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When a fire roared through the English building at Salpointe Catholic High School on July 17, it destroyed the department's library of contemporary classics for students of English Composition and English Literature. Most were on class reading lists for this school year.
A community book drive is underway to help the school replenish the collection. They welcome all significant, contemporary novels, particularly those on the wish list below. Books may be new or used, hardback or paperback.
Books may be dropped off at Mostly Books, 6208 E. Speedway; the Book Stop, 214 N. Fourth Ave.; Make Way For Books, 700 N. Stone Ave.; Literacy Connects, 200 E. Yavapai Road; and the Salpointe Thrift Store, 1705 E. Fort Lowell Road.
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The two-week book drive will run through Sept. 12.
Salpointe wish list
- "Watership Down" by Richard Adams
- "The Power" by Naomi Alderman
- "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
- "The House of the Spirits" by Isabel Allende
- "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
- "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
- "Oryx and Crake" by Margaret Atwood
- "Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen
- "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
- "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess
- "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
- "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Ray Bradbury
- "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte
- "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" by Dee Brown
- "Kindred" by Octavia E. Butler
- "Parable of the Sower" by Octavia E. Butler
- "The Stranger" by Albert Camus
- "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
- "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
- "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros
- "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- "The Circle" by Dave Eggers
- "Nickel and Dimed" by Barbara Ehrenreich
- "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
- "Future Home of the Living God" by Louise Erdrich
- "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
- "Of Women and Salt" by Gabriela Garcia
- "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
- "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry
- "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
- "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton
- "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
- "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
- "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
- "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
- "Black Rain" by Masuji Ibuse
- "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
- "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
- "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey
- "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
- "The Shining" by Stephen King
- "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
- "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
- "The Sixth Extinction" by Elizabeth Kolbert
- "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
- "Station Eleven" by Emily St. John Mandel
- "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
- "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
- "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller
- "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller
- "Beloved" by Toni Morrison
- "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
- "Animal Farm" by George Orwell
- "1984" by George Orwell
- "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens
- "Cry, The Beloved Country" by Alan Paton
- "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
- "Such a Fun Age" by Kiley Reid
- "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque
- "The Plot Against America" by Philip Roth
- "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger
- "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sanchez
- "The Complete Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi
- William Shakespeare plays (Signet Classic versions)
- "Ceremony" by Leslie Marmon Silko
- "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
- "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck
- "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
- "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck
- "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
- "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
- "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain
- "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain
- "The Devil’s Highway" by Luis Alberto Urrea
- "Borne" by Jeff VanderMeer
- "Annihilation" by Jeff VanderMeer
- "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
- "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker
- "The Underground Railroad" by Colson Whitehead
- "The Nickel Boys" by Colson Whitehead
- "Night" by Elie Wiesel
- "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde
- "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams | https://tucson.com/news/local/education/book-drive-underway-to-replace-titles-destroyed-in-salpointe-fire/article_da75f1fe-23f7-11ed-bb41-0b3c767dba5f.html | 2022-08-26T19:00:24 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/education/book-drive-underway-to-replace-titles-destroyed-in-salpointe-fire/article_da75f1fe-23f7-11ed-bb41-0b3c767dba5f.html |
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — They may have been off the diamond for the day, but the Little League team from Australia was still playing baseball. The players teamed up with children from all over Lycoming County for a wiffle ball game at UPMC.
"Many of them have been part of the Challenger League baseball teams around our area. It could be the East Lycoming team, Montoursville, Williamsport, Jersey Shore, kind of all around the area," said Lauren Rauch, a UPMC pediatric occupational therapist.
Gus Lehman, age 7, of Montoursville, got in on the fun.
"His older brother Emerson played baseball all summer long on the field, in our backyard, so this was awesome that Gus had the opportunity and our family really had the opportunity to be here," said Gus' mom Tasha Lehman.
The kids even had a pro to give them tips — Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Ricky Henderson was the pitcher.
"It's always great for me seeing the smiles on the kids' faces. I just like to see the faces of the kids. They're enjoying themselves, and it makes me happy," Henderson said.
As for the boys from down under, manager Keith Land says it was a special day, and he is proud of his team.
"We're here for baseball, sure, but we're here for this sort of thing as well. For me, this is the highlight of this tour in my book. And I think a lot of those boys will go home thinking the same thing," Land said.
The kids left with some new friends.
"I said to them before we started, 'You need now to appreciate how healthy you are and everything you've got,'" Land said. "These poor children haven't got that, so let's have some fun, and I think they had a great day." | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/little-leaguers-enjoy-wiffle-ball-game-at-upmc-world-series-baseball-ricky-henderson-williamsport/523-1e9237b4-aa3e-4c6f-9093-a48f10050688 | 2022-08-26T19:01:57 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/little-leaguers-enjoy-wiffle-ball-game-at-upmc-world-series-baseball-ricky-henderson-williamsport/523-1e9237b4-aa3e-4c6f-9093-a48f10050688 |
Fake phone call triggers large law enforcement response in Shingletown
Authorities are investigating a bogus report of a deadly shooting in the Shingletown area Thursday afternoon that prompted law enforcement to issue a shelter-in-place order to residents, the Shasta County Sheriff's Office said.
The home in the 28000 block of Alpine Way was the target of a “swatting” phone call that came from a person who lives out of the country, investigators said.
The fake phone calls, commonly known as “swatting,” come from individuals who are attempting to trigger a large and immediate police response.
The practice gained national attention this week when multiple media outlets reported that Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has twice been targeted by swatters.
NBC News said on Thursday police responded to the home of Greene for a second false shooting report in as many days.
"The Rome (Georgia) Police Department in northwest Georgia said in a statement that officers responded to a 911 call at 1:03 a.m. claiming an individual was shot multiple times at Greene’s house," The Hill reported.
Greene told police there was not a problem and the call was determined to be false.
Meanwhile, just before 3:45 p.m. Thursday, Shasta County emergency dispatchers received a call from a man who said he followed a woman into her residence on Alpine Way and he shot and killed her, the sheriff’s office said.
The caller also stated that he was inside the house with an “AR-15” type rifle and was waiting for law enforcement to respond so he could start a “gunfight,” the sheriff’s office said.
Sheriff’s deputies and the California Highway Patrol responded. Residents in the area of Alpine Way were told to shelter in place.
Deputies spoke to numerous neighbors and finally determined that the phone call was a hoax.
Investigators also were able to determine that the crank call came from a man who lived out of the country, the sheriff’s office said.
"Individuals who report or cause any report to be made to law enforcement that an emergency exists, knowing that the report is false can, be charged with a misdemeanor or felony crime," the Shasta County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
Anyone with more information is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 530-245-6000.
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EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Atlantic City Beach Patrol’s Vince Granese and Margate lifeguard Bob Bechtel teamed up Thursday to win the 16th annual Hammer Row at Seaview Harbor Beach.
Granese and Bechtel took the early lead and held it to win the 4-mile race by 32 seconds in 38 minutes, 12 seconds.
John Swift, an Atlantic City lifeguard, and Ventnor alum Matt Guerrieri were second in 38:44. Margate alum Carl Smallwood Jr. and son Hayden Smallwood, a current Margate guard, were third in 39:24.
The row went from Seaview Harbor Beach, located between Ocean City and Longport, through the Longport Bridge into the intra-coastal waters to Margate and back.
Granese, the Hammer Row winner last year with Sea Isle City’s Pat Scannapieco, has now won the race five times.
“We jumped out right at the start and kept it (the stroke rate) nice and low,” said Bechtel, 35, the stern. “Coming back we felt it (the headwind and current), but it was the same for everyone. We stayed out in the middle of the channel.
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“It’s nice rowing with Vince. This is a cool race because you can row with different partners (including those from other beach patrols).”
The Ventnor crew of Stacey Price and Meghan Holland was 20th overall and won the women’s division in 44:26. Atlantic City’s Julianna Granese (Vince’s sister) and Morgan Simpson were 22nd overall and second for the women in 45:51. Cape May’s Jen Rafter and AP Gray were 23rd overall and third in 46:17.
“This was a really fun way to end the season,” said Price.
Former Upper Township lifeguards Wayne MacMurray and Jim Gibbons finished eighth overall in 40:47 and won the alumnae category. Avalon’s Gary Nagle and sister Jada Nagle were 19th overall and took the mixed doubles division in 44:24.
Ocean City’s Brian Pasternak was the first paddleboarder to finish and he won the men’s prone paddleboard division in 41:54. Cape May’s Sarah Werner won the women’s prone paddleboard category in 49:36.
In the stand-up paddleboard divisions, Margate alum Zack Steiner was first for the men in 47:44, and Josie Lata of Pine Beach won for the women in 56:46.
The event honors the late Michael D. McGrath, a former Longport Beach Patrol Captain and rowing champion. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/granese-and-bechtel-win-hammer-row/article_6e15ee3c-24ed-11ed-bf47-1f89f0dc050b.html | 2022-08-26T19:05:00 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/granese-and-bechtel-win-hammer-row/article_6e15ee3c-24ed-11ed-bf47-1f89f0dc050b.html |
OCEAN CITY — Jamie Tyson and Cohen Cook spent plenty of summer nights talking about Friday morning.
Mainland Regional High School’s season opener unfolded better than either could have imagined.
Tyson caught a touchdown pass, returned a fumble for a TD and picked off a pass as the Mustangs football team beat Egg Harbor Township 37-0 in a Battle at the Beach game at Ocean City's Carey Stadium. Cook stepped in as an emergency quarterback and ran for a TD for the Mustangs.
“I had a lot of fun,” Tyson said. “Every night (this summer) we were getting ready for this simple day right here.”
Tyson lives with the Cook family. Tyson’s parents moved to Florida this spring, but Tyson, who is also an outstanding basketball player, didn’t want to leave Mainland, so the Cook family took him in.
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“It was rough,” Tyson said. “We had to find a way for me to stay. The Cooks took me in, and now we’re living good. We’re doing big things right now.”
Tyson did big things at the state’s premier event to open the high school football season. The three-day Battle at the Beach is a showcase event that features many of the state’s top teams. Games will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Mainland and EHT kicked off at 10 a.m. under sunny skies, warm temperatures and a cooling breeze off the ocean. These teams were Thanksgiving rivals until 2019. Mainland leads the series 27-12-1 and has won five straight.
Friday morning’s contest was the first played in the state this season and although there’s plenty of football to be played, it will be hard for a player to have a more impactful three minutes this season than Tyson did as the second quarter drew to a close.
The 6-foot-1, 180-pound junior caught a 22-yard TD pass over the middle from freshman quarterback John Franchini to put the Mustangs up 16-0 with 2 minutes, 33 seconds left in the second quarter. The TD pass came one play after Joe Sheeran recovered a bloop kickoff for Mainland at the EHT 26-yard line.
On EHT’s next possession, Tyson scooped up a fumble and returned it down the sideline 61 yards for a TD to give Mainland a 23-0 lead with 1:02 left in the first half.
“I saw it, picked it up and took it to the crib,” Tyson said.
Two TDs in 91 seconds is impressive, but Tyson wasn’t done with the second quarter. He picked off an Egg Harbor Township pass just before halftime.
“Jamie is a great young man,” Mainland coach Chuck Smith said. “It was nice to see him have a breakout game. We’ve been waiting for that. You always wait for that one game where a kid gets his confidence.”
Mainland came into the season with plenty of optimism. The Mustangs are ranked No. 10 in The Press Elite 11.
But Mainland had to adjust this week after quarterback Marlon Leslie transferred to Pleasantville.
Franchini and Cook shared the position. Franchini completed 3 of 5 passes for 57 yards. Cook, who was originally slated to play wide receiver this season, ran 12 times for 41 yards and a TD.
“We didn’t want to put a lot on the freshman’s plate,” Smith said. “He hasn’t even sat in a high school chair yet. Cohen Cook is the best athlete in our school. We tried to use packages with him, and that’s why we were rotating both guys.”
Mainland had plenty of other positives to build off. Senior running back Ja’Briel Mace ran 11 times for 86 yards and a TD. Defensive end Nick Timek and linebackers Hunter Watson and JJ Sinclair each made tackles for a loss.
The Mustangs were all smiles as they left the field just after noon Friday.
“We’ve been through a lot of ups and downs this week,” Tyson said. “It’s good that we pushed through and got the W.” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/jamie-tysons-second-quarter-big-plays-propel-mustangs-to-season-opening-win-over-eht/article_c8db7d1c-256c-11ed-92d1-6f4fbf451d5d.html | 2022-08-26T19:05:06 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/jamie-tysons-second-quarter-big-plays-propel-mustangs-to-season-opening-win-over-eht/article_c8db7d1c-256c-11ed-92d1-6f4fbf451d5d.html |
A family has filed suit against Proper ISD, alleging a former bus driver abused their two daughters on more than 100 occasions during their kindergarten and first-grade years.
The suit, filed Thursday in Collin County, says the district and its employees didn’t do enough to protect the sisters, who were 5 and 7 at the time. It seeks more than $5 million in damages.
The bus driver accused by the girls has since died.
The victims, identified in court documents as Janie Doe 1 and Janie Doe 2, were enrolled in a Prosper ISD school during the 2021-22 school year.
The lawsuit does not name the school the girls attended.
Click here to read more on this report from our partners at The Dallas Morning News. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/family-sues-prosper-isd-says-daughters-were-abused-by-bus-driver-more-than-100-times/3058088/ | 2022-08-26T19:06:14 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/family-sues-prosper-isd-says-daughters-were-abused-by-bus-driver-more-than-100-times/3058088/ |
A federal judge has struck down one of Texas' few remaining firearm restrictions, finding a law that barred adults under the age of 21 from carrying a handgun was unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman in Fort Worth on Thursday ruled that the state law prohibiting most 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying a handgun outside the home violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms and cannot be enforced. He stayed the ruling from taking effect for 30 days.
The decision came in a case brought last year by a gun rights advocacy group and a man and woman who argued they should be able to carry handguns for protection despite being under 21. They sued five months after Texas removed one of its last major gun restrictions, allowing people over 21 to carry handguns without a license, background check or training.
Pittman, an appointee of President Donald Trump, ruled in favor of the pair and the Firearms Policy Coalition Inc. based on "the Second Amendment's text, as informed by Founding-Era history and tradition."
The decision follows a major expansion of gun rights by the U.S. Supreme Court. After a series of mass shootings, the high court ruled in June that Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense.
Cody Wisniewski, a lawyer with the Firearms Policy Coalition, said Pittman's decision "is a significant victory for the rights of young adults in Texas and demonstrates for the rest of the nation that similar bans cannot withstand constitutional challenges grounded in history."
A spokeswoman for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican whose office defended the law in court, did not immediately respond to questions, including whether the state will appeal.
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The ruling comes amid renewed calls in Texas for stricter gun laws following the May massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, where an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two teachers with a legally purchased AR-15 style rifle.
Although Texas had kept age restrictions on handgun sales, the age limit to purchase long rifles in the state is 18. Many Uvalde families have joined Democrats and gun control advocates in calling on lawmakers to raise the age to purchase rifles to 21.
Uvalde parents are also expected to call for stricter gun measures at a rally Saturday at the Texas Capitol. Neither Republican Gov. Greg Abbott nor the GOP's overwhelming majority in the state legislature have signaled support for new gun measures since Uvalde.
Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa decried the new court ruling Friday and urged Abbott to convene a special legislative session to pass "meaningful, widely-supported gun safety laws." | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/federal-judge-strikes-down-texas-handgun-age-restriction/3058011/ | 2022-08-26T19:06:20 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/federal-judge-strikes-down-texas-handgun-age-restriction/3058011/ |
Jerry Allison, an architect of rock drumming who played and co-wrote songs with childhood friend Buddy Holly and whose future wife inspired the classic "Peggy Sue," has died. He was 82.
His death was confirmed Wednesday by a spokesperson for Gold Mountain Entertainment, which manages Holly's one-time backing band The Crickets, of which Allison was the last surviving original member. Further details of his death were not immediately available.
Born in Hillsboro, Texas, Allison met Holly in junior high, and they started playing together in roller rinks and The Cotton Club in Lubbock in the early 1950s, predating the rise of rock music. The two wrote numerous hits together as teenagers, including "That'll Be the Day," inspired by a line from John Wayne in the classic Western "The Searchers."
The Crickets, who also included Joe B. Mauldin and Niki Sullivan, broke through in 1957 with "That'll Be the Day," followed by "Oh, Boy!", "Maybe Baby," and other singles. Allison's teenage girlfriend (Peggy Sue Gerron, whom he later married) was the namesake for "Peggy Sue," which features Allison playing one of rock's most celebrated drum parts - a rolling pattern called paradiddles.
"Peggy Sue" was covered by numerous artists, including John Lennon and the Beach Boys, and referenced in "Barbara Ann" and other songs. Holly followed with "Peggy Sue Got Married," later the title of a Francis Coppola film starring Kathleen Turner as a woman who travels back in time.
The Crickets' sound was often stripped down to rock 'n' roll basics: guitars, bass and drums behind Holly's "hiccupping" vocals. But they also liked experimenting in the studio with multi-tracking and overdubbing and inspired generations of musicians, including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and other British Invasion rockers. One band, the Hollies, named themselves after Holly.
Allison's innovative work is also apparent on "Everyday," where he ditches the drums and keeps time in the song by slapping his knees. On "Well… All Right," Allison is drumming just on the cymbals.
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But as its fame grew, the band stayed behind in Texas, while Holly moved to New York in 1958. In February 1959, Holly was killed at the age of 22 in a plane accident along with fellow musicians Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson, also known at the Big Bopper. The tragedy inspired Don McLean's 1972 hit "American Pie."
After Holly's death, The Crickets continued as a band to tour and record together for decades, including recording the first version of "I Fought The Law," a Sonny Curtis tune that was a hit later for The Bobby Fuller Four. They backed the Everly Brothers and toured with Waylon Jennings, and they became well respected session players who worked with Bobby Vee, Eddie Cochran and Johnny Burnette.
The Crickets were voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012, while Holly was inducted in 1986 in the first class of inductees. Sullivan died in 2004 and Mauldin died in 2014. Allison and Gerron eventually divorced. Gerron died in 2018. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/jerry-allison-drummer-for-buddy-holly-and-texas-native-dead-at-82/3058052/ | 2022-08-26T19:06:28 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/jerry-allison-drummer-for-buddy-holly-and-texas-native-dead-at-82/3058052/ |
Casper police are looking for a man suspected of taking a woman against her will late Thursday night.
Joshua Charles Crook, 33, allegedly fired a weapon while driving with the woman on South Missouri Avenue. He should be considered armed and dangerous, a police statement said Friday.
Police say he fled when officers tried to pull him over, leading them on a chase that ended on Casper's west side.
Crook then reportedly ran from his car on foot, and officers could not find him in the area.
The woman was found unharmed, according to police.
Anyone who sees Crook should call 911, police said. If you have information related to the incident or his location, you can contact the Casper Police Department.
Crook is described as 5 feet 10 inches tall and around 180 pounds. | https://trib.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/casper-police-looking-for-man-accused-of-taking-woman-firing-shots/article_70999db8-255e-11ed-9e16-2bc8b5f5c5f3.html | 2022-08-26T19:10:28 | 1 | https://trib.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/casper-police-looking-for-man-accused-of-taking-woman-firing-shots/article_70999db8-255e-11ed-9e16-2bc8b5f5c5f3.html |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Preliminary estimates from East Tennessee State University (ETSU) saw higher enrollment this school year, school officials say.
According to a release from the school, over 2,000 new students enrolled in the fall semester. Those numbers are a 9% increase from last year and a 23% increase from 2020, the release said.
“ETSU is increasingly being recognized as a destination school,” President Brian Noland said. “Students in the region — and well beyond — are coming to ETSU for our world-class programs and the unique experiences we offer on campus.”
The average ACT of an incoming ETSU student was reported at 23, and the high school GPAs of new students averaged 3.53.
Dual enrollment in the university increased by 40% compared to 2021, and enrollment from nearby Virginia and North Carolina counties increased by 75%.
The rise represents a rebound from plummeting enrollment rates during peak COVID-19 lockdown measures, school officials said.
“Many students skipped college altogether during that time or took time off to deal with personal issues,” said Joe Sherlin, vice president for student life and enrollment. “We’re working hard to get them back.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/early-data-show-etsu-enrollment-increase/ | 2022-08-26T19:10:34 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/early-data-show-etsu-enrollment-increase/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — If a former special prosecutor suing Johnson City and its police chief didn’t report police corruption allegations to the local district attorney’s office, City Manager Cathy Ball wants the local DA or Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) to conduct its own preliminary investigation.
Ball’s office hand-delivered a letter to District Attorney Ken Baldwin Wednesday that specifically mentioned a paragraph referencing potential police payoffs in Kateri “Kat” Dahl’s June 23 federal lawsuit against Johnson City police chief Karl Turner and three unnamed police officers. Turner’s signature is also on the letter.
The section references a “Jane Doe 8” — an alleged rape victim of the man known as “Robert Voe” who is central to the lawsuit — and says she and other witnesses Dahl spoke with said “Voe” got away with criminal behavior “By paying Johnson City Police officers off.”
Dahl’s suit says Jane Doe 8 reported seeing Johnson City Police Department (JCPD) officers exchanging “unknown things” with “Voe” at his condo that made her “fearful that ‘Voe’ was bribing law enforcement at Johnson City.”
Ball’s letter references the lawsuit’s claim that Dahl knew who the officers were based on Jane Doe 8’s description of their appearances and voices.
It states Ball’s presumption that Dahl would have reported any evidence of potential police corruption to Baldwin’s office and says if Dahl didn’t, the city wants the DA or TBI to launch a preliminary inquiry.
Any full investigation, the letter says, would be based on evidence Dahl possesses and “her ability to identify Johnson City officers she is accusing of corruption.” In a footnote, it adds that Turner and the city don’t know the identity of Jane Doe 8.
The city’s legal answer to Dahl’s lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court references the letter as well, saying that if Dahl hasn’t “already reported her alleged ‘evidence’ of corruption” to authorities “Johnson City and Chief Turner demand that she do so immediately.”
While Dahl’s lawsuit does not explicitly accuse JCPD or any officers of corruption, it does allege there was either corruption or “plain incompetence” that led to the failure to apprehend “Voe.”
Before it mentions “officers she is accusing of corruption,” Ball’s letter also acknowledges that “she appears to allege” the department, Turner “or at least certain officers” are corrupt.
The answer in court is more direct. It states “Dahl accuses unnamed Johnson City officers of receiving pay offs by ‘Voe.'” It also states that the city and Turner will request that Dahl and “Jane Doe 8” be interviewed as part of the preliminary investigation.
“The City of Johnson City and Chief Turner will cooperate fully with your office and/or the TBI in any investigation considered warranted by your office based on the allegations made by Attorney Dahl,” the letter states. It was also sent to Dahl’s attorneys.
News Channel 11 has emailed Baldwin’s office asking whether Dahl had already presented evidence to them regarding this particular corruption allegation or whether, if she hasn’t, they have plans to launch a preliminary investigation or solicit one from the TBI.
You can read the letter here: | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/johnson-city-to-da-investigate-our-police-if-ex-prosecutor-didnt-report-her-corruption-allegations/ | 2022-08-26T19:10:46 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/johnson-city-to-da-investigate-our-police-if-ex-prosecutor-didnt-report-her-corruption-allegations/ |
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — A 32-year-old man's body was found Friday afternoon along the eastbound shoulder of Interstate 4, west of US-301, according to Florida Highway Patrol.
The Riviera Beach man had reportedly been dead between 12 to 24 hours before he was found, troopers wrote in a statement.
It's unclear how the man died or how he may have ended up on the side of the interstate. FHP says "there is no suspect information."
Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to contact the FHP by calling *347 or Crime Stoppers at **TIPS. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/riveria-beach-man-dead-interstate-4/67-d29b85cf-8b80-40ad-892d-0adb5a68a00c | 2022-08-26T19:13:15 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/riveria-beach-man-dead-interstate-4/67-d29b85cf-8b80-40ad-892d-0adb5a68a00c |
SARASOTA, Fla. — When you're out near the water, it's a positive sign to see dolphins enjoying the bay. Thanks to a one million dollar grant from the Barancik Foundation, the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program will be able to continue to better understand how they thrive in our shared ecosystem.
