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Stark County extends sewer system using American Rescue Plan funds
CANTON ‒ More than 500 houses with failing septic tanks are expected to join the county sewer system by the end of 2026.
Stark County Sanitary Engineer James Troike said construction at six of the county health department's top 10 areas that need to be connected to the sewer system will be finished in that time frame. The department has already completed projects in Limaville and Canton Township. Fifty houses were part of the Limaville project, and the two projects in Canton Township affected about 230 houses combined.
Up next are projects in North Lawrence area, Justus area and Meadow Grove in Lexington Township. Meadow Grove includes Nellabrook Avenue NE and its neighboring streets.
The North Lawrence and Meadow Grove projects will affect about 90 houses each, Troike said, while Justus will affect 50.
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Design work is being funded through the sanitary engineer's fund, while construction will be paid for using American Rescue Plan funds. The county has already spent some of its $72 million for water and sewer projects. The first project was an expansion of water lines in Lake Township in fall of 2021. That project cost about $500,000.
Stark County Administrator Brant Luther said in an email the county commissioners have indicated they would be willing to authorize up to $35 million in American Rescue Plan funds for sewer and water projects proposed by the sanitary engineer. Federal law requires Stark County to have all of these funds contractually committed by the end of 2024 or the money must be returned.
What is the Stark County Health Department's top 10?
The Northeast Ohio Four County Regional Planning and Development Organization released a report in 2016 detailing areas with above average failure rates for home sewage systems.
The report called for the county to extend sewers to these areas because high rates of failure can create health concerns and affect water quality. It used factors such as soil suitability, housing density and surface pollution potential to determine which areas to address first.
Limaville, Moreland and Lincoln Way North, also known as East Tuscarawas, ranked second, fourth and fifth, respectively. Justus was listed as sixth, North Lawrence was eighth and Nellabrook was ninth. The other areas were Harmon (first); Florida, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois streets in Lexington Township (third); East Greenville (seventh); and Lynnette (10th).
Troike said the department has prioritized projects that had additional grant funding available.
"Limaville got an Army Corps of Engineers grant of $1 million so that became a priority," he said. "(Community Block Developmental Grant) money was available both for Moreland allotment and Lincoln Way North."
With the remaining projects, Troike said they are focused on projects that don't require adding a new pump station because it can be costly, and they want to be able to spread the funds to as many projects as possible.
Several projects are currently in the design phase, including Justus and Meadow Grove.
Amy Simmons, a Lexington Township resident, has lived on Nellabrook Avenue for 25 years. She said extending the county sewer system to the area will be positive for residents.
"I'm for it," she said.
Simmons said she hasn't experienced problems with her own septic system, but that it has to be emptied every three years and that can be expensive. Being part of the county system will be less of a hassle, she said.
Troike told the Stark County commissioners during a work session earlier this month that the department is already doing survey work in most of the top 10 areas. The sanitary engineer also said the department plans to use American Rescue Plan money to help with infrastructure and repair projects that will benefit different areas of the county.
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It is a mostly clear and muggy morning across Central Alabama with temperatures in the 70s.
We will have a pretty quiet Monday across Central Alabama as an area of high pressure sits east of the state. It will be partly cloudy, hot and humid with a few showers and storms possible. High temperatures will be in the lower 90s and the heat index around 100.
Tonight, it will be partly cloudy and muggy with lows in the 70s.
A trough of low pressure will send a cold front into Alabama from the north. This will set off scattered to numerous showers and storms. We will have plenty of deep tropical moisture over us, so some heavy rain is likely. High temperatures will be around 90 before the storms pop up.
The cold front will stall along the coast on Wednesday and Thursday. Drier air will move in behind the cold front, and this will lead to a break in the humidity and rain. We will be mostly sunny and hot each day with highs in the lower 90s.
High pressure will be northeast of Alabama on Friday, and this will send easterly winds over us. This will make it more humid with spotty storms. High temperatures will be in the upper 80s to lower 90s.
Weekend Outlook: The deep tropical moisture will stay over us all weekend. A few upper-level waves will set off scattered storms on Saturday and Sunday. High temperatures will be in the mid to upper 80s.
Tracking the Tropics: Things are starting to get pretty active now, and this is very typical for this time of year. At the moment, there are not any named storms.
Invest 91L is getting better organized in the Central Atlantic. It is forecast to become a tropical depression later this week. The forecast models take this east of the Leeward Islands and curve it away from the U.S. NHC is giving this system a high chance to develop.
Invest 92L is located east of Bermuda and is producing limited showers and storms. Strong wind shear aloft and dry air will limit development as this system drifts to the south across the Central Atlantic during the next day or two. NHC is giving this system a low chance to develop.
A trough of low pressure could develop over the NW Caribbean Sea by mid-week. Conditions support some development of this system later this week. It is forecast to track WNW toward the Yucatan Peninsula and possibly into the Gulf of Mexico. Right now, it is not a threat to the Alabama Coast, but we will keep an eye on it. NHC is giving is a low chance to develop in the next 5 days.
A tropical wave is forecast to move off the coast of Africa tonight. Some slow development is possible this week as it moves to the west over the far eastern Atlantic.
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100 years ago
Aug. 29, 1922: The Woodford County Fair, being held in El Paso this week, has some added features. A better baby conference is creating enthusiasm. Over 100 babies have been entered to compete for the six silver cups offered as rewards. Another feature is a social hygiene exhibit sent by the state board of health. It consists of motion pictures, charts and lectures. The miniature farms of the Woodford County Farm Bureau are also shown. Read the story.
75 years ago
Aug. 29, 1947: Back in 1932 and '33 when Harold Turner was earning his way through Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington by working as a janitor at the school, he little dreamed he would ever own a real organ. Today, an organ is part of the equipment at his "Turner Little School of Music" studio in Clinton. During the last year, he has taught music at 11 rural schools, has had more than 60 private instrumental pupils and several voice students, and has directed the Treble Clef chorus, a group of Clinton women. Read the story.
50 years ago
Aug. 29, 1972: A proposal for a joint meeting was the only agreement on continued Twin City bus service in separate Bloomington and Normal city council sessions. Whether bus service will continue after Sept. 15 could reset on results of that joint meeting. That's the date that a subsidy agreement with Bloomington-Normal City Lines, Inc., instituted in 1971, expires. Bloomington pays the bus firm $2,843.85 per month, while Normal pays $947.91. Read the story.
25 years ago
Aug. 29, 1997: An alleged hazing incident last spring that led to the dissolution of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at Illinois State University was a relatively rare event on campus. Mike Schermer, associate director of student life, wants to keep it that way. "We've received reports of hazing about six times in the last 10 years," he said. "But there has to be constant vigilance on this issue. We can't blink or a potential hazer might think they can get away with it." Read the story.
Compiled by Pantagraph staff | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-baby-contest-adds-flair-to-woodford-county-fair/article_9dc5c54a-2703-11ed-b401-9370f4f78d9d.html | 2022-08-29T11:00:24 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-baby-contest-adds-flair-to-woodford-county-fair/article_9dc5c54a-2703-11ed-b401-9370f4f78d9d.html |
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Vote center plan to be considered by Delaware County Election Board
MUNCIE, Ind. − Bringing vote centers to Delaware County is back on the table.
Consideration of a draft plan for making vote centers available to county voters is on the September agenda of the Delaware County Election Board. The meeting will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept 1, in the Commissioner's Conference Room on the second floor of the Delaware County Building downtown.
Rick Spangler, the Delaware County clerk and a member of the election board, said he wanted to submit the plan to the board so the process could start.
In the past, Spangler said, both the Republican and Democratic party chairmen were opposed to establishing vote centers, which are now used in the majority of Indiana counties. Earlier this summer, Victor Whitehead resigned as chairman of the Republican Party in Delaware County. On Aug. 8 he was replaced by Ed Carroll, the Delaware County treasurer, who is running unopposed for county auditor this November.
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Earlier this year, Whitehead insisted he was not opposed to vote centers when asked about the charge by Spangler.
"I’m 100% in favor of vote centers," Whitehead responded in a written statement at the time. "Vote centers make it easier for voters to cast a ballot each election cycle by allowing them to vote at any voting site. Why wouldn’t I be in favor of this?" The then-party chairman added he was waiting for a plan to be presented.
Spangler on Thursday said he was doing just that and hoped to give the new GOP county chairman an opportunity to familiarize himself with the issue.
Vote centers allow any registered voter in the county to cast ballots at any vote center in the county rather than having to report to a specific precinct polling place on election day. The change is designed to make voting more convenient, as voters can go to the center closest to work or school or any other location a voter planned to be in the course of the day. It also is more efficient and reduces the number of poll workers needed on election day.
Spangler will present the plan for Delaware County to the board, which consists of Spangler and representatives of the two parties: Pete Drumm, representing Republicans and Ashley Nichols, representing Democrats. It requires a unanimous vote of the election board to adopt vote centers.
Spangler said the Democrat County Chairman, Ana Quirk Hunter, has been opposed to vote centers in the past. Last year she told The Star Press that she was concerned about reducing the number of polling places in the county, which would be one result of adopting a vote center model.
In addition to proposing the vote center plan at Thursday's meeting, Spangler said he would discuss possibly raising pay for election room and poll workers in an effort to attract needed help conducting elections.
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Some Delaware County school board races will be decided by voters; some are already over
MUNCIE, Ind. — Residents of several Delaware County school districts outside of Muncie will have school board races to vote on in November after all.
Three out of six Delaware County school boards will have at least one contested race — in some cases a three- or four-way race — to be decided by voters on Nov. 8. As has often happened in recent school board elections, the other three will have no actual race, and one district even has an open seat for which no candidate filed, according to a final list provided by the Delaware County clerk's election office on Friday afternoon.
Earlier:Recent school board elections have had few actual races. Will this year be any different?
Filing for school board elections closed at noon Friday.
School board seats up for election in Delaware County this November and the candidates who filed to run for them are:
- Cowan, three at-large seats: Incumbent Alan Wright filed to run, along with Paul Hansard and Kimberlie Campbell. Current members Angela Johnson and Mike Van Horn did not file seeking reelection, according to the election office.
- Daleville, two at-large seats: Current school board members Diane Evans and Ron Halbert Jr. both filed to run for reelection.
- Delaware Community, three seats: Lance Engle filed for another term in the Delaware Township seat. Alice Gillis filed for the Niles Township seat current held by Jacob Case, who did not file to run for reelection, according to the election office. No candidate was listed as having filed for the Union Township seat currently held by Trent Fox.
- Liberty-Perry, three seats: Incumbent Keith Davis and challengers Craig Standish and Shane Wise filed for the Liberty Township seat. Incumbent Kevin Thomas is challenged by Eugene Ferris and Shane Sites for the at-large seat. Incumbent Robert Cook was the only one to file for his current Perry Township seat.
- Wes-Del, three seats: Incumbent Todd Trehearne is being challenged for the Harrison Township seat by Christopher Shipley, James Schneider and Amy Townsend. Incumbent Richard Johnson is being challenged for the at-large seat by Britany Mauck. Larry Batt is unchallenged for reelection to the Washington Township seat. (The election office reported on Friday that Tyler Niccum also had filed for Harrison Township, but was removed from the list because he did not live in that district.)
- Yorktown, three at-large seats. Incumbents Ryan Kelly, Pat LaVelle and Tom Simpson and challenger Victoria Gasaway all filed to run.
The Muncie Community School Board is now appointed by the Ball State University Trustees and president, rather than being elected by voters in the school district.
In addition to school board elections, the ballot for the Nov. 8 general election will include races for U.S. Senate and the Indiana Legislature; state offices including auditor, treasurer and secretary of state; and county offices including commissioner, council, sheriff, coroner, judge, clerk, assessor, auditor and recorder, as well as township and town races.
Citizens who aren't already registered to vote have through Oct. 11 to do so in time to cast ballots in the general election. In-person absentee voting in advance of Election Day will be Oct. 12-noon Nov. 7, while the deadline to apply for an absentee ballot by mail is Oct. 27.
To register to vote, apply online to vote absentee or check on voter registration status, polling site for Election Day or who will be on the ballot, go to indianavoters.in.gov.
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Downtown Muncie to celebrate First Thursday with art shows
MUNCIE, Ind. — September's First Thursday gallery walk will be 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, in downtown Muncie.
Cornerstone Center for the Arts, 520 E. Main St., will be showing work by Nicholle Sanchez. The show is titled “Rebel Girl, the death of a people pleaser,” a series of mostly acrylic paintings focusing on the need to disassimilate from society's standards of what is or isn't proper social norms, according to a release.
Gordy Fine Art and Framing Co., 224 E. Main St., will have its final party for an exhibition celebrating the fifth anniversary of "On the Mark, For the City," the colorful mural on the Mark III Tap Room, with an exhibition and sale of artworks by the four artists who planned, designed, and painted that mural. Following the tragic events at the Orlando Pulse Nightclub in 2016, JoAnna Darda, Braydee Euliss, Faith Kellermeyer and Jannell Summers were inspired to work hand-in-hand to create a piece of public art that would illustrate Muncie’s acceptance of and support for people of all backgrounds. The Gordy show is on view with works for sale through Aug. 30; 10% of all sales of artworks will go to support Muncie OUTreach
Madjax Muncie, 515 E. Main St., will showcase its makers and local popup artists 5-8 p.m. in its first- and second-floor galleries. Musical duo Dan Wright and John Kamplain will perform. Beyond I CAN's gift shop will be open for First Thursday.
Jerry Wire, the Muncie Artist’s Guild's Artist of the Month, will have work on display at various locations downtown and around Muncie during September. Wire was the 2022 Annual Show Winner of the "Best of Show." Wire majored in U.S. history and minored in art at Ball State University. After discharge from the Air Force he moved to Muncie and worked at Ball Brothers as a computer operator, taught art at Muncie Community Schools for over 30 years and volunteered at Minnetrista for various art projects after he retired. Wire is an art hobbyist who has dabbled in both 2- and 3-dimensional projects in charcoal and pastels, oils, acrylic portraits, ceramics, throwing, terra-cotta, papier-mâché, kites, mosaics, weaving, hyper-tufa garden sculptures and printmaking.
The Muncie Makers Market will have vendors, artists and entertainers set up along the sidewalk in front of Muncie Map Co. near the corner of Walnut and Adams streets. The community farmers market offers homemade food, locally grown produce, live plants, art, and handmade crafts.
Muncie Map Co., 111 E. Adams St.. will have some of its restored historical maps being released as part of its Heritage Series ready for purchase by First Thursday.
Muncie Makes Lab, 628 S. Walnut St., will feature “Digital Analogue” by Jon Rees from the Ball State School of Art 6-9 p.m. Thursday, and by appointment on Friday, Sept. 2. The exhibition of glass sculpture explores the link between digital and traditional methods of creation through the analysis of popular architectural typologies with a focus on Form, Space, and Light.
The Shoppe by Pink Leaf, 108 S. Walnut St., will have a buy one get one free special on seeds. | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/08/29/downtown-muncie-to-celebrate-first-thursday-with-art-shows/65419679007/ | 2022-08-29T11:12:48 | 0 | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/08/29/downtown-muncie-to-celebrate-first-thursday-with-art-shows/65419679007/ |
YORK COUNTY, Pa. — Six people are displaced after a fire in York County Sunday morning.
Emergency crews responded to the fire on the 100 block of Wellsville Road, Warrington Township just before 6 a.m.
Officials with York County 911 Dispatch say while nobody was injured in the fire, four adults and two children were displaced, with the Red Cross assisting.
There is no word yet on the cause of the fire. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/6-displaced-fire-york-county/521-587cc63b-1cb4-4521-a635-7c7604771f67 | 2022-08-29T11:15:42 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/6-displaced-fire-york-county/521-587cc63b-1cb4-4521-a635-7c7604771f67 |
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — Garden Spot Fire Rescue was called to battle a fire in East Earl Township just before 6 a.m. Saturday morning.
The initially one-alarm fire started in the warehouse side of a business on the 100 block of Teddy Drive.
The fire primarily burned along the roof of the building, eventually working its way up to two alarms. Several additional engines responded.
Crews were on scene for several hours establishing control and putting out hot spots.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/early-morning-fire-damages-lancaster-county-business-two-alarm/521-983d9654-32c3-4be9-ad2b-bbc53ee747ad | 2022-08-29T11:15:49 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/early-morning-fire-damages-lancaster-county-business-two-alarm/521-983d9654-32c3-4be9-ad2b-bbc53ee747ad |
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — Like many businesses, Messiah Lifeways in Cumberland County has been no stranger to staffing shortages stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The senior living facility is adapting and testing out robots to help maintain the facility.
“We are still facing challenges in hiring," Messiah Lifeways President and CEO Karl Brummer said. "We are down 20 percent of our workforce pre-covid.”
Messiah brought on 'Roving Rosie,' a robotic vacuum, and a robotic 'Mr. Mow it All' as two of the latest additions to the team this summer.
“We’re really doing this as kind of an experiment to see how it works, operates, and make sure that it’s safe," Brummer said.
Messiah officials and employees say the robots help the staff put more focus on their residents.
“We are a care business, part of what we do is hands-on care, so we don’t see that going away anytime soon," Brummer said. "But if there are other activities that we can replace by automation or robots we are willing to try it.”
And they’re not alone. Despite the national unemployment rate returning to pre-pandemic levels, the makeup of the workplace is becoming more automated just about everywhere.
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, recently debuted a robot that can take and perform commands.
"We really believe that using machine learning and AI we will be able to really crack and really improve and really enable robots to make a significant foray into the human-centric world," the senior director of Google's robotics research Vincent Vanhoucke said in an interview with FOX News.
Machines are doing a wider range of jobs than ever before, from bartenders to factory workers.
A 2017 study by the McKinsey Global Institute predicts that roughly one-fifth of the global workforce will be impacted by the adoption of AI and automation.
By the end of the decade, experts expect robots will replace 800 million workers across the world.
Brummer says while automation is the future, the goal isn’t to cut jobs but make them better.
“It’s not about replacing jobs," Brummer said. "It’s about how we make the best use of the staff that we have.”
Messiah officials say maintenance of the facility could be just the start of automation.
"One of the other areas is in dining. Many other senior organizations are struggling with dining staff," Brummer said. "I see the future is going to have to rely on technology more and more." | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/mechanicsburg-senior-facility-utilizes-robots-staff-shortages/521-8e2e560a-cc36-4400-9d93-8755c3949d7d | 2022-08-29T11:15:55 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/mechanicsburg-senior-facility-utilizes-robots-staff-shortages/521-8e2e560a-cc36-4400-9d93-8755c3949d7d |
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — Police are seeking information after discovering a large amount of blood and evidence of traumatic injury on and near a road in Cumberland County.
The scene was found on Ashburg Drive around 7:15 a.m. Saturday. Silver Spring Township Police believe the suspicious incident occurred overnight, likely between midnight and dawn.
The blood has presumptively tested as almost certainly human blood.
Police contacted the nearby elder care facility and neighbors, neither of which reported anyone missing.
Anyone with information is asked to get in touch with Detective Cory Keen at 717-697-0607, extension 2004, or email ckeen@sstwp.org.
If you need to speak to an officer immediately, you can call the non-emergency Cumberland County Communications number at 717-238-9676. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/police-investigating-suspicious-blood-found-on-roadway-traumatic-injury/521-e91724f4-2cc1-4a36-b852-06d708c64913 | 2022-08-29T11:16:01 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/police-investigating-suspicious-blood-found-on-roadway-traumatic-injury/521-e91724f4-2cc1-4a36-b852-06d708c64913 |
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — You most likely know what boxing and kickboxing are, as they've been around for hundreds of years. However, muay thai is a discipline that blends those two styles together, using knees, elbows, and clinch work.
In this week’s segment of MMA in Pa., head muay thai instructor with York MMA, Micah Yohe, explains the centuries-old form of striking, and gives insight into how an apparently violent act can actually be a work of art that appeals to all walks of life.
"Some people come in just to get in shape," he said. "Some people come in to learn how to defend themselves. We have all those walk in here. We train fighters, but a lot of the people work a 9 to 5 coming in, getting in shape, and learning to feel more confident in themselves. After a while, they feel better about themselves, walking around, looking people in the eyes.”
From the surface, striking disciplines may seem to be the most violent, but there are lots of misconceptions around its motives and practices, Yohe told FOX43.
"One of the biggest reasons is they don't understand it," Yohe said. "They think that what they're watching is in essence a street fight where two people hate each other, and they're going at it and trying to kill each other. That's not what we do here. We're trying to better each other."
“If I come up with a technique, and I'm using it with a person, and I'm beating them with that technique, I eventually want them to come up with something to counter that technique," he went on. "Because if they do, then I have to come up with something better than that technique. And that's how we better each other, that's how iron sharpens iron."
We've heard that iron sharpens iron, as it's a common phrase in any sport. It rings true across the board when fighters depend on each other to maintain a level of respect, while still perfecting their craft.
It's especially important for striking, since it's an intense impact to the body, which makes it vital when your training partner understands your limits.
At York MMA, they train both muay thai and jiu-jitsu. The instructors and athletes say they’re working constantly to keep up with the always-evolving sport of MMA.
Yohe says muay thai is the more widely practiced form of striking in MMA, but that doesn't stop martial artists who specialize in other forms from trying their hand.
"You're always seeing an evolution of the sport, it's constantly growing, and i don't think we've seen the top yet of where it's headed,” Yohe said.
“You even see some people employ karate," he said. "Muay thai tends to be a little more of the most popular in MMA, because muay thai is full contact in Thailand, where karate is a lot of point-fighting. Some people have kind of blended their karate background, and they've done really well in the cage with it.”
It's a challenge to blend styles together, since wrestling and jiu-jitsu are obviously fundamentally different disciplines than ones that are striking-focused, Yohe says. However, it forces instructors and students alike to bring the best of their skills to the table.
“There's validity to all these arts, you just have to find what really works in full contact situations, and also find what works for particular people," he said.
Yohe says if you want to get a good workout in, martial arts might be for you, and that the majority of gyms cater to all people and want to see someone achieve their goals. In the next segment of MMA in Pa., we take a step outside the cage for a moment, and look at how one gym in our area is working towards a bigger fight, as they travel overseas to aid people in the Middle East during a time of civil war. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-instructor-promotes-mma-in-pennsylvania/521-5fca179e-86f0-405f-87fa-3d69ab52e95f | 2022-08-29T11:16:07 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-instructor-promotes-mma-in-pennsylvania/521-5fca179e-86f0-405f-87fa-3d69ab52e95f |
Indiana University's surprising connection to Bill Skarsgård horror film 'Barbarian'
An accidental double-booking at a rental already sounds like a nightmare, but for one young woman, it's only the beginning of a suspenseful, horrifying stay with a fellow house guest.
That's the premise of "Barbarian," a new horror film starring Bill Skarsgård, Georgina Campbell and Justin Long. In the film, a woman (Campbell) rents a home while in town for a job interview, only to discover a strange visitor (Skarsgård) is also staying there. Against her better judgment, she decides to stay the night, which unfolds into a tense, unpredictable series of events.
Free screening of 'Barbarian' at IU
The film will have a theatrical release Sept. 9 by Regency Enterprises and the Walt Disney Company's 20th Century Studios. Ahead of its official release, Indiana University is one of a few venues that will host a free, exclusive screening this Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Whittenberger Auditorium — all because of one dedicated alumnus.
About a year and a half ago, in the early hours of the morning, film financier and producer Danny Chan read the script to "Barbarian" in his basement while his family slept peacefully upstairs.
"I've watched a lot of horror films, but when I read this, it was so different. I've never seen anything like it," Chan said. "I was getting chills as I was reading it."
Chan is the film's co-financier and executive producer and CEO of its associated production company.
"Having Disney distribute (a film) is very rare for an independent film producer (and) financier," Chan said. "It's like unprecedented.”
Though his team at Almost Never Films has produced over 20 features, Chan is a relatively new kid on the block. He started his production company six years ago while in his late 30s after a finance career in stem cell research overseas.
“One of my greatest personal memories was my dad taking me to see double features when I was a kid. Movies were always like my favorite thing, my favorite pastime,” Chan said. “But I never thought in a million years I could be doing anything around it because I've never looked at movies and thought, ‘You know, I could do this or that.’”
