reported there wasn't immediately available.
The Bismarck City Commission at its Tuesday meeting will take public input on the capital city's proposed ordinance, which would add hate crimes to the existing ordinances that address simple assault, harassment, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.
City Attorney Jannelle Combs said the proposal is much the same as the Fargo and Grand Forks ordinances. The language of the underlying crimes remained unchanged in the Bismarck version. Changes could be made to the proposed ordinance after input is taken at the public hearing, Combs said.
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The Bismarck ordinance would broaden existing ordinances to include acts that are committed because of a victim’s race, color, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or ancestry. It wouldn’t elevate the offense level of those crimes -- they would remain Class B misdemeanors, the highest level of offense that municipalities in North Dakota can handle. Those crimes are punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a $1,500 fine.
Crimes classified as Class A misdemeanors or higher -- which carry stiffer punishments -- are handled by state prosecution, but the state doesn't have hate crime laws in place.
Such an ordinance would enable city officials to report specific crimes to the FBI as hate crimes for data collection and possible prosecution at the federal level, according to City Commissioner Nancy Guy.
"I don't think it matters if it elevates (punishment)," she said. "It specifies that crime so it doesn't get rolled up with other crimes. It gets reported, and that's helpful in judging the amount of racism and bigotry out there."
Bismarck Police Lt. Luke Gardiner when contacted by the Tribune referred questions about the ordinance to city officials.
As Bismarck businesses recruit workers from other countries and the city becomes more diverse, it’s important to have a hate crimes ordinance in place, Guy said. It’s something people considering moving to Bismarck might factor in when making their decision, she said.
“It’s not only important on a human scale but important on an economic scale too,” she said.
Guy said she introduced the ordinance after receiving input from the North Dakota Human Rights Coalition. The proposal has the support of other organizations, such as YouthWorks and High Plains Fair Housing, she said.
Passing the ordinance would also illustrate to the state Legislature that cities feel strongly about hate crimes laws, Guy said. Hate crimes legislation introduced during the 2022 session failed in the House by a vote of 75-17. Opponents objected over issues of law enforcement training and criminal penalty enhancements attached to the bill. Rep. Rick Becker, R-Bismarck, called the proposed legislation "horribly subjective."
"It uses identity politics to promote a victim culture, which further divides an already divided nation," he said.
Hate crime laws have long been a topic of debate on the national level. Supporters maintain they help better protect minorities and other targeted groups. Opponents argue they could infringe on free speech, and that it's hard to determine the intent of a suspect.
North Dakota is "one of a handful of states" that doesn't have bias crime legislation, Rep. Mary Schneider, D-Fargo, said before the House vote earlier this year, adding that amendments which would have addressed law enforcement training and criminal penalty enhancements were not considered by a House committee that urged the chamber to defeat the bill.
"That speaks to others outside the state that we either don't see the need, or do not acknowledge it as an issue, or are opposed to it," Schneider said.
Rep. Ruth Buffalo, D-Fargo, argued before the failed vote that the legislation "would make North Dakota a more welcoming state."
Bismarck's proposed ordinance is detailed in a link included in the agenda for Tuesday's commission meeting, at https://bit.ly/3wttyMO.
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