The program is the world's longest longitudinal study of dolphins in the wild. The researchers have been collecting data through the Chicago Zoological Society since 1970.
Dr. Randy Wells, director of the SDRP, says it's important that there are no gaps in that knowledge since dolphins are sentinels of the waterways.
“The bottlenose dolphins that live here are here year after year, month after month, generation after generation. They swim through the same waters where we swim, they breathe the same air we breathe. They catch and eat the same fish that we catch and eat. They're large mammals. Things that are going to happen to us will happen to them first because they do everything at a greater level and faster rate than what we do,” Dr. Randy Wells said.
Wells says the grant will help them get their boats in the water and further their analysis for the next three years. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasota-dolphin-research-grant/67-cd6e76f3-e590-439e-a8b7-a5bb6d165e4f | 2022-08-26T19:13:16 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasota-dolphin-research-grant/67-cd6e76f3-e590-439e-a8b7-a5bb6d165e4f |
HOUSTON — Everything old is new again at NASA as they prepare to launch the unmanned Orion spacecraft to the moon. The first in a series of missions, NASA said the Artemis 1 mission will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration.
It's a critical test drive, of sorts, to check out Orion's systems in a spaceflight environment and how it performs on its re-entry, splashdown and recovery. NASA said a successful mission will demonstrate its capability to "extend human existence to the moon and beyond."
By "beyond," they mean Mars.
"When we think about Artemis, we focus a lot on the moon," said chief astronaut Reid Wiseman. "But I just want everybody in this room and everybody watching to remember our sights are not set on the Moon. Our sights are set clearly on Mars."
Artemis 1 launch details
- Launch date: Aug. 29, 2022 at 7:33 a.m. Central time
- Mission duration: 42 days, 3 hours, 20 minutes
- Total distance traveled: 1.3 miIlion miles
- Re-entry speed: 24,500 mph (Mach 32)
- Splashdown: Oct. 10, 2022
Next Monday, Orion will launch on board the "most powerful rocket in the world and fly farther than any spacecraft built for humans has ever flown," according to NASA. The SLS rocket will produce 8.8 million pounds of thrust during liftoff as it launches the nearly six-million-pounds Orion to orbit.
"Our teams have been working extremely hard for a very, very long time to get to this point and this is very special and we’re extremely excited,” said Artemis I flight director Rick LaBrode.
Unlike the Apollo missions to the moon in the late 60s and 70s, Orion will travel thousands of miles beyond the moon during the four to six-week mission.
“This is a mission that truly will do what hasn’t been done and learn what isn’t known,” said Mike Sarafin, Artemis I mission manager at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “It will blaze a trail that people will follow on the next Orion flight, pushing the edges of the envelope to prepare for that mission.”
To the moon and back
As Orion continues on its path from Earth orbit to the moon, it will be propelled by a service module provided by the European Space Agency. On future missions, the module will provide housing, air and water for astronauts.
To talk with mission control in Houston, Orion will communicate through the Deep Space Network.
The outbound trip to the moon will take several days. During this period, it will collect data and allow mission controllers to assess its performance.
After four to six weeks and a total distance traveled exceeding 1.3 million miles, the mission will end with a test of Orion’s capability to return safely to the Earth.
The spacecraft will splash down off the coast of Baja, California. Divers from the U.S. Navy and operations teams from NASA will approach in small boats from a recovery ship. The divers will inspect the spacecraft for hazards and hook up tow lines, and then engineers will tow the capsule into the recovery ship for its journey home.
What's next?
The second flight of Artemis will carry a crew on a different trajectory and test Orion’s critical systems with astronauts aboard.
Future exploration missions with crew aboard Orion will assemble and dock with a Gateway. NASA and its partners will use the gateway for deep-space operations "to extend human exploration farther into the solar system than ever before."
With the Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the moon with plans to eventually establish the first long-term presence on the moon.
With the experience and knowledge they gain from lunar exploration, NASA said it will be ready to take the next giant leap by sending the first astronauts to Mars. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/artemis-moon-mission/285-af46a3c7-da9a-4c3b-b938-fe9cc8d8e130 | 2022-08-26T19:13:22 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/artemis-moon-mission/285-af46a3c7-da9a-4c3b-b938-fe9cc8d8e130 |
VALPARAISO — A 51-year-old Chicago man is scheduled to be sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to threatening the life of Porter Superior Court Judge Christopher Buckley.
Fredrick Vincent is accused of telling another person at the Valparaiso courthouse that, "I am going to murder or kill Judge Buckley," the charging document reads.
The threat was allegedly made on April 19, 2021.
Vincent was charged with a Level 5 felony count of intimidation when the target is a judge or other court staff, court records show.
He was then arrested in November and is being held no bond at the Porter County jail as a result of allegations of failing to comply with probation from earlier battery, invasion of privacy and intimidation cases, according to the sheriff's department.
Vincent pleaded guilty earlier this month before Porter Superior Court Judge Mike Fish to a reduced Level 6 count of intimidation, according to the proposed plea agreement.
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The proposal calls for him to serve two years behind bars with all but time served suspended and spent on formal probation, records show. He will also be ordered to continue mental health treatment during probation or undertake any recommended by the probation department if his proposed plea agreement is accepted Monday by Fish.
The plea agreement says Vincent may transfer his probation to another state. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/chicago-man-faces-sentencing-after-pleading-guilty-to-threatening-life-of-porter-county-judge/article_362bcf63-0040-5e06-95b5-d96a059aefa1.html | 2022-08-26T19:17:31 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/chicago-man-faces-sentencing-after-pleading-guilty-to-threatening-life-of-porter-county-judge/article_362bcf63-0040-5e06-95b5-d96a059aefa1.html |
WATERLOO — Two men have been sentenced in connection with separate shootings outside the same nightclub in 2021.
Kalon Deon Bruce, 29, was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison on Aug. 19 for opening fire at Club Legacy on March 21, 2021
On Thursday Ted Alphonso Scott Jr., 32, was given two years of probation for allegedly driving while his passenger shot at people outside Club Legacy on April 3, 2021.
One person was shot in the leg in the March 2021 attack. Bruce pleaded guilty to charges of willful injury, intimidation with a weapon, felon in possession of a firearm and carrying weapons. His 10-year sentence will run concurrent with two years of federal time for a firearm charge stemming from a .45-caliber Springfield pistol found at his home on June 2, 2021.
No injuries were reported in the April 2021 shooting. Scott pleaded to an eluding charge as part of a deal that dismissed an intimidation charge. His passenger, Jyshawn Roberton, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on a gun charge for a 9 mm Taurus pistol he tossed from the car following the shooting.
Photos: Guns in Northeast Iowa crime cases
Photos: Guns in Northeast Iowa crime cases
Evidence photo of the Ruger 9mm pistol used to kill Jada Young-Mills in Waterloo in November 2020.
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Evidence photo of the .44-caliber revolver used to shoot Jean Smith at her Dundee home in March 2009.
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Evidence photo shows a 9mm Taurus PT92F handgun found in a couch during the search of 122 W. Wellington St. in January 2021.
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Hi-Point C9 9mm handgun police seized from Marcus DeShawn Harmon-Wright in April 2020.
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Court exhibit photo shows a shortened .22-caliber Mossberg Plinkster rifle seized in May 2019 that had the fingerprints of Devonner Coleman.
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Court exhibit photo shows a shortened .22-caliber Mossberg Plinkster rifle and bags of marijuana seized in May 2019 that had the fingerprints of Devonner Coleman.
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A SIG Sauer pistol investigators found near a truck parked at Dan Niebuhr’s Fairbank home in March 2019.
A SIG Sauer pistol investigators found near a truck parked at Dan Niebuhr’s Fairbank home in March 2019.
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Police seized four handguns in connection with an investigation into three shootings on Tuesday, April 7, 2015
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Court exhibit photo shows military-style rifles, a handgun and ammo found in a trunk during a March 12, 2016, traffic stop in Charles City.
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Prosecutors allege Kyle Hattrup pointed this Mossberg shotgun at an officer who went to his home after Hattrup allegedly started a fire in his parents’ garage in 2015.
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Prosecutors allege Kyle Hattrup pointed this Mossberg shotgun at an officer who went to his home after Hattrup allegedly started a fire in his parents’ garage in 2015.
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One of five shotgun shells found in the street near where Gary Lee Wilson collapsed after being shot in the early morning hours of Aug. 2, 2014.
Police found a shotgun shell after responding to a report of gunfire in the area of Linn and Cottage streets on Thursday, June 4, 2015.
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Police seized a .40-caliber Glock pistol found in Steve William Fordyce’s pickup truck shortly after Donald Harrington was shot on Locust Street in August 2015.
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A pistol and magazine sit in a squad car after police found the weapon in the backyard of a home following gunfire on West Parker Street on Sunday.
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Evidence photo shows a .40-caliber Smith and Wesson pistol ATF agents found in an Elma home were Michael Duane Strain was living in 2011.
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Court exhibit of a .50-caliber Desert Eagle pistol found while searching Damon Montano’s RV in July 2018.
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Exhibit from government's sentencing memo shows photo of three pistols found on Wayne Jones' phone.
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This .22-caliber Sig Sauer pistol was stolen during an April 2011 burglary to a home on William Drive. Police recovered it when they stopped Queshandis Seals in July 2014. Seals was found guilty of firearm and drug charges following trial in August 2015.
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A .22-caliber Chiappas Firearms pistol found during a May 2014 traffic accident in Dunkerton had been stolen from a New Franken, Wis., gun shop in May 2013.
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Police seized a .25-caliber Raven Arms pistol following a shooting at the former Rumors Bar on July 22, 2012.
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Waterloo police seized a 9mm Tec-9 handgun, left, and a .380-caliber Lorcin pistol while searching a home at 525 Locust St. on Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (COURTESY PHOTO)
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Evidence photo shows an AR-7 takedown rifle ATF agents found in an Elma home were Michael Duane Strain was living in 2011.
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Evidence photo of a refurbished Mosin Nagant, a Russian bolt-action surplus rifle ATF agents found when searching Michael Duane Strain’s Elma home in 2011.
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Authorities found this Ruger rifle during a June 6, 2017, search in Ossian while investigating opioid sales. The same gun had been seized in October 2012 during an investigation into a shooting in Calmar.
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Evidence photo showing a rifle seized during a search of an Ossian home during the investigation into furanyl fentanyl and heroin distribution on June 6, 2017.
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Police found a handgun, sawed-off shotgun and a shortened rifle in a Lehman Circle mobile home following a shooting Nov. 23, 2013.
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Authorities recovered an AK-47 style rifle, a 45-caliber handgun and a .40-caliber Glock handgun from Jeremiah Mumford and William Clayton following a bank robbery, chase and shootout that spanned two counties in October. A second rifle was found in the getaway vehicle. (Contributed photos)
Authorities recovered an AK-47 style rifle, a 45-caliber handgun and a .40-caliber Glock handgun from Jeremiah Mumford and William Clayton following a bank robbery, chase and shootout that spanned two counties in October. A second rifle was found in the getaway vehicle. (Contributed photos)
Authorities recovered an AK-47 style rifle, a 45-caliber handgun and a .40-caliber Glock handgun from Jeremiah Mumford and William Clayton following a bank robbery, chase and shootout that spanned two counties in October. A second rifle was found in the getaway vehicle. (Contributed photos)
Evidence photo shows a shotgun that ATF agents found in an Elma home were Michael Duane Strain was living in 2011.
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Authorities found this Remington shotgun during a June 6, 2017, search in Ossian while investigating opioid sales. The same gun had been seized in October 2012 after it was used in a shooting in Calmar.
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Police found this altered Mossburg shotgun in the back of a parked car in August 2013. On Dec. 31, 2013, jurors found Patrelle Green-Bowman guilty of felon in possession of a firearm and unauthorized possession of a sawed-off shotgun following trial.
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Police found this altered Mossburg shotgun in the back of a parked car in August 2013. On Dec. 31, 2013, jurors found Patrelle Green-Bowman guilty of felon in possession of a firearm and unauthorized possession of a sawed-off shotgun following trial.
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Authorities said a resident found this Smith & Wesson handgun in an alley in April 2014 a few blocks from a June 2013 fatal shooting. It was entered as evidence in the trial of Antonio Hutchins on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.
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Waterloo police said they found this .22-caliber Beretta handgun in an alley behind Travon Jones’ Iowa Street home in Cedar Falls in January 2015.
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Police photo of a .45-caliber handgun and a .22-caliber handgun recovered during the investigation into the death of Ronald Randall.
Waterloo police said they seized this H&R revolver in September 2017. The weapon was an exhibit in the trial of Davionte Dashawn Barksdale in February 2018.
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An AR-15 rifle recovered by police in a traffic stop following a July 2018 shooting in Waterloo.
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An AR-15 rifle recovered by police in a traffic stop following a July 2018 shooting in Waterloo.
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The .38-caliber revolver that Vickie Butler was shot with during an argument with Michael Fristo in October 2016. Fristo was acquitted of charges in the shooting following trial on Nov. 30, 2017.
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A photograph of the .357-magnum revolver prosecutors said was used to kill Robert Shannon as he sat in a car on Dec. 14, 2011. Introduced as evidence in the trial of Montez Caples on Oct. 31, 2012. (JEFF REINITZ/ Courier Staff Writer)
Police found a sawed-off Ithaca .410-bore shotgun in the back of Adrian Zarate’s girlfriend’s SUV when it was parked at the Isle Casino Hotel parking lot in October 2018.
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Police found a Jimenez Arms .380-caliber handgun with an obliterated seriall number in Adrian Zarate’s hotel room in October 2018.
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Savage Model 67F 20-gauge shotgun found while searching Levi Farren Miller’s West Mullan Avenue in Waterloo in February 2019.
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Crime scene photo shows were police found a shotgun resting in a cat dish while searching a Waterloo apartment on Feb. 2, 2019.
Police found this Ruger handgun under Delvonn Battles’ seat during a traffic stop in Waterloo in January 2013. The weapon was used in a Des Moines shooting in December 2012. (Contributed photo)
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The century-old Hotel Bethlehem has been named the best historic hotel in the country for the second straight year in the USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards.
The nine-story hotel at 437 Main St. bested a dozen other well-known hotels, including the Peabody Memphis — a perennial champion known for a daily procession of mallards to and from the lobby fountain — to the Grand Hotel on Michigan’s Mackinac Island.
“We couldn’t ask for a better way to celebrate our 100th anniversary,” managing partner Bruce Haines said in a statement. “We thank each and every person who voted throughout the four week contest period. We particularly thank our associates for their hard work to provide memorable experiences ... Retaining our ‘National Championship’ is a testament to our entire community.”
In a news release, USA Today said it was the fourth year its travel experts nominated the hotel and it maintained its No. 1 spot on the leader board through the voting period. In 2019, the hotel was named third best in the country, and in 2020 it was named second best.
“It’s a testament to the hard work our incredible hospitality teams put into every detail,” said Kelly Ronalds, director of room sales and guest experience. “I’m incredibly proud of how hard they’ve worked throughout the pandemic. This award belongs to all of them.”
The community will be invited to celebrate the win at a special event next month. Details will be announced within the next few weeks.
The hotel, a member of the prestigious Historic Hotels of America, part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, opened in May 1922 as a 200-room community hotel.
It was built on roughly the same spot as the First House that the Moravians built when they settled the land in 1741. The site also was the location of the Golden Eagle hotel for about 100 years.
Over the past century, presidents Bill Clinton, Gerald Ford, John F. Kennedy and Dwight D. Eisenhower, along with other prominent figures such as Amelia Earhart, Thomas Edison, Muhammad Ali and Ray Charles, have visited.
Today, the 125-room hotel is a lodging and entertainment facility, with 19 suites, two ballrooms, two restaurants and a gift shop showcasing women’s clothing and accessories.
In 2019, Historic Hotels of America named it the best historic hotel in its class of 76-200 rooms. | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-hotel-bethlehem-award-20220826-fc5plnhmnjajzblttvyqmgvc6m-story.html | 2022-08-26T19:18:37 | 0 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-hotel-bethlehem-award-20220826-fc5plnhmnjajzblttvyqmgvc6m-story.html |
Some 150 artworks from the collection of Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen will be auctioned at Christie's in New York this fall and are expected to bring in more than $1 billion in total, Christie's and Allen's estate announced Friday.
The works to be auctioned span 500 years of art history from Old Masters to the giants of modern art, Christie's said, adding that all proceeds will go to philanthropy.
Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with his childhood friend Bill Gates, died from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2018. In his lifetime he gave more than $2 billion to causes including ocean health, homelessness and advancing scientific research.
Highlights of the upcoming sale include Paul Cézanne's “La Montagne Sainte-Victoire,” completed in 1890 and estimated to sell for more than $100 million, and Jasper Johns' “Small False Start” from 1960, estimated at $50 million. Other details of the artworks to be auctioned were not released.
Guillaume Cerutti, Christie’s chief executive officer, said in a statement, “The inspirational figure of Paul Allen, the extraordinary quality and diversity of works, and the dedication of all proceeds to philanthropy, create a unique combination that will make the sale of the Paul G. Allen Collection an event of unprecedented magnitude.”
Jody Allen, Allen's sister and the executor of his estate, said, “These works mean so much to so many, and I know that Christie’s will ensure their respectful dispersal to generate tremendous value for philanthropic pursuits in accordance with Paul’s wishes.” | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/christies-to-auction-paul-allens-art-trove-valued-at-1b/3840330/ | 2022-08-26T19:21:57 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/christies-to-auction-paul-allens-art-trove-valued-at-1b/3840330/ |
ROSE HILL, Kan. (KSNW) — It took crews from multiple departments in Butler County several hours to bring a field fire under control.
Butler County Fire District #3 says the fire was reported around 5:15 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of SW 160th St and Tawakoni Rd., northeast of Rose Hill.
When crews arrived, they found over 40 acres burning, along with a hay baler and 46 bales. The fire had also spread to nearby woods. Because of the terrain and the difficulty in getting to where the fire started, crews from Andover, Douglas, and Augusta were called in to assist.
Crews eventually brought the fire under control. There are no reports of damage to any structures, and no one was hurt. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/hay-baler-ignites-fire-in-butler-county-field/ | 2022-08-26T19:27:12 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/hay-baler-ignites-fire-in-butler-county-field/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — With less than a week until Kansans can legally wager on sports, the Kansas Lottery has announced which sports wagering platforms will be available to the public on launch day.
Sports wagering in Kansas will begin with a soft launch at noon on Thursday, Sept. 1, followed by a full opening on Sept. 8.
As written in Senate Bill 84, each state-operated casino in Kansas can offer in-person sportsbooks and mobile sports betting on up to three platforms or applications. The partnerships are as follows:
- Hollywood Casino in Kansas City will have both in-person sportsbook and mobile sports betting available through Barstool Sports.
- Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane will have an in-person sportsbook and mobile sports betting available through FanDuel.
- Boot Hill Casino and Resort in Dodge City will offer mobile sports betting through DraftKings, with an in-person sports wagering date to be announced soon. In the interim, players are still welcome to visit Boot Hill Casino and Resort and place wagers via a mobile application.
- Kansas Crossing Casino in Pittsburg will offer mobile sports betting through BetMGM, Caesars, and PointsBet, with an in-person sports wagering date to be announced shortly. In the interim, players are still welcome to visit Kansas Crossing Casino and place wagers via a mobile application. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/kansas-names-the-approved-sports-betting-platforms/ | 2022-08-26T19:27:18 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/kansas-names-the-approved-sports-betting-platforms/ |
THOMASTON, Maine — The sale of a single painting by a member of the Wyeth family can make headlines in New England and the world. So, the prospect of a half dozen Wyeth works in a single sale, plus letters and photos, has a lot of collector interest in this weekend's sale at Thomaston Place Auction Gallery.
“I think it's historically significant,” Auctioneer and Gallery Owner Kaja Veilleux said.
The auction, in fact, features three generations of Wyeths — N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, and Jamie Wyeth — all of whom have been highly prized American artists for close to a century.
The Wyeth items are part of the personal collection of Artist and Gallery Owner Gary Haynes, who passed away last year and asked Veilleux to handle the sale of the collection, according to the auctioneer.
An initial assortment of other works was auctioned in July. The Wyeth portion was scheduled for the Thomaston Place August auction, which Veilleux said traditionally contains a significant amount of art.
The items include a “study," or sketch, of Abraham Lincoln by N.C Wyeth, done in preparation for his painting “Abraham Lincoln Delivering His Second Inaugural Address."
“This N.C. [painting] is a wonderful example of his ability to use charcoal and graphite," Veilleux said, as he pointed out the sketch. “Look at the sincerity in his face.”
The auction will have two Andrew Wyeth paintings, plus a photo of the artist and a letter and sketch from him. The prime Andrew Wyeth item is a large painting, titled “The Pantry," which Veilleux said could bring in as much as $150,000.
But, it may be the bold colors and unusual features of two Jamie Wyeth works that most excite collectors. Those include a study for the painting titled “Lighthouse," featuring the Tenant’s Harbor lighthouse in the background with a figure in front, dressed in a brilliant red uniform.
The other is titled “Kyle and the Influence," and shows a figure standing in front of a house on Monhegan Island, but the person has a large pumpkin covering his head.
“These are prime examples of his work. Both are favorites,” Veilleux said.
He said both should bring in significant bids, because Jamie Wyeth is now equally or more popular than his father and grandfather, thanks to younger buyers.
“It depends on the subject matter, “ Veilleux said. “The two we have, the lighthouse and the pumpkinhead, those two are iconic pieces of work by Jamie Wyeth, and he is known for doing these wonderful, whimsical assemblages of art. And that’s what makes him so unique and outstanding in composition, and the quality of his work.”
The auctioneer said he expects significant interest in both works, including from some museums hoping to expand their collections. The N.C. Wyeth and Andrew Wyeth paintings, he said, are more likely to be purchased by private collectors.
Wyeth art is just one part of a large assortment of hundreds of antiques and other collectible pieces that will be sold over the three-day weekend.
What are all the items worth?
The auctioneer said it all depends on who participates, and how much competition there will be for any one item.
The auction, he said, will determine the value. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/three-generations-of-wyeth-artwork-up-for-auction-this-weekend-paintings-history-money/97-94405a47-1df5-42b2-a715-db1693ed0b2f | 2022-08-26T19:30:47 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/three-generations-of-wyeth-artwork-up-for-auction-this-weekend-paintings-history-money/97-94405a47-1df5-42b2-a715-db1693ed0b2f |
BANGOR, Maine — The Portland Police Department is holding an in-person hiring event from 2 to 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29, at its headquarters stationed in the plaza at 109 Middle St.
A spokesperson with the department said the event requires no pre-registration.
Hiring police officers has gotten more and more challenging. The department wants to highlight that while the job is not for everybody, it's a rewarding job where you get to serve your community.
The Police Department is accepting applications for entry level and fully-certified lateral police officers. The department is looking to hire 10 officers to attend the January 2022 Maine Criminal Justice Academy, which lasts for 18-weeks and is a residential program.
David Argitis has been an officer for the department for more than 15 years. He shares with NEWS CENTER Maine that the initial hiring process is extensive and can take three to four months to complete. Thwn, once hired, officers attend an 18- week police academy followed by a 14-week field training program.
Argitis studied law and was for many years a criminal justice attorney, he decided to swtich gears and go into policing and do that role to better understand what was happening out on the field.
"And now that you are on the streets, what do you think throughout the years that this job has given you?" reporter Hannah Yechivi asked Argitis
"A greater perspective on different people and the circumstances they encounter, the challenges they encounter, especially in areas of mental health, immigrants that come into this country, the challenges they face, learning a lot about different cultures that they may not encounter in my every day life, and just how brief and fragile life can be. You see a lot of death and injury and things like that, and none of us are impermeable to that," Argitis said.
Regarding the telecommunicator positions, the Portland Regional Communications Center (PRCC) which works out of the Portland Police Department, provides emergency and non-emergency dispatch for Police, Fire, and Emergency Medical Services for the communities of Portland, South Portland, and Cape Elizabeth.