IU alumnus' unconventional journey from college campus to Hollywood film set
Chan broke into the film industry through pure happenstance. After a successful finance career in China, he returned to his hometown of Indianapolis, where he received a call from a friend about someone in the film industry who needed his help.
During production of the film "Pali Road," a Chinese actress expressed her desire to leave in the middle of shooting. Because he had lived in China and is fluent in the language, Chan spoke with the actress' agent and smoothed over the cultural misunderstanding on set. To ensure the production's success, Chan briefly relocated to Hawaii during shooting, where he got a real taste for the industry.
Soon after, he founded Almost Never Films. He noted finance comes naturally to him, so it wasn't difficult to direct his expertise in this new field.
“I'm mostly receiving scripts. People ask me to help finance the movie, and I contribute capital. You help structure the financing because it's not someone who comes in and goes, ‘Hey, I'm gonna write the check for the whole film,’" Chan said. "Many of the films I deal with, there's intricate financing involved, and so I help with that.”
For example, he considers what state is best to shoot the feature based on tax incentives and figures out various ways to raise funding for production costs.
As he began working on films, Chan noticed he has a different approach than his peers.
"A lot of film financiers don't read scripts. I mean, I read scripts of all the things I finance, even though you're really supposed to be looking at the financial aspects of it," Chan said.
While "Barbarian" doesn't have the biggest budget, it is the most high-profile and riskiest endeavor for Chan.
“This is the first movie that I've done this kind of financing. Usually the financing I do is very, very conservative. This one is just regular equity, which means you could lose millions of dollars (or) you can make millions of dollars. It's extremely risky,” Chan said, adding while it has caused him some anxiety, it's also been "the most fun" to work on.
It's also been a personal triumph. During the summer, Chan visited Disney World with his family, visiting its AMC theater for the new "Minions" movie.
“I saw the 'Barbarian' poster inside the theater and I just about freaked out, like I ran over there. My daughter, who’s 8, was like, ‘Oh, Daddy, I see your name,’” Chan said.
'Barbarian' promises unforgettable theater experience at IU: 'jumping in their seats'
When Chan attended the film's initial screen test in Long Beach, he heard attendees describe the film with all the right words — "original," "unique" and "scary."
"I think they could relate to that kind of situation where they go to a town, they get an Airbnb, and it doesn't turn out to be what it's supposed to be," Chan said.
Film stars Skarsgård and Campbell are no strangers to the horror genre. Skarsgård rose to national prominence with his performance in the 2017 film franchise of Stephen King's "It" while Campbell received critical praise for her work in an unforgettable episode ("Hang the DJ") of "Black Mirror," a Netflix television series that often blends science fiction with speculative horror.
"I think the college crowd really enjoys horror films. That's where the push to the college kids are," Chan said. "I'm hoping at IU that, when this thing shows, people will be jumping in their seats and just having a great time.”
Following the screening, Chan will host a question and answer segment about his experience breaking into the film industry as an outsider.
"This is the industry of lots of noise and failures that are temporary until you get something. But I think a lot of people don't understand that because you're gonna get discouraged, which I get, but you really, really have to power through it," Chan said. "I don't think that's just like a movie industry lesson. It's just kind of a lesson about life — don't give up and keep going. For all the very successful people I've met in the film industry, all of them had the same experience, which is failure, failure, failure (at first).”
The screening is free for all attendees and seating will be on a first come, first served basis. IU students can RSVP at https://bit.ly/3wxky9o, where their access to seating will be prioritized. Close to the show's start, IU personnel will allow nonstudents and students without an RSVP in to fill open seats.
Reach Rachel Smith at rksmith@heraldt.com or on Twitter @RachelSmithNews. | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/29/barbarian-screening-bloomington-iu-alumnus-financed-walt-disney-indie-horror-movie/65414029007/ | 2022-08-29T11:17:15 | 1 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/29/barbarian-screening-bloomington-iu-alumnus-financed-walt-disney-indie-horror-movie/65414029007/ |
All the hard work a group of local girls began in March paid off this summer.
The Hamilton Flying Knights won a slew of district and regional track and field championships in July and earned the right to compete at the AAU Junior Olympics in Greensboro, North Carolina this month.
"We had a very young team. Most of the team, it was like their first and second season running," said Ashley Parker-Laws, one of the coaches.
"We were very excited. We knew that they had talent, but the way they performed, they really stepped up. We were really surprised."
Surprised only because just two of the girls had competed at last year's Junior Olympics, a sprawling event that includes more than 15,000 athletes.
"It can be intimidating, it can be scary," said Parker-Laws, who coaches the Flying Knights with Shalan Laws. Robert Laws is the team's program director and coordinator. He and Parker-Laws are married. Shalan Laws is married to Alan Laws, the longtime Pleasantville High School coach.
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The team members who qualified for the Junior Olympics based on their performances earlier in the summer:
- Yameenah Carrington, Aaliyah Laws, Arizona Kiett and Destinee Stewart in the 8-under 4x100-meter relay. The girls won their regional competition.
- Yameenah also earned regional titles in the 100- and 400-meter runs.
- Naomi Laws, 9, was a district and regional champion in the 200, the second year in a row she took the regional title. She also qualified for nationals in the 400.
- Arizona Kiett, 8, qualified for nationals in the 100 and the 200.
- Cadence McClellan, 10, made nationals in the 100 and the 200.
- Julisa Derry, 11, was the district and regional champion in the 1,500 and the 3,000. She also was the regional 800 champion.
- Briannalee Growalt, 13, was the district and regional champion in the long jump. She also qualified for nationals in the 100.
Julisa earned two medals (and All-American status) at the Junior Olympics, which was a major step up in competition, a weeklong event that included athletes from all four corners of the nation. She was second among 73 runners in the 1,500 and third among 37 in the 3,000. She also finished ninth in a field of 98 runners in the 800. Several other Flying Knights earned top-15 finishes: Naomi in the 200 and 400; Yameenah in the 100; and the relay team.
Parker-Laws said their performances throughout the summer were very encouraging. "One thing about track, it takes time. It's a journey. For them to get the experience, to see what it was like, it was a big deal. We were happy."
And if any of the girls were disappointed with their performances in North Carolina, the program leaders convinced them not to be.
"We let them know that it was a big deal (to qualify for the Junior Olympics). A lot of people didn't make it," Parker-Laws said. "We didn't let them be hard on themselves. There was no reason to be." | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/hamilton-flying-knights-win-district-regional-track-and-field-titles-then-compete-at-aau-junior/article_2f9d8ab6-18b3-11ed-9b09-6ff519e96f07.html | 2022-08-29T11:32:09 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/hamilton-flying-knights-win-district-regional-track-and-field-titles-then-compete-at-aau-junior/article_2f9d8ab6-18b3-11ed-9b09-6ff519e96f07.html |
The latest North Dakota coronavirus news: workforce development, testing and shots.
Workforce grant
Bismarck-based University of Mary will receive a small part of a $9.6 million federal grant going to the Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber Foundation as part of a nationwide effort to boost workforce development.
The foundation has one of 32 projects being funded through the Economic Development Administration's $500 million Good Jobs Challenge, which is funded with American Rescue Plan coronavirus aid. The project will focus on training hundreds of workers for the agriculture, manufacturing and technology industries through the Ignite Initiative Regional Workforce Training System.
The University of Mary is getting $563,000 of the grant to fund curriculum creation, delivery of coursework, the hiring of an educational navigator headquartered at the University of Mary Fargo Center, and marketing. The money will specifically benefit U-Mary's online cybersecurity training program through the Gary Tharaldson School of Business, and employer-readiness training through the Workforce Development office, according to university Online Executive Director Rachael Brash.
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“We all know our workforce needs are great, and this grant will provide many people across the region with opportunity to thrive," she said.
Testing and vaccines
A comprehensive list of free public COVID-19 testing offered in North Dakota can be found at health.nd.gov/covidtesting. That site also lists where free at-home test kits are being offered.
People can go to https://www.ndvax.orgor https://bit.ly/3N3IMxb or call 866-207-2880 to see where COVID-19 vaccine is available near them.
County-level COVID-19 risks determined by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can be found at https://bit.ly/3Clifrq.
Guidance and resources for businesses are at https://bit.ly/3w0DpKj.
General information is at https://www.health.nd.gov/diseases-conditions/coronavirus and https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/health/north-dakota-coronavirus-news-aug-29-u-mary-to-be-part-of-workforce-project/article_9e48b7aa-23bd-11ed-af0b-176a35afa341.html | 2022-08-29T11:41:44 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/health/north-dakota-coronavirus-news-aug-29-u-mary-to-be-part-of-workforce-project/article_9e48b7aa-23bd-11ed-af0b-176a35afa341.html |
Former Olympian Rodion Davelaar opens AQUAfin Swim School location in Orange City
ORANGE CITY — Before class begins, students at AQUAfin Swim School must make a few promises.
In addition to following the rules and ensuring an adult watches them when they're in the water, children also promise to have fun.
"I want kids to enjoy the water, just like I did," Rodion Davelaar said.
Just last month, the former Olympian and his wife, Cassidy Foley Davelaar, opened the first franchise branch of AQUAfin Swim School.
Rodion Davelaar's friend and fellow former Olympian, Nim Shapira, founded the school in 2017. Both men competed as swimmers in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Davelaar, who lives in the Lake Nona area, represented Netherlands Antilles and finished 57th in the 50-meter freestyle; Shapira, who lives in the Jacksonville area, represented Israel and finished 15th in the 200-meter freestyle and 26th in the 100-meter freestyle.
AQUAfin School a response to high child drowning rates
In May 2020, Shapira broached the idea of Davelaar opening a location of his own.
Davelaar said he had a good job at the time with a software company, but he brought the idea to Cassidy, a pediatrician specializing in orthopedics and sports medicine at Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando.
Cassidy said shortly beforehand she'd read something from the American Academy of Pediatrics that shocked her: Drowning was the single-leading cause of death among children between ages 1 to 4.
Wanting to be a part of the solution, the couple agreed Davelaar would shift gears and enter the business of teaching children to swim with some help on the investment side from Cassidy.
So far this year, 58 children died as a result of drowning, according to the Florida Department of Children and Families. Two were reported in Flagler County earlier this month.
On Aug. 4, a 2½-year-old died after she "was found unresponsive in the family's above-ground swimming pool," according to DCF child fatality statistics. A 4-year-old girl died Aug. 12, six days after "she was found in a nearby pond when she was reported missing from the home."
The website doesn't list any reported drownings so far this year in Volusia or St. Johns counties.
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Last year, there were 98 reported child-drowning deaths with one case each in Volusia and Flagler counties, and none reported in St. Johns County.
A 1-year-old boy died Aug. 1, 2021, a week "after he was found unresponsive in the swimming pool while he was attending a pool party at a relative's home" in Flagler County, according to DCF child fatality statistics. In Volusia County, a 1-year-old girl died Oct. 13, 2021, four days "after she was found unresponsive in the swimming pool when she got out of the home undetected."
Starting young with water safety
AQUAfin offers eight class levels, and swimmers are placed in a particular class based on their current skills and abilities.
Children who are brand new to the water and between the ages of 2 months and 3 years can participate in the Jellyfish class, which requires the help of a parent or guardian.
During that class, much of the focus is on introducing the children to and getting them comfortable with water, Davelaar said.
"There are kids who come in just so afraid of the water they start crying," Davelaar said.
That's why — next to safety — having a good time while learning to swim is a priority.
"The lessons are really fun," Cassidy said. "The kids are going to enjoy them, and then it's really fun to then take that home and watch how your kid becomes more comfortable and more confident."
Lake Helen resident Jessica Hemesath was the first parent to sign up her children for lessons at AQUAfin in Orange City.
Hemesath said she's interested in getting an above-ground pool someday, but not before her daughters Leona Deguzman, 8, and Nora Deguzman, 4, learn to swim.
"I knew that I wanted to get them going," said Hemesath, adding that her father had her in swimming lessons when she was their age.
On Thursday both girls had swimming lessons, which Davelaar led.
Hemesath, 36, and Leona watched Nora as she had her lesson first.
Inside the pool area, Nora worked on floating on her back, kicking while sitting on one of the steps, and swimming a few feet from Davelaar to the side of the pool.
After each exercise, she received a high-five.
Nora also practiced popcorn jumps (her favorite), which involve going underwater and then jumping up, and retrieving toys from the bottom of the 3-1/2-foot-deep pool.
After throwing in a weighted toy fish, Davelaar asked if she wanted to save the fish together.
"No, I can do it all by myself," Nora said.
While Davelaar likes seeing children become confident and comfortable in the water, he said they should never swim without supervision.
Visit aquafinswimschool.com for information. | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2022/08/29/former-olympian-opens-aquafin-swim-school-orange-city/10290485002/ | 2022-08-29T11:52:32 | 1 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2022/08/29/former-olympian-opens-aquafin-swim-school-orange-city/10290485002/ |
Flagler County sees highest turnout in a primary election since 2004
Flagler County reported 33.2% registered voters participated in Tuesday's primary, the highest turnout in a primary election since 2004, according to Flagler County Supervisor of Elections Kaiti Lenhart.
“I'm very proud of the voters in Flagler County,” Lenhart said.
Lenhart also emailed a statement to The News-Journal.
"What a great Election Day! Thanks to my incredible, talented, dedicated and brilliant staff," Lenhart wrote. "I know I say that a lot, but these are the people who make democracy happen. It just can’t be said enough. We plan our lives around elections, live and breathe the integrity of the sacred right of choosing our representation in government, to honor the blood, sweat and tears of those who came before us to make it possible."
Lenhart also thanked poll workers.
"Thanks to our poll workers who served on the front lines, it’s a thankless job in many respects. I’ve dealt with some outrageous behavior during the past several months, and I know that (a) 16-hour Election Day was NOT a walk in the park," Lenhart wrote.
The 2004 primary race had a 33.7% turnout. The 2004 election cycle featured a presidential race in which Republican George W. Bush was reelected by defeating Democrat John Kerry.
Lenhart said Flagler County had the fourth-highest turnout on Tuesday statewide among medium and large counties, which she said was “amazing.”
She said the statewide turnout was 25.8%
“I’m really proud. We finally beat that 30%,” she said.
Lenhart said that her office had been working to increase primary turnouts.
One way Lenhart sought to do that was by reminding people to vote with Facebook posts like this one: "Tomorrow. It's the day we've all been working on and waiting for. If you haven't voted yet, DO IT. Make time to VOTE! If you care about the community you live in, there are no excuses. We have to break this shameful >30% turnout for primary elections in Flagler County. Your vote counts!"
Lenhart also promoted the primary in the sample ballot by writing "Why are primary elections so important? These contests will be decided in this primary!" She then listed the races.
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The turnout in Flagler was higher than in Volusia County, which reported 28.8% with 117,360 of 407,264 eligible voters casting ballots, according to the Volusia County Supervisor of Elections website.
Lenhart said she could not comment on how much any specific race might have driven voter turnout.
But Lenhart said there was a lot of interest in the local races, which included seats on the Flagler County Commission, the Flagler County School Board and the city of Palm Coast.
Flagler County Commission Chair Joe Mullins, who had drawn a lot of attention for controversies, including recent speeding tickets, was on the ballot. Leann Pennington soundly defeated him in the Republican primary.
According to a Facebook post from Lenhart’s office, 31,337 of 94,315 registered voters cast ballots.
“There was a lot of public interest in our local races and also I think people are more interested now in elections in general,” Lenhart said. | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2022/08/29/flagler-county-sees-highest-turnout-primary-election-since-2004/7885936001/ | 2022-08-29T11:52:38 | 0 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2022/08/29/flagler-county-sees-highest-turnout-primary-election-since-2004/7885936001/ |
The city of Fort Wayne issued this news release today:
When it rains, the 100-year-old combined sewers in older parts of Fort Wayne can overflow, resulting in the discharge of a combination of stormwater (rain or snowmelt) and untreated sewage into CSO impacted waterways within the Great Lakes Basin. Today's forecast indicates a strong possibility that overflows will occur or have started to occur within the past four (4) hours. The overflow may be continuing. The approximate times when the overflow started and stops will be summarized within seven (7) days in a supplemental notice available on the City's website at https://www.cityoffortwayne.org/cso-notification.html.
Consumption of or direct contact with sewage-contaminated water could make you sick. Signs are posted along affected waterways in Fort Wayne to identify the locations of combined sewer overflow points and areas where contact with water could be hazardous to your health. These locations, and waterbodies potentially impacted, may also be found by clicking the following link: https://www.cityoffortwayne.org/cso-notification.html.
During and after a combined sewer overflow event, individuals should avoid direct contact with water in any of the waterways that are potentially impacted by CSOs as shown on the map found at https://www.cityoffortwayne.org/cso-notification.html.
In addition, City Utilities encourages the public to take the following precautions:
- Avoid direct contact with CSO-impacted streams during and for three days (72 hours) after a rain event and for 72 hours after receiving a CSO notification;
- Alter recreational activities to avoid direct contact with CSO-impacted water;
- If contact does occur with CSO-impacted water , wash your hands immediately, especially prior to eating;
- Use a waterless hand sanitizer at outings that occur near CSO-impacted streams.
Every Wednesday City Utilities will post information at the following location giving details of any CSO discharge events that have happened in the previous seven (7) days:
https://www.cityoffortwayne.org/cso-notification.html.
Clean water is a priority for the City of Fort Wayne. City Utilities is implementing a variety of projects to improve waterways and reduce CSO discharges. The long-term costs to control CSOs in Fort Wayne will likely exceed $250 million. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/verbatim-combined-sewer-overflow-warning-today/article_1d34e146-2784-11ed-99c6-1bad5732465c.html | 2022-08-29T12:10:20 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/verbatim-combined-sewer-overflow-warning-today/article_1d34e146-2784-11ed-99c6-1bad5732465c.html |
WAVERLY — No significant upgrades have been made to the Waverly Public Library since it was built in 1998.
That will change next summer when library officials expect construction to begin on $2.4 million in renovations and expansion to the building at 1500 W. Bremer Ave.
Library leadership recently made a presentation to the City Council to ask that $700,000 be allotted in its 2023-24 budget. The library’s foundation and a public campaign would generate another $1.4 million, or $700,000 each, while the remaining $300,000 could come from grants.
The project will address an increase in visitors, a change in services and offerings, occasional congestion and noise, and a need for more seating, booths and computer stations.
“The building really has held up over the years, and I feel like we’ve maintained it well,” said Library Director Sarah Meyer. “The building still feels new, and many still think of it as new. It really isn’t time for any sort of major replacement or overhaul. This is more of a renewal of what we already have.”
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Adding plinths for art or a flat surface to the four new overlook areas originally was considered a possibility. But City Council ultimately decided against them.
Fundraising for the “Make Room for Renewal” project could begin this fall, but the public campaign won’t kick off until 2023, Meyer said.
Planning on the project is five years old and began when a strategic plan was being developed and pubic input was sought.
Meyer said one of the project’s primary components will be the 1,000 square-foot expansion in the area of the “seldom-used” southwest patio in order to create a teen technology and youth lounge.
“After school, the library is just buzzing with kids,” said Meyer. “We always welcome that activity. It will give them more space – hopefully what they want, whether it’s a computer or TV.
“It also will be a social space where kids can get together,” she added, emphasizing one example of why the library has become more like a community center.
Several residents took issue with and formulated arguments against Navigator’s purported proposal and rationale for building the carbon pipeline.
The new lounge will give kids a place to go in the library, opening up more seating for adults.
Additionally, a new quiet den space, children’s area expansion and more computer space, study rooms, and seating are planned through renovations.
Details on a unique “story tree” sculpture are being finalized. It would be placed in the transformed children’s area, and be a focal point for kids to gather around for story time and other activities.
The renovations come as the physical library book collection gets gradually smaller as more goes online. Also, it will be able to condense as some shelves are put on wheels.
Additionally, computer stations will be moved into the new teen space. The library anticipates reducing the circulation desk footprint and converting some conference rooms and storage space to make room for these changes. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/waverly-public-library-plans-2-4-million-in-expansion-renovations/article_98e5021d-369b-5bd1-b560-a7c1c9279f53.html | 2022-08-29T12:13:40 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/waverly-public-library-plans-2-4-million-in-expansion-renovations/article_98e5021d-369b-5bd1-b560-a7c1c9279f53.html |
DALLAS — After nearly 50 years, America is finally returning to the Moon.
And if all goes as planned, a huge new NASA rocket will mark the launch of a new era of American spacefaring.
“It's colossal. I've been waiting for this day for a long time. I love it when any human goes to space, but I love it even more when the Stars and Stripes are on that rocket,” astronaut Stanley Love said on Y’all-itics.
Artemis 1 was scheduled to launch Monday morning. The ambitious, 42-day-long mission will be the first time NASA uses Orion, the new spacecraft built to take humans back to the moon.
It will be packed with sensors and mannequins for this first flight, not humans. And that technology will collect data as the pod is propelled 40-thousand miles beyond the moon. Then, after orbiting the moon, the plan is for the capsule to return to Earth and splash down in the Pacific Ocean.
“Anything can go wrong. And there are hundreds of thousands of parts and they all have to work right. That's why we do the test flight before we put the people on board,” Love told us.
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If all goes well with Artemis 1, humans will climb aboard next on the Artemis 2 mission. The ultimate goal is to have Americans standing on the moon again by the end of 2024 with Artemis 3.
“We’ve got to check everything out. I mean, it cannot be understated how big it is for us to actually be returning to the moon and getting beyond low-Earth orbit,” said Nujoud Merancy.
Merancy is NASA’s Exploration Mission Planning Chief. If you want to talk to someone who’s spent years working on this project, she would be the one.
Merancy says the interior inside the Orion capsule has the volume of two mini-vans. She says it’s like taking your three best friends on a camping trip for several weeks, but never being able to get out.
The entire mission is expected to cover 1.3 Million miles.
And when the capsule re-enters Earth’s atmosphere, it’s re-entry speed will be 24,500 mph. NASA says that’s Mach 32. And Merancy says it will only need 20 minutes to slow down to 20 mph before splashdown, which is expected on Oct. 10.
The Space Launch System Rocket that’s carrying Orion is the most powerful rocket in the world. And at 322-feet, it’s taller than the Statue of Liberty. The mass it’s carrying at liftoff? 5.75 Million pounds.
And Merancy stresses our new effort to return to the moon is not the lunar program of the 1960s.
“The goal is a long term exploration program, so that this isn't just flags and footprints and then we stop again. We want to be able to keep going once we get to the moon, and then keep going beyond the moon to Mars,” she said.
Before the big liftoff, we’ve launched our fascinating conversation with these NASA insiders about this next huge leap for mankind. So be sure to listen to the latest episode of Y’all-itics, out now. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/artemis-launch-rocket-nasa-beyond-the-moon-nasa-tells-us-why-the-artemis-launch-is-so-important/287-8b5274a8-7c69-49b4-a007-c65c3f8be43f | 2022-08-29T12:17:15 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/artemis-launch-rocket-nasa-beyond-the-moon-nasa-tells-us-why-the-artemis-launch-is-so-important/287-8b5274a8-7c69-49b4-a007-c65c3f8be43f |
MULVANE, Kan. (KSNW) — The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has issued a boil water advisory for the City of Mulvane public water supply system, located in Sumner County.
The KDHE recommends that customers observe the following precautions until further notice:
- If your tap water appears dirty, flush the water lines by letting the water run until it clears.
- Boil water for one minute prior to drinking or food preparation or use bottled water.
- Dispose of ice cubes and do not use ice from a household automatic ice maker.
- Disinfect dishes and other food contact surfaces by immersion for at least one minute in clean tap water that contains one teaspoon of unscented household bleach per gallon of water.
- Water used for bathing does not generally need to be boiled. Supervision of children is necessary while bathing so that water is not ingested. Persons with cuts or severe rashes may wish to consult their physicians.
According to the KDHE, the advisory took effect on Aug. 28 and will remain in effect until the conditions that placed the system at risk of bacterial contamination are resolved.
KDHE officials issued the advisory because of a line break resulting in a loss of pressure in the system. Failure to maintain adequate pressure may result in a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination.
The KDHE can issue the rescind order following testing at a certified laboratory.