"My staff will take that call, enter the details, the address of the emergency, the name, phone number, any pertinent details, and then begin a response based on that information dispatching police, fire, or EMS," Alex Mumford, director of emergency communications, said. "Without telecommunicators, without 911 dispatchers, the whole public safety machine falls down. It's the vital link between the public, the person in distress or trouble, and the person that is going to go and respond to them."
Dispatchers answer 911 and non-emergency phones. After becoming proficient in this role, the next step is to train on the radio as a Police or Fire-EMS dispatcher.
The salary for a new dispatcher is $23.12 an hour after a six-month probationary period.
“Telecommunicators are highly trained professionals who are the ears and voice of public safety,” Mumford said. "As the first- first responder, they provide life-saving instructions over the phone and coordinate responses with police, firefighters and medics.”
Both roles are offering a $10,000 sign-on bonus, with a five year commitment, to new employees.
Click here for more information and more details on the positions. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/portland/portland-police-department-hiring-event-signing-bonus/97-ae5ed0b5-814a-45bf-b085-c80a8bfa497f | 2022-08-26T19:30:53 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/portland/portland-police-department-hiring-event-signing-bonus/97-ae5ed0b5-814a-45bf-b085-c80a8bfa497f |
The number of North Dakota counties considered at medium or high risk for coronavirus transmission dropped substantially over the past week, as COVID-19 cases continued to tail off.
The state's coronavirus dashboard, updated weekly on Fridays, showed 1,401 new COVID-19 cases in the past seven days, down 28% percent from the recent peak three weeks ago.
There are seven counties including Morton at high risk, down from 16 a week ago, and 21 counties including Burleigh at medium risk, down from 28. The number at low risk went from nine to 25.
County risk levels as determined by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can be found at https://bit.ly/3AfSY2A. The CDC recommends that people in high-risk areas wear a mask indoors in public and on public transportation, regardless of vaccination status. People in medium-risk areas who have conditions that make them prone to severe illness or are around others with such conditions should wear masks, according to federal guidance.
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There were 92 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in North Dakota over the past week, down from 114 the previous week. Coronavirus patients make up 4.9% of occupied inpatient beds and 7.3% of intensive care unit beds statewide, stable compared to last week.
Federal data showed one new virus-related death in North Dakota in the past week, raising the state's pandemic total to 2,330. County-level death data is not available. There have been 263,918 confirmed COVID-19 cases in North Dakota during the pandemic that began in March 2020.
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Federal data shows that North Dakota continues to have some of the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country: 67.3% of adults in the state are fully vaccinated, with the rate for all vaccine-eligible people -- age 5 and older -- at 60.9%. The national averages are 77.3% and 71.6%, respectively.
COVID-19 booster shots are recommended for people 12 and older. North Dakota's first booster rate is 46.5%, compared to 50% nationally. Second booster doses are available for three main groups of people:
- All adults 50 years and older.
- All people 12 years or older who are moderately to severely immunocompromised.
- Adults 18 to 49 years who received two doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.
State Health Department guidance and resources for businesses is at https://bit.ly/3w0DpKj.
Go to https://www.ndvax.org or https://bit.ly/3N3IMxb or call 866-207-2880 to see where COVID-19 vaccine is available. Information on free public testing and free test kits is at health.nd.gov/covidtesting. More detailed pandemic information is at www.health.nd.gov/coronavirus and https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/health/number-of-covid-19-high-risk-counties-in-north-dakota-drops-weekly-cases-decline/article_98acd682-2548-11ed-bcb2-1750c0adb876.html | 2022-08-26T19:32:21 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/health/number-of-covid-19-high-risk-counties-in-north-dakota-drops-weekly-cases-decline/article_98acd682-2548-11ed-bcb2-1750c0adb876.html |
DALLAS (KDAF) — North Texas is home to so many beautiful neighborhoods and living communities, which is probably why so many people are choosing the metroplex as their new home.
With access to so many great amenities, North Texas has everything you can ever want. In the spirit of celebrating how great North Texas is to live in, here is a list of the best neighborhoods North Texas has to offer, according to Niche.com:
- Cottonwood Creek South
- Heights Park
- Canyon Creek South
- Timberbrook
- Preston Highlands
- Canyon Creek North
- Greenwood Hills
- Campbell Green
- Douglass Community
- Arapaho
- Prestonwood Greenland Hills
For the full report, click here. | https://cw33.com/news/local/best-neighborhoods-to-live-in-north-texas-according-to-niche-com/ | 2022-08-26T19:37:55 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/best-neighborhoods-to-live-in-north-texas-according-to-niche-com/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Calling all dog lovers, Friday, Aug. 26, is National Dog Day. We can’t think of anything more deserving of love than man’s best friend themself.
So, in the spirit of National Dog Day, we are raising our glasses to dogs.
It looks like North Texas is getting in on the celebrations as well. The Dallas Police Department is celebrating their furry companions on Twitter.
Department officials tweeted, “Boop. This #NationalDogDay, a special thank you to our canine officers and their partners. Here are just some of our good boys and girls…..” | https://cw33.com/news/local/dallas-police-give-special-shoutout-to-its-dog-officers-for-national-dog-day/ | 2022-08-26T19:38:01 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/dallas-police-give-special-shoutout-to-its-dog-officers-for-national-dog-day/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Catalytic converter thefts are a serious problem many are facing in North Texas.
It only takes a criminal just a few minutes or less to steal your car’s catalytic converter. Criminals are going after these parts because they can get quick cash from the previous metals inside catalytic converters.
To make sure you are not a victim of theft, the Farmers Branch Police Department has released a list of helpful tips on how to prevent catalytic converter theft. Here is their list:
- Park in a garage or other secured area when possible
- Park in view of security or other cameras
- Other methods such as lighting, alarms or full catalytic converter cages may slow down the thieves or make them look elsewhere
According to the department, these are the top cars begin targeted in catalytic converter thefts
- Toyota Tundra
- Toyota Tacoma
- Mitsubishi Outlander
- Isuzu NPR
- Toyota Prius
- Toyota Sequoia
- Honda CRV
- Ford Econoline
- Ford F-Series
- Nissan NV 200 | https://cw33.com/news/local/here-are-some-tips-to-prevent-catalytic-converter-theft-from-farmers-branch-police/ | 2022-08-26T19:38:07 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/here-are-some-tips-to-prevent-catalytic-converter-theft-from-farmers-branch-police/ |
MOORESVILLE, Ind. — A Silver Alert is out for a man and 3-year-old boy missing from Mooresville, Indiana.
Those missing are:
- Steven Bryan, who is 3 feet, 5 inches tall and 32 pounds. He has brown hair and blue eyes.
- Caleb Blevins, 30, who is 6 feet tall and 225 pounds. He has brown hair with brown eyes.
They are believed to be with 29-year-old Deborah Bryan. She is 5 feet, 8 inches tall and 135 pounds. She has brown hair with hazel eyes. Deborah is believed to be in a Silver 2020 Toyota Rav4 SUV with Indiana plate VSH490.
Blevins and Steven were last seen on Wednesday, July 20.
If you have any information on Steven Bryan or Caleb Blevins, contact the Mooresville Police Department at 317-831-3434 or 911.
Amber Alert vs. Silver Alert: What's the difference?
There are specific standards a person's disappearance must meet in order for police to declare an Amber Alert or a Silver Alert.
Amber Alerts are for children under the age of 18 who are believed to have been abducted and in danger. Police also need to have information about a suspect and their car to issue an Amber Alert.
Silver Alerts are for missing and endangered adults or children. They are much more common for missing people. It was not until last year when the standards for Silver Alerts were expanded to include children.
In both situations, these alerts must be issued by police. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/silver-alert-issued-for-man-3yo-boy-missing-from-mooresville/531-89e4dd69-43c4-4ca9-bea8-065271065e69 | 2022-08-26T19:48:40 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/silver-alert-issued-for-man-3yo-boy-missing-from-mooresville/531-89e4dd69-43c4-4ca9-bea8-065271065e69 |
Individuals dealing with long or chronic COVID-19 are continuing to experience the adverse affects of the virus weeks, months, or even longer after initially catching the illness.
Long COVID occurs more frequently with those who had a severe initial illness when dealing with COVID-19, but according to the Centers for Disease Control, anyone who has had COVID, even mild or asymptomatic versions of it, can experience the effects of long COVID. The CDC estimates approximately 30% of people hospitalized for COVID have also had to deal with long COVID. For those who were not hospitalized, the CDC estimates about 13.3% of COVID sufferers have had one month or more of long COVID symptoms, along with about 2.5% have had three months or more of long COVID.
Many symptoms of long COVID include general symptoms of tiredness, fatigue, and fever, as well as other symptoms that are respiratory and heart related, neurological, and/or digestive.
If you have had long COVID or are continuing to deal with some of your COVID symptoms after getting infected, please reach out to Dayton Daily News health care reporter Samantha Wildow to share your story by emailing her at samantha.wildow@coxinc.com or sending her a message over Twitter @SamWildowDDN.
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NB I-17 reopened after pedestrian hit and killed
Ayana Hamilton
Arizona Republic
The Arizona Department of Public Safety investigated a crash that left one person dead after they walked in front of a box truck early Friday morning.
According to DPS, the accident occurred on the I-17 at milepost 234, New River. The northbound lanes were closed for an hour so the investigation could take place.
The road is now open to drivers. DPS has not released the names of the people involved. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-traffic/2022/08/26/crash-i-17-leaves-1-person-dead-lanes-reopened/7905300001/ | 2022-08-26T19:57:01 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-traffic/2022/08/26/crash-i-17-leaves-1-person-dead-lanes-reopened/7905300001/ |
1 dead, 1 hospitalized after standoff, police shooting in Glendale
A 48-year-old man died and his son was hospitalized after the son "exchanged gunfire" with officers during a domestic violence investigation near 67th and Glendale avenues on Thursday night.
Officers arrived at the scene around 8:30 p.m. after a call from a man who said he had been stabbed at a family gathering.
When police arrived, people there refused to come to the door and were not cooperating, according to Glendale Police Department. Officers said they then heard gunfire coming from the residence.
While officers were on the scene, a woman called police and claimed that she had called her father's phone and her brother answered, police said. The woman said her brother told her that he had shot their father.
Family members attempted to get a man later identified as 26-year-old Rafael Vargas-Olvera, to surrender to police, police said. As members of the SWAT team began to arrive, Vargas-Olvera continued to shoot at officers.
"During that exchange two SWAT officers fired and injured the suspect," said Glendale Police Department in a statement. "A K-9 was sent in to retrieve the suspect, who was taken to the hospital with critical injuries."
When officers entered the home, they found Antonio Vargas-Granados, 48, dead. It was unclear if Vargas-Granados was the person who initially called 911.
The son, Vargas-Olvera, was expected to survive his injuries. He was expected to face felony charges including homicide, aggravated assault and attempted murder to a police officer, according to police.
Reach breaking news reporter Haleigh Kochanski at hkochanski@arizonarepublic.com or on Twitter @HaleighKochans.
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1 dead in Phoenix double shooting; Shooter still at-large
Ayana Hamilton
Arizona Republic
Phoenix police responded to a radio call of a shooting near 25th and Adams streets around 9:30 p.m. Thursday . When they arrived, they found two women shot.
According to a news release, the women were both taken to the hospital.
The woman who died was identified as 37-year-old Latoya Davis. Officers expect the other woman to recover, but her name has not been released.
According to the police, no information about the shooter is available. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2022/08/26/phoenix-double-shooting-leaves-1-woman-dead-shooter-still-at-large/7903790001/ | 2022-08-26T19:57:13 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2022/08/26/phoenix-double-shooting-leaves-1-woman-dead-shooter-still-at-large/7903790001/ |
Barefoot Bay man arrested in connection to death of girlfriend, charged with murder
A 41-year-old Barefoot Bay man was arrested by Sheriff's Office deputies Thursday in connection to the Tuesday death of a 35-year-old Barefoot Bay woman.
William Chambless was charged with second-degree murder with a firearm and possession of a firearm by a felon. He is being held at Brevard County Jail without bond.
The Brevard County Sheriff's Office began investigating Tuesday, when deputies responded at about 1 a.m. to a report that Ashley Perala, with whom Chambless was in a relationship, had been shot at the couple's residence on Oriole Circle in Barefoot Bay, according to a statement prepared by Tod Goodyear, a spokesperson for the Sheriff's Office.
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Deputies found Perala inside the residence, where she was pronounced deceased, Goodyear said.
Chambless told deputies at the scene that he was in another room when he heard voices and a gunshot, Goodyear said. When he went to investigate, he found Perala.
The Sheriff's Office found "evidence that disputed the story of Chambless," Goodyear said, including a firearm outside the residence in an area where Chambless was seen following the shooting. The firearm matched the caliber used to shoot Perala.
Chambless was arrested Thursday on Tamarind Circle, less than 2 miles from his residence, according to an arrest affidavit.
Public defender Michael Pirolo, who was assigned to Chambless' case Friday, declined comment.
Finch Walker is a Breaking News Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Walker at 321-290-4744 or fwalker@floridatoday.com. Twitter: @_finchwalker | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2022/08/26/sheriffs-office-arrests-barefoot-bay-man-charge-murder/7884389001/ | 2022-08-26T20:04:16 | 1 | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2022/08/26/sheriffs-office-arrests-barefoot-bay-man-charge-murder/7884389001/ |
Carroll County Park tax among issues on Carroll ballot
CARROLLTON ‒ Among the property tax issues on the Nov. 8 ballot in Carroll County will be request to approve an additional levy to support the county Park District.
If approved, the 0.2-mill property tax would generate $221,700 annually. It would have a 10-year life cycle. The owner of a home valued at $100,000 would pay $7 a year in support of the tax.
"It is for operating," said Dale Alexander, park district director. "We also hope to fund certain projects in the county where townships need assistance with play equipment. We noticed that some parks lack safety surfacing. Some of their equipment is pretty old and needs to be replaced. And we may be able to help with that."
The county Park District maintains two parks: Carroll Community Park and Blue Bird Farm Park. Carroll County voters in 2021 tuned down a tax request also of 0.2-mill from the county Park District by a count of 2,841 to 2,132, which amounted to 57.13% against to 42.87% in favor.
Other issues on the Nov. 8 election ballot in Carroll County and in its various communities are:
- Carroll County Board of Developmental Disabilities: renewal of a 1-mill levy for 10 years with an annual yield at $904,190.
- Great Trail Joint Fire District: replacement of a 2-mill levy for five years with an annual yield of $364,000.
- Carrollton: renewal of a 1.2-mill general operating levy for five years with an annual yield of $65,000.
- Carrollton: renewal of a 2-mill fire protection levy for five years with an annual yield of $144,000.
- Dellroy: renewal of a 2-mill general operating levy for five years with an annual yield of $6,100.
- East Township: replacement of a 0.8-mill fire protection levy for five years with an annual yield of $26,000.
- Augusta Township: renewal of 1.1-mill fire protection levy for five years with an annual yield of $7,990.
- Center Township (including Carrollton village): renewal of a 0.5-mill cemetery maintenance levy for five years with an annual yield of $55,300.
- Orange Township: renewal of 0.9-mill road maintenance levy for five years with an annual yield of $97,170.
- Perry Township: renewal of 1-mill fire protection levy for five years with an annual yield of $68,150.
- Rose Township: renewal of a 2-mill road maintenance levy for five years with an annual yield of $70,070.
The requests to approve replacement versions of existing property taxes in the Malvern-based Great Trail Joint Fire District and East Township. If approved, would amount to a tax increase for property owners. That is because unlike a renewal, a replacement sets the taxation at the new property valuation level which tends to be higher.
The owner of a home valued at $100,000 would pay $70 a year to support the Great Trail property tax. And someone with a similarly priced home would pay $28 a year in support of the East Township replacement version of the existing fire protection levy.
There also will be two utility aggregation issues on the ballot for Center Township. One is for natural gas billing and the other for electricity. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2022/08/26/whats-on-the-nov-8-2022-ballot-in-carroll-county/65414516007/ | 2022-08-26T20:09:53 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2022/08/26/whats-on-the-nov-8-2022-ballot-in-carroll-county/65414516007/ |
SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. — A police search for a man near a Shippensburg treatment center has forced schools in the area to go into lockdown for safety reasons, a State Police spokesperson said Friday.
Police are looking for William Lewis, 32, in the area near the Roxbury Treatment Center on 601 Roxbury Road, according to Trooper Megan Frazer.
Lewis is described as a Black male, 5 feet, 7 inches tall, wearing black clothing. He has face tattoos, according to police.
Lewis may be armed, police said. Anyone who sees him should immediately call 911. Residents are advised not to approach or engage with Lewis, according to police.
Frazer said schools in the area have been locked down as a safety precaution.
The school district issued a statement, saying the lockdown is precautionary and dismissal will occur as soon as it's safe to do so.
"This emergency is in the area of Meadow Drive and Roxbury Ridge Apartments.
It is not at any school. School dismissal will occur as soon as it is safe to do so.
We apologize for any inconvenience. Please do not call the schools or come to the schools."
FOX43 will have more information as it becomes available. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/cumberland-county/police-search-shippensburg-schools-lockdown/521-cb111222-4c16-4fd5-92af-6f590c70c064 | 2022-08-26T20:12:09 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/cumberland-county/police-search-shippensburg-schools-lockdown/521-cb111222-4c16-4fd5-92af-6f590c70c064 |
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — A 3-year-old child was killed in an agricultural incident Friday morning in Lancaster County, according to police.
The incident was reported shortly after 11 a.m. at a farm on Sunnyside Road in Clay Township, Northern Lancaster County Regional Police said in a press release.
According to police, the victim was struck by the wheels of a horse-drawn farm wagon.
The child was pronounced dead at the scene by a member of the Lancaster County Coroner's Office.
NLCRPD conducted the on-scene phase of the investigation including scene documentation, image capture, and interviews of witnesses and family members.
The identification of the next of kin must be completed before there is a further release of any identification of the victim, police said. The department said further identification will be provided by the Lancaster County Coroner's Office.
Police did not release any further details about the incident. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county/deadly-farming-accident-clay-twp-lancaster-county/521-443fbe64-4c47-4763-aee9-319164ca8b6f | 2022-08-26T20:12:15 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county/deadly-farming-accident-clay-twp-lancaster-county/521-443fbe64-4c47-4763-aee9-319164ca8b6f |
METZ, W.Va. — Three people who died when a small plane crashed in West Virginia earlier this month were returning from a day trip on church business in Indiana when it went down in a severe thunderstorm, authorities said.
The single-engine plane was flying from Washington, Indiana, to Myerstown, Lebanon County, when it went down Aug. 11 in the Marion County community of Metz, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report.
According to air traffic control communications, the pilot and a controller were discussing a line of storms and ways to get around it. The plane entered an area of light precipitation when communications with the pilot stopped. The rainfall became heavier over the next six miles (10 kilometers) until reaching extreme intensity, the report said.
The plane went into a steep, descending turn that continued until tracking data was lost. The wreckage was found in a hilly, wooded area an hour after the accident.
The plane had undergone an annual inspection the day before the crash, the report said.
The Marion County sheriff's office has not released the names of the crash victims, but LNP | LancasterOnline identified two of the victims as Dwayne K. Weaver, 32, of East Earl, and Wesley K. Martin, 30, of Narvon.
Both were involved with Fresh Start Counseling Ministries in Indiana, according to LancasterOnline.
The identity of the third victim has not yet been released.
A message left with Sheriff Jimmy Riffle wasn’t immediately returned Thursday.
Metz is about 90 miles (145 kilometers) south of Pittsburgh. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county/deadly-plane-crash-myerstown-indiana/521-73e6b012-e7eb-4cc2-a2d1-1ab2c063d281 | 2022-08-26T20:12:21 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county/deadly-plane-crash-myerstown-indiana/521-73e6b012-e7eb-4cc2-a2d1-1ab2c063d281 |
A man wielding a hatchet was arrested following a police chase that involved three police agencies.
The police chase began in Nampa and continued into Meridian. The man, 39-year-old Michael Carlson, of Spanaway, Washington, was charged with felony aggravated assault, felony eluding, false imprisonment and resisting and obstructing officers, according to a Nampa Police Department press release.
Nampa Police made the arrest after being assisted in the pursuit by Meridian and Idaho State Police.
On Friday at 5:33 a.m., Nampa Police responded to a verbal disturbance report at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center. Police said the report was for a man blocking a woman’s vehicle with his vehicle.
“As officers were responding to the call, the reporting party updated Nampa dispatchers saying the man, who was not known to her, was now armed with a hatchet and threatening her with it,” the release said.
Officers then arrived on scene, and Carlson allegedly “immediately fled the scene in his vehicle and was pursued by Nampa Police officers eastbound on I-84 into Meridian.”
Nampa Police used a Pursuit Intervention Technique to stop the pursuit but then Carlson allegedly exited his vehicle with the hatchet and “remained non-compliant,” the police said.
Eventually, Nampa Police negotiated with Carlson to put the hatchet down and Carlson was taken into custody, according to Nampa police.
“We would also like to thank those traveling on I-84 and Ten Mile during this incident for their patience,” the release said. “A reminder for drivers: please remember that when you encounter police activity to pay attention to your driving, move over, and help keep everyone safe.”
Police pursuits are not a huge part of law enforcement, but they have high risks and high rewards, the Idaho Press previously reported. It’s unclear how many police chases result in death, but they kill about 323 people a year.
“It’s not an easy calculation at all,” Boise State Criminal Justice Professor Lisa Growette Bostaph previously told the Idaho Press. “It’s difficult because every situation is different.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/nampa-police-arrest-man-wielding-hatchet-after-police-pursuit/article_4a1f5800-2566-11ed-b18a-6bea9fc91338.html | 2022-08-26T20:14:36 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/nampa-police-arrest-man-wielding-hatchet-after-police-pursuit/article_4a1f5800-2566-11ed-b18a-6bea9fc91338.html |
“You don’t need to do anything or pay anyone to sign up for the new Student Debt Relief Plan,” Wasden said on Twitter Friday. “Nobody can get you in early, help you jump in line, or guarantee eligibility. Anybody who says they can or tries to charge you is a scammer.”
Within two days of Biden’s announcement of the new program on Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission Friday morning that scammers had glommed onto it. The FTC sent out a “Consumer Alert” headed, “Did you hear about the student loan announcements? Scammers did, too.”
Wasden advised Idahoans to ignore any such solicitations, and encouraged them to report them to the FTC at ReportFraud.ftc.gov, and also notify his office’s Consumer Protection Unit by filling out a consumer complaint form at the Attorney General’s website, ag.idaho.gov.
The Biden-Harris Administration’s new Student Debt Relief Plan will forgive student loan debt of up to $20,000 for those who qualified for and received Pell Grants, and up to $10,000 for those who did not, if their income is less than $125,000 a year for an individual or $250,000 for households.
For nearly 8 million borrowers, that relief will happen automatically, because the U.S. Department of Education has the borrowers’ income data. For borrowers for whom the department doesn’t already have the data, an application will be made available in the coming weeks. People can sign up for notification when the application is available at ed.gov/subscriptions.
The administration is also proposing changes to student loan repayment rules that would grant additional relief to lower- and middle-income borrowers. For notification on updates to those rules, people can sign up at the same U.S. Department of Education site, ed.gov/subscriptions.
Currently, required payments on federal student loans are on pause due to the pandemic, and have been since early 2020; the administration announced this week that that pause will be extended through Dec. 31, 2022, so payments will resume in January.
Another existing program, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, remains in effect through Oct. 31; borrowers who are employed by non-profits, the military, or federal, state, tribal or local government may be eligible to have all their student loans forgiven through that program. There’s more information on that online at PSLF.gov.
Betsy Z. Russell is the Boise bureau chief and state capitol reporter for the Idaho Press and Adams Publishing Group. Follow her on Twitter at @BetsyZRussell. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/wasden-warns-idahoans-to-beware-of-student-debt-forgiveness-scams/article_b147a802-2575-11ed-9f61-ff538f8ab6c3.html | 2022-08-26T20:14:36 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/wasden-warns-idahoans-to-beware-of-student-debt-forgiveness-scams/article_b147a802-2575-11ed-9f61-ff538f8ab6c3.html |
The Allen County commissioners suggested that local advocates concerned about operations at the Allen County Jail talk to criminal justice leaders as what happens inside the jail isn't under the the commissioners' purview.