For questions, call the water system at 316-777-0191 or KDHE at 785-296-5514. For more information, click here. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/boil-water-advisory-issued-for-mulvane/ | 2022-08-29T12:22:52 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/boil-water-advisory-issued-for-mulvane/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The excitement surrounding the Artemis launch extends to the Air Capital. Space and aviation fans alike will have a chance to watch the launch together from the comfort of Wichita.
The Kansas Aviation Museum is ready to welcome visitors to its Artemis I launch party.
This launch is an important one, and one Kansas business played a part in. DJ engineering in Augusta made parts for the Artemis space launch system. The lift-off will finally happen early Monday morning. The Kansas Aviation Museum is opening its doors at 6 a.m.
“Early, but you can come out to the museum. We will have it playing here. You will be able to follow it, see what takes place as we begin this historic venture into space,” said Ben Sauceda, the executive director of the Kansas Aviation Museum.
He hopes this is an inspirational moment, too.
“I hope it shares as a launching pad for our young people, our youth here to really develop and continue on that entrepreneurial spirit that Wichita has contributed to aviation,” Sauceda added.
If you cannot make it to the Aviation Museum but still want to join in a watch party, you can visit the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson. The doors open at 7 a.m., and the party will include breakfast. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/how-to-see-the-artemis-1-launch-wichita-and-hutchinson-host-watch-parties/ | 2022-08-29T12:22:58 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/how-to-see-the-artemis-1-launch-wichita-and-hutchinson-host-watch-parties/ |
Looking for lifeguards? These Delaware beaches have limited staffing ahead of Labor Day
Noticing fewer lifeguard stands on the beaches this week? There’s a reason for that.
Most of the Delaware beaches will have some sort of limited lifeguard staffing this week as the fall quickly approaches.
While many beach patrols on Delmarva and across the country have reported low staffing this summer, multiple local captains said this end-of-season shortage is typical due to guards heading back to high school, college and fall sports.
Most beach patrols boost their staffing more for the Labor Day weekend – even calling in former guards to help out – but they may have limited lifeguards during the weekdays.
Here’s a roundup of what you can expect at the Delaware beaches headed into Labor Day and beyond.
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Delaware State Parks: Cape Henlopen, Delaware Seashore, Fenwick Island
The state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will reduce the lifeguarding hours at Delaware State Parks beaches starting Monday.
All swimming beaches will likely have smaller or limited guarded swimming areas, according to a DNREC press release.
Fenwick Island State Park’s swimming area at the Fenwick Lot will be unguarded during the week but will remain guarded on the weekends.
Delaware State Parks encouraged beachgoers to visit the remaining guarded beaches. The main beach at Cape Henlopen State Park and the South Indian River Inlet side of Delaware Seashore State Park will be guarded, with limited staffing, every day through Labor Day.
All swimming areas will be guarded Labor Day weekend, according to a State Parks spokesperson. Delaware State Parks only staff lifeguards through Labor Day.
Rehoboth Beach
Rehoboth Beach patrol is operating with about 12-18 lifeguards on staff through the rest of the season, according to city spokesperson Lynne Coan. The patrol typically has about 35 lifeguards at full staff.
Because of that, there may be limited lifeguards in Rehoboth. The goal is to cover the beach from the Henlopen Hotel to Hickman Street, which is just a couple blocks south of Funland on the south side of the boardwalk, Coan said.
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Rehoboth expects to have more lifeguards coming in for the Labor Day weekend. The beaches in the Nation’s Summer Capital are guarded through the rest of September.
Dewey Beach
Dewey Beach Patrol will modify its coverage with a lighter staff starting Monday, according to Beach Patrol Captain Todd Fritchman.
Beachgoers can expect to see fewer lifeguard stands in Dewey, but Fritchman said lifeguards will still be visible because mobile units will monitor the beaches on all-terrain vehicles.
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The ATVs are equipped with the required tools for open water rescues and support for medical emergencies.
Dewey Beach will staff lifeguards until Sept. 11 at 5 p.m.
Bethany Beach
While the quiet resort town has lost some lifeguards as they head back to school, Bethany Beach Patrol Captain Joe Donnelly said the beaches will still have lifeguard coverage.
Bethany Beach is able to staff lifeguards throughout this week and Labor Day.
After the holiday weekend, Bethany only hires lifeguards to cover the boardwalk area beaches on the weekends in September.
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Emily Lytle covers Sussex County from the inland towns to the beaches, with a focus on health-related issues. Got a story she should tell? Contact her at elytle@delmarvanow.com or 302-332-0370. Follow her on Twitter at @emily3lytle. | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/29/delaware-beaches-where-to-find-lifeguards-duty-schedules-swimming-safe/65457036007/ | 2022-08-29T12:23:22 | 1 | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/29/delaware-beaches-where-to-find-lifeguards-duty-schedules-swimming-safe/65457036007/ |
INDIANAPOLIS — With just weeks until Indianapolis Public Schools plans to release a draft of its "Rebuilding Stronger" plan, families are sharing their thoughts.
A recent survey asked IPS families to weigh in on a few key issues up for discussion this fall. It was organized by RISE INDY, a local nonprofit working within IPS to improve public schools for all families.
Jennifer Chartier, who works with RISE INDY, explained the survey was created over the summer to give voice to all IPS families.
"That is so important, even when the outcome is maybe something that the family doesn't like that they feel like their voice was a part of the process," Chartier said.
Organizers reported more than 225 families responded to the nonscientific survey.
Results show two main issues gained overall, general support, according to Chartier, including eliminating priority boundaries.
"Right now, if you live within half a mile of a choice school in IPS, you get priority over other families to attend that," she said.
More than 75% of surveyed families said they would support or strongly support IPS removing those priority boundaries.
Other survey results shows large support for replicating high-quality schooling options for all families.
"What families define as high-quality may not be test score-related," said Chartier.
Some families referred to "high quality" as a school where their child was valued. Others described "high quality" as high test scores and letter grades.
Chartier believes there needs to be a conversation with school leaders about what "high quality" means, especially for Black and brown communities.
When it comes to shifting to a middle school model, survey results are more varied, with 52% of families supporting the idea of moving to K-5 and 6-8 schools, rather than K-8. Nearly a third of families, though, said they would oppose the idea.
"Realistically speaking, that is something I think the district may have to do, just because a lot of those K-8 schools are over-subscribed, and they have too many kids in there " Chartier said. "Also, if you look around at the townships and the surrounding counties, the middle school model is kind of the prevailing model right now."
Another topic on the table is consolidating some schools to make better use of facilities.
"There is definitely a fierce urgency of 'now' in some of these buildings," Chartier said.
RISE INDY gave all of the survey results to IPS leaders, who have also surveyed families, according to Chartier.
In response to RISE INDY's survey, IPS officials shared the following statement with 13News:
“The results of the survey conducted by RISE INDY on the IPS Rebuilding Stronger initiative is comparable to what our community said was important during a series of community meetings the district has held over the last year. Using feedback from stakeholders, IPS is developing a draft of our plan to be released Sept. 13, followed by a series of community feedback opportunities through meetings and surveys. The results of the RISE Indy study verifies that what we’re hearing in the community is consistent with what our stakeholders are telling us that they want.”
"IPS has lost tens of thousands of students over the last three decades," Chartier said. "Those kids just aren't in the district for whatever reason. Did they go to the townships? Did they choose different schooling types? These are really hard decisions that have to be made. There is an upside on the other side, which is if the district can right-size, if the district can really put a focus on equity, then it's going to be providing a better education for the families who are in IPS."
IPS plans to release a draft of its "Rebuilding Stronger" plan on Sept. 13.
Chartier indicated that the district will host listening sessions for about two months after that. During that time, RISE INDY will work to connect IPS families with opportunities to share feedback.
"As this plan is released next month, we really hope to connect a lot of the families in the schools that we organize in and families in all different schooling types to the plan so that they can give feedback," Chartier said.
Then, a final vote on the plan is expected in November, according to Chartier.
"I hope families, the district, everyone who is involved here can show grace throughout this process," she said. "This is hard stuff. It's really difficult." | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/ips-families-answer-survey-rebuilding-stronger-plan-indianapolis-public-schools/531-f544e8ff-b2b3-4977-8bbd-909305f2e152 | 2022-08-29T12:42:50 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/ips-families-answer-survey-rebuilding-stronger-plan-indianapolis-public-schools/531-f544e8ff-b2b3-4977-8bbd-909305f2e152 |
The U.S. economy has met the technical definition of a recession, with two straight quarters of a decline in gross domestic product.
But are we really in a recession? Some experts have questioned whether the economy can truly be in a recession when unemployment is at a historically low level and continues to decline. In fact, the country as a whole added 500,000 jobs in July. Some other economic indicators continue to be positive as well. For example, retail spending was up 10.1% last month compared with a year ago.
A recent survey by the National Association for Business Economics found that fewer than 1 in 5 economists believe we are currently in a recession, although nearly half think we will be in one by the end of the year or early next year.
The debate over whether the national economy is in a recession also begs the question: Is Nebraska in a recession?
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Eric Thompson, director of the Bureau of Business Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said it's unclear at this point whether the nation or Nebraska is experiencing recessionary conditions at this time.
But he said the state "will most likely fall into recession if the national economy enters recession."
However, he said the state's large agriculture sector could blunt the effects of a national recession somewhat thanks to high commodity prices, particularly corn prices, which are near all-time highs.
Thompson also said the state's labor situation could be a mitigating factor, too.
"Employers will try very hard to retain their workers even as the economy slows, he said. "This also may help Nebraska avoid recession."
The most recent data from the Nebraska Department of Labor shows the state has added nearly 20,000 jobs over the past year, and employment numbers are higher than they were before the coronavirus pandemic.
One industry that is doing particularly well in the state is manufacturing, which as of July employed 103,000 people, the most since January 2003.
Creighton University economist Ernie Goss, however, said strong job numbers are somewhat misleading.
Ernie Goss, Creighton University economics professor
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"Healthy job gains overstate the strength in the U.S. and Nebraska economies for several reasons," he said.
Among them: the number of people holding more than one job has increased and the percentage of people participating in the labor force has continued to decline.
"The primary factor rendering both the U.S. and Nebraska employment gains is the steep decline in labor productivity," Goss said.
The first-quarter decline in U.S. labor force productivity was the largest since 1947, he said, and though data for Nebraska is not yet available, Goss said he expects it also will show a decline.
Despite that, he said, Nebraska's labor market remains stronger than the nation as a whole. The state's current labor participation rate actually is higher than it was before the pandemic started.
"This combined with the state's ultra-low unemployment rate (lowest in the last 50 years) attest to a Nebraska economy that is stronger than the national economy," Goss said.
He also noted the relative strength in both agriculture and manufacturing. That could be why Goss' monthly Rural Mainstreet Survey shows that job growth in rural areas of Nebraska has been nearly three times higher than in the state's metro areas over the past 12 months.
On the other hand, Goss said the U.S. dollar's relative strength to European, Chinese and Japanese currencies is bad for both of those sectors long term. He also noted that the state's low unemployment rate has led to a labor shortage that is likely to limit the ability of the state's companies to grow.
Whether Nebraska truly is in a recession or not, recent reports do show the economy slowing down.
Nebraska’s leading economic indicator, which is designed to predict economic activity for the next six months, fell 0.08 percentage points in July.
Thompson, who authors the report, said it "suggests slow economic growth in Nebraska for the rest of year and the beginning of 2023.”
Goss authors two surveys that cover the Midwest economy — the Rural Mainstreet Survey and Mid-America Business Conditions — and he said both, "point to slower, but positive, growth for the remainder of 2022 for Nebraska."
Lowest-earning counties in Nebraska
Lowest-earning counties in Nebraska
Americans on the whole were doing well financially heading into 2020, with major markers like unemployment reaching 50-year lows. The pandemic changed all that: During the second quarter of the 2020 fiscal year , our nation’s real GDP fell by a whopping 31.4%, a number that hasn’t been seen since the Great Depression. Since then the GDP has recovered, the first quarter of 2022 was 11% above the fourth quarter of 2019.
While GDP has recovered since the height of the pandemic, wage growth has not kept pace with inflation. In 2021 average hourly wages increased 4.7% while there was 7% inflation, meaning the worker’s purchasing power dropped by 2.4%.
Where you live can make a big impact on your financial situation. The highest earning county in the U.S. earns $147,111, while the lowest earns $22,292. Stacker compiled a list of the lowest-earning counties in Nebraska using data from the U.S. Census Bureau . Counties are ranked by the Census’ 2020 5-year estimate median household income.
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#50. Blaine County
- Median household income: $55,268 --- 12.3% below state average, 15.0% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 6.7% --- #3,119 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 4.3% --- #1,825 highest among all counties nationwide
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#49. Keya Paha County
- Median household income: $55,250 --- 12.3% below state average, 15.0% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 23.5% --- #1,057 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 9.7% --- #1,823 highest among all counties nationwide
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#48. Garfield County
- Median household income: $54,659 --- 13.3% below state average, 15.9% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 17.1% --- #2,120 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 7.3% --- #1,767 highest among all counties nationwide
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#47. Custer County
- Median household income: $53,891 --- 14.5% below state average, 17.1% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 21.0% --- #1,445 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 8.9% --- #1,684 highest among all counties nationwide
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#46. Banner County
- Median household income: $53,864 --- 14.5% below state average, 17.1% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 21.4% --- #1,376 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 5.1% --- #1,680 highest among all counties nationwide
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#45. Boyd County
- Median household income: $53,846 --- 14.6% below state average, 17.2% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 21.0% --- #1,445 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 11.4% --- #1,678 highest among all counties nationwide
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#44. Knox County
- Median household income: $53,653 --- 14.9% below state average, 17.4% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 17.0% --- #2,143 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 10.5% --- #1,653 highest among all counties nationwide
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#43. Furnas County
- Median household income: $53,533 --- 15.0% below state average, 17.6% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 16.5% --- #2,226 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 9.4% --- #1,642 highest among all counties nationwide
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#42. Scotts Bluff County
- Median household income: $53,433 --- 15.2% below state average, 17.8% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 20.0% --- #1,607 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 13.5% --- #1,635 highest among all counties nationwide
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#41. Thayer County
- Median household income: $53,234 --- 15.5% below state average, 18.1% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 16.5% --- #2,226 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 8.5% --- #1,614 highest among all counties nationwide
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#40. Sherman County
- Median household income: $53,158 --- 15.6% below state average, 18.2% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 15.8% --- #2,366 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 10.0% --- #1,608 highest among all counties nationwide
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#39. Nance County
- Median household income: $53,147 --- 15.7% below state average, 18.2% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 18.7% --- #1,839 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 9.1% --- #1,607 highest among all counties nationwide
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#38. Nuckolls County
- Median household income: $52,975 --- 15.9% below state average, 18.5% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 16.0% --- #2,330 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 9.3% --- #1,590 highest among all counties nationwide
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#37. Saline County
- Median household income: $52,956 --- 16.0% below state average, 18.5% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 21.1% --- #1,424 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 9.9% --- #1,586 highest among all counties nationwide
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#36. Antelope County
- Median household income: $52,569 --- 16.6% below state average, 19.1% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 15.6% --- #2,408 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 10.7% --- #1,550 highest among all counties nationwide
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#35. Hayes County
- Median household income: $52,396 --- 16.9% below state average, 19.4% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 13.4% --- #2,720 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 18.8% --- #1,536 highest among all counties nationwide
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#34. Madison County
- Median household income: $52,334 --- 16.9% below state average, 19.5% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 20.6% --- #1,517 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 12.9% --- #1,522 highest among all counties nationwide
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#33. Cheyenne County
- Median household income: $52,270 --- 17.1% below state average, 19.6% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 17.2% --- #2,106 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 12.0% --- #1,513 highest among all counties nationwide
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#32. Merrick County
- Median household income: $52,254 --- 17.1% below state average, 19.6% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 19.1% --- #1,768 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 13.7% --- #1,510 highest among all counties nationwide
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#31. Keith County
- Median household income: $52,169 --- 17.2% below state average, 19.7% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 18.9% --- #1,804 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 16.6% --- #1,498 highest among all counties nationwide
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#30. Burt County
- Median household income: $51,961 --- 17.5% below state average, 20.1% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 19.3% --- #1,734 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 10.3% --- #1,461 highest among all counties nationwide
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#29. McPherson County
- Median household income: $51,932 --- 17.6% below state average, 20.1% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 14.5% --- #2,579 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 11.5% --- #1,457 highest among all counties nationwide
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#28. Gage County
- Median household income: $51,812 --- 17.8% below state average, 20.3% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 21.0% --- #1,445 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 11.7% --- #1,440 highest among all counties nationwide
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#27. Webster County
- Median household income: $51,684 --- 18.0% below state average, 20.5% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 19.1% --- #1,768 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 8.3% --- #1,419 highest among all counties nationwide
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#26. Harlan County
- Median household income: $51,534 --- 18.2% below state average, 20.7% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 25.4% --- #840 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 9.1% --- #1,391 highest among all counties nationwide
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#25. Rock County
- Median household income: $51,458 --- 18.3% below state average, 20.8% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 22.0% --- #1,268 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 4.1% --- #1,378 highest among all counties nationwide
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#24. Nemaha County
- Median household income: $50,236 --- 20.3% below state average, 22.7% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 22.2% --- #1,245 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 9.7% --- #1,239 highest among all counties nationwide
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#23. Franklin County
- Median household income: $50,231 --- 20.3% below state average, 22.7% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 16.4% --- #2,247 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 11.5% --- #1,238 highest among all counties nationwide
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#22. Johnson County
- Median household income: $49,382 --- 21.6% below state average, 24.0% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 19.0% --- #1,784 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 8.0% --- #1,141 highest among all counties nationwide
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#21. Dawes County
- Median household income: $49,379 --- 21.6% below state average, 24.0% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 13.4% --- #2,720 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 8.6% --- #1,139 highest among all counties nationwide
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#20. Dundy County
- Median household income: $49,211 --- 21.9% below state average, 24.3% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 19.2% --- #1,756 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 11.4% --- #1,121 highest among all counties nationwide
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#19. Jefferson County
- Median household income: $48,981 --- 22.3% below state average, 24.6% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 16.1% --- #2,306 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 14.1% --- #1,103 highest among all counties nationwide
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#18. Deuel County
- Median household income: $48,958 --- 22.3% below state average, 24.7% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 9.7% --- #3,038 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 7.5% --- #1,094 highest among all counties nationwide
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#17. Hooker County
- Median household income: $48,654 --- 22.8% below state average, 25.1% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 9.8% --- #3,027 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 6.6% --- #1,065 highest among all counties nationwide
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#16. Arthur County
- Median household income: $48,500 --- 23.0% below state average, 25.4% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 19.8% --- #1,637 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 13.5% --- #1,049 highest among all counties nationwide
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#15. Wheeler County
- Median household income: $48,438 --- 23.1% below state average, 25.5% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 12.7% --- #2,791 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 11.0% --- #1,044 highest among all counties nationwide
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#14. Red Willow County
- Median household income: $48,140 --- 23.6% below state average, 25.9% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 17.8% --- #1,986 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 9.7% --- #1,013 highest among all counties nationwide
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#13. Kimball County
- Median household income: $48,056 --- 23.7% below state average, 26.1% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 12.0% --- #2,865 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 11.5% --- #1,009 highest among all counties nationwide
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#12. Sioux County
- Median household income: $47,422 --- 24.7% below state average, 27.0% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 17.6% --- #2,035 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 8.2% --- #950 highest among all counties nationwide
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#11. Morrill County
- Median household income: $46,903 --- 25.6% below state average, 27.8% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 18.3% --- #1,902 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 11.8% --- #902 highest among all counties nationwide
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#10. Greeley County
- Median household income: $46,830 --- 25.7% below state average, 27.9% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 16.9% --- #2,165 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 13.7% --- #894 highest among all counties nationwide
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#9. Loup County
- Median household income: $46,111 --- 26.8% below state average, 29.1% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 11.4% --- #2,928 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 7.2% --- #828 highest among all counties nationwide
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#8. Pawnee County
- Median household income: $46,063 --- 26.9% below state average, 29.1% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 13.7% --- #2,694 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 16.6% --- #822 highest among all counties nationwide
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#7. Hitchcock County
- Median household income: $46,000 --- 27.0% below state average, 29.2% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 13.6% --- #2,704 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 9.5% --- #818 highest among all counties nationwide
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#6. Logan County
- Median household income: $45,990 --- 27.0% below state average, 29.2% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 17.3% --- #2,087 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 11.9% --- #817 highest among all counties nationwide
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#5. Sheridan County
- Median household income: $45,543 --- 27.7% below state average, 29.9% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 15.7% --- #2,395 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 11.5% --- #777 highest among all counties nationwide
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#4. Richardson County
- Median household income: $44,524 --- 29.3% below state average, 31.5% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 15.8% --- #2,377 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 13.8% --- #695 highest among all counties nationwide
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#3. Grant County
- Median household income: $43,625 --- 30.8% below state average, 32.9% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 13.8% --- #2,670 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 14.1% --- #618 highest among all counties nationwide
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#2. Garden County
- Median household income: $42,076 --- 33.2% below state average, 35.3% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 11.3% --- #2,937 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 10.1% --- #494 highest among all counties nationwide
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#1. Brown County
- Median household income: $41,979 --- 33.4% below state average, 35.4% below national average - Households earning over $100k: 12.7% --- #2,791 highest among all counties nationwide - Households earning less than $15k: 11.7% --- #489 highest among all counties nationwide
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LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — A tractor-trailer crash shut down a highway in Lackawanna County.
Police say the big rig rolled just before 4 Monday morning on Route 435 in Clifton Township.
Route 435 was closed in both directions near Gouldsboro. It reopened around 8 a.m.
There's no word if anyone was hurt or what led to the wreck here in Lackawanna County.
Due to the crash, there are transportation changes for North Pocono School District.
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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — August 31st is International Overdose Awareness Day, and an event in Luzerne County was helping people recognize the day.
The overdose awareness event at Kirby Park in Wilkes-Barre featured a walk, different speakers, and information tables.
It was also a place for people to remember lost loved ones.
Miss Pennsylvania attended the event to share her story of how addiction has impacted her life.
Organizers say just listening to those battling addiction can help.
"We try to meet them where they're at in their using, we try to keep them alive, because theres a lot of people who struggle and aren't ready for treatment, we try to talk to them and don't force them to go into treatment," said Pam Keefe, the Director of Michaelene's Mission.
The event also included a focus on mental health and how it can affect addiction and recovery here in Luzerne County. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/international-overdose-awareness-wilkes-barre-kirby-park-helping-people/523-38e3a806-be56-4a57-b391-58db410a49ce | 2022-08-29T12:46:23 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/international-overdose-awareness-wilkes-barre-kirby-park-helping-people/523-38e3a806-be56-4a57-b391-58db410a49ce |
The 9-year-old boy badly hurt in an alleged drunken driving crash on Long Island a week ago has died, Suffolk County police said over the weekend.
Angel Salis was in the car with his father on the Long Island Expressway in Farmingville shortly before 2 a.m. Aug. 22 when cops say a man driving a BMW hit them in the westbound lanes. The boy was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
Police announced Sunday he had succumbed to those. His father, who lives in Deer Park, wasn't badly hurt.
Cops identified the BMW driver as 27-year-old Travis Dickson, of Brooklyn, and arrested him on a driving while intoxicated charge after the crash. He was taken to a hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, authorities had said. There was no immediate update on his condition Monday, nor was there word on whether he would face upgraded charges.
Attorney information for Dickson wasn't immediately available. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/9-year-old-dies-nearly-a-week-after-dwi-crash-on-long-island-cops/3842279/ | 2022-08-29T12:57:15 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/9-year-old-dies-nearly-a-week-after-dwi-crash-on-long-island-cops/3842279/ |
A 39-year-old woman who got out of a vehicle that pulled over on the Cross Bronx Expressway early Monday was hit by a box truck and suffered severe leg injuries, authorities say.
It wasn't immediately clear why the vehicle had pulled over, whether she had a flat tire or another issue, in the southbound lanes at Rosedale Avenue just before exit 4 in Soundview around 2 a.m.
Cops say she got out of the car at some point and the truck hit her. The driver stayed at the scene.
The woman was taken to a hospital in critical condition but is expected to survive, police said.
She has not been identified. Traffic was heavily impacted in the area through the morning.