Commissioner Nelson Peters said Friday -- one day after a federal judge gave the officials three months to settle on a site for a new jail -- that he still doesn't see any option aside from building a new confinement facility. He suggested that advocacy groups Help Not Handcuffs and ChangeMakers Fort Wayne talk to the criminal justice system about possible ways to reduce the jail population as that is not under the commissioners’ jurisdiction.
Commissioner Rich Beck agreed with Peters. Jail operations are under the Allen County Sheriff's Department's control, and the commissioners are responsible for making sure the jail has a facility to operate in.
“We are not involved with what takes place inside the jail,” Beck said. “We don’t make the arrests. We don’t prosecute. We don’t release. We don’t do anything inside the jail. We build the jail.”
The commissioners reiterated the role Friday in addressing overcrowding and understaffing issues at the county jail, one day after a federal judge gave the officials three months to settle on a site for the new facility.
The commissioners and the Allen County Sheriff’s Department have been ordered by U.S. District Judge Damon Leichty to improve conditions for inmates at the jail. A lawsuit filed by Vincent Morris and the American Civil Liberties Union, according to Leichty's ruling, showed that inmates’ constitutional rights had been violated as a result of overcrowding and understaffing.
The commissioners proposed a new confinement facility to replace the Allen County Jail could be built at 5080 Adams Center Road, where the sheriff’s department training facility is located. The commissioners have said they need 60 to 70 acres to build the new jail.
Many people — including the Help Not Handcuffs advocacy coalition and some Fort Wayne City Council members — have opposed the proposed southeast location that is near a few schools.
At Thursday’s hearing, the commissioners said they are considering three other sites on the east, west and south sides of Fort Wayne. Ted Storer, the commissioners’ attorney, said he would not disclose the specific locations because they are currently in negotiations.
Even though the commissioners were given an extension, the rest of the schedule from the court remains in tact, Peters said. The jail is required to be built by June 2026.
“We are not being held specifically to one site at this point, which I think was a fear going in,” Commissioner Nelson Peters said at the commissioners' Friday weekly meeting.
Peters commended the dozens of advocates with Help Not Handcuffs and ChangeMakers Fort Wayne who filled the federal court room and waited outside for available seating. Peters said their presence Thursday was impactful.
Peters said he is still confused when he hears Leichty say he isn’t requiring the county to build a new jail.
“The thing that immediately pops into my head is, ‘Then why if you’re not telling us to build a jail are we named in the lawsuit?’ Because that’s the only thing we can really do with respect to all of this,” Peters said. “But I knew it was a rhetorical question, so I’ll just leave that.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/commissioners-we-build-the-jail/article_44319480-2566-11ed-88ab-ab9c67b857c2.html | 2022-08-26T20:18:32 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/commissioners-we-build-the-jail/article_44319480-2566-11ed-88ab-ab9c67b857c2.html |
Fort Wayne City Council President Jason Arp is taking a look at running for mayor, he said in a Facebook post today.
Arp, R-4th, posted a photo to his campaign page on Facebook in which he's posting with the paperwork he filed Thursday to open an exploratory committee for a mayoral campaign. Arp has been on City Council since 2016.
Arp is not the first councilman to eye the mayor’s office in the 2023 election. Councilman Tom Didier, R-3rd, announced his bid for the Republican nomination to run for mayor more than a year ago.
Eddie Ribel, owner of the Street Chef food truck, has also said he is running for the Republican nomination for mayor next year.
Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters opened an exploratory committee for the same spot in September but announced in April that he had decided against the campaign.
The primary elections will be held in May. Mayor Tom Henry is currently running unopposed for the Democratic nomination seeking a fifth term. He was first elected in 2007. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fort-wayne-city-council-president-considers-run-for-mayor/article_b07612c4-256b-11ed-9540-6b46fc019789.html | 2022-08-26T20:18:33 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fort-wayne-city-council-president-considers-run-for-mayor/article_b07612c4-256b-11ed-9540-6b46fc019789.html |
The Indiana Recount Commission dismissed a recount petition in the Republican Primary race for the nomination in Indiana House District 32.
The commission voted unanimously to dismiss the petition, according to a news release.
Suzie Jaworowski filed the petition after an incredibly narrow defeat against Fred Glynn in May. However, she ultimately conceded last month, the Indianapolis Star reported, after a recount did not change the result.
Following Thursday's meeting, Glynn will now officially appear on the general election ballot this November as the Republican candidate in the district, which includes parts of central and east-central Indiana. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/local-politics/political-notebook/indiana-recount-commission-dismisses-petition/article_1255ffe0-255d-11ed-b3f3-6bd4a1a25c60.html | 2022-08-26T20:18:35 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/local-politics/political-notebook/indiana-recount-commission-dismisses-petition/article_1255ffe0-255d-11ed-b3f3-6bd4a1a25c60.html |
If his plea agreement goes through, Joshua Dube, 37, will not be convicted of the two felony murder charges against him, although he will be sentenced to 30 years in prison.
He’ll also be expected to testify in the trial of another suspect, Ronald Wayne Price, in the shooting deaths of Jennifer Dray, 40, and Amanda Shroyer, 30, on April 20, 2021.
Dube pleaded guilty Friday morning to three of the eight felonies against him -- robbery resulting in serious bodily injury, criminal confinement while armed with a deadly weapon and possession of methamphetamine.
Along with the two felony murder charges, the prosecution will also drop felony charges of possession of cocaine, possession of a narcotic drug and a sentence enhancement of using a firearm in commission of a felony where death results.
Felony murder charges differ from murder charges in that the deaths involved occurred during the commission of a felony. Felony murder has the same sentencing range as murder – 45 to 65 years.
Allen Superior Judge Fran Gull set Dube’s sentencing for 10 a.m. Feb. 24. Price’s trial is set for the week of Feb. 14, and Gull noted that Dube’s sentencing could be moved up if Price’s case is resolved before then.
The shootings that killed the two women started after Dube and Dray fought over the belongings of Dube’s brother-in-law, Walter Cash. Cash had been renting the home where the women died, and Dube and others believed Dray was responsible for Cash’s overdose death four days earlier.
“I walked in the house with my handgun out so she felt threatened,” Dube said at Friday’s plea hearing. Shroyer and Dray were locked in the bathroom, texting for help, according to court documents.
Dube said in court that he was the reason the women went into the bathroom and that Price came later and shot them.
Price accompanied Marina Zrnic acting as her bodyguard, according to court documents. Dube wanted Zrnic to take a Trailblazer he owned and Dray was driving, and he took a green duffel bag with drugs from the home.
Zrnic told police that Price pushed by her and started shooting. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/man-pleads-to-lesser-charges-in-double-slaying/article_baa03778-2568-11ed-abad-4f6f89739f11.html | 2022-08-26T20:18:35 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/man-pleads-to-lesser-charges-in-double-slaying/article_baa03778-2568-11ed-abad-4f6f89739f11.html |
GREENSBORO- Guilford County Schools announced plans for its 2023 high school graduations on Friday.
Spring graduations will be held between May 24 and June 11.
The schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, May 24
Site: Greensboro Coliseum Swarm Fieldhouse
9 a.m. Early College at Guilford
11 a.m. Greensboro College Middle College
1 p.m. The Middle College at UNCG
3 p.m. Kearns Academy
5 p.m. The Academy at Smith
Thursday, May 25
Site: Greensboro Coliseum Swarm Fieldhouse
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9 a.m. Middle College at GTCC High Point
11 a.m. Middle College at GTCC Greensboro
1 p.m. Middle College at GTCC Jamestown
3 p.m. STEM Early College at N.C. A&T
5 p.m. A&T Four Middle College at N.C. A&T
Wednesday, May 31
Site: Gateway Education Center Auditorium
3 p.m. Gateway Education Center
Site: Haynes-Inman Multi-Purpose Room
5 p.m. Haynes-Inman Education Center
Site: Greene Education Center Campus
6:30 p.m. Greene Education Center
Friday, June 9
Site: Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center
3 p.m. Smith High
5:30 p.m. Penn Griffin School for the Arts
7:30 p.m. Ragsdale High
Site: Greensboro Coliseum Arena
2 p.m. Grimsley High
6 p.m. Northwest High
Saturday, June 10
Site: Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center
10 a.m. Northeast High
2 p.m. Southern High
5:30 p.m. Western High
Site: Greensboro Coliseum Arena
9 a.m. Southeast High
12:30 p.m. Southwest High
4 p.m. Page High
7:30 p.m. High Point Central High
Sunday, June 11
Site: Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center
12 p.m. Eastern High
3 p.m. Weaver Academy
6 p.m. Andrews High
Site: Greensboro Coliseum Arena
1 p.m. Dudley High
5 p.m. Northern High
Thursday, August 10
Site: To be determined
6 p.m. Summer Graduation | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/guilford-county-schools-announces-graduation-schedule/article_87f2e374-2573-11ed-8c49-57c643098104.html | 2022-08-26T20:19:58 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/education/guilford-county-schools-announces-graduation-schedule/article_87f2e374-2573-11ed-8c49-57c643098104.html |
Richmond Public Schools is planning to purchase a 4,500 new Chromebooks for students after obtaining a $1.4 million federal grant this summer.
The money comes from a special Federal Communications Commission program intended to help school divisions and libraries set up students and families with laptops, modems, routers and other equipment for remote learning during the coronavirus pandemic.
Matthew Stanley, director of advocacy and outreach for the school division, said that the the funding will partially replace $10.2 million that the School Board cut from this year's annual budget for new laptops.
"The (Emergency Connectivity Fund grant) allows us to maintain RPS as a 1:1 division given the recent cuts," he said, explaining that the money will make it so that all students will have access to a Chromebook. "We have until at least December 2023 to spend this funding and plan to wait as long as possible to purchase devices to maximize their warrant periods."
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Stanley said that the money should cover the cost of about 4,500 new devices, depending on cost at time of purchase and any additional features the division decides to buy. He said the grant does not require an appropriation vote by the School Board.
U.S. Rep. Don McEachin, D-4th, announced the grant award for Richmond on Wednesday.
It currently takes up to a year for a new recruit in the Richmond Fire Department to become a full-fledged firefighter. Department officials want to cut that time down to as few as three months.
He said the funding will help "close the homework gap, provide students with the resources and equipment they need, and support faculty and school staff in their efforts."
"Investing in our youth is always a smart decision," he said. "I look forward to seeing this federal funding be put to good use here in Richmond."
Though he is pleased that the funding will allow the division to ensure that all students get laptops, School Board member Jonathan Young said he remains concerned after an internal audit found that 1,750 former students still have laptops and that roughly 20,000 of them are sitting idle.
Since March 2020, Richmond Public Schools has purchased approximately 36,000 Chromebook laptop computers for a total of $12.6 million, according to the division’s financial records system. The computers were purchased with money from a variety of state and federal funds.
"I'm grateful, but the truth is since Congress opened the spigot to presumably provide COVID relief, I'm unsure if this board and this administration has spent that money in a prudent way," Young said.
"Am I ecstatic that we're going to remain a 1:1 district? Yes, of course. However, I do think that in our rush we failed to invest in safeguards. ... we've fallen short." | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/fcc-grants-1-4-million-for-richmond-schools-to-buy-new-student-chromebooks/article_9762421d-f573-53e3-b7cc-d07f3c474c37.html | 2022-08-26T20:20:51 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/fcc-grants-1-4-million-for-richmond-schools-to-buy-new-student-chromebooks/article_9762421d-f573-53e3-b7cc-d07f3c474c37.html |
BOISE, Idaho —
This story originally appeared in the Idaho Press.
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden is warning Idahoans that anyone contacting them about President Biden’s newly announced loan forgiveness program is likely a scammer.
“You don’t need to do anything or pay anyone to sign up for the new Student Debt Relief Plan,” Wasden said on Twitter Friday. “Nobody can get you in early, help you jump in line, or guarantee eligibility. Anybody who says they can or tries to charge you is a scammer.”
Within two days of Biden’s announcement of the new program on Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission Friday morning that scammers had glommed onto it. The FTC sent out a “Consumer Alert” headed, “Did you hear about the student loan announcements? Scammers did, too.”
Wasden advised Idahoans to ignore any such solicitations, and encouraged them to report them to the FTC at ReportFraud.ftc.gov, and also notify his office’s Consumer Protection Unit by filling out a consumer complaint form at the Attorney General’s website, ag.idaho.gov.
The Biden-Harris Administration’s new Student Debt Relief Plan will forgive student loan debt of up to $20,000 for those who qualified for and received Pell Grants, and up to $10,000 for those who did not, if their income is less than $125,000 a year for an individual or $250,000 for households.
For nearly 8 million borrowers, that relief will happen automatically, because the U.S. Department of Education has the borrowers’ income data. For borrowers for whom the department doesn’t already have the data, an application will be made available in the coming weeks. People can sign up for notification when the application is available at ed.gov/subscriptions.
The administration is also proposing changes to student loan repayment rules that would grant additional relief to lower- and middle-income borrowers. For notification on updates to those rules, people can sign up at the same U.S. Department of Education site, ed.gov/subscriptions.
Currently, required payments on federal student loans are on pause due to the pandemic, and have been since early 2020; the administration announced this week that that pause will be extended through Dec. 31, 2022, so payments will resume in January.
Another existing program, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, remains in effect through Oct. 31; borrowers who are employed by non-profits, the military, or federal, state, tribal or local government may be eligible to have all their student loans forgiven through that program. There’s more information on that online at PSLF.gov.
Betsy Z. Russell is the Boise bureau chief and state capitol reporter for the Idaho Press and Adams Publishing Group. Follow her on Twitter at @BetsyZRussell.
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Five more busloads of migrants who crossed the border from Mexico into Texas reached New York City on Wednesday as Gov. Greg Abbott escalated his feud with the city’s mayor with a victory lap op-ed in the New York Post.
The latest group of buses is the biggest to reach the East Coast city in one day since Abbott began the policy in early August, according to Fox News. In the biting op-ed, the governor accused New York City Mayor Eric Adams of hypocrisy when it comes to his border policies.
“Adams talked the talk about being a sanctuary city — welcoming illegal immigrants into the Big Apple with warm hospitality,” Abbott wrote. “Talk is cheap. When pressed into fulfilling such ill-considered policies, he wants to condemn anyone who is pressing him to walk the walk.”
The New York arrivals are an expansion of Abbott’s plan to bus migrants voluntarily to Washington, D.C., in April — an effort that was initially designed to antagonize President Joe Biden as Abbott criticized him over border security. But in recent months, Abbott has gleefully stoked new feuds with the Democratic mayors in Washington and New York as they’ve complained about the impact of migrants in their cities.
"Mayor Adams is a hypocrite," Abbott's campaign Press Secretary Renae Eze said in a statement to The Texas Tribune. "He represents a self-declared sanctuary city, yet he’s complaining about a few hundred migrants being bused into his city. If the mayor wants a solution to this humanitarian crisis, he should stop complaining and call on President Biden to take immediate action to secure the border."
Bringing the dispute to the pages of one of the city’s newspapers, Abbott admonished Adams for seeking federal help with the influx of migrants. Adams’ press secretary, Fabien Levy, has said on Twitter the city will continue to welcome asylum-seekers with “open arms” but admitted the city still needs support from Washington.
But as Abbott ratchets up his confrontation with the largest city in the U.S., questions have surfaced about the long-term effects of the governor’s busing policies.
Data from Syracuse University suggests that the movement from Texas to New York City may be opening an easier pathway to asylum for the migrants, helping them stay in the country longer. New York courts have approved just over 70% of asylum relief or other relief applications since 2001. Houston has denied nearly 88% of asylum-seekers. Dallas has denied over 72% of such applications.
Abbott's office did not respond to a question about whether his policy was increasing the odds migrants could stay longer in the country.
Some Republicans have observed the busing as a messaging stunt rather than an effective policy solution to the state’s border dilemmas. U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Houston, told CNN on Sunday that Abbott is “sending a message.”
“This isn’t a policy move,” Crenshaw told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “This is a move of desperation to get someone to pay attention to what we’re dealing with in Texas.”
While Crenshaw characterized the policy as an earnest attempt to draw attention to the Texas-Mexico border, others argued the move was a campaign tactic to keep Abbott’s name in the news in the middle of a competitive general election showdown.
Brandon Rottinghaus, a political scientist at the University of Houston, said the feud with New York makes Abbott a national name in the middle of his campaign against Democrat Beto O’Rourke and ahead of a possible presidential bid in 2024.
“Whether he runs for president or not is beside the point,” Rottinghaus said. “He’s national headline news, and that gets the attention of Republican donors and conservative activists around the country.”
But the tactic carries risk for Abbott. Rottinghaus warned that the governor may come off as insensitive in dealing with border issues, making it more difficult to court Latino voters.
“It’s such an unprecedented move, so it rallies Democrats in Texas and the rest of the nation to give, participate and vote,” Rottinghaus said. “This boosts Democrats in a normally sleepy midterm election and spikes donations for O’Rourke, who will need a massive war chest to be competitive in November.”
This story was originally published by The Texas Tribune. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/migrant-busses-new-york-washington-texas/285-0457c6f5-a002-4aaf-9395-39f387f62f3c | 2022-08-26T20:24:37 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/migrant-busses-new-york-washington-texas/285-0457c6f5-a002-4aaf-9395-39f387f62f3c |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A crash on Highway 99E near milepost 22 in Clackamas County early Thursday morning left one pedestrian dead, according to Oregon State Police.
At around 4:20 a.m., a blue Toyota Corolla reportedly hit a pedestrian who was walking in the lane of travel.
The pedestrian, 48-year-old Portland resident Jeremy Hofman, was taken by air ambulance to a local hospital and was later pronounced dead.
The 20-year-old driver was reportedly uninjured.
The crash closed down Highway 99E for approximately three hours while officials investigated the scene. | https://www.koin.com/local/clackamas-county/pedestrian-killed-in-early-morning-crash-on-hwy-99e/ | 2022-08-26T20:27:33 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/clackamas-county/pedestrian-killed-in-early-morning-crash-on-hwy-99e/ |
Students at the University of Arizona have been able to ride the streetcar on campus and downtown free of charge since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020.
Two-and-a-half years later, many students would like to make those free rides a permanent benefit of attending the UA. Now they have the chance to tell the Tucson City Council, which is set to make that decision in December, why it matters to them.
“I’m an out-of-state student, and right now the gas prices and car prices are not something I can afford,” said Avery Berger, a UA student who joined about 30 others at a forum hosted by Sun Tran Wednesday evening at the Student Union Memorial Center. “I’m here on scholarships. … I need it to get to school.”
Sun Tran is the company that owns Sun Link, the streetcar service, as well as most other public transportation services in Tucson, including the bus. Prior to the pause on charging for rides, UA students could buy a semester pass (which the university partly subsidized) for $98 a semester or $248 for a year. A single ride cost $4.50. It’s unclear if those prices would stay the same or increase with inflation if the council were to vote to reinstate ride fares.
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The council, which funds the operation of the Sun Link streetcar near campus as well as Sun Tran’s citywide bus services, used federal pandemic relief money to make fares free on both the bus and streetcar services early on in the pandemic. Despite those federal dollars dwindling, the council voted to include free fares in the city's general fund budget and will continue to offer free rides at least through the end of the year.
Keeping fares free for all public transit in Tucson, including the streetcar, would cost the city an estimated $800,000 to $1 million a month.
In the meantime, the council is working with Sun Tran to find out how important it is to Tucson residents, including the UA students who make up about 60% of streetcar riders, to have access to free public transportation.
At the forum Wednesday, representatives from Sun Tran and UA’s transportation division distributed surveys asking participants to give more detail about themselves and the perceived pros and cons of keeping fares free.
Safety is a concern
Aside from the obvious cost savings, safety is also top of mind for some students.
“My friends and I love to explore downtown especially at night and we’re always dependent on Sun Link for safety,” said Ayla Ahmad, a senior at the UA who has enjoyed Sun Link’s late night services. “It would be a deterrent if you were charging students. If they’re going out at night, they may decide to just walk home and that can be dangerous.”
Cindy Glysson, director of marketing and communication for Sun Tran, said that while “we want to make sure everyone has a chance to weigh in on the fare survey,” she reminded students that she has no control over the council’s final decision.
“I know they’re reading everything that comes in,” Glysson said. But, she added, “there’s so much more that goes into it. … It’s definitely a part of the decision but it’s not all of the decision.”
Could UA fully subsidize fares?
Members of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona want to make sure every UA student who has an opinion about the streetcar fares has a chance to fill out a survey. At Wednesday’s meeting, some students implied Sun Tran had not done thorough enough outreach to ensure every student was aware of the opportunity.
“I want to make sure we have some substantial conversations that lead to free fares for students,” said Patrick Robles, ASUA student body president. “At the same time, I also want to make sure that there is genuine outreach from the city’s angle to make sure that all of our voices here count.”
Sun Tran officials, who have worked with UA’s transportation division representatives, said they would make an effort to extend the survey’s deadline (it was originally the end of this week) and work with the student organization to reach out to a broader swath of students.
But regardless of the city’s final decision on bus and streetcar fares, UA students may have other avenues for keeping streetcar fares free.
“We could still figure out a way to make it free for us — meaning free to the customer, but we’d have to find a way to fund that,” said Jim Sayre, executive director of parking and transportation services at the UA. “Thinking about how that could be funded would be a great way for students to get engaged right now.”
To fill out Sun Tran's survey about free public transit, visit https://www.suntran.com/publicinput2022/ for more information.
Kathryn Palmer covers higher education for the Arizona Daily Star. Contact her via e-mail at kpalmer@tucson.com or her new phone number, 520-496-9010. | https://tucson.com/news/local/some-u-of-a-students-need-streetcar-want-fares-to-stay-free/article_6c4b52ba-249b-11ed-8dfe-af834a73b482.html | 2022-08-26T20:33:56 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/some-u-of-a-students-need-streetcar-want-fares-to-stay-free/article_6c4b52ba-249b-11ed-8dfe-af834a73b482.html |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento Kings announced Friday they and Arctos Sports Partners have officially entered a majority purchase agreement with the Sacramento River Cats.
The partnership comes after the Triple-A affiliate for the San Francisco Giants was owned by Susan Savage and her family for nearly two decades.
“My sons, Jeff and Brent, helped me continue what my late husband Art started back in 2000, providing fun, safe and family-friendly entertainment for everyone in the Sacramento region,” said Savage in a press release. “As our family looks to transition into new ventures, we identified the Sacramento Kings as the perfect strategic partner to continue this tradition while deepening the organization’s footprint in a region we all love."
According to the Kings, the teams will now work together to ensure the continuation of community involvement with greater impacts and investments.
Despite the change in majority ownership, Savage will remain in the ownership circle while operating as the River Cats' strategic business advisor, according to the Kings.
The team will also remain a Triple-A affiliate for the Giants under the Kings' ownership.
“We are thrilled to be partnering with Susan Savage and her family, who made the River Cats into a tremendous community asset with a great brand and tradition,” said Sacramento Kings Owner and Chairman Vivek Ranadivé in a press release. “We look forward to building on their inspiring legacy and continuing to provide families with memorable experiences.”
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STOCKTON, Calif. — Weekend freeway onramp closings in Stockton are expected to impact thousands of drivers on Interstate 5, Highway 99 and the city's arterial crosstown freeway, also known as State Route 4.
From 10 p.m. Thursday through 5 a.m. Monday, connector ramps from both north and southbound I-5 to and from the crosstown freeway will be closed for construction, Caltrans officials say.
At the same time, all onramps from both northbound and southbound Highway 99 to and from Stockton's crosstown freeway are also being closed.
The construction-caused closings will mean drivers won't be able to transition between I-5 and Highway 99, or access downtown using Stockton's crosstown freeway.
Instead, traffic on both I-5 and Highway 99 will continue north and south into and out of Stockton, with no interchange.