No charges have been filed. The investigation is ongoing.
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Chickpea and Penelope, recent additions to the Redmond-Richardson household in Emmaus, are curious and cute, mostly quiet and full of bright, colorful feathers. Soon, the young hens will be steadily producing eggs, according to their owners.
Their chickens raised in a backyard on a street where homes abut each other, Luke Redmond and Jennifer Richardson say they are responsible handlers who used to raised poultry in a large city, Portland, Oregon, before moving to the Lehigh Valley.
“They’re easier to care for than dogs,” Richardson said.
Richardson said the family decided to resume raising chickens earlier this summer after seeing them in backyards around their Emmaus neighborhood. “I looked at the ordinance,” she said, “and I knew this was a norm in Emmaus. We finally decided to take the plunge.”
Richardson estimated initial start-up costs at $300 for materials for a bright blue coop, which her husband built, a fenced-in area known as a run, to roam, and feed and pine shavings for the animals’ waste.
Emmaus, a borough with a mixed housing stock, might not qualify as a strict urban setting, at least in parts. But the borough allows chickens throughout — up to two in small lots, with more birds permitted on larger ones.
In their neighborhood of larger homes with yards and fencing that do bump up against neighbors’ properties, Redmond and Richardson say the birds and the residents can coexist. Borough officials have agreed. In his 10 years as borough manager, Shane Pepe said there have been perhaps a handful of complaints.
“This isn’t like Purdue, where chickens are everywhere,” Pepe said.
Emmaus and Hellertown are among communities with a mix of housing that allow chickens. But can chickens living in more intensely urban areas, their caretakers and neighbors, coexist? Bethlehem and Easton residents might soon find out.
About a decade after Bethlehem and Easton banned chickens in backyards, some penned-up residents are looking to bring back the unconventional pets in both cities. Bethlehem has an ordinance in the planning stages, while Easton City Council has been asked to bring back a law allowing for backyard poultry. Allentown, where fowl is still prohibited, has no plans to change that.
Advocates cite concerns over the pandemic and the source of the quality of their food. Opponents argue that the chickens can bring noise, smells and vermin, not to mention the potential for neighbors with unsightly coops left to deteriorate.
This particular urban farming trend became more popular during the pandemic, as penned-up residents looked to the unconventional pets as a diversion during the lockdown, and by concerns among increasingly health-conscious consumers about the source and quality of their food.
‘Food relationship’
On Aug. 16, Bethlehem City Council voted unanimously to refer a proposed chicken ordinance to its public safety committee for further discussion.
The ordinance, sponsored by council members Paige Van Wirt and Hillary Kwiatek, would allow Bethlehem residents to keep up to six chickens in their backyard, with some limitations. The proposal would begin as a pilot program with up to 40 residences allowed to house chickens.
Advocates argue backyard chickens empower their owners with a reliable, affordable source of food and is minimally bothersome to neighbors.
But several city officials, including Mayor J. William Reynolds, oppose the law. The city health department says risks of disease like avian flu are too high to responsibly allow backyard chickens in Bethlehem. A case of avian flu, which is not contagious to humans, was detected recently among a backyard flock of ducks and chickens in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County.
For a fee proposed at $25, residents could apply for a permit to keep up to six hens (or 10 if at least half the flock comprises smaller bantam chickens) inside a coop in the rear yard of a single family home or side-by-side home at least 20 feet from habitable structures, 25 feet from any street and at least 5 feet from any property line.
No slaughtering of chickens would be permitted. Additional regulations include ensuring the chickens always have access to feed and clean water while prohibiting nuisance conditions like foul odors, flies, vermin and excessive noise. Violations could result in fines or forfeiture of the chickens.
“People have had a relationship with livestock, particularly chickens, as long as they have been domesticated, said Kelly Allen, a food studies professor at Northampton Community College. “It’s part of the food relationship we have built.”
Opponents’ fear of having urbanized poultry, Allen said, has included having cock fights and concerns over chickens escaping their homes or being killed by other animals. It happened in 2015 in Bethlehem, according to one write-up in The Morning Call.
“Yes chickens can escape; so do dogs and cats,” he said. “I would be more afraid of a loose dog or cat than chickens.”
In Easton, which has been hearing since last year from some residents about bringing back chickens, Carol Free is among citizens pushing for change. Free moved back to Easton last year from northern California, where she raised chickens.
She started a social media post, “Yes! Allow backyard Easton chickens,” and has asked City Council to revisit allowing chickens, something that ended during the mid 200s.
Some Easton leaders are wary but willing to listen.
“There’s a real dichotomy, said Council member David O’Connell who oversaw the council committee the last time the issue arose. “There’s nobody who’s on the fence. Everybody is either opposed to it or in favor of it.”
Like Bethlehem’s proposal, O’Connell said trying a pilot program that’s monitored could be a way to proceed.
Easton Mayor Sal Panto Jr. does not favor allowing chickens but said he is keeping an open mind. He also said if the city favors allowing chickens, it would have to be open to any resident. “Equity is important to the city,” he said.
“I understand the benefits, but I also think there are some negatives that aren’t being presented,” Panto said.
Think twice about hosting fowl
Penn State associate professor Phillip Clauer said before municipal officials enact poultry laws, “they need to think it through and think it right.”
Ordinances should have specific guidelines that incorporate the birds’ care and respecting the caretakers and neighbors.
“That’s what you need to make sure everybody’s needs are met,” he said. “I’ve had probably 10 municipalities that have gone back on their initial ordinances, because they did it haphazardly and generally, and they became a problem.”
There is a checklist of items for proper governance that seemingly matches the litany of guidelines for properly raising chickens, according to Clauer, a poultry extension specialist who teaches poultry science and has written articles about poultry, including “Raising Fowl in Urban Areas.” One example: Including a timeline for a property owner to remove the coop and run if the owner chooses not to keep birds.
He said “nuisance things” residents crow about when neighbors bring backyard chickens are noise, proper maintenance and management, including dealing with manure, flies or rodents if chickens are poorly maintained.
People also should carefully study whether it’s worth raising chickens, Clauer said, taking into account the costs versus the egg production and chickens’ help with illnesses such as the avian flu, which has been detected in Northampton County and elsewhere in Pennsylvania. Though avian flu is dangerous for birds, humans are not at risk and poultry or eggs are safe to eat. Avian flu doesn’t present an immediate public health concern, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Clauer noted during tumultuous period, such as the pandemic, people unable to travel or who have more time will seek to raise chickens, in part for their egg production. But he said efficient commercial operators have made it easier for consumers to buy eggs, though the price for them has risen substantially in recent months.
First Call
Still, people like Richardson and Redmond, the Emmaus couple who decided to return to raising chickens, see the positives and cost outweighing the drawbacks to raising the birds.
“I feel strongly about not having eggs from caged hens,” Richardson said. “Maybe people would be less likely about buying eggs and not thinking about where they came from.”
For people concerned about what goes into raising chickens, Redmond said, “Don’t get overwhelmed by it. They are capable of doing a lot of the work themselves.
“You give them food, water, a safe place to stay at night.”
Morning Call reporter Lindsay Weber contributed to this report.
Contact Morning Call journalist Anthony Salamone at asalamone@mcall.com.
So you want to raise chickens?
Penn State Extension’s Phillip Clauer has several articles on chickens, including “Raising Fowl in Urban Areas.” It covers several aspects: health and safety, keeping chickens confined, property setbacks, waste and more. You can view it at extension.psu.edu/raising-fowl-in-urban-areas online. | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-chickens-in-urban-settings-20220829-zvv7uwqy3fbh3gvdegywec5msu-story.html | 2022-08-29T13:01:31 | 1 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-chickens-in-urban-settings-20220829-zvv7uwqy3fbh3gvdegywec5msu-story.html |
SEATTLE — A beloved Kung Fu studio in south Seattle is on the brink of closure, after more than two years of navigating the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jeffrey Chon is in the fight of his life, for the survival of his small business, "JunHong's Kung Fu Club" in south Seattle.
"During the heat of the pandemic we just couldn't pay our rent and that debt just kept accumulating and even when you started getting back into action we started slowly paying it off, but it still kept building,” Chon said.
He said his landlords allowed him to go rent-free at times over the last couple years, because his business couldn't reopen due to restrictions implemented by the state, which resulted in memberships falling. Now with the lease coming up, he needs to pay up.
"We have to come up with $8,000, $9000 by November, otherwise we probably have to close down," Chon said.
Chon is now 33 years old and opened the business 13 years ago.
"I wanted to help other people and whether or not I'm able to do that for another year, I would hope that I made enough of a difference and empowered enough people to know that they can do hard things, help other people even at times if it makes it hard for themselves," Chon said.
Admittedly, Chon said he's made things harder on himself, by offering his programming at a third of what other martial art studios request.
Chon said martial arts is in his blood and the love for his south Seattle community that he and his students grew up in runs even deeper.
"I think warships are made to go war and captains are meant to go down with the ship and I think it just so happens that this ship is meant to provide affordable prices, accessible, to be safe, to be high quality and I will never budge on that," Chon said. "I would rather go down with the ship."
A GoFundMe page was set up to help with pay the debt, if you’d like to donate click HERE. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/south-seattle-kung-fu-studio-brink-closure/281-5bb98419-8809-47c0-9aa4-2d3703a9b353 | 2022-08-29T13:05:58 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/south-seattle-kung-fu-studio-brink-closure/281-5bb98419-8809-47c0-9aa4-2d3703a9b353 |
VALPARAISO — The Porter County Plan Commission is accustomed to approving new subdivisions. This time, it did the opposite.
Chasemore Subdivision is no more.
The 34.5-acre subdivision in Jackson Township, on the east side of the intersection of county roads 1050 North and 550 East was planned as 14 lots and approved in March 1998. A second phase, about the same size, was also approved.
Phase 2 was later abandoned.
Now Nina Diamond has bison running on that 60-plus acres and plans a small farm there, attorney Todd Leeth said.
The subdivision’s plat for the first phase could have been discarded without Plan Commission approval except for one thing — Diamond wants to keep Lot 14 available for a home, Leeth said.
Commission member Nikky Witkowski didn’t want the commission to create drainage problems in the future by abandoning plans for a detention pond and the necessary easements.
The easement will remain, but it won’t have any function. “It’s an easement that leads to nowhere,” Leeth said.
Water from the 2.74 acres on Lot 14 will drain onto the rest of the 60 acres, which Diamond already owns, so that shouldn’t be a problem, Leeth said.
The detention pond was intended for the entire subdivision, County Surveyor Kevin Breitzke said. It would have held water that couldn’t soak into the ground because of roads and buildings, but none of that was built. Utilities weren’t extended to the property, either.
The new home would require a septic permit from the Health Department, but with Lot 14 having so much acreage, that shouldn’t be a problem, Breitzke said.
The vote to scrap the plan for the other 13 lots was unanimous, 9-0.
The Plan Commission was also set to consider plans for the 675-lot Grand Oaks Subdivision in Porter Township, on Division Road north of County Road 100 South and east of Ind. 2, but paperwork hadn’t been filed with the county in time. Deliberation on the proposal was postponed in July as well.
Back in 2013, a primary plat for the subdivision was approved that showed 434 lots on 228 acres.
In 2020, the subdivision’s primary plat was given a two-year extension with plans for Valparaiso water and Nature Works Conservancy District sewers.
Now it’s proposed as 675 lots on 322 acres.
The developer is seeking waivers from standards for maximum block length, maximum cul-de-sac length, lot establishment standards, open space standards and pedestrian network standards.
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Public gets glimpse at work of emergency responders at MAAC event
Valparaiso police Sg.t Joe Cowser and a K-9 give a demonstration during the First Responder Appreciation and Demonstration Day on Saturday.
Public gets glimpse at work of emergency responders at MAAC event
Walter Bryant, 5, of Valparaiso, tries out the firefighters hose with MAAC trainee David Brasher-Harding, of Hobart, during the First Responder Appreciation and Demonstration Day on Saturday at the Multi Agency Academic Cooperative taining facility in Valparaiso.
Steel poles are supporting the Bailly Homestead house for now. Once the building is fully restored, the National Park Service plans to seek a private vendor to reuse the building for lodging or another use.
Casey Parker from the College of Business looks on as Arianna Peterson spins the wheel for some Purdue swag at the Purdue Northwest Welcome Rally on Thursday.
Doug Drummond, of Crown Point, waits for the start of the Hometown Heroes Charity Motorcycle Run near Bulldog Park in Crown Point Sunday morning. Over 70 riders participated riding from Crown Point to Hebron and Lowell supporting Crown Point EMA.
Check out the Times' picks for the best images from the past week.
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Public gets glimpse at work of emergency responders at MAAC event
Valparaiso police Sg.t Joe Cowser and a K-9 give a demonstration during the First Responder Appreciation and Demonstration Day on Saturday.
Jeffrey D. Nicholls, The Times
Public gets glimpse at work of emergency responders at MAAC event
Walter Bryant, 5, of Valparaiso, tries out the firefighters hose with MAAC trainee David Brasher-Harding, of Hobart, during the First Responder Appreciation and Demonstration Day on Saturday at the Multi Agency Academic Cooperative taining facility in Valparaiso.
Jeffrey D. Nicholls, The Times
Historic Dunes buildings are being restored
Todd Ravesloot, chief of facilities at Indiana Dunes National Park, stands on the front porch of the house at Bailly Homestead.
Doug Ross, The Times
Historic Dunes buildings are being restored
Steel poles are supporting the Bailly Homestead house for now. Once the building is fully restored, the National Park Service plans to seek a private vendor to reuse the building for lodging or another use.
Doug Ross, The Times
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Valparaiso head coach Bill Marshall watches the Vikings defense against Hammond Central in the second quarter Friday evening.
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Valparaiso’s Sammy Ampeliotis (32) intercepts a pass intended for Hammond Central’s Dashawn Woods (3) in the second quarter Friday evening.
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Hammond Central’s Jordan Woods (1) is caught by Valparaiso’s Tyres Morris (15) in the first quarter Friday evening.
Jeffrey D. Nicholls, The Times
Crown Point at Andrean football
Crown Point's J.J. Johnson hands the ball to the referee following his touchdown.
John J. Watkins The Times
Merrillville at Hobart football
Hobart's Trey Gibson, far left, reaches forward as he's tackled on Friday in Hobart.
Kale Wilk, The Times
Merrillville at Hobart football
Hobart's Noah Ehrlich, left, aims for open teammate Jaelen Williams on Friday in Hobart.
Kale Wilk, The Times
Merrillville at Hobart football
Hobart's Nathan Queer reacts after the Brickies recovered a Merrillville fumble on Friday in Hobart.
Kale Wilk, The Times
Merrillville at Hobart football
Hobart fans rally as Merrillville prepares to receive the kickoff on Friday in Hobart.
Kale Wilk, The Times
Crown Point at Andrean football
Crown Point's Micah Jones and JJ Johnson celebrate Johnson's touchdown.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Purdue Northwest Welcome Rally
Senior Izzy Gomez poses with school mascot Leo at the Purdue Northwest Welcome Rally Thursday.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Purdue Northwest Welcome Rally
Casey Parker from the College of Business looks on as Arianna Peterson spins the wheel for some Purdue swag at the Purdue Northwest Welcome Rally on Thursday.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Groundbreaking for the Silos at Sanders Farm industrial development
Ground has been broken for The Silos at Sanders Farm industrial complex in Merrillville.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Taking advantage of the weather
With summer winding down, a couple row their kayaks on Cedar Lake Monday afternoon.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Relaxing on Cedar Lake
Tommy Westbury take a photo of his wife, Jessica, and a carp that she caught at Cedar Lake.
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Doug Drummond, of Crown Point, waits for the start of the Hometown Heroes Charity Motorcycle Run near Bulldog Park in Crown Point Sunday morning. Over 70 riders participated riding from Crown Point to Hebron and Lowell supporting Crown Point EMA.
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Riders head to their motorcycles for the start of the Hometown Heroes Charity Motorcycle Run at Bulldog Park in Crown Point Sunday morning.
Doug Ross, an award-winning writer, has been covering Northwest Indiana for more than 35 years, including more than a quarter of a century at The Times.
The U.S. Coast Guard and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management responded to the port after a tug boat operator reported the spill to authorities about 8 p.m. Sunday, officials said.
Portage Township Trustee Brendan Clancy is no stranger to politics, though, having been involved for 49 years by his count. He was 8 years old when he helped his grandfather work a precinct.
The community saw a wide range of public safety demonstrations during the third annual First Responder Appreciation and Demonstration Day near Valparaiso on Saturday. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/porter-county-erases-subdivision-plan/article_9a4275e8-69fd-5bf4-b4c6-27d37e3643b2.html | 2022-08-29T13:06:07 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/porter-county-erases-subdivision-plan/article_9a4275e8-69fd-5bf4-b4c6-27d37e3643b2.html |
Connect Transit partnering with libraries for Library Card Sign-Up Month
BLOOMINGTON — Connect Transit is partnering with the Bloomington and Normal public libraries in honor of Library Card Sign-Up Month.
Together they will offer free bus fares throughout September to any rider who shows their library card when boarding a Connect Transit fixed route or mobility vehicle.
Those who ride for free are not limited to travel which drops them near one of the public libraries, but this is welcome.
Library Card Sign-Up Month is a national mission led by the American Library Association every September to mark the beginning of the school year. The goal is to ensure that every child signs up for their own library card. In Bloomington-Normal, the two public libraries already provide library cards to every student in Unit 5 and District 87 schools.
Bloomington residents can sign up for a library card at bloomingtonlibrary.org/get-a-card. Normal residents can sign up at normalpl.org/library-account-application.
For questions, contact the Bloomington library at 309-590-6123 or the Normal library at 309-452-1757.
A similar promotion is also occurring west of Bloomington-Normal, where users of CityLink, the Greater Peoria Mass Transit District, will ride for free during September when they present a library card from the Peoria, Peoria Heights, Fondulac or Pekin libraries. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/monday-memos-connect-transit-partnering-with-local-libraries-for-library-card-sign-up-month/article_be680d3e-2493-11ed-b5c3-cb2911d0c25c.html | 2022-08-29T13:06:32 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/monday-memos-connect-transit-partnering-with-local-libraries-for-library-card-sign-up-month/article_be680d3e-2493-11ed-b5c3-cb2911d0c25c.html |
82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION MONUMENT UPDATE
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, a major effort was initiated to erect a monument at the U.S. Army Infantry Museum at Fort Benning, Georgia, commemorating the Army 82nd Airborne Division. The 82nd Airborne Division is the only major Army Infantry unit that does not have a monument at the Infantry Museum. Local veteran Rick Dalton is the chair of the committee to erect the monument. Restrictions relative to the pandemic have now eased and the effort to erect the monument has been renewed with enthusiasm. If you ever served in, or if any relative of yours ever served in, or if you know anyone who served in the 82nd Airborne Division, contact Rick Dalton at 309-533-8730 or daltoneugene@aol.com. The 82nd Airborne Division, “The All-American Division” (so named because there were members of the division in World War I from all 48 states), has a long and proud history of serving our country. The monument to their service and sacrifices is long overdue to take its rightful place with the other monuments at the Infantry Museum.
CHANGING HISTORY AGAIN – ORWELL’S '1984' RAISES ITS INSANITY AGAIN
A special National Naming Commission was established a year ago to rename nearly a dozen major Army posts because they were originally named after Confederate Civil War generals and military leaders. The naming was a compromise made by a reconstituted but split Congress after the post-Civil War reunification of our country. This compromise allowed the establishment of military forts in the south in exchange for allowing the southern states to name the posts. The year-round better weather in the south would allow military training all year. Fort Benning and Fort Bragg are just two of those bases which are being renamed to remove any reference that the names were associated with the Confederate states. Now, this commission is recommending that one of the most highly decorated and longest tenured National Guard units must abandon several of the 51 significant battle commendation ribbons flown atop their unit flags, because the ribbons commemorate major Civil War battles during which the unit fought on the Confederate side. The 248-year-old 175th Infantry Regiment of the Maryland National Guard saved George Washington’s Army at the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776, played a major role in saving Baltimore from the British destruction at the Battle of North Point in 1814 and hit Omaha Beach on June 7, 1944. Four-hundred fifty-seven Confederate streamers are presently authorized for units in 11 southern states and Missouri, with Georgia and Virginia having by far the most units that would be affected. The commission is also scrutinizing the names of scores of streets, buildings, ships and fields, as well as signs, statues and memorials. Are we forgetting George Orwell’s novel "1984," where government rewrote history in order to further a political agenda? History should tell the entire story, not cherry-pick information that only tells part of the story. Half-truths and incomplete context may further an agenda, but results in distrust and loss of confidence in the people who are rewriting the history. We can be better than this!
ARROWSMITH AUXILIARY LABOR DAY VETERANS FUNDRAISER
The Arrowsmith American Legion Auxiliary unit will hold an Auxiliary Labor Day Veterans Benefit on Sept. 3 at the Community Center in Arrowsmith. Activities will commence at 8 a.m. and will run until 9 p.m. Activities include a garage sale, luncheon, bake sale and cake walk. There will be DJ music from 6 p.m. to closing. Other Arrowsmith organizations also will be celebrating Labor Day and will add to the day’s activities. Come to Arrowsmith and join the fun on Labor Day! | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/veterans-corner-82nd-airborne-division-monument-labor-day-veterans-fundraiser/article_47cc6af8-247f-11ed-a5ba-dbfd3959d72c.html | 2022-08-29T13:06:39 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/veterans-corner-82nd-airborne-division-monument-labor-day-veterans-fundraiser/article_47cc6af8-247f-11ed-a5ba-dbfd3959d72c.html |
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced last week that it reached a settlement with the owners of the North Carolina-based Mooresville Hampton Inn following a lawsuit filed by the EEOC against the owners last year for racial harassment.
According to the lawsuit, a Black housekeeper (referred in the lawsuit only as “the Housekeeper”) engaged in harassment toward several Caucasian employees that was severe and pervasive, based on their race — Caucasian.
The EEOC alleged that from approximately April 2017 through October 2018, the Housekeeper “called the Claimants racially derogatory names, and used racially derogatory language when speaking to or referring to Caucasian employees.”
The Housekeeper allegedly referred to them as “white bch,” “white ho” and “white trash” when speaking to them and others about them.
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The Housekeeper “routinely and in a hostile and disparaging manner used the term ‘white tree people’ to refer to Caucasian employees who took breaks under a tree,” cursed at Caucasian employees, and “chastised African-American employees for socializing with Caucasian employees, saying things like ‘I can’t believe you are sitting with the white tree people.’”
The employees alleged that the housekeeper prevented them from doing their jobs and sabotaged their work. She also refused to follow the direction of the Caucasian supervisor, and would not, for example, release her cleaned rooms for inspection to allow the Caucasian worker to adequately inspect the rooms.
The owners became liable for this harassment when management became on notice of it, and failed to act.
According to the case, the general manager was aware of the attempts at sabotage, and was present when the housekeeper referred to Caucasian employees as “white tree people” and failed to take any action to stop the behaviors. The employees claimed they reported the offensive conduct of the housekeeper to the general manager on more than one occasion.
According to the case, “Defendant failed to take prompt and effective action to stop the racial harassment of the Claimants by the Housekeeper” and “The Housekeeper’s racially hostile comments and conduct continued after the Claimants complained to the General Manager.”
The owner was also on notice and failed to act, according to the case. The EEOC alleged, “On or about August 13, 2018, [an employee] complained to Defendant’s Owner that the Housekeeper harassed her and called her racially derogatory names. The Owner told [the employee] he was done with the conversation and did not permit [the employee] to continue.”
This led the employee to believe she would receive no relief and she resigned.
Among other non-monetary relief, the defendants agreed to pay $60,000 to settle the matter.
In announcing the settlement, EEOC trial attorney Samuel Williams said, “All employees deserve and should expect a workplace free of racial harassment. The EEOC will continue to work to ensure that all types of unlawful harassment are eradicated from the workplace.”
Harassment based on a race is a form of illegal harassment under federal law. The conduct was based on race, was objectively and subjectively offensive and was severe or pervasive, and it greatly impacted the employees’ emotional well-being.
Furthermore, the owner and general manager were allegedly aware of the harassment and didn’t take remedial action to immediately stop it.
Some may improperly refer to this as “reverse” discrimination. It isn’t. Harassment is a form of discrimination. The Housekeeper engaged in illegal discrimination when she harassed her Caucasian co-workers because of their race.
Employers cannot tolerate any behaviors that could lead to a claim of harassment, and should take measures to prevent harassment, and train and empower managers on how to address it upon becoming aware of the conduct.
No employee should be terrorized in the workplace, or mistreated to the point of having to quit their jobs, be referred to with racial slurs, or have their work sabotaged.
When a workplace ignores these behaviors or turns a blind eye to them, employees suffer as does the entire work environment.
Training managers and creating a culture of respect is much more cost-effective than causing employees to suffer in a toxic and illegal work environment and defend against lawsuits.
Karen Michael is an attorney and the president of Richmond-based Karen Michael PLC and author of “Stay Hired.” She can be reached at stayhired@stayhired.net. | https://richmond.com/business/local/labor-law-lawsuit-alleging-harassment-against-white-workers-settles-for-60-000/article_e95356b1-0a90-50b4-a7a6-374c382db042.html | 2022-08-29T13:07:19 | 0 | https://richmond.com/business/local/labor-law-lawsuit-alleging-harassment-against-white-workers-settles-for-60-000/article_e95356b1-0a90-50b4-a7a6-374c382db042.html |
John Boll, real estate investor, philanthropist, dies at 93
John Boll, who turned a small construction business into one of the world's largest mobile community management companies, died last Wednesday, his family said.
Mr. Boll was also a philanthropist who supported charities in Detroit, Colorado and Florida.
He was surrounded by family when he died in Detroit. He was 93.
The son of Dutch immigrants who ended up in Detroit, John Boll began his career as a construction worker. After serving in the U.S. Army, he started his own company, an underground contracting firm called Lakeview Construction, "with a wheelbarrow and a shovel in the trunk of his powder-blue 1949 Mercury," Jim Mestdagh, Boll’s son-in-law, said in a statement.
In 1964, Boll started Chateau Estates, a company that developed manufactured home communities and created homesites for more than 20,000 families in Michigan and Florida. Three decades later, the company went public on the New York Stock Exchange under a new name, Chateau Properties Inc.
By the time the company had merged with another and was sold to the State of Washington Pension Fund in 2003 for $2.3 billion, it had 240 communities in 36 states with more than 100,000 residential homesites.
Boll met his wife of 68 years, Marlene Miller, in 1951 in Raleigh, N.C., when he was in the Army. She was a Rockette who'd been on the "Ed Sullivan Show" and performed at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
They married in June 1954. They later had three children: John Jr., Lora, and Kristine.
Together, the couple quietly became some of Detroit's most generous philanthropists through their John A. and Marlene L. Boll Foundation.
The couple told The Detroit News in 2014 that they resisted putting their name on projects for years until they were convinced it could help draw other contributions. One such project that does bear their names is the Boll Family YMCA, which opened in downtown Detroit in 2005.
"John was in the hospital recently," Marlene Boll told the News in 2014, "and one of the male nurses who took such good care of him asked, 'Are you the John Boll whose name is on the Y? I take my kids there all the time! I love that place.' "
Their foundation also supported the University Liggett School, Grosse Pointe Public Schools, and Cornerstone Schools in Detroit as well as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Michigan Opera Theater, the Grosse Pointe Theatre, the Vail International Dance Festival, the Detroit Institute of Art, and the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, and Dossin Great Lakes Museum.
"They're inspirational and very classy," Bob Bury, then-executive director and CEO of the Detroit Historical Society told The News in 2014. "They care a great deal about other people and their community, Detroit in particular."
Mestdagh said Boll enjoyed spending time with his family and friends at the family's homes in Key Largo, Fla., Grosse Pointe Shores, and Beaver Creek, Colo. He said his father-in-law was also an avid sportsman, boater, and skier.
Survivors include his wife, Marlene, their children, eight grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
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Central State University is offering counseling services to support students after a first-year student on a bike was reportedly seriously injured after he was hit by a vehicle Sunday.
Around 4:26 p.m. Sunday, the student was hit while crossing U.S. 42, according to the university. He was heading toward campus from a a bike trail near Wilberforce Switch Road. The 18-year-old failed to yield at a stop sign at the bike path, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
A former Central State student was driving the vehicle and two current students were passengers.
An ambulance transported the bicyclist to the hospital. Central State reported Sunday the student was in critical condition. Monday morning an Ohio State Highway Patrol dispatcher said he was in stable condition at Miami Valley Hospital.
The driver of the vehicle was treated at the scene for minor injuries and released, according to the university. The two passengers were not injured.
“The Central State University community is deeply saddened by this unfortunate accident,” said CSU President Jack Thomas. “We are praying for the individuals involved, especially for our student who is being treated for serious injuries at a local hospital. We have notified our counselling services personnel, who are available to support students and their families as we process this unfortunate news.”
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. We will update this story as we learn more information.
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ATLANTA — A family gathering in Atlanta turned violent Saturday night, with a 7-year-old girl dying from her injuries, authorities said. Atlanta Police are still investigating the tragic shooting.
Here is what we know right now.
Details of the fatal shooting
Atlanta Police said they were called to 180 Jackson Street -- which is the Camden Vantage Apartments -- around 10:20 p.m. on August 27 to respond to a shooting where a child had been injured.
The victim, who the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office identified as Ava Phillips, died at the scene. APD said she was shot in the head.
The Suspects
Homicide Detectives identified the suspects in Ava's death and obtained arrest warrants for 23-year-old Deshon Collins and a 44-year-old Kemeka Springfield.
On Monday, police said Springfield is in custody, charged with aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Collins is still at large and has arrest warrants for murder, cruelty towards children, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
It is unclear the relationship between Ava and the two suspects.
The tragic scene
People who live at the complex said they heard chaos as it unfolded.
Tia Wilson, who said she lives in the building where it happened, said she was coming home when she heard loud noises.
"We were approaching my door, you just heard chaos. You heard like screaming. It was it was like multiple people screaming, you had dogs barking," Wilson said.
She went inside her apartment with her mom, but couldn't imagine what had taken place. She said the noises didn't sound like laughter.
"It was like, like a literal trauma scream," Wilson added.
The investigation
The preliminary investigation indicated, according to APD, that the shooting stemmed from a domestic incident that escalated to gunfire. Deputy Chief Charles Hampton Jr. said the victim was hit when the gunfire broke out.
Homicide Investigators responded to begin their investigation.
"We asking everyone that was here, we know that there was a kind of a family gathering, we know that a couple of individuals left the scene after the shooting. We are asking anyone who was here to call CrimeStoppers or the Homicide Unit," he said.
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SAN ANTONIO — A man caught walking through the Shops at Rivercenter mall after hours caused enough problems for a security guard, that police were called in for back-up.
Police received an "officer in trouble" call just before 11-30 p.m. Sunday evening.
Officers say the man attacked the guard.
When first responders arrived, they helped the security guard get the man in custody.
The guard was treated for minor head wounds and is expected to be okay.
The suspect faces several charges, including assault on a public officer.
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SAN ANTONIO — A woman was injured when a wrong-way driver suspected of driving while intoxicated crashed into her car on 281 near downtown.
It happened on 281 near the Broadway exit around 3:18 a.m. early Monday morning.
Police had received calls for a wrong-way driver heading south on 281 and within a few minutes, at around 3:21 a.m., the wrong-way driver crashed into another vehicle.
Officials say the 25-year-old man driving a black car hit a 40-year-old woman, causing injury.
An sergeant on the scene says the victim is fortunate she didn't have a passenger because the damage to the passenger side of her car was substantial. She was taken to BAMC in stable condition as a precaution.
The driver, who was suspected of DWI, was moved to a quiet location away from the accident to conduct a field sobriety test.
Police say he failed the test and was arrested for DWI.
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Over the years, KENS 5 has worked to transform local news. Our cameras have been the lens bringing history into local viewers' homes. We're proud of our legacy as we serve San Antonians today.
Today, KENS 5 continues to set the standard in local broadcasting and is recognized by its peers for excellence and innovation. The KENS 5 News team focuses on stories that really matter to our community.
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SAN ANTONIO — A man is dead and another injured after a possible home invasion on the southeast side of town Sunday night.
It happened around 9:37 p.m. on the 4000 block of East Southcross.
When officers arrived at the location, they found a man in his 20s with a gunshot wound to the chest and another man in his 20s with a gunshot wound to the top of his foot.
Both were single gunshot wounds and both men were taken to BAMC to be treated for their wounds.
An SAPD sergeant at the scene says the man that was shot in the chest was pronounced deceased when he arrived at BAMC. Police are not sure if this was a home invasion or not, but they say that everything occurred at the doorway entrance.
Police are interviewing some individuals at the apartment complex, but say that there are no witnesses. Officials do say they have high hopes the detectives will figure out exactly what occurred.
This is a developing story.
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UVALDE, Texas — Uvalde CISD will be holding three special school board meetings Monday.
The first will start at 6 p.m. and will be a public hearing.
A town hall meeting will follow, then a special board meeting.
Officials say the first meeting will run about thirty minutes.
Board members will hear from the community about the proposed tax rate and budget and each speaker will only get a minute to speak.
The meeting will adjourn, then at 6:30 p.m., a townhall meeting will be held.
In that meeting, folks will get the opportunity to make comments or ask questions about changes and updates to the upcoming school year, including safety and security plans.
The last meeting will happen at 7:15 p.m. or when the special town hall meeting ends.
In this meeting, members will consider approving the budgets and tax rates.
They’ll also consider a proposal to provide physical, psychological and speech language pathology services for students.
Superintendent Dr. Hal Harrell will be providing families with an update on the safety changes within the district, including new entrances and fencing.
The district will be holding family nights and meet the teacher sessions every night this week, starting Monday night.
These meetings will not be open to the public
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She was homeless and hungry in Liberia. Now, she helps feed those in need with 'One Less Worry'
PROVIDENCE — When Nellie Gaye, 63, experienced a severe adverse reaction to a medication in 2019, she was hospitalized at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital. Her life was imperiled, according to Nellie and her daughter Netta Jenkins.
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Nellie survived, but temporarily lost her memory and her ability to walk, the women said. After discharge, she required support from a nurse and physical and orthopedic therapists.
Nellie's mobility and memory eventually returned — and with it, a vow to help Rhode Island’s hungry and homeless, a vow that resulted in her establishing the One Less Worry program, which provides free, healthy food to people in need. It is based at Ebenezer Baptist Church.
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“I came back for a reason,” Nellie, a woman of faith, said on Tuesday during a noontime visit to the church, where people were picking up meals. “I came back to do this mission on earth.”
Homeless as a child
Her roots can be traced to Monrovia, the capital of the West African nation of Liberia, where she was born. When the aunt who was raising her died when she was a young girl, “I didn’t know anyone,” Nellie said. “I became homeless. I didn’t have anywhere to go, no food. Eleven years old and nothing.”
She subsisted on the kindness of strangers, and when she was 18, Nellie left Africa for Rhode Island, home to a sizeable Liberian community. She first settled in Providence with a family and later moved to Johnston after the birth of her daughter Netta. She became an aide at Cherry Hill Manor and Rehab Center, the start of a healthcare career that culminated in employment as a certified nursing assistant at Roger Williams Medical Center.
At Cherry Hill, she said, “with what I did, I just felt in my heart that I needed to give these people love. Nobody ever gave me love.”
'Very good meals'
As Nellie spoke last Tuesday at Ebenezer Baptist, her staff was preparing and packaging food, along with a bottle of water, for the needy to pick up at a side door, no questions asked. The One Less Worry website describes its meals as “tasty, hearty cuisine that nourishes and energizes [recipients’] bodies so they may reach new heights in their lives.”
One person who benefits is Dennis, who said he resides in a dilapidated West End apartment building that is virtually uninhabitable. From the outside, it looks as if it is about to fall into ruin.
“I live in a rat hole,” Dennis said as he stood outside the church’s Ford Street side entrance, the pick-up place for meals. “I don't have a place to go to, another house. Every time I talk to somebody, they say ‘we're going to do this, going to come,’ but they never come” to make repairs.
Dennis said his stove doesn’t work, so he is unable to cook; breakfast, he said, is something cold from a can.
But at Ebenezer Baptist, he said, “you get food and it’s very good meals.”
And on the six days when One Less Worry isn’t serving, he said, “pastor will help you. Everybody will help you.” Rev. Dr. Carl H. Balark Jr. is Ebenezer’s long-time pastor.
'My way of giving back'
Nellie Gaye launched One Less Worry last fall, after travelling through Rhode Island to identify populations of homeless people and determine menus.
“I wanted to give them healthy cuisine that would nourish the body,” she said. “I could give them back that which I didn't have — and let them eat and know that they are somebody's child, somebody’s husband, somebody's mother, somebody's brother, somebody’s sister.”
Nellie said she used all of her savings, emptying her 401(k) retirement account of all but $400, to get underway. When her daughter Netta discovered what she had done, she was concerned and contributed thousands of dollars of her own money to the cause.
With her focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) issues, Netta, one of Nellie's four children, founded two startups: Holistic Inclusion Consulting and Dipper, “an online, interactive community and safe-space for professionals of color to share their workplace experiences,” according to its website. She has been a TEDx speaker and featured in Forbes and other leading publications.
So her business sense is keen. With it, she encouraged her mother to seek other resources. In July, the Rhode Island Foundation gave nonprofit One Less Worry a $7,500 grant. Other fundraising efforts are underway for the program, which feeds more than 100 people every Tuesday with a cumulative total now of about 4,000, according to Nellie.
“Coming out of a life-threatening experience, my mom realized how precious life was and immediately wanted to drive impact for others in a meaningful way,” Netta wrote in an email. “One Less Worry was her answer, especially being that she experienced homelessness and hunger as child.”
Said Nellie: “This is my way of giving back.”
On Sept. 24, One Less Worry will host a community picnic with free food, music, dancing and more. The event runs from noon to 4 p.m. at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 475 Cranston St., Providence. | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/29/based-ebenezer-baptist-one-less-worry-program-feeds-homeless/7872855001/ | 2022-08-29T13:19:22 | 0 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/29/based-ebenezer-baptist-one-less-worry-program-feeds-homeless/7872855001/ |
Veterans Voice: Family clambake welcomes a world of naval officers to Rhode Island
On Aug. 18, some 450 guests crowded the outdoor tables of the Kempenaar Clambake Club in Middletown. They were ready to enjoy one of the highlights of the summer season on Aquidneck Island — the annual bake welcoming another class of international naval officers and their spouses to Rhode Island.
Some dove right in, while others looked askance at this monstrous insect called a lobster. “Do you really expect me to eat this?” followed by “How do I eat this?” were common questions at many tables. That was also the perfect icebreaker, as local residents were happy to show their new friends how it’s done.
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Commander Greg Adams, deputy director of Naval War College International Programs, said, “It all starts at the clambake. Shortly after the international officers arrive, social and cultural barriers come crumbling down as they and their spouses don plastic bibs and learn the messy intricacies of eating a lobster. And they do this shoulder-to-shoulder with R.I. business and government leaders and local residents.”
By the end of the evening, all the class members are Rhode Island citizens. Following a tradition started a number of years ago, Gov. Dan McKee conferred the title of "Honorary Citizen" on the entire Naval Command College class.
We may think this is just window dressing, but these officers appreciate the gesture and take it seriously. For example, Admiral Mihai Panait, now chief of the Romanian Navy and a 2008 clambake attendee, includes: “Honorary Citizen, Rhode Island State, USA” in his awards and decorations list on an official Romanian Navy website.
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Birth of the International Program
During World War II, the famed Admiral Arleigh Burke learned that personal relationships were very important to conflict resolution. He thought that if he and other senior officers had had the opportunity to meet and establish personal relationships with their counterparts in enemy navies early in their careers, the war in the Pacific might never have happened.
When he was promoted over a number of senior admirals to become Chief of Naval Operations in 1955, he saw the chance to act on this belief. He directed the establishment of an educational program for foreign officers, designed to build trust, confidence, and cooperation between American military leaders and their international counterparts.
Burke wanted to include three countries in particular: Japan, Italy and Germany — America’s former adversaries. Officers from those three countries were included in the first class.
The growth and success of this program over the past six-plus decades has resulted in what is arguably one of this country’s greatest strategic advantages over its global competitors.
This advantage comes in the form of lifelong friendships, shared experiences, and an appreciation and empathy for differing world views.
According to the Naval War College, there have been 2,460 Naval Command College graduates from 107 countries since 1956. Of these, 1,204 have become admirals or generals. Upwards of 200 have gone on to serve as heads of Navy, chief of defense, ambassadors, or president of their country.
In 1972 a second college for junior international officers was added, called the Naval Staff College. When you add in these grads, you have an alumni network of more than 5,000 international military officers stretching across six continents.
That is a powerful and influential network.
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The Kempenaar family contribution
Each year, 100 to 150 foreign officers come to the United States for an 11-month, in-residence academic program. These students, representing 40 to 50 countries, study strategy, warfare, decision-making and ethics. Just as importantly, they learn about America and our way of life.
The first stop on that journey is the Kempenaar clambake. The total cost is underwritten by the Kempenaar family, as it has been since 1956, when Esau Kempenaar invited the first class of foreign students to enjoy some local hospitality. He was one of the first citizens to come forward to offer assistance in welcoming the students to the U.S.
“My grandfather Esau emigrated from The Netherlands, so he knew what it was like to be a transplant from another culture,” said Robert “Rocky” Kempenaar II. “He wanted to make the foreign students feel welcome here on Aquidneck Island.”
The Newport Daily News reported on that first bake on Sept. 26, 1956, describing the “wonderful buffet supper party” hosted by Esau and his son Charles at the Clambake Club. “A delightful evening for all, and one that will be long remembered…it was complete with heart-warming remarks by Mr. Kempenaar and Dr. Michael Walsh, R.I. Commissioner of Education.”
The genesis of the clambake
Esau was born in Ter Aar, Holland in 1889, and came to the United States in 1908. He first worked as a gardener for a nurseryman responsible for Newport mansions.
By 1910 he filed his citizenship papers. The same year, he and a young Dane, Frederick Christensen, started their own nursery business.
The business grew into Boulevard Nurseries, one of the biggest on the East Coast, encompassing 15 greenhouses over 350 acres in Middletown.
In 1945 he built Kempenaar’s Clambake Club. It started out as a place for his fellow workers, family and friends to relax, but word spread and the family found itself in another business.
A New York Times article described the early days of the bake business. “The local Democrats found out, then the Republicans, fire chiefs, police chiefs, professional groups of plumbers, dentists – all wanted their own clambake,“ said Don Booth, who managed Kempenaar‘s in 1992. “The club members were his gang of professional friends who worked like the devil to put on the bakes and had a terrific time.“
When he received the URI Award for Civic Service for his horticultural work in 1960, the citation also stated, “You have even used your Dutch-Yankee ingenuity to improve on the traditional techniques of the R.I. clambake.”
Esau had three sons and two daughters, and from the beginning, the Kempenaar clambake was a family affair.
“I remember coming out as a kid and working the bake,” said John Kempenaar. “We started with two bakes a year; they were expensive, and it would take three days to get the coals going, break out the spit and have everything ready.”
Esau’s 1972 obituary stated, “His fame as a nurseryman was rivaled by that as a bake master, and he was host to hundreds of clambakes held on nursery property, especially for foreign naval officers…”
It never crossed anyone’s mind to stop holding bakes after Esau died. His children took over.
As Rocky’s father Robert aged, he passed on more and more of the responsibility to the next generation. Robert died in 2008, and for the past several years Rocky and his cousin John Kempenaar have been at the helm.
The Kempenaar family dedication to military causes in general, and the Naval Command College in particular, is somewhat unusual for a family without its own strong military heritage.
Rocky himself is not a veteran, nor are most of the Kempenaars of this generation.
However, Rocky’s father Robert served in the Air Corps during WWII, enlisting in December 1942, serving with the 462nd Army Air Force Base Unit, He was discharged as a sergeant in 1946. Robert’s brother Charles was also an Army sergeant during the war, and Rocky’s uncle Frederick Kempenaar served in the Navy from 1950 to 1954 during the Korean Conflict.
Esau also did not serve in the military, but clearly, he supported military causes. In 1949, he donated a boulder and plaque for placement at Fort Greene to honor the soldiers and sailors from Rhode Island who participated in the Revolutionary War.
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Every Thursday, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.; Art Expression Group at the Providence Vet Center (2038 Warwick Ave, Warwick, RI 02889). Free instruction provided by professionals. Vet Center Eligibility Required. To participate, please contact Heather Tarducci at Heather.Tarducci@va.gov or by phone at (401) 739-0167.
Every Monday, 4-8:30 p.m.; Learn Archery in North Kingstown; Narragansett Bow Hunters, 1531 Ten Rod Rd., North Kingstown are offering an opportunity to learn archery at no charge. Everything you need will be provided (bows, arrows, arm guards, targets, finger tabs, and instruction). This is strictly target shooting – no hunting, or desire to hunt, is required. The range is indoors so this event is rain or shine. For further information call (401) 295-7228 or visit www.narragansettbowhunters.org
Ocean therapy available free to veterans through October 16. One-on-one sessions as well as an 8-week program are available. Break Through Waves combines yoga, mindfulness, and breathing exercises with surf therapy or stand-up paddle boarding. The one- to two-hour session is free and is specifically designed for those who have experienced trauma or who have been diagnosed with PTSD.
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Thursday, September 15, 4:30-7:30 p.m.; Learn to surf cast for free. At Scarborough Beach, Providence Vet Center is teaming up with the Narragansett Surf Casters to offer a class to 15 service members/veterans. All the equipment you need to learn to catch fish from shore, along with instruction, will be provided by members of Narragansett Surf Casters. Please sign up with Justyn Charon by phone at (401) 739-0167 or via email at Justyn.Charon@va.gov.
Saturday, September 17, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.: R.I. National Guard Resource Fair, Camp Fogarty, East Greenwich. Resources and Connections to help service members and families.
Saturday, September 17, 10 a.m., the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will host their annual Suicide Prevention Walk at Butler Hospital. If you would like to participate in this free event please register at: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). For more information, contact Kerrie Constant at 917-920-0639 or via email at kconstant@afsp.org
The Providence Vet Center will be present.
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- A 17-year-old soldier in the Pennsylvania National Guard has died several days after she collapsed during training in South Carolina.
- A basic combat training battalion at Fort Jackson said on its Facebook page Friday that Pvt. Alyssa Cahoon died Thursday with her family around her.
- A later post from the 1st Battalion, 34th Regiment, says Cahoon's family is asking people to collect pull tabs and give them to local Ronald McDonald houses in her memory.
A 17-year-old soldier in the Pennsylvania National Guard has died several days after she collapsed during training in South Carolina.
Pvt. Alyssa Cahoon died Thursday with her family around her, the 1st Battalion, 34th Regiment — a basic combat training battalion at Fort Jackson — said on its Facebook page Friday.
Officials at the base in South Carolina said she had collapsed during physical training on Aug. 20, news agencies report. She had been training there with her twin sister, Brianna Cahoon, news outlets reported.
Volleyball and basketball team rosters indicate Cahoon was a rising high school senior in Forest City, a small town in northeastern Pennsylvania near Scranton, The Post and Courier reported.
“We extend our deepest sympathies to the family members and teammates of the deceased soldier,” said Fort Jackson Commander Brig. Gen. Patrick R. Michaelis.
A battalion post on Saturday said Cahoon’s family is asking people to collect pull tabs and give them to local Ronald McDonald houses as a fundraiser in her memory.
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Cahoon's death is being investigated, according to a statement released by Fort Jackson.
The Cahoons were human resource specialists in the battalion's Bravo Company, The State reported.
Human resource specialists must undergo eight weeks and five days of advanced, infantry training at Fort Jackson, the newspaper reported.
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August is Peach Month, which means you still have a few days left to perfect that peach pie recipe. Remember: Sharing is caring!
The Kenosha Public Museum, 5500 First Ave., is hosting the Acrylic International Biennial Juried Exhibition 2022, with 45 paintings on display through Nov. 6. This is the debut of this new exhibit, which will continue at the museum, every other year. The museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday–Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday (closed holidays). Admission is free. For more information, go to KenoshaPublicMuseum.org.