Detours that connect I-5 and Highway 99:
- Hammer Lane
- Eight Mile Road
- State Route 12 through Lodi
- State Route 120 through Manteca
Detours from I-5 to downtown:
- Charter Way to El Dorado Street (both northbound and southbound)
- Fremont Street (for southbound traffic)
- Pershing Avenue to Flora Street (for northbound traffic)
Detours from Highway 99 to downtown:
- Fremont Street (both northbound and southbound)
- Golden Gate Avenue to Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to California Street (both northbound and southbound)
During the 79-hour closing, the crosstown freeway's four other exits will remain open at Center Street, El Dorado Street, Stanislaus Street, Wilson Way and Filbert Street.
Community members in Midtown Stockton urge commuters to drive slowly and cautiously if using the Pershing Avenue exit as a detour.
Residents in the neighborhood have advocated to state and city officials in recent months for traffic improvements to the troublesome offramp at Pershing Avenue, which shoots freeway traffic directly into a residential community near Victory Park.
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Grapevine High School students walked out of class Friday morning in protest of new district policies that limit how teachers talk about race, gender and sexuality, impact which bathrooms transgender students can use and give trustees a greater say over what books are available in libraries.
The teenagers left class during third period as a stand against ideas they decry as transphobic and amount to a “gag” on teachers.
A divided school board passed the policies after hours of contentious public testimony Monday night. Trustee president Casey Ford – part of a conservative majority – said they reflected the community’s values.
But LGBTQ students and allies said they represent an erasure of queer identities and put kids in danger.
“Protect our rights” and “protect trans kids,” dozens of students chanted as they gathered outside the school.
Click here to read more on the protest from our partners at the Dallas Morning News. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/grapevine-students-stage-walkout-in-protest-of-transphobic-policies/3058103/ | 2022-08-26T20:41:50 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/grapevine-students-stage-walkout-in-protest-of-transphobic-policies/3058103/ |
AVALON — The borough's government is continuing to privatize its water and sewer services after approving a decade-long contract with a water management company that has already been servicing the municipality.
Under its newly awarded contract with Utility Service Affiliates, Inc., a subsidiary of Middlesex Water Company, the company oversee operations with the borough's storm water, sewer, and water services, officials said in a news release on Friday.
“This is great news for our community and an ideal example of how the privatization of essential municipal services works for the benefit of taxpayers”, Borough Mayor Martin Pagliughi said in a statement Friday.
Middlesex's contract with the borough was ending, and the company was the only interested provider in applying for a new agreement when the borough went out to bid, Administrative Assistant Kimberly Mastriana said Friday.
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The contract adds to a list of public services the borough outsources to private businesses, including management for trash collection and landscaping, officials said.
By putting water management into private hands, Pagliughi said, costs to taxpayers likely can be slashed, as the borough would save on short-and long-term costs for salaries, health insurance, and pension appropriations.
According to the borough's 2022 adopted budget, the municipality plans on spending $231,517 in salaries and wages for water and sewer services. Overall, it's appropriated slightly over $7 million for the utility.
“Middlesex Water has had a wonderful relationship with Avalon, and we are honored to continue the management of the water, sewer, and stormwater services into the next decade,' said Dennis Doll, CEO of Middlesex Water. “This partnership agreement allows Avalon to continue ownership of its very valuable utility, independently establish their own water and sewer rates, and rely on the expertise of our company to provide a very high level of management services while complying with all regulations required by the State of New Jersey."
The contract also adds to changes in the borough's management of its water and sewer system.
This year, the borough had new smart water meters installed at each of its properties, officials said, describing the revolutionary devices as "highly accurate.
The borough also simplified water and sewer payments for homeowners through direct debit and online payment methods.
Utility Service Affiliates Inc. will maintain the borough's entire system, collaborating with municipal professionals on repairs and penning long-term plans to improve water infrastructure, officials said.
“Middlesex Water is a regulated New Jersey utility company and the collective efforts of every member of their team makes this a win-win situation for the utility, and for the borough,"Pagliughi said. “We are confident for the next 10 years that these essential operations that impact the health, safety, and welfare of our community are in more than capable hands." | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/avalon-oks-new-contract-with-water-sewer-management-provider/article_fddf9496-256f-11ed-a6bd-3b7818c77eea.html | 2022-08-26T20:47:49 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/avalon-oks-new-contract-with-water-sewer-management-provider/article_fddf9496-256f-11ed-a6bd-3b7818c77eea.html |
HOUSTON — Everything old is new again at NASA as they prepare to launch the unmanned Orion spacecraft to the moon. The first in a series of missions, NASA said the Artemis 1 mission will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration.
It's a critical test drive, of sorts, to check out Orion's systems in a spaceflight environment and how it performs on its re-entry, splashdown and recovery. NASA said a successful mission will demonstrate its capability to "extend human existence to the moon and beyond."
By "beyond," they mean Mars.
"When we think about Artemis, we focus a lot on the moon," said chief astronaut Reid Wiseman. "But I just want everybody in this room and everybody watching to remember our sights are not set on the Moon. Our sights are set clearly on Mars."
Artemis 1 launch details
- Launch date: Aug. 29, 2022 at 7:33 a.m. Central time
- Mission duration: 42 days, 3 hours, 20 minutes
- Total distance traveled: 1.3 miIlion miles
- Re-entry speed: 24,500 mph (Mach 32)
- Splashdown: Oct. 10, 2022
Next Monday, Orion will launch on board the "most powerful rocket in the world and fly farther than any spacecraft built for humans has ever flown," according to NASA. The SLS rocket will produce 8.8 million pounds of thrust during liftoff as it launches the nearly six-million-pounds Orion to orbit.
"Our teams have been working extremely hard for a very, very long time to get to this point and this is very special and we’re extremely excited,” said Artemis I flight director Rick LaBrode.
Unlike the Apollo missions to the moon in the late 60s and 70s, Orion will travel thousands of miles beyond the moon during the four to six-week mission.
“This is a mission that truly will do what hasn’t been done and learn what isn’t known,” said Mike Sarafin, Artemis I mission manager at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “It will blaze a trail that people will follow on the next Orion flight, pushing the edges of the envelope to prepare for that mission.”
To the moon and back
As Orion continues on its path from Earth orbit to the moon, it will be propelled by a service module provided by the European Space Agency. On future missions, the module will provide housing, air and water for astronauts.
To talk with mission control in Houston, Orion will communicate through the Deep Space Network.
The outbound trip to the moon will take several days. During this period, it will collect data and allow mission controllers to assess its performance.
After four to six weeks and a total distance traveled exceeding 1.3 million miles, the mission will end with a test of Orion’s capability to return safely to the Earth.
The spacecraft will splash down off the coast of Baja, California. Divers from the U.S. Navy and operations teams from NASA will approach in small boats from a recovery ship. The divers will inspect the spacecraft for hazards and hook up tow lines, and then engineers will tow the capsule into the recovery ship for its journey home.
What's next?
The second flight of Artemis will carry a crew on a different trajectory and test Orion’s critical systems with astronauts aboard.
Future exploration missions with crew aboard Orion will assemble and dock with a Gateway. NASA and its partners will use the gateway for deep-space operations "to extend human exploration farther into the solar system than ever before."
With the Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the moon with plans to eventually establish the first long-term presence on the moon.
With the experience and knowledge they gain from lunar exploration, NASA said it will be ready to take the next giant leap by sending the first astronauts to Mars. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/artemis-moon-mission/285-af46a3c7-da9a-4c3b-b938-fe9cc8d8e130 | 2022-08-26T20:47:55 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/artemis-moon-mission/285-af46a3c7-da9a-4c3b-b938-fe9cc8d8e130 |
The high school football season started in the heat of summer with the sound of waves in the distance Friday morning.
Mainland Regional and Egg Harbor Township kicked off New Jersey’s first game at 10 a.m. in the Battle at the Beach showcase event at Ocean City High School, located a couple of hundred yards away from the beach.
Mainland got the season’s first win, 37-0. Mustangs senior running back Ja’Briel Mace scored the state's first touchdown with a 21-yard run in the second quarter.
Jamie Tyson starred for Mainland with a TD catch and fumble return for a score.
“It was just exciting,” Tyson said. “First football game in the state, I had a lot of fun. The scoreboard looks good. We’re looking good. It feels good.”
Friday was the start of what will be a historic season for New Jersey high school football. For the first time, the state will crown true public school state champions in the five enrollment groups.
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And while Friday’s season started in the sun and surf, it will end with championship games played in the cold of the first weekend of December. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/beach-ball-high-school-football-season-kicks-off-with-an-early-start-in-ocean-city/article_b7cbb57a-2579-11ed-9fdb-2f12d989e044.html | 2022-08-26T20:47:55 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/beach-ball-high-school-football-season-kicks-off-with-an-early-start-in-ocean-city/article_b7cbb57a-2579-11ed-9fdb-2f12d989e044.html |
MISSION, Texas — A child has died after they were found inside a vehicle outside an elementary school in Mission, Texas, on Thursday.
The child, who has not been identified, was only 5-years-old. He was found in the parking lot of Dr. Americo Peredes Elementary School. First responders attempted CPR, but they said nothing could be done.
Authorities spoke at the press conference, saying the matter is still under investigation and they did not take any questions. But, they did say, "To our community members -- we do pride ourselves to provide exceptional education on La Joya Independent School District and we continue to work collectively to do so."
The district also said counseling services would be offered to students and staff at the elementary school.
The nonprofit Kids and Cars said this is the 19th child to die in a hot car nationwide this year and the 4th in Texas. The state of Texas ranks #1 in the nation for child hot car deaths by a large margin with at least 150 child hot car deaths since 1991.
More than 1,000 children have died in hot cars since 1990 and at least another 7,300 survived with varying types and severities of injuries, according to data collected by Kids and Car Safety. Approximately 87% of children who die in hot cars are age 3 or younger and the majority (56%) were unknowingly left by an otherwise loving, responsible parent or caregiver.
“We are committed to the push for occupant detection technology in all cars immediately. As we continue our advocacy, children continue to die week after week. It is beyond heartbreaking," stated Janette Fennell, founder and president of Kids and Car Safety. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/child-dies-after-being-found-in-car-outside-mission-texas-elementary-school-hot-car-valley/273-6e6225c5-9175-40ad-8178-5ad04235ca0b | 2022-08-26T20:48:01 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/child-dies-after-being-found-in-car-outside-mission-texas-elementary-school-hot-car-valley/273-6e6225c5-9175-40ad-8178-5ad04235ca0b |
NORTH WILDWOOD — City police are investigating a burglary caused by two men captured on security footage.
The men allegedly burglarized an unnamed business near 25th Street and the Boardwalk on Aug. 11 around 3:30 a.m., police said.
They were last seen leaving the area in a white sedan believed to possibly be a Kia Stinger, police said.
Information about the suspects' identities should be handed over to the city police Detective Division at detectives@nwpd.org. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by texting "TIP NWPD," followed by the message, to 888777. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/north-wildwood-police-investigating-business-burglary/article_70dccffe-2575-11ed-9ad4-672f9dd51cb9.html | 2022-08-26T20:48:01 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/north-wildwood-police-investigating-business-burglary/article_70dccffe-2575-11ed-9ad4-672f9dd51cb9.html |
SOUTHLAKE, Texas — Lock your gates. Turn on your cameras.
Southlake Department of Public Safety is warning pool owners of a growing crime in the area – pool cleaner thefts.
The department says Southlake police officers have responded to at least eight thefts since May 2022. These devices cost anywhere from $700 to $2,000 each.
DPS is hoping residents take the following steps to prevent their cleaners from being stolen:
- Consider taking them out of the pool each night, out of the backyard and lock up out of sight.
- Get lights for your backyard area
- Notify neighbors to be aware if you’re out of town
- Consider adding a surveillance camera to catch help the thieves
“We’re constantly on neighborhood checks but we need your help to keep your gates, house, and pool cleaners secure. We have to deep end on each other to prevent theft,” the department said in a Facebook post. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/southlake-dps-warning-residents-of-pool-cleaner-thefts/287-19103010-872f-4b1c-82f3-515fe6edba6a | 2022-08-26T20:48:07 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/southlake-dps-warning-residents-of-pool-cleaner-thefts/287-19103010-872f-4b1c-82f3-515fe6edba6a |
Texas banned 10 financial firms from doing business with the state after Comptroller Glenn Hegar said Wednesday that they did not support the oil and gas industry.
Hegar, a Republican running for reelection in November, banned BlackRock Inc., and other banks and investment firms — as well as some investment funds within large banks such as Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan — from entering into most contracts with state and local entities after Hegar’s office said the firms “boycott” the fossil fuel sector.
Hegar sent inquiries to hundreds of financial companies earlier this year requesting information about whether they were avoiding investments in the oil and gas industry in favor of renewable energy companies. The survey was a result of a new Texas law that went into effect in September and prohibits most state agencies, as well as local governments, from contracting with firms that have cut ties with carbon-emitting energy companies.
State pension funds and local governments issuing municipal bonds will have to divest from the companies on the list, though there are some exemptions, Hegar said.
“The environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) movement has produced an opaque and perverse system in which some financial companies no longer make decisions in the best interest of their shareholders or their clients, but instead use their financial clout to push a social and political agenda shrouded in secrecy,” Hegar said in a written statement on Wednesday.
New York-based BlackRock, which has publicly embraced investing more in renewable energy, criticized Hegar’s decision.
“This is not a fact-based judgment,” a spokesperson for the company said in a written statement. “BlackRock does not boycott fossil fuels — investing over $100 billion in Texas energy companies on behalf of our clients proves that.
“Elected and appointed public officials have a duty to act in the best interests of the people they serve,” the spokesperson added. “Politicizing state pension funds, restricting access to investments, and impacting the financial returns of retirees, is not consistent with that duty.”
The other nine companies banned completely are: BNP Paribas SA, a French international banking group; Swiss-based Credit Suisse Group AG and UBS Group AG; Danske Bank A/S, a Danish multinational banking and financial services corporation; London-based Jupiter Fund Management PLC, a fund management group; Nordea Bank ABP, a European financial services group based in Finland; Schroders PLC, a British multinational asset management company; and Swedish banks Svenska Handelsbanken AB and Swedbank AB.
The funds within larger companies are aimed at sustainable investing, such as Goldman Sachs’ “Paris-aligned Climate US Large Cap Equity ETF” and JP Morgan’s “U.S. Sustainable Leaders Fund.”
Texas energy experts said the intent of the law, and Wednesday's announcement, was to punish financial firms that don’t want to invest in the backbone of Texas’ economy — oil and gas.
“But at the end of the day, it’s all about a rate of return,” said Ed Hirs, an energy economist at the University of Houston. “Quite honestly, fossil fuel companies, in particular oil and gas companies, have not been great performers in the (stock market) prior to this year.”
The Lone Star Chapter of the environmental group Sierra Club said Hegar’s “climate-denying publicity stunt will be costly for taxpayers.”
“Major financial institutions like the ones on this list are beginning to recognize that investments in fossil fuels bring significant risk in the face of an inevitable clean energy transition, and that addressing the financial risks of the climate crisis is essential to good business,” said Sierra Club Fossil-Free Finance Campaign Manager Ben Cushing. “The fact that the Texas Comptroller has arbitrarily picked a handful of companies that, despite their climate commitments, continue to have massive fossil fuel investments, shows that this is nothing more than a political stunt at Texas taxpayers’ expense.”
James Coleman, an energy law professor at Southern Methodist University, said there is political pressure driving both sides of this debate.
“Not just from those hoping to reign in fossil fuels, but also from those worried that moving away from fossil fuels is an economic harm,” Coleman said.
But Coleman said that “whenever the state limits the potential world that it can do business with, that potentially leaves some returns on the table.”
The actual impact on Texas taxpayers is hard to predict, said Felix Mormann, a Texas A&M University School of Law professor who studies energy and climate change. He called Wednesday’s move “a symbolic act by the Comptroller to protest the rise of ESG investing.”
“Will this announcement give a boost to Texas oil and gas companies? Morally, perhaps,” Mormann wrote in an email to The Texas Tribune. “But, financially, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and other Texas oil-and-gas majors play in the global league... In other words, I strongly doubt that the Comptroller is setting off the next oil-and-gas boom in Texas.”
As political campaigning heats up ahead of the November elections, Hegar this week also accused Harris County of slashing its spending on its constables’ offices, even though those offices would get big boosts to their budgets under a proposed budget. Republicans used Hegar’s accusation as an opportunity to criticize County Judge Lina Hidalgo, the county’s Democratic chief executive who is seen as a rising star in the party, as she faces a reelection battle in November.
Last week, Hegar announced he supports Texas repealing state taxes on menstrual products such as tampons and sanitary pads, a position echoed by Gov. Greg Abbott. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-boycott-companies-fossil-fuels/285-3eaa14fd-bda9-4da5-87a3-dae74322b227 | 2022-08-26T20:48:13 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-boycott-companies-fossil-fuels/285-3eaa14fd-bda9-4da5-87a3-dae74322b227 |
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Atlantic City Beach Patrol’s Vince Granese and Margate lifeguard Bob Bechtel teamed up Thursday to win the 16th annual Hammer Row at Seaview Harbor Beach.
Granese and Bechtel took the early lead and held it to win the 4-mile race by 32 seconds in 38 minutes, 12 seconds.
John Swift, an Atlantic City lifeguard, and Ventnor alum Matt Guerrieri were second in 38:44. Margate alum Carl Smallwood Jr. and son Hayden Smallwood, a current Margate guard, were third in 39:24.
The row went from Seaview Harbor Beach, located between Ocean City and Longport, through the Longport Bridge into the intra-coastal waters to Margate and back.
Granese, the Hammer Row winner last year with Sea Isle City’s Pat Scannapieco, has now won the race five times.
“We jumped out right at the start and kept it (the stroke rate) nice and low,” said Bechtel, 35, the stern. “Coming back we felt it (the headwind and current), but it was the same for everyone. We stayed out in the middle of the channel.
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“It’s nice rowing with Vince. This is a cool race because you can row with different partners (including those from other beach patrols).”
The Ventnor crew of Stacey Price and Meghan Holland was 20th overall and won the women’s division in 44:26. Atlantic City’s Julianna Granese (Vince’s sister) and Morgan Simpson were 22nd overall and second for the women in 45:51. Cape May’s Jen Rafter and AP Gray were 23rd overall and third in 46:17.
“This was a really fun way to end the season,” said Price.
Former Upper Township lifeguards Wayne MacMurray and Jim Gibbons finished eighth overall in 40:47 and won the alumnae category. Avalon’s Gary Nagle and sister Jada Nagle were 19th overall and took the mixed doubles division in 44:24.
Ocean City’s Brian Pasternak was the first paddleboarder to finish and he won the men’s prone paddleboard division in 41:54. Cape May’s Sarah Werner won the women’s prone paddleboard category in 49:36.
In the stand-up paddleboard divisions, Margate alum Zack Steiner was first for the men in 47:44, and Josie Lata of Pine Beach won for the women in 56:46.
The event honors the late Michael D. McGrath, a former Longport Beach Patrol Captain and rowing champion. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/vince-granese-bob-bechtel-win-hammer-row/article_6e15ee3c-24ed-11ed-bf47-1f89f0dc050b.html | 2022-08-26T20:48:14 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/vince-granese-bob-bechtel-win-hammer-row/article_6e15ee3c-24ed-11ed-bf47-1f89f0dc050b.html |
Former Athens Mayor James "Monte" Montgomery is headed to federal prison after pleading guilty to child obscenity violations, federal prosecutors say.
The DOJ said Thursday that Montgomery, 64, admitted to federal investigators he sent obscene materials to a minor. The Department of Justice said in a statement that the former mayor was arrested on June 3, 2021, after showing up at an undisclosed location after soliciting sex online with investigators posing as minors.
Investigators said that in June 2020, when Montgomery was mayor, he began communicating by text messaging with a person he believed to be a 15-year-old girl.
"Montgomery sent messages to the child describing sexually explicit acts that he wanted to perform on the child and offering to pay the child if she would meet him and have sex with him," the DOJ said in a statement.
Montgomery faces up to 10 years in prison. A sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled.
Following his arrest last summer, the City of Athens released a statement saying they were "shocked" to learn of Montgomery's arrest.
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"We were shocked to learn yesterday of Mr. Montgomery's arrest in Longview," the city said in a statement. "These are very serious allegations and the City of Athens does not take them lightly. We are committed to the protection and safety of our children. The City Council will be considering all possible actions as details become available. As this is a Longview Police Department investigation, we have no information beyond what has been reported by the news media."
Montgomery, whose term as mayor wasn't to expire until 2023, resigned June 4, 2021, the day after he was arrested.
This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/former-athens-mayor-pleads-guilty-to-child-obscenity-violations-faces-federal-prison-sentence/3058183/ | 2022-08-26T20:50:29 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/former-athens-mayor-pleads-guilty-to-child-obscenity-violations-faces-federal-prison-sentence/3058183/ |
LEXINGTON — Several ParkLands Foundation nature preserves in McLean and Woodford counties will be assisted by stewardship grants awarded by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
The Illinois Natural Areas Stewardship grant program aims to increase the delivery of stewardship activities to natural areas protected by the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission. For years, stewardship needs in natural areas have outpaced the ability to deliver these services by volunteer groups and government agencies.
ParkLands Foundation received about $100,000 to purchase a utility terrain vehicle and cargo trailer to support the mechanical and chemical removal of non-native invasive species and implement controlled burns.
The grant money also would enlist contractual services to support natural area management at Merwin Savanna Nature Preserve in McLean County, Ridgetop Hill Prairie Nature Preserve in Woodford County and Chinquapin Bluffs Land and Water Reserve in Woodford County.
In total, $500,000 was awarded for stewardship efforts at land trusts.
Photos: Merwin Preserve is a walk on the wild side | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/mclean-woodford-counties-receive-100k-for-natural-area-stewardship/article_01a61390-2550-11ed-90b1-cf5e23ff6074.html | 2022-08-26T20:51:12 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/mclean-woodford-counties-receive-100k-for-natural-area-stewardship/article_01a61390-2550-11ed-90b1-cf5e23ff6074.html |
All dolled up: Mini couture clothing collection on display at Kemp Center
Dallas-based couturier Judy Ninman laughingly says she emerged from the womb wearing lipstick and earrings. After seeing her work in fashion, there’s no reason to doubt her.
Growing up in Tulsa, she had begun making all of her clothes by the time she was in 6th grade. “I couldn’t babysit enough so that I could go the fabric store and buy fabric. I would make them so fast. We couldn’t buy it fast enough.”
“We couldn’t afford to buy all of the lines that were so popular at that time, but I could copy them,” she said.
Ninman remembers taking the bus downtown with friends to visit major department stores and try on clothes, which she would later duplicate. “I would take Chanels into a dressing room and take the measurements. At the time I could copy anything in a short period of time. in two days, sometimes.”
She would later earn her degree in fashion design and serve as the head of the Design Department for Bauder Fashion College, a private college in Arlington, Texas, from 1974 to 1981. The college focused on degrees in fashion merchandising, interior design and fashion design.
“Textiles was always my focus. I loved beautiful fabrics,” Ninman said. “I left the college to partner with Richard Brooks in 1983, who owned a couture fabric store in Inwood Village in Dallas. He and I started designing together, and I had my own private clientele. We also did a ready-to-wear line together. I maintained studio space there and had my own label. Everything was one of a kind. Anything a customer wanted; I could do. I could design dresses around jewelry along with specific gowns for balls and wedding dresses.”
Looking back to her elementary school days and her love of fashion, Ninman doesn’t really remember which came first. Her fascination with sewing her own clothes, or the amazing collection of doll clothes that her fraternal grandmother gifted her. Her grandmother’s collection is currently part of an exhibit in the Kemp Center for the Arts as “The Katy Collection,” which runs through September 17. The exhibit also includes a significant collection of couture for dolls that Ninman began making for her granddaughter Katy Arriola (hence “The Katy Collection”) a little over two years ago.
The dolls are approximately 18 inches tall, and the couture is very articulate, employing amazing fabrics made with both women’s seasoned skills and ideas. Because the pieces are behind glass (or are in shadow boxes) it’s easy to overlook some of the wonderful craftsmanship, details and fabric in the exhibit.
“My grandmother back then had made all of these clothes she gifted me for vintage dolls, “I adored and loved this collection. I kept them, showed them to my daughter who was never big on dolls but then one day I brought them out to show Katy.
“When I got them out, I was touching the fabrics and began visualizing the love and the passion, and the time that my grandmother put into those clothes. As a kid, I didn’t pay attention to that. Bringing them out again, it really stirred me,” she said. Ninman’s grandmother was a formidable figure, she said, who taught in a college but lived in Sheldon, Missouri, a town of 500 people. “She was very sophisticated and fashion forward and had an elegant taste and style.” I always wondered, “Where did she get the fabrics? Maybe Joplin? I would love to ask her.”
Katy enjoyed the dolls and the dresses Ninman showed, and shortly after she returned to school, the couturier began making a new wardrobe for the dolls.
“I have this treasure trove of fabric of imported silks, wools and laces and trims and buttons. Richard had the best fabrics,” she emphasized. “I didn’t buy one thing to make these clothes. Once I got started. I went nuts. I copied my daughter’s wedding dress and there’s a picture here with her in it. I just got carried with it.”
Everything Ninman made for the dolls is on display. 18 pieces, in addition to her grandmother’s vintage collection.
The couturier is not sure where the collection will lead to, “But I believe it’s important for people to feel their connectedness, their humanity to these things. How it represents where we are in our life, the way we dress. My grandparents were very instrumental in my life as I am with my granddaughter’s. I would love to tell my grandmother what has happened to these clothes she made. To me, it’s a tribute to her. It’s not so much about me but how I feel about her and Katy. I want this to be a representation for her.”
When the Dallas Museum of Art had a major Christian Dior exhibit recently, she took Katy who brought a sketch pad and sketched some of the Dior dresses.
Ninman’s exhibit should appeal to anyone who loves fashion. The pieces are timeless including a “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” dress and other pieces people will certainly recognize. The pieces are superb on an aesthetic level as well as fashion design and bring back memories. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/26/all-dolled-up-mini-couture-clothing-collection-on-display-at-kemp-center/65420155007/ | 2022-08-26T20:52:05 | 1 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/26/all-dolled-up-mini-couture-clothing-collection-on-display-at-kemp-center/65420155007/ |
Food bank gets Impact100 grant for mobile teaching kitchen
The Wichita Falls Area Food Bank will get a $114,000 award from Impact100 Wichita Falls, a women’s philanthropicorganization, to fund a ready-to-serve mobile teaching kitchen to provide nutrition education.
"This initiative will help parents learn through hands-on training and demonstrations. Kids will also be taught to prepare their own meals and make healthy decision at home," the donor group said in a news release.
The food bank was selected from among three nominees. To be eligible for consideration,applicants must be 501(c)3 organizations from Archer, Clay, Wichita and Wilbargercounties.
Impact100 Wichita Falls intends to grow its membership to offer high-impact grants in the areas of Arts & Culture,Education, Environment, Recreation, Preservation, Family and Health and Wellness.For more information about Impact100 Wichita Falls, or to become a member, visitwww.impact100wf.org or follow on Facebook or Instagram @Impact100wf. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/26/food-bank-gets-grant-for-mobile-teaching-kitchen/65420401007/ | 2022-08-26T20:52:11 | 0 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/26/food-bank-gets-grant-for-mobile-teaching-kitchen/65420401007/ |
Police, DA declare war on killer drug fentanyl
The Wichita Falls Police Department and the Wichita County District Attorney's Office are pulling out all the stops to fight a drug crisis they say has claimed at least 15 lives in the city so far in 2022. The drug is fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine.
"This is a terrible, terrible drug that is having very serious impact on our community. It's being distributed in our area in the form of counterfeit pills," Police Chief Manuel Borrego said.
He said a single fentanyl pill can cause death and abuse is common among people as young as 14.
Wichita County District Attorney John Gillespie put out a stern warning to anyone involved in fentanyl trafficking. He said his office will investigate deaths linked to the drug as homicides.
"We may charge them as manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide or even felony murder," Gillespie said.
He said even a suspected dealer who doesn't intend to kill anyone is not immune from homicide charges.
"We are going to bring all the tools to bear. We are sick and tired of seeing this in the community. We're going to send a message to the people that deal it - we are going to target you," the DA said.
Gillespie put veteran Criminal Chief Prosecutor Dobie Kosub in charge of the office's efforts. Kosub said a single pound of fentanyl can produce 250,000 lethal doses and pointed out 35 pounds of the drug was seized in Lawton two weeks ago
"How close is that to our community? If you deal fentanyl in Wichita County, we are coming for you," he said
Borrego said while medications containing fentanyl can be legally prescribed by doctors, the illegal trafficking is often done through the Dark Web, apps on phones or through acquaintances. He said users may think their pills are coming from a pharmaceutical company in the form of Percocet, Adderall or Xanax but are actually being made in clandestine labs in the U.S., Mexico or other countries.
Gillespie encouraged parents to talk to their children about the dangers of fentanyl.
"With other drugs like meth and the various drugs we've dealt with in the past parents usually had some runtime. They had signs their kids were into drugs and they could intervene. You don't have any runtime with this. One pill can do it," he said. "This is so scary because a kid may not know what they're getting. It can cause their lungs to stop working and cause almost immediate death."
The Centers for Disease Control reports that in the U.S., more than 56,000 people died from overdoses involving synthetic opioids in 2020 and those numbers accelerated in 2021.
"Most recent cases of fentanyl-related harm, overdose, and death in the U.S. are linked to illegally made fentanyl," the CDC said. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/26/police-da-declare-war-on-killer-drug-fentanyl/65458481007/ | 2022-08-26T20:52:17 | 0 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/26/police-da-declare-war-on-killer-drug-fentanyl/65458481007/ |
Centennial exhibit's treasures highlight MSU Texas' history of learning
With Midwestern State University marking its centennial, Tracee Robertson, director of the Wichita Falls Museum of Art at MSU Texas, wondered what the museum could do to be part of the celebration.
She wanted to display items that show the university’s academics and the wide range of learning that has taken place through the past 100 years and is happening now.
“When you learn about the objects that a university has, you learn more about the university’s story and perhaps feel more a part of it,” Robertson said.
With the help of undergraduate student Callie Bishop, Robertson and museum staff gathered pieces of collections from the Moffett Library and the individual colleges. The exhibition, “Belong, Connect, Discover: 100 Years of MSU Texas Treasures,” was created.
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It is on display through Oct. 1 at the museum at 2 Eureka Circle from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Extended hours are until 7 p.m. Thursdays and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Call the museum at 940-397-8900 for more information.
The exhibition is organized along a timeline with the diverse objects showing the broad scope of resources that MSU Texas has: geological specimens from the Kimbell School of Geosciences, X-ray equipment dating from 1900 through 1970 from The Shimadzu School of Radiologic Sciences Collection, art from the Ralph and Juanita Harvey School of Visual Arts and specimens from the McCoy College of Science, Mathematics & Engineering’s Department of Biology mammal collection.
Moffett Library has loaned centuries-old illuminated manuscript pages from the Nolan A. Moore III Heritage of Print Collection. Also from Moffett are maps from the Forrest D. Monahan Collection.
The former MSU Texas history professor collected more than 500 railroad maps, guides, photographs, journals and books about the American railroad system.
He was president of the Wichita Railroad Museum and was an expert on the North Texas and Oklahoma railroad system, which was instrumental in the development of Wichita Falls.
Photos of school children in Wichita Falls, New Mexico and Europe from the 1980s by artist Dick Hall once lined the walls of the Ferguson Building when it was home to the Gordon T. and Ellen West College of Education.
These candid photos, now part of the museum’s collection, capture moments where childhood and education overlap.
Museum collections highlighted are the Caldecott Collection, the quilt collection, and the C.A. Fuhs Collection of photographs. Fuhs’ photos show the boom town of Wichita Falls during the 1920s.
A Midwestern Aggies jacket from the 1950s reminds viewers of the area’s rich agricultural history.
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Grants from the Fain Foundation, Bryant Edwards Foundation and the J.S. Bridwell Foundation helped the museum compensate the undergraduate student.
Robertson said that seeing the objects is intended to strike a chord with viewers.
“That’s the purpose, to develop a sense of belonging by learning the stories that these objects tell," she said.
"The University’s collections tell the story of a place through time, of the people and milestones that make a place vibrant. They tell the story of a university where you also belong, contribute and have opportunity to shape the story for the future," she said.
In conjunction with the exhibition, the museum will present “30 Minutes with the Expert” at 5:30 p.m. Thursdays and 1:30 p.m. Saturdays in September with university personnel discussing aspects of the exhibition.
- 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1: Associate Professor of Biology Ray Willis.
- 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3: Professor of Biology William Cook.
- 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10: Chair and Prothro Distinguished Associate Professor of Geological Sciences Jonathan Price.
- 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15: Special Collections Librarian Alissa Russell.
- 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24: Professor of Radiological Sciences Beth Veale.
- 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1: WFMA at MSU Texas Curator of Collections and Exhibitions Danny Bills. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/26/wichita-falls-museum-of-art-centennial-exhibit-learning-at-msu-texas/65458491007/ | 2022-08-26T20:52:23 | 1 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/26/wichita-falls-museum-of-art-centennial-exhibit-learning-at-msu-texas/65458491007/ |
TAMPA, Fla — A crash involving a car and bicyclist Friday afternoon shut down a portion of East Fowler Avenue in Tampa.
Just before 4 p.m., police responded to the crash on East Fowler Avenue near University Mall. The bicyclist was transported to the hospital with serious injuries, police say.
The driver of the car remained on the scene. The Tampa Police Department said there are no concerns of impairment.
Westbound lanes of Fowler Avenue near 22nd Street were reduced to one lane while the investigation was underway. All lanes have since reopened to traffic. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/crash-car-bike-bicyclist-tampa/67-c7a01655-0cc6-44e6-a83f-5baea7e4a414 | 2022-08-26T20:53:50 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/crash-car-bike-bicyclist-tampa/67-c7a01655-0cc6-44e6-a83f-5baea7e4a414 |
TAMPA, Fla. — Ballot counting machines were working overtime at the Hillsborough Supervisor of Elections Office in Tampa, where an automatic recount is underway.
It comes after voters narrowly rejected a property tax increase to pay for teacher raises in the Hillsborough school district.
The difference in that election was just .26% and so now they’re counting those ballots again.
After testing its voting machines for accuracy, the Hillsborough Supervisor of Elections office started the process of rescanning early votes, mail-in votes and day-of votes.
“We’re going to rescan 228,800 and some ballots, over the next 18 hours they will be doing this,” Hillsborough Elections Supervisor Craig Latimer said.
The procedure, which is open to public observers, comes after two races in Hillsborough County fell within the half of a percentage point margin needed to trigger an automatic recount.
One recount will determine who enters a runoff in a local race for judge. The other issue is the Hillsborough Schools referendum.
“You can’t request a recount in Florida. You can’t pay for a recount in Florida,” Latimer said. “It’s in state law exactly what triggers that recount.”
The results of this recount should be known by Sunday morning.
However, if during the re-count process, the ballot margin was to narrow to just .25% it would then trigger a manual recount – a visual inspection of under votes where the machines found no vote has been cast, and over votes where it appears someone may have filled in both bubbles by accident.
There are only about 7,400 of those ballots which would need to be looked at again.
“We are using all of the machines that we have to rescan right now and, of course, plenty of personnel,” Latimer said. “We wanna get this over with too. We know a lot of people are in suspense about what’s going on.”
The Supervisor of Elections Office will continue recounting ballots until about 8 p.m. Friday night, and then resume the process in the morning.
In the end, none of the people we’ve spoken with – from the school board, to observers, even election watchers familiar with the process – expect the outcome rejecting the referendum will be overturned.
The elections office says right now they are aiming to release the result of the recount at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 28.
And as soon as we have those figures, look for an update here at 10TamapBay.com. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/property-tax-referendum-recount-hillsborough-county/67-a11da002-c6ff-404d-a2ad-80fbff382ab3 | 2022-08-26T20:53:56 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/property-tax-referendum-recount-hillsborough-county/67-a11da002-c6ff-404d-a2ad-80fbff382ab3 |
BRADENTON, Fla — Manatee County Sheriff's deputies are searching for a man who has not been seen in several days, the sheriff's office reports.
Family members of Daniel Zaritsky, 50, have reason to believe he is a danger to himself, authorities say. He was last known to be around 59th Avenue West in Bradenton.
Zaritsky was driving a 2002 Kia Sportage with a South Carolina tag reading 6701PX.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Manatee County Sheriff's Office at 941-747-3011. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/manateecounty/missing-man-bradenton-zaritsky/67-c63a8432-748a-4219-b140-c96f0b6955eb | 2022-08-26T20:54:02 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/manateecounty/missing-man-bradenton-zaritsky/67-c63a8432-748a-4219-b140-c96f0b6955eb |
What to Know
- An off-duty NYPD officer suffered a fractured skull during a violent attack and robbery in the Bronx, according to police.
- Police said that he was approached by three individuals, who repeatedly struck the victim in the head before taking off with his cellphone, keys and wallet — which contained multiple debit cards and forms of ID.
- Police revealed the suspects are wanted for a string of over one dozen robberies.
A person of interest wanted in connection to a violent attack and robbery on an off-duty NYPD officer that left him with a fractured skull is in custody, law enforcement sources tell News 4. That person is also wanted for a string of at least 19 robberies.
The latest attack, which involved the off-duty officer, occurred just before 11 a.m. Tuesday, when the officer may have been out for a morning jog. Police said that he was approached by three individuals, who repeatedly struck the victim in the head before taking off with his cellphone, keys and wallet — which contained multiple debit cards and forms of ID.
He was discovered by fellow officers lying wounded in the street near the intersection of Olmstead and Turnbull avenues in the Unionport neighborhood, right outside of the P.O. Serrano Playground. Police said he was bleeding from the ear.
The officer, identified as Muhammed Chowdhury, was taken to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was said to be in critical condition with a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain, police said. His family told News 4 on Wednesday that he is making steps toward recovery at the hospital, now able to open his eyes, talk and identify himself.
A cousin said that doctors told them that it was touch-and-go for a while, giving him "72 hours that the might recover or might not" before Chowdhury woke up.
"He’s in better shape, I should say. Thank glad he’s in better shape. Who knows what happens next. He was brutally attacked. His head is totally injured," said Mohammed Ali, a friend of the injured officer. "He’s a very good man, unfortunately what happens was disgusting. We can’t tolerate this."
The 48-year-old Chowdhury was assigned to Central Park, but was not on duty at the time of the alleged attack. He lives in the Castle Rock neighborhood, in a house he purchased recently (his family's first house) just a few blocks from where he was attacked.
Police are looking into whether the mugging might be part of an ongoing robbery pattern. Police later released images of three individuals allegedly involved in a string of robberies throughout the Bronx and Queens that have left nearly two dozen people attacked, the latest being against the officer.
Police said that the men are wanted for terrorizing the Bronx and Queens in a total of 19 robberies, saying the men are responsible for several violent car jackings, and allegedly using the stolen cars to commit other crimes.
Sources said that after attacking Chowdhury, an 18-year NYPD veteran, the three men fled in a black Honda Accord with New York license plates.
In a statement, Police Benevolence Association President Pat Lynch said "While we pray at our injured brother's bedside tonight, police officers across this city are searching for the cowards who did this to him. Make no mistake: we will find them."
The PBA boss went on to attack the justice system and lawmakers who "refuse to hold criminals accountable — not even a police officer can walk these streets safely."
There identities of the suspects were not yet made clear. A large ongoing investigation is underway.
"If it was up to me, I would take the law into my own hands for my friend. But the system doesn’t allow that," said Ali. "You can’t take law into your own hands, You have to work with the law.”
A woman who said she recognized the attackers said her family member was also attacked when he went out to get lunch.
"He was blocked in, cornered in at the stop sign. He was told to get out of the car and when he got out, a gun was out right in his temple of his head and they asked him to just give them the car and he let it go," said the woman, who did not wish to be identified.
With the robbers on the street, the victims’ friends and family are asking for the community to help out and speak up, as police continue their search.
“As we pray for the speedy recovery of this injured officer, the NYPD is actively investigating today’s attack on one of their own and is working tirelessly to bring the suspects to justice," Mayor Eric Adams' press secretary, Fabien Levy, said in a statement to News 4. "We will continue to work day in and day out to remove violent criminals from off the streets and end the unchecked violence in our city.” | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/bronx-off-duty-cop-mugging-person-of-interest-linked-to-19-robberies-in-custody-sources/3840807/ | 2022-08-26T20:55:10 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/bronx-off-duty-cop-mugging-person-of-interest-linked-to-19-robberies-in-custody-sources/3840807/ |
When you’re an adult and look back on the places that you spent time in as a kid, chances are, they feel remarkably smaller than you remember. But 12 years later, that’s not the case with the San Francisco Art Institute, the gray monolith that now sits alone and empty in Russian Hill.
The school, once famous for its maximalist Halloween parties and illustrious faculty, which included the likes of Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange and Mark Rothko, recently made headlines after it graduated its final class — marking the end of a 151-year saga as one of the oldest art institutions on the West Coast. In a somber July 15 press release, it announced that it couldn’t survive amid ongoing financial troubles, low enrollment and a failed USF acquisition that left the school gasping for air.
Like many former students and alumni, I have strong, mixed emotions about its closure and even stronger feelings about the complicated legacy it left behind. In many ways, it feels like I’m grieving the loss of a troubled relative or partner, one that I have had to push away but still share lifelong memories with.
Most of these memories are “firsts” that I got to experience in SFAI’s pre-college program: A monthlong summer program where teenagers got to live in a dorm in downtown San Francisco and simulate college life. When my parents dropped me off on the corner of Sutter and Taylor, I was just 15 years old.
I’m not being hyperbolic when I say that this program changed me: At the height of the indie sleaze era, it was where I first fell in love and had my first real kiss (unfortunately, it was actually at the AMC theater on Van Ness, but I usually spare that detail). It was where, for the first time, I felt a deep sense of community among my peers, some of whom I still stay in touch with well over a decade later. These experiences were invaluable, and my friend Jeremy Cain — whom I still exchange postcards with — says he met people “worth staying connected to for life.”
A year later, it only seemed natural to graduate high school early and enroll in SFAI’s bachelor degree program. I didn’t really know who I was yet, but I knew that I loved taking pictures, so I decided to pursue photography. But once I settled in, students around me started dropping out or transferring after just two semesters, sometimes less. That’s when I began to notice that many of us, including myself, were falling into a black hole of student loan debt — and without academic credits that transferred to public universities.
As of 2020, SFAI had just a 39.2% graduation rate, and it’s clear why: Previously, KQED’s Sarah Hotchkiss reported that a four-year degree from the “nonprofit” school cost nearly $280,000. The median tuition cost $45,664, a staggering $31,264 more than the average cost of special focus institutions, according to Data USA.
By the time I left as a sophomore, I had taken out enough student loans to buy a small 7-acre island in Nova Scotia.
So when I arrived at San Francisco City College’s administrative office and discovered that hardly any of my credits transferred to local state schools — meaning that I had to start all over — my mental health spiraled. So did my life’s course.
After years of “taking breaks” from school, working minimum wage jobs and navigating San Francisco State University’s strict matriculation standards, it made me question whether I even had the strength to get a degree at all. That’s when the panic attacks started. And the racing thoughts. And the dissociative episodes that nearly landed me in a hospital. Regardless, I maintained this emotional and financial balancing act for nearly a decade. Looking back, it nearly broke me.
Right now, my family is appealing to wipe out my student loans, but it’s not yet clear whether that burden will ever be lifted, or if my wounds will ever truly heal from this experience.
That’s why when I see poor, idiotic grassroots campaigns to save SFAI — an institution that was so cruelly expensive it forced 90% of domestic students to take out loans they will likely spend their whole lives paying back — I want to shake organizers by their shoulders and scream, “STOP.” There are so many ways to support artists, and the best way to do that is to give them money directly as opposed to letting some incompetent middleman fumble the bag.
Aside from the financial and emotional turmoil SFAI caused me, it also nearly prevented me from becoming the journalist I am today. Some of my instructors’ critiques were so unnecessarily harsh and personal, I actually quit taking photos for a while. I couldn’t stand getting torn down in front of my classmates for my shoddy darkroom work, even though I was trying the best I could. Years later, when I picked up my digital camera and started publishing photo essays for small news outlets, I finally became the photographer I always wanted to be. But I’m not the only student who took issue with the way we were sometimes critiqued by the teachers who were meant to help us.
“If I or another student didn’t make work in the exact way that they felt that we should, we were criticized pretty heavily for it,” said my friend Cat Beckstrand, a San Francisco photographer and SFAI alum who uses they/them pronouns. “I was kind of shocked to experience that in a fine art setting.”
Beckstrand, who transferred from community college and graduated from SFAI’s urban studies department, said the school was “classist” and inhospitable to low-income students. At the time, they say photography instructors told them to use entire rolls of film for just one project. These days, a roll of 35 mm black-and-white film costs anywhere from about $8.50 to $13. “And I remember telling my instructors I literally cannot afford to work that way and spend that much money on rolls,” they said. In response, instructors allegedly told them that “they didn’t care” and that they just had to “make it work.”
My own experience was quite similar. To this day, I’m still furious that one of my photography instructors derided me and my ideas in critique, only to use the same ones for their own editorial projects in The California Sunday Magazine and National Geographic years later.
When asked whether SFAI had programs to support low-income students, if a degree from SFAI still retained its academic value or if student loans would still have to be repaid, press representative Margot Frey tersely responded, “We don’t have any employees anymore, so we do not have anyone to answer these questions.”
“My entire art degree just feels like a receipt,” said Oskar Malone Peyak, who graduated in 2016. While he agrees that he had an incredible community of artists and professors, he concedes that the administration let down many students. He also said they dropped out or transferred because they couldn’t afford to keep paying the tuition. It’s a story that hits close to home. “It’s worked for some people, but like the majority, not really,” he continued. “... From an institutional standpoint, mostly everything I taught myself.”
Underneath SFAI’s Instagram post about its closure, one alum, Jerry Gogosian, commented that he paid $175,000 for a “useless” degree. “This school had a history of financial misappropriation, poor leadership, and NEGLIGENT education practices for its students,” he wrote. “It deserves to close.”
But on the contrary, some students say the SFAI experience was about more than just the classroom.
Anthony Russell, who graduated in 2012, cherished getting to learn from cult filmmaker George Kuchar and look up to legendary Bay Area artists Carlos Villa and Richard Berger. For Russell, SFAI was his “anchor” that brought him to the city and helped him build an artistic community. But he, too, noticed that few students graduated from the school.
He said he couldn’t afford to walk away from the “brutally expensive” institution since he had already sunk so much money into it. “I’m definitely mad. It was so expensive,” he said, “but I knew it would be, and I knew that it was not something that necessarily guaranteed me income to pay off the debt that I was accruing, but I don’t regret it.”
Russell, who works at the Lab, an arts nonprofit and performance space in San Francisco, gets by on art handling and voice acting gigs for adult films. He said that while college life at SFAI taught him how to socialize and establish friendships in the creative world, the school didn’t guide him on how to find a job and build a career. “I do wish that there was more instruction on how to navigate that professionally,” he said. I did, too.
A long time ago, while looking through school marketing materials and picking out classes for the fall semester, I read that SFAI made some of its students who they are today. But in my case, I’m relieved it didn’t. | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/closed-san-francisco-art-institute-left-debt-17398121.php | 2022-08-26T20:55:10 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/closed-san-francisco-art-institute-left-debt-17398121.php |
A New York City-owned golf course managed by former President Donald Trump’s business is expected to host a Saudi Arabia-supported women's tournament in October, city officials said Friday.
The plan to host the Aramco Team Series at the Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point in the Bronx comes after New York City's attempt to cancel Trump's contract to run the course was thrown out by a judge in April.
Former Mayor Bill de Blasio said shortly after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, that he was canceling Trump's contracts to run the golf course and several Central Park concessions. The Democratic mayor said the city had the legal right terminate a contract with a company whose leaders are engaged in criminal activity such as inciting an insurrection.