The Kenosha Public Library is hosting Chess Night in Lincoln Park, 6900 18th Ave. The Kenosha Chess Association hosts games from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays outside the park’s Oribiletti Center. All ages and abilities are welcome.Also: The library’s Book Truck will be parked nearby.You can sign up for a library card, check out and return items, and sign up for the Summer Reading Program.
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Prost! The Biergarten in Petrifying Springs County Park is open seven days, serving up cold beverages and warm pretzels. For more details, check the Biergarten’s Facebook page.
Monday night music: Who says Monday night has to be a downer? Not the folks at Union Park Tavern. Start the work week with DJ, Ted Runnels and Trombone Dave. They perform their “not your normal DJ schtick” show — with a mix of blues, jazz, soul, and soul jazz — from 5 to 8 p.m. every Monday evening at the venue, 4520 Eighth Ave. in Kenosha. It almost makes Monday a day to look forward to … almost. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-events-for-monday-aug-29/article_9f1a0b9e-24c0-11ed-95d2-5b265ea78a1b.html | 2022-08-29T13:23:50 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-events-for-monday-aug-29/article_9f1a0b9e-24c0-11ed-95d2-5b265ea78a1b.html |
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) — Fall fanatics can mark their calendars for one of the first fall festivities on Main Street in Tennessee’s oldest town on Saturday, Sept. 24.
The Jonesborough Area Merchants & Service Association’s Inaugural Pumpkin Fest will treat participants to autumn-related sweets and tastes. Tickets are sold in packs of 10 for $20. Those who purchase tickets before Thursday, Sept. 1 can snag a $5 discount, according to a post from Main Street Jonesborough on Facebook.
Tasting times run from either 11 a.m. through 2 p.m. or from 2-5 p.m. For the early-bird discount, use the code PUMPKIN at checkout.
Festival-goers can explore Main Street while stopping at participating shops to pick up their pumpkin treats. Between stops, families and friends can enjoy hay rides, pumpkin decorating, games and more. Compete in a pumpkin pie contest to win a first-place prize of $75 to spend in Jonesborough. Second place and third place will earn bakers $50 and $25, respectively.
Pumpkin Fest acts as a way to support local shops throughout the town, and the funds raised from the event will stream back into area businesses. For more information, click here. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/jonesborough-hosting-1st-ever-pumpkin-fest/ | 2022-08-29T13:32:39 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/jonesborough-hosting-1st-ever-pumpkin-fest/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Smoke and ash filled the sky in east Wichita on Saturday as EMS and first responders were on the scene of a house fire.
The house, located in the 500 block of Bleckley St., near Oliver and Kellogg Ave, caught fire around 5 p.m.
According to Lane Pearman, Battalion Chief with the Wichita Fire Department (WFD), the fire appeared to have started in the far rear of the house. When firefighters arrived, they were faced with very heavy and aggressive fire conditions.
“[The house was] almost completely engulfed in fire,” said WFD Lieutenant Colby Roberson. “We stretched an initial line and went inside to fight the fire and were subsequently driven out by the heat and high fire conditions.”
Pearman said that the fire was so aggressive that three members of the fire crew were burned while attempting to advance the hose line through the front door.
“We have three firefighters that were transported to the hospital with moderate burns,” said Roberson.
“Primarily second-degree burns over a small area to the face,” said Pearson.
While one firefighter was initially considered in critical condition, WFD said all three have been treated and released.
Courtesy: Wichita Fire Department Courtesy: Wichita Fire Department Courtesy: Wichita Fire Department
According to WFD, the home was vacant at the time.
The cause of the fire is still unknown at this time, but WFD suspects that strong winds did play a role in the fire. An investigation is ongoing. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wfd-responding-to-house-fire-in-east-wichita/ | 2022-08-29T13:32:52 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wfd-responding-to-house-fire-in-east-wichita/ |
According to the Department of Public Safety, a plane crashed near Waxahachie Sunday evening.
At approximately 5:18 p.m., troopers were dispatched to a crash near the city limits. Investigation indicated that a small two-seater Cessna plane was forced to make an emergency landing in an open field near F.M. 875 and Lone Elm Road in Ellis County.
Two pilots occupied the plane that departed from Eagles Nest Airport in Ellis County.
During the flight, the plane reportedly lost oil pressure forcing them to make an emergency landing in an open field. No one was injured and the FAA is conducting the investigation.
No further information is available at this time. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/loss-of-oil-pressure-causes-plane-crash-in-ellis-county/3059066/ | 2022-08-29T13:51:43 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/loss-of-oil-pressure-causes-plane-crash-in-ellis-county/3059066/ |
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UVALDE, Texas — Uvalde CISD will be holding three special school board meetings Monday.
The first will start at 6 p.m. and will be a public hearing. A town hall meeting will follow, then a special board meeting. Officials say the first meeting will run about thirty minutes.
Board members will hear from the community about the proposed tax rate and budget and each speaker will only get a minute to speak.
The meeting will adjourn, then at 6:30 p.m., a townhall meeting will be held.
In that meeting, folks will get the opportunity to make comments or ask questions about changes and updates to the upcoming school year, including safety and security plans.
The last meeting will happen at 7:15 p.m. or when the special town hall meeting ends.
In this meeting, members will consider approving the budgets and tax rates.
They’ll also consider a proposal to provide physical, psychological and speech language pathology services for students.
Superintendent Dr. Hal Harrell will be providing families with an update on the safety changes within the district, including new entrances and fencing.
The district will be holding family nights and meet the teacher sessions every night this week, starting Monday night.
These meetings will not be open to the public
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ABINGDON, Va. (WJHL) — To support U.S. veterans, Food City officials on Monday announced the company will launch a campaign to fundraise for the 2022 Medal of Honor Convention.
From Aug. 31 through Sept. 9, shoppers can make a $1, $3 or $5 donation at checkout, and 100% of the proceeds will benefit the convention in Knoxville.
Food City announced the company will make a $100,000 contribution.
“It’s a tremendous honor for our region to have been selected a second time to serve as the host site for this premier event,” said Food City President and CEO Steven C. Smith in a news release. “We would like to invite you to join us in preserving the legacy of America’s Greatest Heroes by making a contribution to benefit the Medal of Honor Convention.”
The 2022 Medal of Honor Convention will happen in Knoxville. The Medal of Honor is the country’s highest military honor and is bestowed by the President of the United States to service members who “distinguish themselves through conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of their lives above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action again the enemy of the United States.”
A little over 3,500 service members have received the medal, with fewer than 70 recipients living today.
“Food City is proud to support our nation’s veterans and we invite you to join us in celebrating our country’s freedom and those who provide it,” said Smith. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/food-city-hosting-medal-of-honor-convention-fundraiser/ | 2022-08-29T14:05:32 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/food-city-hosting-medal-of-honor-convention-fundraiser/ |
The Morton Mandan Public Library reopens Monday after a multimillion-dollar renovation and expansion project that took two years to complete.
The library will reopen at 10 a.m. and restart most services including public computer use, public printing, item checkouts, and passport and notary services. Hours will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays. Officials expect to expand hours as the year progresses.
“With our new shelving and new layout, it really feels like this will be a brand new library, and almost like we have new jobs,” Community Engagement Assistant Michaela Schaff said. “It’s going to take some time to get used to the day-to-day flow.”
The nearly $6 million library project and upgrade to adjoining Dykshoorn Park downtown began in October 2020. The effort was funded with a $3 million donation from Dakota Access Pipeline developer Energy Transfer, $2.2 million from the Mandan Visitor’s Fund and $600,000 from the Mandan Supplemental Environmental Projects Trust.
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A library addition of about 8,000 square feet includes a new atrium, a public meeting room that can seat up to 300 people, staff offices, public restrooms and a Bookmobile garage with an area for equipment storage.
The existing 13,000-square-foot building got heating, air conditioning and electrical upgrades; new doors and windows; masonry restoration; new flooring, walls and ceiling finishes, and new shelving and furniture.
The park improvements include a main entrance off Fourth Avenue Northwest, permanent decorative fencing, shade sails in front of the band shell, walking paths, lighting elements that tie in the history of the railroad, and gas fire pits.
The majority of the library’s 36,400-item collection has been boxed up for the entirety of the project. Staff kept the library open in a limited capacity for as long as possible, but the doors have been closed entirely since last November.
“We are absolutely thrilled to finally reopen our doors and welcome our community back," Library Director Barb Sandstrom said.
For more information go to https://www.cityofmandan.com/library or https://www.facebook.com/mortonmandanpl/. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/morton-mandan-public-library-reopens-after-2-year-6-million-upgrade/article_49b97e1a-22ee-11ed-b438-271f3dc25925.html | 2022-08-29T14:06:54 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/morton-mandan-public-library-reopens-after-2-year-6-million-upgrade/article_49b97e1a-22ee-11ed-b438-271f3dc25925.html |
ATLANTA — The man who was convicted of murdering a 7-year-old girl in Buckhead in 2020 will learn how much time he'll spend behind bars on Monday.
Daquan Reed was found guilty on Aug. 18 by a Fulton County jury on all eight charges in the shooting death of Kennedy Maxie just days before Christmas in 2020.
The sentencing will take place Monday at 9:30 a.m. You can watch it live here or on our YouTube channel. UPDATE: The sentencing has been delayed as an attorney representing Reed was not in court yet. It is still expected to take place today.
Atlanta Police said Reed got into an argument with someone on Dec. 21, 2020, in the Phipps Plaza mall parking lot. They said he left and fired his gun out his car window. One of those bullets hit Maxie in the head as she was riding in a car along Peachtree Road with her aunt and mother. She died the day after Christmas.
Here's a breakdown of the charges listed in Reed's eight-count indictment and the verdict:
- Murder (count 1) - Guilty
- Felony murder (count 2) - Guilty
- Felony murder (count 3) - Guilty
- Felony murder (count 4) - Guilty
- Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (count 5) - Guilty
- Criminal damage to property in the first degree (count 6) - Guilty
- Possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony (count 7) - Guilty
- Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon (count 8) - Guilty
After the conviction, the family released a statement.
"This doesn’t change the fact that I’ll continue to eat breakfast at a cemetery every Sunday morning. Or that she won’t have the opportunity to be a big sister. Nor does it change me missing her beyond comprehension, in some moments beyond what I can bear," her mother, Mariah, said in a statement. "But it does move a dark cloud out of the sky for those that love her today, and for that I am grateful.” | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/daquan-reed-murder-sentence-kennedy-maxie-death/85-129b9a6b-4e8b-4500-8a91-e67304544536 | 2022-08-29T14:12:12 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/daquan-reed-murder-sentence-kennedy-maxie-death/85-129b9a6b-4e8b-4500-8a91-e67304544536 |
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — A New Jersey man was killed in a motorcycle crash Saturday afternoon in Lancaster County.
Dimitry Rabkin, 59, of Cliffside Park, NJ, was pronounced dead at the scene by a deputy coroner with the Lancaster County Coroner's Office.
The crash occurred around 4:19 p.m. at Route 772 near Weaver Road in Rapho Township, according to the coroner's office.
Rabkin was the operator of the motorcycle, which was the only vehicle involved in the crash, the coroner's office said.
Rabkin was transported to the Lancaster County Forensic Center for a further examination. His cause of death was determined to be Multiple Traumatic Injuries as a result of the crash. The manner of death was Accidental, according to the coroner's office. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/deadly-motorcycle-crash-lancaster-county/521-d3aa0846-ecfd-400a-a4e6-0002fda2fb6f | 2022-08-29T14:12:32 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/deadly-motorcycle-crash-lancaster-county/521-d3aa0846-ecfd-400a-a4e6-0002fda2fb6f |
STEELTON, Pa. — It’s official: summer break is over and school is back in session. Across Pennsylvania, students are beginning school fully in person for the first time since 2019 today.
Finding a “new normal” is expected to be the biggest hurdle getting into the school year, according to educators. Students had to adjust to a series of changes during the pandemic. When schools shut down, they had to adapt to remote learning. When schools slowly began opening back up, students juggled rolling closures and hybrid learning with new restrictions in school, like social distancing and mask wearing.
Those factors have affected students socially, emotionally, and academically, and the deficits are starting to show.
Nationally, standardized test scores dropped significantly from 2019 to 2021, according to a Brookings Institution study, with an even larger drop at high-poverty schools.
In Pennsylvania, test scores in English fell between 3.5% and 7%, depending on grade level. Math scores dropped between 7% and 11%, though the Pennsylvania Department of Education pointed out in its data that fewer students took the PSSA in 2019, so comparison may be less accurate.
Educators said they’re ready to tackle and correct pandemic learning loss, despite concerns that coronavirus restrictions could force schools to return to remote learning.
“I get the vibe here that everyone is ready to step away from those computers, both students and staff,” Eleni Cordero, principal of Steelton-Highspire Jr./Sr. High School told FOX43. "They’re very hesitant though. The kids know how to do it, they just don’t want to do it. So we have it on the backburner. Let’s really focus on instructional practices that really engage our kids.”
Steelton-Highspire held a community rally to welcome students as they got off the bus for their first day of school. Cordero said students were especially excited this year to see their friends back in person.
Another big change for students is coming in the lunchroom. During the pandemic, a federal program provided free and reduced lunch to all students, regardless of family income eligibility requirements. This year, the program has ended, so eligible families will need to apply for free or reduced lunch benefits. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/first-day-of-school-central-pennsylvania-coronavirus/521-9064ebca-5a76-42e4-b3a1-fb9561050167 | 2022-08-29T14:12:38 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/first-day-of-school-central-pennsylvania-coronavirus/521-9064ebca-5a76-42e4-b3a1-fb9561050167 |
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HARTFORD, Conn. — Two decades after her release from prison, Teresa Beatty feels she is still being punished.
When her mother died two years ago, the state of Connecticut put a lien on the Stamford home she and her siblings inherited. It said she owed $83,762 to cover the cost of her 2 1/2 year imprisonment for drug crimes.
Now, she's afraid she'll have to sell her home of 51 years, where she lives with two adult children, a grandchild and her disabled brother.
“I'm about to be homeless,” said Beatty, 58, who in March became the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging the state law that charges prisoners $249 a day for the cost of their incarceration. “I just don't think it's right, because I feel I already paid my debt to society. I just don't think it's fair for me to be paying twice.”
All but two states have so-called “pay-to-stay” laws that make prisoners pay for their time behind bars, though not every state actually pursues people for the money. Supporters say the collections are a legitimate way for states to recoup millions of taxpayer dollars spent on prisons and jails.
Critics say it's an unfair second penalty that hinders rehabilitation by putting former inmates in debt for life. Efforts have been underway in some places to scale back or eliminate such policies.
Two states — Illinois and New Hampshire — have repealed their laws since 2019.
Connecticut also overhauled its statue this year, keeping it in place only for the most serious crimes, such as murder, and exempting prisoners from having to pay the first $50,000 of their incarceration costs.
Under the revised law, about 98% of Connecticut inmates no longer have to pay any of the costs of their incarceration after they get out, said state Rep. Steve Stafstrom, a Bridgeport Democrat and a sponsor of the repeal legislation.
The state retained its ability, though, to collect some prison debts already on the books before the law changed. It’s unclear whether the change in the law, made after Beatty sued, will be enough to keep her in her home. That will be decided in court.
Her lawyers have asked a federal judge to block the state from enforcing the law against anyone, saying it remains unfair even after the amendments.
Beatty acknowledges she was guilty of selling and possessing drugs, but said nobody told her when she went to jail that every day behind bars would cost her more than a night at a fine hotel.
“It just drags you back to despair,” said Beatty, who has had other brushes with the law over drug possession since her release from jail, but has also become a certified nursing assistant. “That's where I feel like I'm at. I feel like no hope. Where do I go? All of this work and it feels like I've done it in vain.”
Pay-to-stay laws were put into place in many areas during the tough-on-crime era of the 1980s and ’90s, said Brittany Friedman, an assistant professor of sociology at University of Southern California who is leading a study of the practice.
As prison populations ballooned, Friedman said, policymakers questioned how to pay for incarceration costs. “So, instead of raising taxes, the solution was to shift the cost burden from the state and the taxpayers onto the incarcerated.”
Laws vary from state to state. Many, like Connecticut, only go after inmates for the cost of incarceration if they come into money after leaving prison. A few, such as North Carolina, have laws on the books but almost never use them, Friedman said.
Connecticut’s partial repeal went into effect July 1. The state is projected to collect about $5.5 million less per year from ex-prisoners because of the change.
State Sen. John Kissel, the top Republican on the legislature's Judiciary Committee, said he opposed the repeal passed by the Democratic majority, but might support reforms like allowing inmates to pay off debt in installments.
Kissel said that while Beatty's situation tugs at one's heartstrings, “Everybody has issues.”
“The policy is to make one appreciate that your incarceration costs money,” he said. “The taxpayers footed the bill. They didn't do anything wrong. And knowing that one has to pay the state back a reasonable sum on a regular basis is not a bad policy.”
Connecticut used to collect prison debt by attaching an automatic lien to every inmate, claiming half of any financial windfall they might receive for up to 20 years after they are released from prison, said Dan Barrett, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut. That included things like insurance settlements, inheritances and lottery winnings.
The state even collected money awarded to inmates in lawsuits over alleged abuse by prison guards.
Former Connecticut inmate Fred Hodges, who served more than 17 years in prison for killing a man while trying to retrieve his son’s stolen bicycle, came into $21,000 after his car was totaled in a 2009 traffic accident. The state claimed half of that, he said. After paying his lawyer, he was left with about $3,000.
“I have seven grandchildren and the money could have helped them. It could have helped me,” said Hodges, who works for a nonprofit that helps other inmates reenter society. “You’d be surprised at the effect it can have on you psychologically when they tell you you owe them $249 a day. I was locked up for 17 1/2 years. At $249 a day, how are you going to come up out of that?”
Beatty's lawsuit, which is seeking class-action status, argues that the pay-to-stay seizures violate the excessive fines clause of the Constitution.
Da'ee McKnight, who works with Hodges as a coordinator for an organization called Family ReEntry, said the state took an insurance settlement from him, even though he served most of his sentence before the law was on the books.
“Here, I’m being penalized for something that I was not even made aware of at the time I was sentenced, because it did not even exist,” he said.
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A sudden collapse of the floor inside a Bronx apartment building unit sent a woman falling down into the cellar below -- and spurred angry calls from tenants blaming their landlord for allegedly failing to take care of the building.
City officials reported the partial collapse at a building on Shakespeare Avenue in the Highbridge neighborhood. It happened around 12 p.m. Sunday.
Inspectors said a section of the bathroom floor of a first floor apartment, directly in front of the shower and toilet, gave way and a woman plunged into the opening. She received minor injuries from the fall.
Department of Buildings officials cited the building's landlord for lack of proper maintenance.
Tenants that afternoon were furious over incident and called on the property owner to improve conditions.
"We've been telling the landlord and the super what all the problems we've been facing in this building, they don't fix nothing in the building," one resident said.
There was no comment from the building's landlord Sunday evening. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/bathroom-floor-collapse-drops-woman-into-cellar-of-nyc-building/3842436/ | 2022-08-29T15:14:54 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/bathroom-floor-collapse-drops-woman-into-cellar-of-nyc-building/3842436/ |
An 18-year-old from Long Island is dead and two family members are fighting for their lives after an end-of-summer swim in a New York lake turned tragic over the weekend, authorities said Monday.
State Police said the victim, Basir Amin of Bellerose, had been swimming Sunday at White Lake in Sullivan County's town of Bethel when he "began to struggle in the deep portion of the lake."
His 21-year-old sister, Nasrin Amin, and 34-year-old uncle, Afrid Haider, leaped in to try to save him but all three went under the water and did not resurface, State Police said. They were underwater for a "period of time," they added.
Emergency responders arrived at the lake around 2:15 p.m. for the reported drowning. Divers from the fire department pulled out all three family members and started life-saving efforts. The victims were taken to a hospital, where Basir Amin was pronounced dead. His sister and uncle were last listed in critical condition. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/relatives-critical-after-trying-to-save-drowning-18-year-old-at-ny-lake/3842482/ | 2022-08-29T15:15:00 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/relatives-critical-after-trying-to-save-drowning-18-year-old-at-ny-lake/3842482/ |
Business owners in the Castro are attempting to take matters into their own hands when it comes to the San Francisco neighborhood’s unhoused population.
The Castro Merchants Association, which represents about 125 businesses in the area, sent a letter to city officials on Aug. 8 outlining three demands: 35 shelter beds designated for “mentally ill and substance-abusing individuals who have taken up residence in the Castro,” a request for monthly metrics on the services offered or provided to unhoused people in the neighborhood, and a plan for what to do after people decline services.
Dave Karraker, co-president of the Castro Merchants Association, told SFGATE that businesses in the association will potentially stop paying taxes if the three demands are not met.
“Whatever they're doing isn't working. It isn't leading to a noticeable difference in the conditions in the Castro as it relates to the drug addicted and the mentally ill,” said Karraker, who also co-owns MX3 Fitness, a gym with two locations in the area.
Karraker said businesses in the Castro have been hit especially hard since the start of the pandemic, and he feels that the neighborhood’s unhoused population – particularly those struggling with addiction and mental illness – are making the problem worse.
“We're just seeing constant vandalism, constant drug use in public, people passed out on the sidewalk, people having psychotic breakdowns, and it's just not something a small-business owner should have to deal with,” Karraker said.
He mentioned that the letter’s request for 35 shelter beds comes from a record kept by District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman’s office about “people who are constantly causing issues” in the neighborhood: “That list is typically between 20 and 25 people. So we knew if we got 35 beds, we’d be able to cover those people,” Karraker said.
In a response sent to the business association by the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, officials said that it isn’t city policy to designate shelter beds for people from a particular neighborhood. The response also stated that it would be a breach of privacy laws to share information about the case status of specific people with the public.
“However, we greatly appreciate hearing from community members about what they are seeing on the streets and will continue to work with the Castro community to improve conditions for all in the Castro,” the response says.
Karraker said he believes that the city’s response to its homelessness crisis tends to focus on neighborhoods like the Tenderloin, which he feels has been “pushing people into the Castro.”
But some unhoused people from neighborhoods like the Tenderloin say they come to the Castro because they feel safer there as LGBTQ+ people, KTVU reported.
That’s not a recent phenomenon: in 2009, the Journal of LGBT Youth published a study by Jen Reck, an Associate Professor of Sociology and Sexuality Studies at San Francisco State University, called “No One Likes Street Kids – Even in the Castro.”
The study focuses on homeless gay and transgender youth of color in San Francisco, particularly a group of teenagers who used the Castro as a place to seek safety and community.
“The Castro was especially important to these youth because, as gay and transgender homeless young people, other public and private places did not feel safe to them,” the study said.
But the youth featured in the study also reported facing harassment and hostility from community members in the Castro. They mentioned being treated like outsiders in a place that they observed to be “mostly inhabited by gay middle-class adult males,” and said that they felt left out of the community since “it is those who want or are able to spend money in the stores who can fully participate in the neighborhood culture.”
Today, gathering spaces in the Castro are still largely commercial, though there are a number of community organizations in the neighborhood that offer free housing navigation services to LGBTQ+ people. The specificity of these programs could be another reason unhoused people are drawn to the Castro from other parts of the city.
As it turns out, a few of these organizations – including LYRIC, a center for LGBTQ+ youth, and the SF LGBT Community Center, are part of the Castro Merchants Association.
Adam-Michael Royston, LYRIC’s vice president, says the association’s letter is not representative of all unhoused people in the Castro or the spirit of the neighborhood and its history.
“The Castro has been a beacon of hope for queer individuals for more than 30 years, and we have to continuously remember that we need to be inclusive and in community,” Royston said.
He added that as anti-transgender legislation takes off in other parts of the country, an influx of young people fleeing from conservative states have been making their way to San Francisco – and many of them end up in the Castro.
“The reason that so many of us ended up in the Castro is the same reason that so many of our youth end up here, too,” Royston said. “I think that letter, to youth fleeing the crises that they’re in, is not supportive.”
But business owners like Karraker believe that people who openly use drugs and experience public mental health crises are causing the neighborhood to suffer, regardless of their identity.
“No matter who it is, we can't accept the idea that someone can come to the Castro, do drugs and be mentally ill to the point that they're a threat to themselves or a threat to residents or tourists. This can't continue,” Karraker said. | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/lgbtq-group-decries-castro-business-owner-demands-17401465.php | 2022-08-29T15:19:20 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/lgbtq-group-decries-castro-business-owner-demands-17401465.php |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The annual Dog Days of Summer Pool Party is Monday, Sept. 5., at the College Hill Pool. The event, a fundraiser for the Kansas Humane Society, will allow dog owners to let their pooches wade, swim, or jump into the pool before it is closed and drained for the season.
Tickets will be available at the gates. There is a $10 donation per dog – limit two dogs per owner. Small dogs (under 20 lb) swim from 5:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. Large dogs swim from 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
The pool has a shallow, zero-depth entry making it easy for dogs to get into the water.
Chemicals in the water will be safe for dogs but not for humans, so KHS and the City ask that dog owners only get in the water up to their knees. Children are not allowed in the pool while the dogs are swimming.
All dogs must be leashed when not in the pool and must be at least 6 months old and up to date on vaccinations. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/dog-days-of-summer-pool-party-to-take-place-sept-5/ | 2022-08-29T15:23:54 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/dog-days-of-summer-pool-party-to-take-place-sept-5/ |
Traffic is backed up for miles on the New York State Thruway headed east between exits 30 and 31 due to a crash between a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer in Schuyler.
The crash happened around 6 a.m. in a construction zone. The tractor-trailer jackknifed against the concrete barrier blocking all eastbound lanes.
Traffic is being diverted off of Exit 31 in Utica at this time.
It is unclear if anyone was hurt or the extent of any injuries.
This is a developing story and will be updated. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/tractor-trailer-crash-on-thruway-between-herkimer-and-utica-drivers-must-use-exit-31/article_9c70db08-279e-11ed-9380-e79770c0a17f.html | 2022-08-29T15:25:55 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/tractor-trailer-crash-on-thruway-between-herkimer-and-utica-drivers-must-use-exit-31/article_9c70db08-279e-11ed-9380-e79770c0a17f.html |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon State Fair is back in action with new events, food, games and rides for visitors to check out.
The fair is held at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem and runs for one more week through Labor Day.
Kohr Harlan got a closer look at some of the attractions and food. | https://www.koin.com/local/marion-county/kohr-explores-oregon-state-fair-back-in-action/ | 2022-08-29T15:33:54 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/marion-county/kohr-explores-oregon-state-fair-back-in-action/ |
VACAVILLE, Calif. — Multiple lanes on eastbound and westbound I-80 were closed in Vacaville Monday morning due to a crash involving a truck carrying tomatoes.
The California Highway Patrol — Solano office advised drivers to avoid the area around Alamo Drive.
Rush hour traffic in the area was delayed by about 40 minutes Monday morning. As of 8 a.m. traffic was still backed up.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said one person died after an early-morning crash on Monday in a South Sacramento neighborhood.
A car crashed in the yard of a Kirkton Court home near the intersection of Village Park Drive.
Two people who were taken to a hospital are in critical condition, according to the fire district.
Watch more on ABC10 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/1-dead-2-critically-injured-car-crash/103-a123f6af-739c-4507-8049-7947b4b8721a | 2022-08-29T15:37:53 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/1-dead-2-critically-injured-car-crash/103-a123f6af-739c-4507-8049-7947b4b8721a |
STOCKTON, Calif. — Power was restored to more than 17,000 PG&E customers in Stockton on Monday, according to PG&E outage maps.
The outage started around 4:15 a.m. and as of 7:30 a.m. 17,672 customers were without power. Power was restored before 8 a.m., according to PG&E's website.
"Our preliminary determination is that your outage was caused by equipment issues," PG&E wrote on its website as crews investigated the cause of the outage.
View an outage map HERE.
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There’s an undeniable charm that comes with pre-World War II American architecture, characterized by high ceilings, crown molding, hardwood floors, and ornate details. In fact, 12.8% of all housing units in America were built in 1939 or before, showing the popularity of the preservation of these units. Owning a piece of history can sometimes come with a cost: Many old homes come with asbestos, lead piping, knob-and-tube wiring, and other outdated building styles that can rack up a hefty price tag to modernize. However, with more and more modernized pre-war homes on the market, generally located just outside bustling downtown metros, investing in property that has withstood the test of time is an attractive prospect.
Stacker compiled a list of the counties in Texas with the oldest homes using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Counties are ranked by median year the structure was built according to 2020 5-year estimates. Ties broken by the highest percentage of homes built before 1939.
The country’s domestic architecture is perhaps best characterized by a rugged individualism as opposed to the hybridization of disparate architectural elements. As Maya Angelou once perceptively observed, “the ache for home lives in all of us,” a phrase that has meant very different things to different people.
Modest or palatial, there is no shortage of noteworthy homes in the U.S. Log cabins constructed by industrious pioneers have dotted the landscape alongside traditional Native American dwellings ever since immigrant Swedes introduced them to the New World in 1638. The unprecedented personal fortunes amassed by the so-called “Robber Barons” at the close of the 19th century gave way to the construction of a staggering number of Gilded Age estates.
The ravages of time spared neither the sumptuous nor the humble. Stately mansions, often prohibitively costly to maintain in the modern era, were frequently neglected; simple structures were forgotten, discarded by their owners, and damaged by natural elements. However, the tireless efforts of architectural preservationists and local historical societies have saved many of these homes from demolition, leading to their inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places and thereby safeguarding them for future generations.
Keep reading to learn more about which counties in Texas have the oldest homes.
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#50. Borden County
– Median year homes built: 1968
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 1.3% (5 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 11.6% (43 homes)
– Total homes built: 371
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#49. Terry County
– Median year homes built: 1968
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 2.1% (101 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 4.5% (218 homes)
– Total homes built: 4,864
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#48. McCulloch County
– Median year homes built: 1968
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 17.1% (740 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 12.1% (526 homes)
– Total homes built: 4,335
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#47. Childress County
– Median year homes built: 1968
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 25.2% (722 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 11.2% (320 homes)
– Total homes built: 2,860
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#46. Scurry County
– Median year homes built: 1967
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 5.2% (375 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 7.4% (533 homes)
– Total homes built: 7,205
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#45. Lynn County
– Median year homes built: 1967
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 11.1% (295 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 10.5% (280 homes)
– Total homes built: 2,661
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#44. Jones County
– Median year homes built: 1967
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 13.6% (962 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 12.9% (908 homes)
– Total homes built: 7,054
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#43. Hansford County
– Median year homes built: 1966
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 5.4% (127 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 6.6% (155 homes)
– Total homes built: 2,342
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#42. Deaf Smith County
– Median year homes built: 1966
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 7.6% (539 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 8.2% (584 homes)
– Total homes built: 7,079
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#41. Oldham County
– Median year homes built: 1966
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 8.7% (69 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 12.5% (99 homes)
– Total homes built: 794
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#40. Stonewall County
– Median year homes built: 1966
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 12.5% (105 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 3.8% (32 homes)
– Total homes built: 837
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#39. Throckmorton County
– Median year homes built: 1966
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 19.1% (202 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 9.7% (103 homes)
– Total homes built: 1,059
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#38. Cochran County
– Median year homes built: 1965
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 1.1% (15 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 7.3% (99 homes)
– Total homes built: 1,351
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#37. Reeves County
– Median year homes built: 1965
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 4.6% (213 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 13.4% (622 homes)
– Total homes built: 4,652
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#36. Howard County
– Median year homes built: 1965
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 5.9% (779 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 9.3% (1,223 homes)
– Total homes built: 13,200
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#35. Dawson County
– Median year homes built: 1965
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 6.6% (343 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 4.9% (254 homes)
– Total homes built: 5,171
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#34. Castro County
– Median year homes built: 1965
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 7.7% (246 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 5.8% (185 homes)
– Total homes built: 3,179
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#33. Hale County
– Median year homes built: 1965
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 7.8% (1,045 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 4.7% (630 homes)
– Total homes built: 13,382
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#32. Coleman County
– Median year homes built: 1965
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 18.1% (1,006 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 8.6% (478 homes)
– Total homes built: 5,547
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#31. Cottle County
– Median year homes built: 1965
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 21.9% (241 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 6.5% (72 homes)
– Total homes built: 1,100
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#30. Winkler County
– Median year homes built: 1964
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 0.9% (28 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 5.0% (152 homes)
– Total homes built: 3,066
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#29. Crosby County
– Median year homes built: 1964
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 6.9% (201 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 3.5% (102 homes)
– Total homes built: 2,909
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#28. Nolan County
– Median year homes built: 1964
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 9.6% (676 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 5.1% (360 homes)
– Total homes built: 7,075
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#27. Baylor County
– Median year homes built: 1964
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 13.1% (340 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 7.8% (203 homes)
– Total homes built: 2,601
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#26. Lamb County
– Median year homes built: 1963
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 9.5% (579 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 6.8% (415 homes)
– Total homes built: 6,069
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#25. Sherman County
– Median year homes built: 1963
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 16.2% (226 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 5.0% (70 homes)
– Total homes built: 1,397
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#24. Haskell County
– Median year homes built: 1963
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 16.6% (576 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 6.8% (235 homes)
– Total homes built: 3,465
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#23. Wheeler County
– Median year homes built: 1963
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 21.2% (576 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 15.4% (417 homes)
– Total homes built: 2,715
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#22. Swisher County
– Median year homes built: 1962
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 10.5% (333 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 4.1% (129 homes)
– Total homes built: 3,181
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#21. Wilbarger County
– Median year homes built: 1962
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 19.1% (1,191 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 7.1% (441 homes)
– Total homes built: 6,242
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#20. Armstrong County
– Median year homes built: 1962
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 23.7% (216 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 8.1% (74 homes)
– Total homes built: 913
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#19. Foard County
– Median year homes built: 1962
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 31.6% (262 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 5.4% (45 homes)
– Total homes built: 829
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#18. Potter County
– Median year homes built: 1961
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 9.2% (4,594 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 10.5% (5,253 homes)
– Total homes built: 50,174
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#17. Fisher County
– Median year homes built: 1961
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 9.6% (215 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 7.4% (165 homes)
– Total homes built: 2,236
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#16. Knox County
– Median year homes built: 1961
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 17.7% (359 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 6.7% (136 homes)
– Total homes built: 2,030
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#15. Carson County
– Median year homes built: 1961
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 26.2% (730 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 9.9% (275 homes)
– Total homes built: 2,787
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#14. Roberts County
– Median year homes built: 1961
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 30.6% (136 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 16.0% (71 homes)
– Total homes built: 445
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#13. Gray County
– Median year homes built: 1960
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 10.3% (1,029 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 7.3% (734 homes)
– Total homes built: 9,995
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#12. Hardeman County
– Median year homes built: 1960
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 28.9% (697 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 6.3% (152 homes)
– Total homes built: 2,411
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#11. Floyd County
– Median year homes built: 1959
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 12.8% (381 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 3.4% (102 homes)
– Total homes built: 2,966
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#10. Briscoe County
– Median year homes built: 1959
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 13.9% (138 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 6.1% (61 homes)
– Total homes built: 996
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#9. Collingsworth County
– Median year homes built: 1959
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 25.7% (377 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 10.6% (156 homes)
– Total homes built: 1,467
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#8. Runnels County
– Median year homes built: 1958
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 19.7% (1,034 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 6.9% (360 homes)
– Total homes built: 5,245
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#7. Mitchell County
– Median year homes built: 1958
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 21.1% (862 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 5.5% (224 homes)
– Total homes built: 4,077
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#6. Dickens County
– Median year homes built: 1956
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 17.4% (237 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 7.3% (99 homes)
– Total homes built: 1,363
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#5. Hall County
– Median year homes built: 1956
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 36.5% (699 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 4.2% (80 homes)
– Total homes built: 1,916
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#4. Kenedy County
– Median year homes built: 1954
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 15.4% (34 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 16.7% (37 homes)
– Total homes built: 221
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#3. Loving County
– Median year homes built: 1954
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 43.7% (38 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 0.0% (0 homes)
– Total homes built: 87
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#2. Terrell County
– Median year homes built: 1949
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 36.2% (270 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 0.0% (0 homes)
– Total homes built: 746
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#1. Motley County
– Median year homes built: 1948
– Homes built 1939 or earlier: 41.5% (324 homes)
– Homes built since 2000: 5.4% (42 homes)
– Total homes built: 781
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OCEAN CITY – City Council on Thursday unanimously approved an ordinance transferring property to a new non-profit organization to create 10 affordable housing units.
The five properties, on lots throughout Ocean City, will be developed as duplexes to be rented to families who meet income qualifications.
“This is a part of our affordable housing plan that we’ve been working on since 2015,” city attorney Dottie McCrosson told City Council.
She said the Ocean City Community Development Corporation, a non-profit entity, has been created to develop the properties, through the Ocean City Housing Authority.
Applicants for the properties will need to meet qualifications under federal and state affordable housing rules, and will pay rent, but it will be below the current market rate.
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Resident Donna Moore had questions at the meeting. She asked if the city would retain ownership or the properties.
“We are not in the business of renting properties, or in maintaining rental properties. The Housing Authority is,” she said. “They are in the business of maintaining properties and qualifying applicants.”
This arrangement will also allow state grant money to offset the construction costs.
“It’s a very complicated process with a lot of moving parts, but we land on an non-profit corporation in the hands of the agency in Ocean City best qualified to develop and manage the units,” McCrosson said.
The deal is part of Ocean City’s settlement agreement of its affordable housing obligation, McCrosson told City Council members when the ordinance was introduced earlier this month. The properties will help the city meet its affordable housing goals, which are part of a settlement agreement with the Fair Share Housing Center.
The city-owned properties are in several neighborhoods and include 240 Haven Ave., 244 Haven Ave., 224-26 Simpson Ave., 3300-02 Bay Ave., and 3304-06 Bay Ave. All the lots appear to be vacant. Two of the properties needed to be subdivided, which has already been accomplished, McCrosson said.
Council member Bob Barr, who also serves as the chair of the Housing Authority, spoke in favor of the ordinance. He said housing issues can be very difficult to navigate, but said the end result will be more opportunities for young families to live in town. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/ocean-city-oks-affordable-housing-ordinance/article_ffe38f28-279e-11ed-8ef6-6fea5188213a.html | 2022-08-29T15:39:50 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/ocean-city-oks-affordable-housing-ordinance/article_ffe38f28-279e-11ed-8ef6-6fea5188213a.html |
PLEASANTVILLE — Two cityresidents were arrested on Sunday for firearm and drug offenses after allegedly chasing somebody with a Honda, according to a police news release issued Monday.
Pleasantville police responded to the incident at Pizza Di Roma on North Main Street. They had received reports that a male was being chased with a Honda, although he was no longer at the scene when police arrived.
A witness described the suspect car to police and provided other identifying information about the vehicle.
K9 Officer Korey Crosby saw a car that allegedly fit the description at the intersection of Leeds Avenue and Main Street. He subsequently stopped the car at North Main Street and Cedarcrest Avenue.
Crosby then conducted an open-air-sniff search with his dog, which then prompted a search of the car. A handgun was found in a backpack on the front-seat passenger floor, police said.
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Thirty-six grams of marijuana, a pair of digital scales and packaging materials were allegedly found in the car as well.
Sgt. Steven Sample and Officers Michael Corrado, Craig Dennis and Victor Guadalupe are also involved in the investigation.
Craig Dennis, Officer Michael Corrado and Sgt. Steven Sample. Craig Dennis, Officer Michael Corrado and Sgt. Steven Sample. The driver, Jeins Colon-Marrero, and the passenger, Jordani Martinez-Casiano, were arrested. They have been charged with unlawful possession of a handgun, possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a gun while committing a drug offense.
New Jersey legalized marijuana following a 2020 referendum in which over two-thirds of voters endorsed legalization. State law, however, allows adults 21 years and older to be in possession of 1 ounce total of marijuana and marijuana products.
Colon-Marrero, 20, and Martinez-Casiano, 23, are both from Pleasantville. They were sent to the Atlantic County Justice Facility pending a hearing. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/pleasantville-pair-arrested-on-gun-drug-offenses-after-allegedly-chasing-male-with-honda/article_695080fc-27a8-11ed-ab3c-5bcd50eb2e5e.html | 2022-08-29T15:39:56 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/pleasantville-pair-arrested-on-gun-drug-offenses-after-allegedly-chasing-male-with-honda/article_695080fc-27a8-11ed-ab3c-5bcd50eb2e5e.html |
FORT WORTH, Texas — A suspect was shot and killed by a Fort Worth officer after the suspect fatally shot a hostage following a police chase out of Central Texas on Sunday night, officials said.
In a news conference late Sunday, Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes said the department was called around 7:23 p.m. to help in a chase that was going north on Interstate 35. The call had come from police in Troy, about 27 miles south of Waco, regarding an "erratic driver."
The Texas Department of Public Safety and Hill County Sheriff's Office were also helping.
The vehicle being chased eventually crashed on I-35W near Spur 280, police said.
Reporting as preliminary information, Noakes said a male passenger had been holding a female driver at gunpoint. After the vehicle crashed, Noakes said officers heard a gunshot from the vehicle.
Noakes said it appeared the suspect had shot the driver, which led officers to approach the vehicle.
Although it's currently unclear what led to it, Noakes said at least one Fort Worth officer fired at the suspect. Officers then moved in to render aid.
According to Noakes, an officer transported the victim to a hospital due to traffic congestion, which made it hard for medical aid to arrive at the scene.
Both the suspect and victim died from their injuries, Noakes said.
Noakes said the Fort Worth Police Department's major case and internal affairs units will be investigating the police shooting part of the incident.
“[Officers] were presented with a deadly situation where there was a hostage inside a vehicle, based on the information we know now, who had been shot," Noakes said in the news conference. "There’s an armed person inside of the vehicle… [officers] formulated a plan and acted. They did what they could to try to save that victim despite the danger that was presented."
Further details were not immediately released as the investigation is underway. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/suspect-fatally-shot-hostage-killed-by-fort-worth-police-chase-out-of-central-texas/287-33f9e4a4-d7c1-44e3-bab0-d5aaf797ea27 | 2022-08-29T15:46:45 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/suspect-fatally-shot-hostage-killed-by-fort-worth-police-chase-out-of-central-texas/287-33f9e4a4-d7c1-44e3-bab0-d5aaf797ea27 |
BEND, Ore. — Three people are dead after a suspect opened fire at a Bend shopping center.
According to Bend Police, a man carrying an assault-style rifle started shooting in the parking lot of the Forum Shopping Center, located off Highway 20 near Northeast 27th Street, around 7 p.m. Sunday night.
In a press briefing late Sunday night, a Bend Police spokesperson said the gunman came from a residential area behind the shopping center. He allegedly started shooting near the Big Lots store, then went into the west entrance of the Safeway.
Bend Police say the suspect shot and killed someone at the front of the grocery store then continued firing through the store, killing an additional person toward the back of the store.
A third person was found dead in the store; police believe that person to be the shooter.
Investigators recovered an AR-15 style assault rifle and a shotgun near the suspect.
Initial reports show that Bend Police officers did not fire any shots at the scene.
It's not clear how many others were injured.
A spokeswoman with St. Charles Hospital told KTVZ they received two patients just before 8:30 p.m. One was dead on arrival, the second patient was reported to be in good condition.
The hospital was placed on lockout.
Bend police say they investigated reports that there was a second shooter, and additional shooting scenes, but say they've found no evidence of any other shootings in the city Sunday night.
Safeway shopper Josh Caba talked with KTVZ about the terrifying shopping experience.
The Bend resident said his wife had stayed in the car, as she was not feeling well, while he went shopping with their four children.
"About 10 minutes later, we started heading to the front. Then we heard I don’t know how many shots out front – six or seven. I immediately turned to my children and said, 'Run!' People were screaming, it was a horrifying experience."
Caba was worried about his wife but, but "by the grace and provision of God," he said, when he and three of their kids burst through the big black exit doors by the produce department, his wife had driven around back and "was sitting in the car, saying 'Get in the car! Get in the car!'"
Caba said he went back in and found their fourth child, rushing her out of the store and to the car as well. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/three-dead-following-shooting-at-safeway-store-in-bend/283-fc08eecb-dd3d-4463-ac31-024899f91233 | 2022-08-29T15:46:51 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/three-dead-following-shooting-at-safeway-store-in-bend/283-fc08eecb-dd3d-4463-ac31-024899f91233 |
FRISCO, Texas — Frisco High School had an added security presence Monday after a threat was made on social media over the weekend, principal Shawn Perry told parents in a letter.
Perry emphasized there was no active threat to the school. But over the weekend, a student reported seeing a threat on social media against Frisco High School.
Perry described the threat as an "apparent threat of violence," but more information was not released.
School officials and Frisco police "immediately began an investigation and that investigation is still underway."
Frisco police said they "believe they have identified the origin of the post" and that there is no danger to students or staff.
Out of precaution, officials have increased security at the school with more Frisco police officers on campus.
Perry asked to parents to "remind your students that while they may be 'joking' about having a weapon or threatening harm" to the school, it's still a crime, ranging from a Class A misdemeanor to third-degree felony.
"Frisco ISD supports the Frisco Police Department's full prosecution of any individual that threatens harm to our students, staff and campuses," Perry wrote.
North Texas schools have upped security and school safety efforts across the board following the shooting in Uvalde in May. Lamar High School in Arlington earlier this month added police presence after a social media threat. Nothing came of the threat but the school upped security out of precaution.
Frisco officials asked students and parents to send any information about the social media threat, or other threats, to police at 972-292-6010. Anonymous tips can also be texted by sending the word "FriscoPD" to 847411.
Students are also encouraged to use the STOPit app to report concerns to school officials. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/frisco-texas-high-school-adds-security-after-social-media-threat/287-f7cdb724-9f69-4723-a537-113bba3d0738 | 2022-08-29T15:48:31 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/frisco-texas-high-school-adds-security-after-social-media-threat/287-f7cdb724-9f69-4723-a537-113bba3d0738 |
BEND, Ore. — Three people are dead after a suspect opened fire at a Bend shopping center.
According to Bend Police, a man carrying an assault-style rifle started shooting in the parking lot of the Forum Shopping Center, located off Highway 20 near Northeast 27th Street, around 7 p.m. Sunday night.
In a press briefing late Sunday night, a Bend Police spokesperson said the gunman came from a residential area behind the shopping center. He allegedly started shooting near the Big Lots store, then went into the west entrance of the Safeway.
Bend Police say the suspect shot and killed someone at the front of the grocery store then continued firing through the store, killing an additional person toward the back of the store.
A third person was found dead in the store; police believe that person to be the shooter.
Investigators recovered an AR-15 style assault rifle and a shotgun near the suspect.
Initial reports show that Bend Police officers did not fire any shots at the scene.
It's not clear how many others were injured.
A spokeswoman with St. Charles Hospital told KTVZ they received two patients just before 8:30 p.m. One was dead on arrival, the second patient was reported to be in good condition.
The hospital was placed on lockout.
Bend police say they investigated reports that there was a second shooter, and additional shooting scenes, but say they've found no evidence of any other shootings in the city Sunday night.
Safeway shopper Josh Caba talked with KTVZ about the terrifying shopping experience.
The Bend resident said his wife had stayed in the car, as she was not feeling well, while he went shopping with their four children.
"About 10 minutes later, we started heading to the front. Then we heard I don’t know how many shots out front – six or seven. I immediately turned to my children and said, 'Run!' People were screaming, it was a horrifying experience."
Caba was worried about his wife but, but "by the grace and provision of God," he said, when he and three of their kids burst through the big black exit doors by the produce department, his wife had driven around back and "was sitting in the car, saying 'Get in the car! Get in the car!'"
Caba said he went back in and found their fourth child, rushing her out of the store and to the car as well. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/three-dead-following-shooting-at-safeway-store-in-bend/283-fc08eecb-dd3d-4463-ac31-024899f91233 | 2022-08-29T15:48:37 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/three-dead-following-shooting-at-safeway-store-in-bend/283-fc08eecb-dd3d-4463-ac31-024899f91233 |
According to Dallas Police Department, a 5-year-old child was shot during an exchange of gunfire between two vehicles in Dallas on Sunday night.