Manhattan state court Judge Debra James ruled that city’s claim that the Trump Organization had breached the contracts lacked any legal foundation.
The Aramco Team Series, first played in 2020 as the Saudi Ladies Team International, is financed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.
The Saudi fund is also backing the LIV Golf tour, set up as a rival to the PGA Tour, which played a tournament at Trump's Bedminster, New Jersey course last month.
Some family members of Sept. 11 victims who blame Saudi Arabia for the 2001 terror attacks criticized Trump for hosting the Saudi-backed tour.
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The Saudi government has denied any involvement in the attacks.
Messages seeking comment about Aramco's Oct. 13-15 tournament in New York City were sent to the Trump Organization and the Aramco Team Series.
Nick Paolucci, a spokesperson for the city law department, said, “As the decision in the previous administration’s court case displayed, contractually, the city is obligated to follow the terms of the Trump Ferry license agreement and cannot unreasonably withhold approval of this tournament.” | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/trumps-nyc-golf-course-to-host-saudi-backed-womens-event/3840822/ | 2022-08-26T20:55:10 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/trumps-nyc-golf-course-to-host-saudi-backed-womens-event/3840822/ |
Grants to fund new civics education, tutoring for Muncie students
MUNCIE, Ind. — Muncie Community Schools will participate in two grant-funded projects, one to develop a new civics education program, and the other to fund extra tutoring for students in math and language arts, school officials announced this week.
Civics education grant to Ball State
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Ball State University a grant totaling more than $1.3 million over three years for its project "Civic Renewal through Education for Agency," or CREATE. The project is aligned with the American History and Civics Education-National Activities program, which is funded by Congress as part of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Public Law 114–95, according to a release from Ball State.
In cooperation with Muncie Community Schools, Ball State will develop the project as an innovative approach to instruction, student learning and professional development in civics that will integrate American history, geography, government and media literacy.
Anand R. Marri, dean of Ball State University's Teachers College, and David J. Roof, associate professor of educational studies, will serve as co-principal investigators for the project. The team from Ball State also will include: Jill Bradley-Levine, associate professor of educational studies; Jerrell C. Cassady, professor of psychology-educational psychology; Kate H. Elliott, lecturer of journalism; and Michael T. Ndemanu, associate professor of multicultural education.
Once implemented, the CREATE project will have developed the following components:
- A Civic Learning Repository, with an extensive set of resources pertaining to civics, American history, geography, government, and media literacy.
- An extensive set of professional development opportunities for civics, history, and social studies teachers and administrators offered during the school year to enhance and multiply the resources and skills teachers bring to MCS’ civics and civics-related courses. One major focus of this will be parent, family and community engagement.
- A summer Civic Learning Academy for MCS teachers and selected students. This 14-day program will immerse at least 10 teachers annually in civics and history curriculum. The academy also will immerse at least 30 students annually in the same curriculum simultaneously with teachers, providing teachers an opportunity to see students co-direct their own civic learning and preparing students to model such agentic learning in their classrooms.
- An emphasis on teacher-initiated, student-designed civics and history projects and field trips. The CREATE project includes funding, allocated on a competitive basis, for teachers with innovative ideas, existing institutional resources, and identified opportunities for modeling constructive civic practices.
- An annual Civic Learning Symposium for teachers, students, project personnel, national experts, and other interested stakeholders. This annual symposium will involve national experts in civics and history as event speakers.
A new Indiana law that requires every middle school student in the state to take a civics course by 2023, with students in grades 6-8 required to take a semester-long civics course, but the law does not provide detailed guidance about course content and objectives or about how to prepare educators to design and teach such a course, according to the release.
“Ball State has demonstrated expertise in the development of evidence-based approaches to improve the quality of American civics instruction, as well as innovative learning and teaching related to history, government, geography, and media literacy,” Roof said in the release. “Accordingly, our leadership in this collaborative partnership presents an opportunity to share the learnings and demonstrably successful innovations of the CREATE project beyond Muncie Community Schools. The aim is to provide a working model for Indiana and other states to explore, test and adapt.”
The CREATE team is driven to enhance educators’ capacity to foster three types of civic learning in students:
- Civic knowledge, or an understanding of American history and political development, governmental structures and processes, and relevant social studies knowledge and concepts.
- Civic skills, or the capacities that enable students to participate in a democracy as free, responsible, deliberative, and productive citizens.
- Civic dispositions, or the attitudes important in a democracy such as a sense of responsibility for one’s community and nation, an awareness of a shared fate with fellow citizens, curiosity about the challenges and opportunities of public life and concern for the welfare of others.
“Our aim is to equip schools to foster civic agency in their students,” Marri said in the release. “Students should have the capacity to work across differences for shared purposes, in line with their considered values, yet in pursuit of a commonwealth reflecting as many divergent perspectives and lifeways as basic justice, general health, and universal dignity can accommodate.”
Student grants for math/English tutoring
Muncie Community Schools also will participate in the Indiana Department of Education's Indiana Learns statewide grant program to provide qualifying students with up to $1,000 to spend on math and English/language arts high-dosage tutoring and approved out-of-school academic programs.
The new initiative’s goal is to increase access to effective, out-of-school academic support to help students recover from learning disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an IDOE release.
To qualify for an Indiana Learns tutoring grant, students must meet all of the following criteria:
- Legally reside in Indiana,
- Be enrolled at a traditional public, charter or accredited non-public school,
- Qualify for Federal Free or Reduced Lunch, and
- Have scored below roficiency in both math and English/language arts on ILEARN as a third- or fourth-grader in 2022. (Approaching proficiency will not qualify.)
Once a family has registered at IndianaLearns.org, they can manage their account and find participating learning partners in an online platform that will be available by Oct. 1. The platform also will include helpdesk resources.
Funds can be used on approved virtual and in-person tutoring opportunities listed in the online platform, including private tutoring, small group tutoring or academic-focused camps held during school breaks.
All qualifying and participating students will receive a one-time grant of $500, according to the release. Indiana traditional public, charter and accredited non-public schools can contribute an additional $250 to the accounts of qualifying students in their school or corporation, in which case the state will provide an extra $250 match, giving families a total of $1,000 in their accounts. Muncie Schools will offer $250 a student so eligible students can get the full $1,000 in services, according to Andy Klotz, MCS chief communications officer.
“At Muncie Community Schools, we are already seeing the benefits of additional resources going toward individual student needs through our City Connects program, and I expect this new Indiana Learns program will have a similar effect,” said Lee Ann Kwiatkowski, MCS director of public education and CEO, said in the IDOE release. “By providing $250 for each eligible student to receive outside tutoring, we are maximizing resources for our most vulnerable students, which should have a broader positive impact on all our learners.”
Learning partners will go through an application and approval process before being listed as eligible providers in the Indiana Learns platform.
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Muncie Schools boost top pay to $210 a day for qualified substitute teachers
MUNCIE, Ind. — In an effort to address the shortage of substitute teachers, the Muncie Community School Board on Tuesday voted to double its highest substitute pay rate from $105 a day to $210 a day.
“We’re serious about keeping our classrooms filled with the most qualified individuals possible, and this is one more way we can try to do that,” MCS CEO and Director of Public Education Lee Ann Kwiatkowski said.
In order to qualify for the higher pay rate, individuals must meet certain criteria:
- Hold a current Indiana K-12 teaching license.
- Have previous certified K-12 teaching experience.
- Have a master’s or doctorate degree in the field of education.
The $210 rate is for daily or long-term substitutes who meet the criteria, and is at the discretion of MCS administration, according to a release.
In September 2021, Muncie Schools raised its base substitute pay rate from $70 to $75. Other school districts have made similar rate increases to help attract substitutes to meet high demand in recent years, notably since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Earlier:Temporary help wanted: Muncie-area schools work to address substitute teacher shortages
“This is an important issue across the state, and I believe this incentive has real potential to attract high quality substitute teachers to Muncie Community Schools,” MCS Board President James Williams said.
Earlier this year, MCS gave certified teachers their largest raises in district history and increased the salary of first-year teachers to $48,000, one of the highest rates in the state.
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Substitute teachers at MCS who don’t meet the criteria for the new, highest pay rate will earn $75 to $105 a day depending on their education level. For more information or to apply to substitute teacher at Muncie Schools, go to muncie.k12.in.us/departments/human-resources. | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/08/26/muncie-schools-boost-pay-to-210day-for-qualified-substitute-teachers/65458447007/ | 2022-08-26T20:58:03 | 0 | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/08/26/muncie-schools-boost-pay-to-210day-for-qualified-substitute-teachers/65458447007/ |
Video: The moment an Air Wing locates teens lost in Hockomock Swamp in Easton
EASTON — The wood cover and vegetation were so dense that a rescue team had to use chain saws to cut their way into and out of the woods and navigate through deep mud to rescue two teens lost in the Hockomock Swamp Wednesday, state police said.
On Wednesday afternoon and evening, multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the woods behind Southeastern to search for the missing teens, who were believed to be lost in the thick woods, said Massachusetts State Police Director of Media Communications Dave Procopio.
"A command post was set up at Southeastern Regional school and officers mobilized a search effort to locate the two 16-year-old males," Easton Police Chief Keith Boone said.
More than 30 first responders searched for the teens during a four-hour rescue operation and the Massachusetts State Police Air Wing launched Air 2, one of the unit’s helicopters, to assist in the search, Procopio said.
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“The crew flying MSP Air 2 that shift, pilot Sergeant Gregg Spooner and Tactical Flight Officers Trooper Timothy Hunt and Trooper Brian LeClair, got on station and used numerous tools to locate the teens, including their public address speaker, color camera, and FLIR (Forward Looking InfraRed) camera,” Procopio said.
At 5:50 p.m. the flight crew, using the FLIR, which detects heat signatures, located the missing teens in dense woods and directed ground units to their location and then guided them out of the woods, Procopio said.
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“The Air Wing flight crew displayed an excellent command of their skills and the aircraft’s capabilities in successfully assisting in the rescue operation,” Procopio said.
The Air Wing video shows the moment when the flight crew located the teens.
The boys, who were suffering from dehydration, were found at around 7 p.m., "approximately one mile into the woods behind the railroad bed off of Foundry Street," Boone said.
The teens who had been missing for about six hours were then reunited with family members and evaluated by firefighters on scene, according to police officials.
Included in the search effort were several Easton police officers and Easton firefighters, members of the Metrolec Team, MSP Air wing, K9 Units, and the Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Communications Center (SEMRCC).
Staff writer Namu Sampath can be reached at nsampath@enterprisenews.com, or you can follow her on Twitter @namusampath. Thank you, subscribers. You make this coverage possible. If you are not a subscriber, please consider supporting quality local journalism by purchasing a digital or print subscription to The Brockton Enterprise. | https://www.enterprisenews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/26/easton-southeastern-regional-high-school-teens-rescued-lost-hockomock-swamp-state-police-air-wing/7892928001/ | 2022-08-26T20:59:16 | 1 | https://www.enterprisenews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/26/easton-southeastern-regional-high-school-teens-rescued-lost-hockomock-swamp-state-police-air-wing/7892928001/ |
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ACKLEY — Rescue workers from several agencies are credited with saving a farmer who was trapped in a grain bin overnight.
The victim was conscious and alert, and he was transported Friday to Hansen Family Hospital in Iowa Falls for treatment, said Hardin County Sheriff Dave McDaniel.
“Thank goodness they train for that on an annual basis,” McDaniel said.
The man had apparently become trapped in the bin at his rural Ackley-Iowa Falls area farm on Thursday afternoon and wasn’t discovered until Friday morning when a neighbor came over.
The neighbor called 911 around 11:16 a.m. Friday, and crews from Ackley, Iowa Falls, Alden, Buckeye, Eldora, Hubbard, New Providence, Radcliffe, Steamboat Rock, Union, Whitten and Hardin County responded.
Workers used shields to keep more grain from engulfing the victim, and they cut holes in the bin to relieve pressure. He was freed by 12:36 p.m., the sheriff said. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crews-rescue-farmer-trapped-in-grain-bin-overnight/article_e78f2683-1b9b-5158-93ee-c9e9cd23a055.html | 2022-08-26T21:04:18 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crews-rescue-farmer-trapped-in-grain-bin-overnight/article_e78f2683-1b9b-5158-93ee-c9e9cd23a055.html |
PHOENIX — Authorities have arrested a Valley man suspected of impersonating a police officer and attempting to detain a civilian at a local gas station.
Anthony Harper, 22, was taken into custody earlier this week by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office after a security guard noticed him trying to detain someone near 111th and Grand avenues.
The security guards recorded a video of Harper allegedly arresting and searching an individual, MCSO said.
The man detained by Harper told investigators he thought Harper was a real police officer by the way he presented himself, according to the Arizona Republic.
Deputies confirmed Harper is not a certified peace officer in Arizona and took him into custody, MCSO said
Court records show Harper is now facing charges of impersonating a police officer and unlawful imprisonment.
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PHOENIX — Two women were shot Thursday night in central Phoenix, leaving one of them dead and the other in the hospital.
The Phoenix Police Department say the women sustained gunshot wounds in the 2500 block of East Adams Street at about 9:30 p.m.
One woman was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and the other succumbed to her gunshot wounds. The deceased has been identified as 37-year-old Latoya Davis.
Police say detectives are still investigating the circumstances leading up to the Thursday night shooting.
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San Antonio police have a murder suspect in custody who they said called 911 twice on Friday about having committed a crime and finding “the stairway to heaven.”
Police said the suspect — a man whom police did not name — called to say that he had “hurt someone” and hung up. Two minutes later, he called to say that “he might hurt someone and that he’d found the stairway to heaven.”
Just after 6 a.m., officers conducted welfare and mental health checks at a residence in the 100 block of Englewood Drive. Police said the suspect was near the porch when officers arrived. He went inside, shut the door and let officers in about two minutes later.
An unidentified male was found dead on the floor in a pool of blood. A San Antonio Police Department spokesperson said the man was stabbed multiple times.
The suspect was then taken into custody, though officials did not clarify whether he was arrested.
Officers conducted a protective sweep of the home Friday morning while awaiting a search warrant.
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Alfonso Perez and his daughter were awake late Wednesday, finishing math homework in their Westcreek Villages home in far west Bexar County when they heard gunshots from the street behind his house.
The next morning, he discovered one round had gone through his closet and stopped in his son’s bedroom, just feet away from where he slept, stopping in the “Batman Detective Comic” poster next to his bed.
Perez called 911 and relayed the information to authorities. The stray bullet that struck Perez’s house is believed to have come from a woman who fired a handgun with an extended magazine at random from the passenger seat of a moving vehicle, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office. She filmed and posted it to her Instagram account.
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The caption read: “my (expletive) bangs.” The woman, who goes by yourfavgennyy on Instagram, discharged more than 20 rounds at the passing houses.
A copy of the video was posted to Reddit and Twitter. Yourfavgennyy’s Instagram account has since been deleted.
Deputy Johnny Garcia, a BCSO spokesman, said that multiple shell casings were spotted on Westcreek View, behind Perez’s residence.
“Later that morning, BCSO investigators learned that a video had been posted on social media of a female randomly shooting from a moving vehicle indiscriminately into a residential neighborhood, which was later confirmed to be where the shooting occurred,” Garcia said.
Garcia said the investigation is still active and investigators are trying to “track down the suspects responsible for this absolutely senseless crime.”
As for Perez, his family is still shaken up.
“My wife and kids are having a tough time with it,” Perez told the Express-News on Friday.
Similar incidents have happened elsewhere in Texas. In 2017, a Houston woman confessed to shooting her gun from her vehicle and posting it on Snapchat. She was sentenced to five years in prison.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — 3NEWS found a furry four-legged stowaway in one of our news units Friday afternoon.
Chief Photographer Preston West was loading up a news unit when he heard the sound of a kitten meowing. He originally thought the cat was on the roof, but after searching for sometime, found that the meowing was closer than he originally thought.
After calling on extra eyes and ears from the rest of the newsroom, 3NEWS found that the sound of the kitten was coming from under the hood of a news unit.
The cat had found its way into the engine compartment and was difficult to reach, even with multiple hands. After getting close enough, 3NEWS reporter Ashley Gonzalez was able to safely and carefully remove the cat from the engine compartment.
The kitten was named Blitz by Ashley as a way to ring in the first day of the Friday Night Sports Blitz.
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HOUSTON — Everything old is new again at NASA as they prepare to launch the unmanned Orion spacecraft to the moon. The first in a series of missions, NASA said the Artemis 1 mission will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration.
It's a critical test drive, of sorts, to check out Orion's systems in a spaceflight environment and how it performs on its re-entry, splashdown and recovery. NASA said a successful mission will demonstrate its capability to "extend human existence to the moon and beyond."
By "beyond," they mean Mars.
"When we think about Artemis, we focus a lot on the moon," said chief astronaut Reid Wiseman. "But I just want everybody in this room and everybody watching to remember our sights are not set on the Moon. Our sights are set clearly on Mars."
Artemis 1 launch details
- Launch date: Aug. 29, 2022 at 7:33 a.m. Central time
- Mission duration: 42 days, 3 hours, 20 minutes
- Total distance traveled: 1.3 miIlion miles
- Re-entry speed: 24,500 mph (Mach 32)
- Splashdown: Oct. 10, 2022
Next Monday, Orion will launch on board the "most powerful rocket in the world and fly farther than any spacecraft built for humans has ever flown," according to NASA. The SLS rocket will produce 8.8 million pounds of thrust during liftoff as it launches the nearly six-million-pounds Orion to orbit.
"Our teams have been working extremely hard for a very, very long time to get to this point and this is very special and we’re extremely excited,” said Artemis I flight director Rick LaBrode.
Unlike the Apollo missions to the moon in the late 60s and 70s, Orion will travel thousands of miles beyond the moon during the four to six-week mission.
“This is a mission that truly will do what hasn’t been done and learn what isn’t known,” said Mike Sarafin, Artemis I mission manager at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “It will blaze a trail that people will follow on the next Orion flight, pushing the edges of the envelope to prepare for that mission.”
To the moon and back
As Orion continues on its path from Earth orbit to the moon, it will be propelled by a service module provided by the European Space Agency. On future missions, the module will provide housing, air and water for astronauts.
To talk with mission control in Houston, Orion will communicate through the Deep Space Network.
The outbound trip to the moon will take several days. During this period, it will collect data and allow mission controllers to assess its performance.
After four to six weeks and a total distance traveled exceeding 1.3 million miles, the mission will end with a test of Orion’s capability to return safely to the Earth.
The spacecraft will splash down off the coast of Baja, California. Divers from the U.S. Navy and operations teams from NASA will approach in small boats from a recovery ship. The divers will inspect the spacecraft for hazards and hook up tow lines, and then engineers will tow the capsule into the recovery ship for its journey home.
What's next?
The second flight of Artemis will carry a crew on a different trajectory and test Orion’s critical systems with astronauts aboard.
Future exploration missions with crew aboard Orion will assemble and dock with a Gateway. NASA and its partners will use the gateway for deep-space operations "to extend human exploration farther into the solar system than ever before."
With the Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the moon with plans to eventually establish the first long-term presence on the moon.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California plans to require all new cars, trucks and SUVs to run on electricity or hydrogen by 2035 under a policy approved Thursday by regulators that seeks a dramatic cut in carbon emissions and an eventual end to gasoline-powered vehicles.
The decision by the California Air Resources Board came two years after Gov. Gavin Newsom first directed regulators to consider such a policy. If the goal is reached, California would cut emissions from cars in half by 2040.
The move gives the most populous U.S. state the world’s most stringent regulations for transitioning to electric vehicles. It is expected to prompt other states to follow California’s lead and to accelerate the production of zero-emission vehicles by automakers.
The policy still needs federal approval but that’s considered very likely under Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration.
“This is a historic moment for California, for our partner states, and for the world as we set forth this path toward a zero- emission future,” Liane Randolph, chair of the air board, said during a public hearing before the vote.
The policy allows Californians to keep driving gas-powered vehicles and buying used ones after 2035, but no new models would be sold in the state.
One-fifth of automakers’ sales after 2035 could be plug-in hybrids, which run on batteries and gas, but the rest must be powered solely by electricity or hydrogen.
The European Parliament in June backed a plan to effectively prohibit the sale of gas and diesel cars in the 27-nation European Union by 2035, and Canada has mandated the sale of zero-emission cars by the same year.
California climate officials say the state’s new policy is the world’s most ambitious because it sets benchmarks for ramping up electric vehicle sales over the next 13 years.
The first mandated threshold comes in 2026, when one-third of all vehicles sold in the state must be zero-emission. Automakers could be fined $20,000 per vehicle sold short of that goal.
About 16% of cars sold in California in the first three months of this year were electric.
Washington state and Massachusetts already have said they will follow California’s lead and many more are likely to — New York and Pennsylvania are among 17 states that have adopted some or all of California’s tailpipe emission standards that are stricter than federal rules.
Kia Corp.’s Laurie Holmes said the company plans to spend $25 billion by 2025 on electric vehicles and hopes to offer seven models by 2027.
But she and several other representatives for auto companies expressed concern about the state’s timeline given factors such as supply chain challenges and the high cost of materials to build electric cars.
“Automakers could have significant difficulties meeting this target given elements outside of the control of the industry,” she said.
The switch from gas to electric cars will drastically reduce emissions and air pollutants but the transition will be painful for the state’s oil industry. California remains the seventh-largest oil-producing U.S. state, though its output is falling as it pushes forward with climate goals.
California shouldn’t wrap its entire transportation strategy around a vehicle market powered by electricity, said Tanya DeRivi, vice president for climate policy with the Western States Petroleum Association, an oil industry group.
“Californians should be able to choose a vehicle technology, including electric vehicles, that best fits their needs based on availability, affordability, and personal necessity,” she said.
California is the nation’s most populous state , with about about 39 million people. They account for 10%. of the U.S. car market but have 43% of the nation’s 2.6 million registered plug-in vehicles, according to the air board.
Reaching the 100% goal by 2035 will mean overcoming very practical hurdles, notably enough reliable power and charging stations.
California now has about 80,000 stations in public places, far short of the 250,000 it wants by 2025. The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which represents many major car makers, warned about the lack of infrastructure, access to materials needed to make batteries, and supply chain issues as being among the challenges to meeting the state’s timeline.
The new commitment came as California works to maintain reliable electricity while it moves away from gas-fired power plants in favor of solar, wind and other cleaner sources of energy. Earlier this year, top California energy officials warned the state could run out of power during the hottest days of summer, which happened briefly in August 2020.
That hasn't happened yet this year. But Newsom is pushing to keep open the state's last-remaining nuclear plant beyond its planned closer in 2025, and the state may turn to diesel generators or natural gas plants as a backup when the grid is strained.
Adding more car chargers will put a higher demand on the energy grid.
Ensuring access to charging stations is also key to ramping up electric vehicle sales. The infrastructure bill passed by Congress last year provides $5 billion for states to build charges every 50 miles (80 kilometers) along interstate highways.
Newsom, meanwhile, has pledged to spend billions to boost zero-emission vehicle sales, including by adding chargers in low-income neighborhoods. The rules say the vehicles need to be able to travel 150 miles on one charge.
Driving an electric vehicle long distances today, even in California, requires careful planning about where to stop and charge, said Mary Nichols, former chair of the California Air Resources Board. The money from the state and federal government will go along way to boosting that infrastructure and making electric cars a more convenient option, she said.
“This is going to be a transformative process and the mandate for vehicle sales is only one piece of it," she said.
Though hydrogen is a fuel option under the new regulations, cars that run on fuel-cells have made up less than 1% of car sales in recent years.
Both the state and federal governments have rebates for thousands of dollars to offset the cost of buying electric cars, and the rules include incentives for car makers to make used electric vehicles available to low- and middle-income people.
Over the past 12 years, California has provided more than $1 billion in rebates for the sale of 478,000 electric, plug-in or hybrid vehicles, according to the air board.
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SCRANTON, Pa. — A Scranton police sergeant now faces up to 10 years in prison, pleading guilty to taking thousands of dollars for work he never completed.
Jeffrey Vaughn pleaded guilty to theft concerning programs receiving federal funds.
This comes after Scranton police provided extra patrols at various federally funded housing projects in the city, part of which was paid for by the federal government.
In the summer of 2021, Vaughn was paid to patrol several complexes but never actually worked the shifts.
Federal officials say the total was over $5,000.
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SCRANTON, Pa. — The spotted lanternfly has been slowly making its way north, and now the invasive pest population is growing in Lackawanna County.
Jill Baer is the master gardener coordinator for the Penn State Extension in Scranton. She says the invasive insect first showed up in Lackawanna County last year, and the bugs have only spread since then.
"If you have a grapevine or if you have a tree of heaven in your neighborhood. If you see it, it's a weedy invasive plant. Sometimes I pull into a parking lot, see it and then look for spotted lanternfly because I know that's a likely place where they will be," Baer said.
We spotted the pesky insect in its adult form along the Lackawanna River Heritage Trail in Scranton. Soon, those adults will lay more eggs, and spotting those egg masses is important.
"If you're moving firewood or moving anything that's been sitting outside, check it first. Give it a look over, keeping those egg masses from moving around."
Experts say there are many ways to get rid of the spotted lanternfly. They don't recommend wrapping trees with a sticky trap anymore. They recommend circle traps to catch them, but there's another easy way.
"Stepping on them, smashing them, fly swatters work. All those things work," Baer said.
Baer says if you find an egg mass, you should scrape it off and destroy it.
"If you're scraping egg masses, you want to make sure that you're not just scraping them off, that you're smashing them or scraping them off into a container with alcohol so that those eggs are no longer viable."
Get information from the Penn State Extension on spotted lanternflies here.
Information from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is here. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/spotted-lanternfly-seen-in-lackawanna-county-penn-state-extension-eggs-department-of-agriculture/523-355e713a-d677-44a0-8674-973ab8578d6f | 2022-08-26T21:12:39 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/spotted-lanternfly-seen-in-lackawanna-county-penn-state-extension-eggs-department-of-agriculture/523-355e713a-d677-44a0-8674-973ab8578d6f |
SCRANTON, Pa. — Boxes were carried into the Lackawanna County Government Center in Scranton on Friday by employees of UPS. Inside those boxes were backpacks donated by employees to be given to kids getting ready to head to school in Lackawanna County.
"They are full of supplies: pencils, pens, crayons, glue sticks, erasers, anything the kids need for school. They started out with about 20, 25 backpacks seven years ago, and every year it increases," said Lisa Gruszewski from the Lackawanna County Office of Youth and Family Services.
This is the seventh year that UPS has donated backpacks to the county's Office of Youth and Family Services. Gruszewski coordinates this effort for the county and says many families struggle financially.
"There's very much a need for them because children need them; they need the supplies. To get a backpack for $30, and then you get the supplies for an additional $30. Sometimes the family doesn't have the $60 for one child, let alone if there's four or five children in the home."
Some school districts in Lackawanna County are requiring clear backpacks, and some of those were donated as well.
"Scranton School District and Valley View School District are going clear this year, and I asked if they could try to get some, if they could, in clear. There's a very low amount to try to get clear. Not a lot of places are selling them, but they did their best, and we do have 75."
UPS employees have donated hundreds of backpacks over the years, including another 100 this year, to make sure kids going back to school start the year on a positive note.
"The kids are very grateful," Gruszewski said. "They ask for them, they like getting them, and I'm very grateful for ups for doing that."
Caseworkers with the county said they expect the backpacks are already in the hands of those kids they work with.
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LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — The search is on for a new coroner in Luzerne County.
Francis Hacken confirmed to Newswatch 16 on Friday that he has resigned.
Hacken is a former state police captain who was appointed county coroner in 2019.
While he did not give a reason for the resignation, in a statement to Newswatch 16, he said, "It has been a pleasure and honor serving the citizens of Luzerne County and working with dedicated and professional staff."
There's no word yet on who will fill the position in Luzerne County.
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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Milton Clark, the man accused in the stabbing death of his 17-year-old nephew, pleaded guilty Friday to third-degree murder but mentally ill.
The deadly stabbing of Tareses Previlon happened in 2019 at the teenager's home on Holland Street in Wilkes-Barre.
Previlon died about two weeks after he was released from the hospital.
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EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — Hands were full, bins were stacked, and car trunks packed; all signs of college move-in day at East Stroudsburg University.
"I'm pretty excited. Excited to start school again. It's nice to be back and going to class," incoming freshman Julia Frawley said.
"I have done a lot of my gen-ed classes and been working a lot, so definitely a new change, but an exciting change," Jaylin Conard, a transfer student, said.
Parents tell Newswatch 16 that they are hopeful their students will have a much more normal college experience.
"She graduated in 2020 in the height of the pandemic, and so she went off to college, you know, the experience was vastly different. We're hoping this time around the things of change, that she'll have a more normal, traditional, normal experience in college," said New Jersey resident Miguel Saze.
East Stroudsburg University welcomed nearly 1,000 freshman and transfer students. University officials say new student enrollment has bounced back from the COVID-19 pandemic.
"That's more than a 40 percent increase over the last year. We're back to our pre-COVID enrollment numbers for new students. We're also welcoming back, on to campus for the first time, about 350 transfer students," interim president Kenneth Long said.
Long says the last time the university had numbers like this was prior to the pandemic.
While the university has relaxed coronavirus restrictions, Long says they'll still keep an eye on the spread.
"It's a good year. It's back to being the new normal. Just be safe, but you know what? We can still do all the things that we used to do, but we can do it in a safe matter," Long said.
Move-in continues throughout the weekend. Classes start Monday.
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A 32-year-old Colorado man is in jail in Lincoln after police allege he cut his colleague's throat early Thursday morning after the two had been drinking at a local bar, according to court records.
Ever Lopez, of Aurora, Colorado, and two of his co-workers were driving back to their northeast Lincoln hotel at about 2:30 a.m. Thursday when Lopez, who was sitting in the backseat, allegedly cut the neck of his 47-year-old co-worker, Lincoln Police officers said in the affidavit for Lopez's arrest.
First responders found the victim with several small cuts on his upper body and a laceration to his throat, according to the affidavit. He was taken by ambulance to a local hospital.
After witnesses provided a description of Lopez, police found him hiding behind crates to the east of the hotel, near Superior Street and Cornhusker Highway.
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RICHMOND, Va. — Police Chief Gerald Smith sounded authoritative when he held a press conference to announce that police had thwarted a planned mass shooting at a July 4 fireworks show in Richmond.
Police said a tipster who had overheard a conversation called police and said there was a plot for a shooting at a large July Fourth event in Richmond.
The records show that the tipster had not specified a location. A police official emailed those records to Smith and an assistant seven minutes before Smith’s news conference. The records also show that Richmond police shared with the FBI that a location was unknown.
In an interview last week with the Times-Dispatch, Smith said his “experience” was part of how he concluded that Dogwood Dell must have been the intended target.
Police arrested one suspect on July 1, seizing guns and ammunition in a residence, and arrested the second, who was under surveillance, after July Fourth. The two men are in federal custody — one on a gun charge and one on an immigration charge — but neither has been charged with anything related to a planned shooting. Smith said last week that Richmond detectives could not corroborate the tipster’s allegation of a shooting plot.
Smith’s news conference came two days after seven people were killed in an Independence Day parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois.
The chief’s claim that Dogwood Dell amphitheater was known to be the intended target caused alarm.
“I think the level of anxiety that they caused the neighbors that live here was ridiculous,” said Paige Quilter, the president of the Carillon Civic Association.
In a response issued through a city spokesperson, Smith said he didn’t have time to review or approve the talking points sent to him minutes before his scheduled news conference.
He said his goal was to be transparent and not cause alarm.
“For any confusion or anxiety that my stating Dogwood Dell was the most likely target, I am deeply sorry,” Smith said in the statement. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/report-alleged-richmond-july-4-plot-had-unknown-location/2022/08/26/a06ea372-2580-11ed-a72f-1e7149072fbc_story.html | 2022-08-26T21:21:50 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/report-alleged-richmond-july-4-plot-had-unknown-location/2022/08/26/a06ea372-2580-11ed-a72f-1e7149072fbc_story.html |
Throughout the past 30 days, the Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team has seized substantial quantities of methamphetamine and heroin. Additionally, DINT has served several search warrants on illegal marijuana growing operations operating in Douglas County.
On July 18, DINT detectives were conducting an operation in Oakland. Detectives contacted 45-year-old Charity Allen of Myrtle Creek and 43-year-old Jeremy Young near the intersection First and Locust. Canine Trapper was deployed on both Allen and Young’s vehicle, where he alerted to the presence of controlled substances. Allen and Young were found to be in possession of approximately 17 ounces (1.06 lbs) of methamphetamine. Young was lodged at the Douglas County Jail for Attempted Unlawful Delivery of Methamphetamine and Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine. Allen is pending charges of Unlawful Delivery and Possession of Methamphetamine.
On July, 21, DINT with the assistance of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office served two search warrants in the 3000 block of Upper Cow Creek Road, Azalea. The locations had two black market illegal marijuana growing operations occurring. In addition to the illegal marijuana grows, detectives uncovered copious amounts of trash, multiple planning violations and illegal water usage. DINT seized and destroyed 3,965 marijuana plants from the two locations. Multiple individuals unrelated to the marijuana operation were arrested on outstanding warrants. Investigation into the suspects of the marijuana operation is continuing and arrests are anticipated.
On July 27, DINT conducted an operation in the Canyonville area. DINT conducted a traffic stop in the 500 block of Stagecoach Road, Canyonville. Detectives contacted 51-year-old Randall Slay of Myrtle Creek, who was the sole operator of the vehicle. Canine Trapper was deployed to Slay’s vehicle and alerted to the presence of controlled substances. Approximately 14.25 ounces (.89 lbs) of methamphetamine and 23.6 grams of heroin was located in Slay’s vehicle. Slay was lodged at the Douglas County Jail for Attempted Unlawful Delivery of Methamphetamine, Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine, Attempted Delivery of Heroin, Unlawful Possession of Heroin and a Parole Violation.
On July 29, DINT served a search warrant in the 4000 block of S Myrtle Road, in Myrtle Creek. A large illegal marijuana operation was being operated on the property. Detectives located three firearms and additional evidence associated with the illegal operation. DINT also discovered water use violations in addition to trash, human feces and fertilizer being discarded along the water way. A total of 1,738 marijuana plants were seized and destroyed. 28 year old Jesus Ayala Faris was arrested and lodged at the Douglas County Jail for Unlawful Manufacture of Marijuana and Unlawful Possession of Marijuana. Additionally, the property owner, Harlan Phelps, was cited and released at the scene for Unlawful Manufacture of Marijuana.
On July, 29, DINT conducted an operation in the city of Roseburg. During the operation detectives contacted 20-year-old Ty Keenan of Klamath Falls. Keenan was found to be in possession of a firearm concealed on his person, as well as 38 grams of methamphetamine. Keenan was lodged at the Douglas County Jail for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Attempted Delivery of Methamphetamine, and Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine.
On August 5, conducted an investigation into an illegal marijuana grow occurring in the 2000 block of Green Valley Road, Oakland. Detectives seized and destroyed 896 marijuana plants. This investigation is ongoing.
On August 10, DINT served a search warrant in the 4000 block of Glenbrook Loop Road, in Riddle. The search warrant was in relation to an illegal marijuana growing operation occurring on the property. During the service of the search warrant detectives seized and destroyed 5,573 marijuana plants. In addition to the illegal marijuana, detectives located multiple makeshift, unpermitted living structures. Additionally, detectives learned water for the operation was initially being provided by a well on the property and held in a large swimming pool, until the well was no longer viable to produce sufficient water supply. During the service of the warrant, detectives contacted a water delivery truck who was transporting water to the property (violation of House Bill 4061). 28-year-old Juan Villegas-Beaz was arrested and lodged at the Douglas County Jail for Unlawful Manufacture of Marijuana and Unlawful Possession of Marijuana. 61-year-old Kevin Welker of Winston was also arrested and lodged at the Douglas County Jail for the Unlawful Water Transportation to a Marijuana Grow Site.
On August 10, DINT served a second warrant in the 2,000 block of Glenbrook Loop Road, in Riddle. This location was also the site of an illegal marijuana grow. The site had been partially harvested, but detectives still seized and destroyed 583 marijuana plants which were scheduled to be harvested within the coming days. As with other illegal marijuana sites, this location was also illegally using water to maintain the illegal growing operation. Investigation into this operation in on going and arrests are anticipated.
On August 17, DINT detectives served a search warrant in the 31000 block of Cow Creek Road, Glendale. During the service of the search warrant detectives located 303 very large illegal marijuana plants, 825 pounds of processed marijuana, as well as an illegal marijuana concentrate extraction lab. Detectives also located a substantial amount of US Currency, gold/silver, and records showing distribution. This search warrant revealed a large-scale operation will other illegal marijuana grows occurring in Douglas County and Josephine County. Additional warrants were served on other illegal marijuana grow operations. DINT served a second search warrant in relation to this case in the 900 block of Reuben Road, Glendale. During the service of the warrant on Reuben Road, detectives seized and destroyed 123 large marijuana plants. DINT contacted the Josephine County Marijuana Enforcement Team (JMET) and informed them of an illegal marijuana occurring in their county. JMET served a search warrant at the location and discovered in excess of 3,000 marijuana plants, “multiple firearms, silver and cash.” DINT was assisted on this case by JMET and the DEA. 69-year-old Robert Jones and 63-year-old Robin Prinzing were arrested and lodged at the Douglas County Jail for Unlawful Manufacture of Marijuana, Unlawful Delivery of Marijuana, Unlawful Possession of Marijuana, and Money Laundering. Additional arrests in this investigation are anticipated.
On August 18, DINT detectives conducted an operation in the city of Winston, Oregon. DINT detectives contacted 62-year-old Theresa Dostie of Winston and 49-year-old Lori Johnson of Winston in 90 block of S Main Street, Winston. Canine Trapper was deployed on the vehicle and gave a positive alert to the presence of controlled substances. A search of the vehicle revealed approximately 11 ounces (.68 lbs) of methamphetamine. Johnson was lodged at the Douglas County Jail for Attempted Unlawful Delivery of Methamphetamine, Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine and on an outstanding warrant. Dostie was arrested for Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants.
DINT is an interagency team with representatives from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Roseburg Police Department, Oregon State Police, Bureau of Land Management, Douglas County, and the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office.
In 2022 the Douglas County Commissioners committed a substantial number of resources to DINT to combat the large-scale marijuana operations occurring in the community. These illegal operations direct marijuana outside the state of Oregon, put a substantial strain on Douglas County’s water resources, as well as damage the lands and water ways in our community. The additional resources and support provided by Douglas County has resulted in a substantial increase in DINT’s effectiveness in reduce illegal narcotics in our community. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/douglas-narcotics-team-makes-multiple-arrests/article_d6de640a-23f6-11ed-b0af-8b7bb39d00d7.html | 2022-08-26T21:23:51 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/douglas-narcotics-team-makes-multiple-arrests/article_d6de640a-23f6-11ed-b0af-8b7bb39d00d7.html |
April 10, 1941 – July 31, 2022
Evelyn “Evie” Louise (Landrith) Moorhead, 81, of Anchorage, Alaska, passed away in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 31, 2022, after a year-long battle with lung cancer.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents; her three sisters, Joyce Gray, LaVerne Bailey, and Marianne Schrader; and estranged husband, Max Moorhead. She is survived by her son, Mark Moorhead and wife, Shannon of Anchorage, Alaska; her two daughters, Jennifer Moorhead of Los Angeles, California, and Deborah Turner and husband, Arnold Turner III of Surprise, Arizona; five grandchildren, Elizabeth, Samantha, Alexander, Camden, and Taylor; and one great grandson, Caleb.
Born April 10, 1941, in Bozeman, Montana, she was the fourth daughter of the late Lawrence M. Landrith and Helen L. (Martens) Landrith. At the age of two, her family moved to North Bend, Oregon, where she spent her childhood and early adult years. A trained pianist, Evelyn took classes in Music from University of Oregon and Willamette University where she met her husband, Max; they married on August 17, 1962. In 1973, with her husband and two young children, Evelyn moved to Anchorage, Alaska, where she spent the remainder of her years, adding another child to the family. In 1987, Evelyn earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Resource Development from Alaska Pacific University.
Evelyn devoted her working years to social and mental health advocacy, including her own business in suicide counseling and prevention, Anchorage’s volunteer crisis hotline, the State of Alaska Department of Health and Human Services, and Cook Inlet Tribal Council. Evelyn was an avid reader, enjoyed working on home improvement projects, and gardened regularly in the summer, cultivating a unique rock garden with native Alaska plants. She also enjoyed long drives and travel, particularly to desert areas and National Parks.
As per Evelyn’s wishes, no funeral or memorial services will be held. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Hope Community Resources of Anchorage or your local suicide prevention charity. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/evelyn-evie-louise-landrith-moorhead/article_b85669fc-2567-11ed-b312-d3a250158190.html | 2022-08-26T21:23:57 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/evelyn-evie-louise-landrith-moorhead/article_b85669fc-2567-11ed-b312-d3a250158190.html |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – Two men have been indicted on first-degree murder charges in connection to a deadly shooting in Charleston in March.
According to the Kanawha County Circuit Court, Mike’O Wooton, 20 of Dunbar, and Davone Lee Foote, Jr. 21 of Washington, D.C., are both charged with First Degree Murder and Use or Presentment of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony.
The shooting happened around 6:15 a.m., Sunday, March 13, to a home on Bigley Avenue where a man was found in a bedroom with multiple gunshot wounds. Police said the Charleston Fire Department attempted to revive the victim, but were unable to do so. The victim, identified as Keyshawnta St. John, 21 of Charleston, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The Charleston Police Department responded to a shooting around 6:15 a.m., Sunday, March 13, to a home on Bigley Avenue where a man was found in a bedroom with multiple gunshot wounds. Police said the Charleston Fire Department attempted to revive the victim, but were unable to do so. The victim, identified as Keyshawnta St. John, 21 of Charleston, was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to a criminal complaint from the Kanawha County Magistrate Court, St. John’s father was also at the home at the time of the shooting and told authorities he heard “numerous gunshots” and saw a Black male wearing green jacket and carrying a firearm fleeing from the home. The victim’s father described the firearm as “black with a “box” style frame and extended magazine.UPDATE: 1 dead, two charged with murder after Charleston shooting
Authorities then began to search the area for suspects. Police say patrol officers found a man inside a 2014 Chevrolet Malibu parked directly across from the crime scene and that, in plain view, there were “numerous firearms” on the back seat floorboard and a green jacket on the front passenger seat floorboard.
The man in the vehicle, identified as Mikeo Wooton, 20 of Dunbar, was detained and taken to the Charleston Police Department.
The complaint states that authorities found a second man, identified as Davone Lee Foote, Jr. 20 of Washington, D.C., walking south on Odell Avenue and Alethea Street. According to the complaint, when questioned about the homicide, Foote allegedly told officers, “You might as well handcuff me,” and allegedly asked if he could retrieve his green jacket and cellular device from the vehicle where Wooton had been found. He was detained and taken to the CPD.
Once at the CPD, Foote was taken to an interview room and allegedly claimed he had gone to the home with St. John and Wooton to “smoke marijuana,” and that while in the bedroom, Wooton had allegedly “produced a firearm and shot Mr. St. John numerous times,” the complaint states.
Authorities say Foote also allegedly admitted to possessing a firearm during the incident, a Glock 23, which authorities say has a “box” style frame.
The complaint states Foote also claims he and Wooton had attempted to flee the scene in the Malibu, but the vehicle would not start. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/2-indicted-on-1st-degree-murder-in-charleston-shooting/ | 2022-08-26T21:27:08 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/2-indicted-on-1st-degree-murder-in-charleston-shooting/ |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK)—A man accused of attempted murder was indicted by a grand jury.
In May, 26-year-old Devin Taylor Fanaris was arrested after a shooting at the Par Mar on Washington St. East. Police say that Fanaris shot another man twice, leaving him in critical condition.
On May 9, Charleston Police said that Fanaris turned himself in.
Court records show that Fanaris was indicted for attempted murder, malicious wounding, use or presentment of a firearm during the commission of a felony, wanton endangerment, and fleeing with reckless indifference to the safety of others. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/charleston-man-indicted-for-attempted-murder-after-par-mar-shooting/ | 2022-08-26T21:27:15 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/charleston-man-indicted-for-attempted-murder-after-par-mar-shooting/ |
FAYETTE COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has released more details on the aftermath of a tractor-trailer crash that caused a chemical spill on Thursday.
The crash happened at in the hour between 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24 and 12:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 25 near the 62.5 mile-marker of I-77 over the Skitter Creek Bridge, causing the West Virginia Turnpike to be shut down for nearly 20 hours. It reopened just before 8 p.m. after the West Virginia Parkways Authority moved the truck to an approved location and Clean Harbors was able to remediate the crash site.
According to the WVDEP, Clean Harbors returned today, Friday, Aug. 25 to resume pumping operations and remove the remaining chemical from the truck.
WVDEP staff are also on scene monitoring the process. They are also monitoring the nine miles of Paint Creek downstream from the spill site. Officials say they have not seen any material or foam on top of the water yet today, as was visible on Thursday.
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection on Thursday identified the chemical the tractor-trailer was carrying as as Alkyl Dimethylamine, which is primarily used as a cleaning agent. According to the commission, the tractor-trailer had at least 12 totes of the solution, which held 275 gallons each. Officials say an environmental contractor will have to finish inspecting and remediating the site before they can determine the total amount of material being hauled and how much was spilled at the scene.
Kanawha County Commissioners say the solution is “very odorous” and described the smell as a “fish-like odor.” The commissioners also said the spill will have an impact to the aquatic life and water in the Paint Creek area. The WVDEP says fish kill believed to be connected to the spill has been observed in the area.
According to the Kanawha County Commission, those who live in the area are advised as a precaution to avoid contact with Paint Creek water until the materials are diluted.
The WVDEP has identified the truck as owned by Gadsden Gaillard and West, LLC. They say the company has been extremely helpful and responsive during the cleanup process.
Yesterday, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office announced the driver, Dennis Eugene West of Moncks Corner, South Carolina, was arrested and charged with DUI. Authorities say while speaking with West they smelled an “odor of an alcoholic beverage on the driver’s breath.” West allegedly failed his field sobriety tests according to the complaint.
West was arrested on suspicion of DUI and taken to the West Virginia State Police Turnpike Office in Beckley. According to the complaint, West agreed to a ECIR-II breath test, which returned a result of .128. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/cleanup-continues-after-chemical-spill-from-west-virginia-turnpike-crash/ | 2022-08-26T21:27:21 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/cleanup-continues-after-chemical-spill-from-west-virginia-turnpike-crash/ |
UPDATE (3:27 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 26): Charleston PD has confirmed that the man shot on Frame St. in Charleston has died. This is now a homicide investigation.
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK)—One man was taken to the hospital after a shooting in Charleston.
Kanawha Metro confirms that the shooting took place around 2:30 p.m. on the 1400 block of Frame St.
Charleston Police say the man is in serious condition.
13 News has a crew on its way to the scene, and we will update this story as new information becomes available. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/one-taken-to-hospital-after-charleston-shooting/ | 2022-08-26T21:27:27 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/one-taken-to-hospital-after-charleston-shooting/ |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK)—A man accused of shooting his wife in the head was found guilty by a jury.
Kanawha County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney George Sitler says that 42-year-old Anthony Morgan, of South Charleston, was found guilty of six felony offenses.
Morgan was charged with malicious wounding in November of 2021 after South Charleston Police found his wife lying in a parking lot in a pool of her own blood. A criminal complaint said that their infant child was found in a car seat nearby.
During the trial, Morgan’s wife testified that he shot her on two separate occasions, both while she was pregnant with his children.
Sitler says that Morgan is a third-offense recidivist, and he will face a possible life sentence when he next appears in court on Sept. 12. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/testimony-south-charleston-man-shot-wife-while-she-was-pregnant-with-his-child/ | 2022-08-26T21:27:33 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/testimony-south-charleston-man-shot-wife-while-she-was-pregnant-with-his-child/ |
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