Officers were dispatched to the 1200 block of Carbona Drive, near Loop 12 and Lake June Road in southeast Dallas to a call about a child suffering from a gunshot wound at about 9:07 p.m.
Investigators believe the gunfire exchange between the two vehicles is what resulted in the child being struck. The suspect's vehicle left the location.
Police say the 5-year-old is in stable condition.
No other information is available at this time as the investigation is ongoing. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/child-shot-in-dallas-during-gunfire-exchange-between-vehicles-police/3059105/ | 2022-08-29T15:49:19 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/child-shot-in-dallas-during-gunfire-exchange-between-vehicles-police/3059105/ |
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Deliberations in the trial for former Arlington police officer Ravinder Singh, who is accused of negligent homicide in the death of a woman in 2019, continued in Tarrant County Monday.
Closing arguments were Friday afternoon after Singh said he did not plan to testify in his own defense. The jury was handed the case shortly after 5 p.m.
The jury did not reach a verdict and went home after about three hours of deliberations late Friday afternoon.
Deliberations resumed Monday morning. This story will be updated when the jury has reached a verdict.
If convicted, the Dallas Morning News reports Singh faces a maximum of two years in state jail and a fine of up to $10,000.
WOMAN KILLED WHEN OFFICER TARGETS CHARGING DOG
Former Arlington police officer Ravinder Singh is accused of shooting and killing 30-year-old Margarita Brooks while shooting at her charging dog.
Brooks was the subject of a welfare call on Aug. 1, 2019, where she was reportedly passed out in a grassy area near the intersection of Cantor Drive and North Collins Street.
Police said Singh called out to the woman and that her dog then started barking and running toward him. Arlington police said in 2019 the officer retreated, pulled out his gun and fired toward the dog several times.
MAGGIE BROOKS SHOOTING
Afterward, Brooks started to cry out and it was apparent she had been injured, police said.
Brooks, who was a mother to three children, was hospitalized and later died. Her cause of death was ruled a homicide.
Singh resigned from the department in November 2019 amid an administrative investigation and in September 2020 he was indicted on a charge of criminally negligent homicide by a Tarrant County grand jury.
Brooks' family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in July 2021 asking for at least $2 million in restitution.
"There's no winners in this," said the victim's father Troy Brooks outside the courtroom. "That's a young man in there. This changes the course of his life. We can't get Maggie back."
NBC 5's Scott Gordon contributed to this story.
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TAMPA, Fla. — A marker created to remember a man lynched during the Jim Crow era was unveiled Monday morning in downtown Tampa.
The Tampa-Hillsborough Community Remembrance Project hosted a ceremony along the Riverwalk at Doyle Carlton Drive and W. Laurel Street explaining the history behind the marker.
It highlights Robert Johnson, a 40-year-old Black man wrongfully arrested and killed in 1934 in Hillsborough County.
"We're here today to commemorate a tragedy that which is a Tampa tragedy but part of a larger Florida and American tragedy," Tampa Councilman Luis Viera said. "The fact is that from the end of reconstruction to the 1930s, it was Florida that had the highest per capita rate of lynchings throughout the entire United States."
So why was a racial lynching memorial erected? Viera provided three points:
- Painful and acute history lingers for too many Americans like an untreated wound.
- This type of history is the kind that "good and thoughtful" Americans champion because it leads to dialogue.
- Names that are often forgotten are now remembered.
The marker, established with the help of the Equal Justice Initiative, is the first of its kind in Tampa.
"The Equal Justice Initiative Community Remembrance Project partners with community coalitions to memorialize documented victims of racial violence throughout history and foster meaningful dialogue about race and justice today," city leaders explained in a news release.
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor says the unveiling of the marker was a "very meaningful step in the history of Tampa and the acknowledgment of [the city's] history as a community, both positive and negative."
"If we as people and as a nation don't recognize and remember the brutal actions and injustices that have taken place in the past, then we are doomed to repeat them," Castor said. "As a community, we are better than that and we have to ensure that together we move forward here in the city of Tampa."
Watch the full ceremony down below. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/historical-lynching-marker-robert-johnson-tampa-riverwalk/67-909b2d05-55d3-412b-8a07-12cfbeca6eba | 2022-08-29T15:54:26 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/historical-lynching-marker-robert-johnson-tampa-riverwalk/67-909b2d05-55d3-412b-8a07-12cfbeca6eba |
LARGO, Fla. — Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri is expected to announce details in a first-degree murder case involving a Tampa Bay-area motorcycle gang.
The sheriff is scheduled to hold a news conference at 1 p.m. Monday to talk about a grand jury's indictment in the case.
No additional information was immediately provided.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/pinellas-county-sheriff-murder-case-motorcycle-gang/67-bc949217-b24c-4f5c-91e2-59a99f21f51d | 2022-08-29T15:54:29 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/pinellas-county-sheriff-murder-case-motorcycle-gang/67-bc949217-b24c-4f5c-91e2-59a99f21f51d |
If the only way we can get the Idaho Legislature to properly fund public education is through a special session forced by a citizens initiative, then so be it.
If it comes with a healthy tax rebate check that benefits Idahoans who need it most, even better.
By calling a special session to give $500 million in tax rebates, $162 million in income tax cuts and pump $410 million into public education, Idaho Gov. Brad Little and Idaho legislators are clearly trying to influence voters ahead of the November election.
But who cares? It’s a pretty good deal.
Reclaim Idaho is seeking $323 million with its Quality Education Act citizens initiative that’s on the November ballot. The governor’s proposal released Tuesday ended up providing a little more — $410 million — without raising any taxes.
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Democrats were able to negotiate an increase in the minimum rebate amount that Idahoans would receive.
When the Legislature approved tax rebates last year, the minimum rebate amount was $75 per person; this time around, it’s $300 per person, or $600 per household, not an insignificant amount.
Plus, the proposal drops Idaho’s top income tax rate another little notch, down from 6% to 5.8% and makes it flat.
Idaho’s income tax is already just about as flat as you can get. At this point, it’s silly to have different tax brackets. We would rather see a more progressive graduated income tax structure, but changing Idaho’s structure to a flat 5.8% isn’t a monumental shift in Idaho tax policy. By eliminating the first $2,500 of income from taxation for individuals and $5,000 for joint filers, the proposal doesn’t raise taxes on anyone.
The proposal, which will be before legislators Thursday, Sept. 1, has something to keep just about everyone happy. We’re told the bill has 60 cosponsors, from both sides of the aisle. The Idaho Education Association and the Idaho School Boards Association are applauding. Republicans never met a tax cut they didn’t like.
Plus, it accounts for only $1 billion of the $2 billion budget surplus, so there’s still room to tackle other issues, such as repealing the tax on groceries and coming up with real property tax relief.
We recognize that special sessions should be just that — special — and this is an issue that could wait until the regular session.
Special sessions tend to limit the public input process because they’re so short.
House Speaker Scott Bedke told Clark Corbin of the Idaho Capital Sun that he expects the session to last one day, which limits the time for the public to respond to proposals or any amendments that might be brought up.
And committee chairs have a gift for cherry-picking the people who testify. It’s a very different animal than the regular session.
However, if this is the only way legislators can get this done, we’re in favor of it.
Because here’s the other big political risk: If this special session doesn’t happen, and the Quality Education Act fails in November, legislators will not be as eager to increase public education funding once they’re back in regular session.
Yes, Idaho legislators should do this during a regular session, but time and again, they haven’t.
If the only way Republican legislators can boost education funding is by having it come with a tax rebate that benefits everyone, and arguably disproportionately benefits lower-income families, we’re in favor of it.
We can all thank Reclaim Idaho for making this happen.
Even though Gov. Little said the citizens initiative had no role in this, the timing is inescapable.
The governor and legislators essentially had their hand forced because the initiative is on the ballot. Passage would have meant raising corporate taxes and personal income taxes on the highest earners. It seems no coincidence that the governor’s proposal, if passed, would take effect on Jan. 3, two days after the Quality Education Act would take effect if passed. At the very least, if both pass, the legislation would nullify the income tax hike.
Further, if the legislation passes, the chances of voters getting on board with tax hikes to fund something the Legislature has already funded go way down.
It’s too bad that it took so much work to gather signatures, have them certified and get the measure on the ballot over 18 long months, only to have the governor hold a simple press conference to make it happen.
It just goes to show how easy it should have been all along. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/idaho-view-see-how-easy-it-is-for-idaho-to-increase-public-education-funding-thanks/article_29a09120-257a-11ed-98c2-2703b9dec2bb.html | 2022-08-29T15:58:37 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/idaho-view-see-how-easy-it-is-for-idaho-to-increase-public-education-funding-thanks/article_29a09120-257a-11ed-98c2-2703b9dec2bb.html |
FORT WORTH, Texas — A suspect was shot and killed by a Fort Worth officer after the suspect fatally shot a hostage following a police chase out of Central Texas on Sunday night, officials said.
In a news conference late Sunday, Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes said the department was called around 7:23 p.m. to help in a chase that was going north on Interstate 35. The call had come from police in Troy, about 27 miles south of Waco, regarding an "erratic driver."
The Texas Department of Public Safety and Hill County Sheriff's Office were also helping.
The vehicle being chased eventually crashed on I-35W near Spur 280, police said.
Reporting as preliminary information, Noakes said a male passenger had been holding a female driver at gunpoint. After the vehicle crashed, Noakes said officers heard a gunshot from the vehicle.
Noakes said it appeared the suspect had shot the driver, which led officers to approach the vehicle.
Although it's currently unclear what led to it, Noakes said at least one Fort Worth officer fired at the suspect. Officers then moved in to render aid.
According to Noakes, an officer transported the victim to a hospital due to traffic congestion, which made it hard for medical aid to arrive at the scene.
Both the suspect and victim died from their injuries, Noakes said.
Noakes said the Fort Worth Police Department's major case and internal affairs units will be investigating the police shooting part of the incident.
“[Officers] were presented with a deadly situation where there was a hostage inside a vehicle, based on the information we know now, who had been shot," Noakes said in the news conference. "There’s an armed person inside of the vehicle… [officers] formulated a plan and acted. They did what they could to try to save that victim despite the danger that was presented."
Further details were not immediately released as the investigation is underway. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/suspect-fatally-shot-hostage-killed-by-fort-worth-police-chase-out-of-central-texas/287-33f9e4a4-d7c1-44e3-bab0-d5aaf797ea27 | 2022-08-29T16:04:17 | 0 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/suspect-fatally-shot-hostage-killed-by-fort-worth-police-chase-out-of-central-texas/287-33f9e4a4-d7c1-44e3-bab0-d5aaf797ea27 |
Oregon farmworkers say they're 'being missed' from task force on agricultural housing
A state task force intended to help usher agricultural housing into a new chapter is underway and has prompted concerns from employers and highlighted a growing divide between growers and labor advocates.
Farmers have provided housing for decades. Federal regulations were enacted in 1949 in response to allegations of abuse against migrant workers involved in the "Bracero" program.
Farmworker housing was traditionally intended to house migrant workers who followed work depending on the season. Labor "camps," often dorm-style complexes designed to accommodate multiple workers, were constructed on farms to house seasonal employees.
Farmworker demographics, however, have changed in the last two decades. In the early 2000s, roughly 50% of Oregon farmworkers were seasonal migrant workers. Now, 84% of farmworkers are long-term residents who settle into one community, according to Oregon Law Center. They are looking for more permanent housing for them and their families.
Farmworkers and service providers have looked for community-based housing — that is, housing not connected to employment — for more permanent solutions. But many still rely on employer-provided housing.
According to Oregon OSHA’s registry, there are 400 registered labor housing camps in Oregon. Oregon Law Center estimated roughly 10,000 farmworkers and family members live in them.
Any housing provided as a condition of employment is subject to Oregon OSHA rules and regulations. But reports of sub-standard living conditions persist. OSHA recorded 51 violations in 2021.
Permanent laws about agricultural labor housing have not been updated since 2008, with one exception: New heat and smoke rules in effect this year apply to housing as well as work sites.
Gov. Kate Brown commissioned the Interagency Task Force on Agricultural Labor Housing to address gaps in compliance and opportunities for improving farmworker housing conditions.
The task force has three goals: first, to provide recommendations for coordinating compliance with and enforcement of current housing rules across different jurisdictions. Those recommendations are due in October.
Its second task is to recommend ways to help fund improvements to new and current housing stock. Those recommendations are due in November.
The third is to look at statewide infrastructure issues like zoning regulations, water resources and electrical infrastructure. There isn’t a hard deadline for recommendations here, but the task force should provide “some discussion and thoughts down on paper by the end of the year,” said Lou Savage at the first meeting in June. Savage is a litigator and policy consultant and facilitates each meeting.
Workers, growers not on task force
The task force is comprised of representatives from various state agencies including the Bureau of Labor and Industries, Oregon OSHA, Department of Environmental Quality and Oregon Housing and Community Services.
Farmworker advocates and farm representatives are not on the task force. Savage said at the first meeting that the task force would seek opportunities to hear from them in working groups or in public comment.
But farm representatives still say they have felt out of the loop.
“It feels like we’re being missed in agency outreach,” said Mary Anne Cooper, senior policy advisor for the Oregon Farm Bureau, at the last agency meeting Aug. 23.
In a comment made via Zoom’s chat function, Cooper added that certain “accusations and assumptions” lacked evidence and that the task force should “talk to actual labor housing providers.”
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Previous meetings have included comment from both labor advocates and growers.
Mike Omeg, a cherry orchard farmer in The Dalles, commented in two meetings that the reality of even small policy changes could have a big economic impact on farms like his.
“What seems simple and reasonable can often be really complex and difficult to achieve when you’re the boots-on-the-ground group that has to get the job done,” he said.
Labor advocates said they have heard of and seen unsafe housing conditions in farmworker camps. They have also seen camps in “excellent” shape, said Valentin Sanchez, a community outreach coordinator with the Oregon Law Center.
But, he said, their job is to focus on the problems.
Problems include units missing windows, houses with people crammed together on mattresses on the ground, and housing units close enough to farmland to create concerns about pesticide exposure.
How things are
According to OSHA regulations, agriculture labor housing includes any housing provided as a condition of employment. This can include hotel and motel rooms, family homes, apartments or other dwellings.
There are exceptions. Single-family homes do not need to be registered. Employers also do not need to register housing with fewer than five beds under one roof using the same facilities like a kitchen or bathroom.
Registered labor housing is subject to health and safety regulations under OSHA.
Windows are supposed to have screens; living spaces need to be fully enclosed with walls, ceilings and self-closing doors. Employers are required to provide one toilet for every 15 people of the same gender. Toilets must ensure privacy and have proper ventilation according to building codes. Chemical, portable toilets are allowed as long as they are properly maintained and ventilated.
There have been 14 agricultural labor housing violations reported so far this year, according to Oregon OSHA. The most frequent involve “site requirements” like keeping the site free from wastewater, sewage and garbage; and keeping grass, weeds and brush cut back from buildings. There have been two violations regarding toilet facilities.
Labor advocates said they want to see the task force recommend a sweep of changes to housing regulations: a requirement that all housing have access to an indoor kitchen; updated electrical panels that allow residents to run air conditioning and reliable internet; and stricter rules about how far housing is allowed to be from farmland where pesticides might be sprayed.
Savage clarified at the Aug. 23 meeting that the task force was not a “substitute” for OSHA rulemaking. Instead, the task force will grapple with how to better enforce the rules that already exist and look at barriers to improving new and current housing stock.
“It really is an entity that looks at sort of the bigger picture," he said. “There are a bunch of issues that are not going to get resolved by the end of the year. Our goal is to identify those issues so we can continue to discuss and hopefully resolve.”
The next meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. Sept. 12. The public can tune in via Zoom.
Shannon Sollitt covers agricultural workers in the Mid-Willamette Valley as a corps member for Report for America, a program that aims to support local journalism and democracy by reporting on under-covered issues and communities. Send comments, questions and tips to ssollitt@statesmanjournal.com. | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/29/oregon-task-force-grapples-with-state-of-farmworker-housing-migrant-workers-osha-violations/65459198007/ | 2022-08-29T16:09:55 | 1 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/08/29/oregon-task-force-grapples-with-state-of-farmworker-housing-migrant-workers-osha-violations/65459198007/ |
MICHIGAN CITY — A city lifeguard reached a 6-year-old girl just in time to prevent her from drowning Sunday afternoon off the Washington Park beach, the Michigan City Fire Department is reporting.
"Lifeguard Brendan Balling noticed a young girl on an inflatable unicorn begin to float out," the department said.
Guard Aiden Tharp began to swim out into Lake Michigan around 2:30 p.m. to assist the girl
"About 10 seconds before Aiden reached the girl in the inflatable, the inflatable flipped over, and the girl began to actively drown," firefighters said. "Because the lifeguards proactively approached the situation, the girl was rescued immediately and brought ashore."
The girl was checked out by LaPorte County emergency medical officials and her parents reportedly refused further treatment.
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"The parents stated that they, 'just lost track of her,' " firefighters said.
"The Washington Park lifeguards are no longer working on weekdays and Labor Day will be their last day of the season," the department said.
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PORTAGE — A Valparaiso-area woman, who warned police during a traffic stop that bad heroin was going around the area, was then found to be in possession of an illegal drug combination that fit the description she had given to officers, according to the incident report.
Jessica Martin, 28, denied the drug belonged to her and put the blame on the driver of the curbed vehicle, Joseph Brunsvold, 35, of Chesterton, Portage police said.
"She told me he always buys the drugs that they use, so they belong to him," police said. "She told me she was 'actually mad at him' for holding out."
Police said they stopped the vehicle around noon Wednesday in the area of Central Avenue and Vivian Street and took Brunsvold into custody after discovering he had a warrant out for his arrest in an earlier Porter County drug case.
He now faces an additional felony count of possessing eight hypodermic needles found in the vehicle along with a bent spoon with a white residue, which indicates drug use, the report says.
Police said they also found a small glass jar in the vehicle containing a grey rock-like substance, which later tested positive for fentanyl and methamphetamine.
"Before these items were located, Ms. Martin advised me that there was 'bad heroin' going around that was grey in color and was in the shape of a small rock," a police officer wrote. "The substance in the jar matched the description given by Ms. Martin."
Martin reportedly told police she was unsure if the rock in jar was heroin or methamphetamine.
When asked why she would say that while claiming to have never seen the jar before, "Ms. Martin said because that was the only drugs she and Mr. Brunsvold use."
Martin was also taken into custody and faces a felony count of possessing a narcotic drug.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into the Porter County Jail
Porter/LaPorte County Courts and Social Justice Reporter
Bob is a 23-year veteran of The Times. He covers county government and courts in Porter County, federal courts, police news and regional issues. He also created the Vegan in the Region blog, is an Indiana University grad and lifelong region resident. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/valpo-area-woman-nabbed-with-drug-matching-bad-heroin-she-warned-was-going-around-police/article_cea1c9ff-5a57-5116-9a11-5a0763a06615.html | 2022-08-29T16:12:16 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/valpo-area-woman-nabbed-with-drug-matching-bad-heroin-she-warned-was-going-around-police/article_cea1c9ff-5a57-5116-9a11-5a0763a06615.html |
In the early 2010s, H-E-B purchased four clusters of property at major intersections on the far North Side amid the hilly forests that were rapidly becoming the hilly neighborhoods east of Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis.
The locally owned grocer seemed to be doing what it usually does: laying the groundwork to build new supermarkets in the areas where San Antonio is growing fastest.
A decade later, three of those four properties remain undeveloped after the company in 2014 opened its Market at Stone Oak supermarket on one of them, north of the crossing of Wilderness Oak and Hardy Oak Boulevard.
In all, H-E-B controls at least a dozen vacant properties at significant intersections in Bexar County, according to the Bexar Appraisal District. Most of them are in high-growth areas on the North and West sides — though there is one on the South Side, at the crossing of Loop 410 and Roosevelt Avenue, just down the highway from the Mission Del Lago master-planned community.
The other properties range as far away as a 29.3-acre site at the crossing of Culebra Road and Highway 211, on the far West Side near the Medina County line; a 13.7-acre site along Interstate 10 just down the road from Fair Oaks Ranch and four miles south of Boerne; and a 60.6-acre site at the crossing of Loop 1604 and Interstate 10 on the far East Side.
It’s unclear whether the sites are intended for future stores. Company spokeswoman Julie Bedingfield declined to comment.
Here is a list of the major properties H-E-B owns in Bexar County that remain undeveloped:
• U.S. 281 and Bulverde Road: 33.6 acres; purchased in 2012.
• U.S. 281 and Wilderness Oak: 32.3 acres; purchased in 2012.
• Borgfield Drive and Canyon Golf Road: 9.7 acres; purchased in 2011.
• Interstate 10, by Old Fredericksburg Road: 13.7 acres; purchased in 2021.
• De Zavala Road and JV Bacon Parkway: 21.7 acres; purchased in 2016.
• Loop 1604 and Nacogdoches Road: 28.4 acres; purchased in 2010.
• Loop 1604 and Highway 90: 46.5 acres; purchased in 2015.
• Highway 151 and Potranco Road: 14.2 acres; purchased in 2015.
• Culebra Road and Highway 211: 29.3 acres; purchased in 2007.
• Roland Road and Interstate 10: 6.2 acres; purchased in 2017.
• Loop 1604 and Interstate 10: 60.6 acres; purchased in 2015.
• Loop 410 and Roosevelt Avenue: 24.1 acres; purchased in 2017. | https://www.expressnews.com/business/local/article/H-E-B-owns-vacant-properties-major-intersections-17404788.php | 2022-08-29T16:13:49 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/business/local/article/H-E-B-owns-vacant-properties-major-intersections-17404788.php |
All lanes of SB I-75 at Dix open following crash
Charles E. Ramirez
The Detroit News
All lanes of southbound Interstate 75 have reopened at Dix Highway following a crash, officials with the Michigan Department of Transportation said.
The crash was reported at about 9:45 a.m. and officials said at about noon that the freeway reopened.
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Twitter: @CharlesERamirez | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/08/29/all-lanes-sb-75-dix-closed-due-crash/7928772001/ | 2022-08-29T16:15:32 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/08/29/all-lanes-sb-75-dix-closed-due-crash/7928772001/ |
Detroit police to provide details on suspect who killed 3 in violent shooting spree
The Detroit Police Department will hold a press conference Monday to discuss details about the weekend arrest of a man who is suspected of shooting and killing multiple people.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is expected to join the Detroit Police Department at the press conference.
The department has not released details on the identity of the male suspect since he was arrested Sunday night.
The suspect's arrest followed the shooting of four people that left 3 dead in a violent spree Sunday morning.
"There are more questions than answers," said Detroit Police Chief James White in a statement on Sunday following the suspect's arrest. “This did not need to happen. Once again, Detroiters are reeling after lives were senselessly taken at random from our community. We mourn their loss and pray for those fighting for their lives at this hour."
An extensive manhunt had been underway Sunday for the suspect, led by the Detroit Police Department with Michigan State Police, ATF, FBI and U.S. Homeland Security. Helicopters searched near Seven Mile and Woodward Avenue around 2 p.m. Sunday as the dozens from law enforcement fanned out across the west side.
White said at a news conference before the arrest that the shootings were done by a single suspect and appeared to be random because nothing connected the four victims.
White said at the time the suspect was a man in his late 20s to early 30s and about 5-foot-8 inches tall. Police issued a news release with his photo. Police believe the crimes were committed on foot.
Jennifer Chambers contributed to this report. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/08/29/detroit-police-suspect-shot-killed-4/7928695001/ | 2022-08-29T16:15:38 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/08/29/detroit-police-suspect-shot-killed-4/7928695001/ |
Suspected serial thief sought after fleeing from Monroe Co. deputies
Monroe County Sheriff's deputies are asking for the public's help to find a man who fled from them over the weekend and is suspected in a series of thefts.
Deputies encountered the man at about 6:30 a.m. Sunday during a traffic stop in the area of M-50 and US-23. The man was driving a newer model, charcoal gray Dodge Ram 2500 quad cab pick-up truck, according to authorities.
After a brief interaction with deputies, the man fled the scene, they said. He was last seen speeding away along southbound Petersburg Road near Brewer Road in Dundee Township.
Investigators later determined the Michigan dealer license plate with #03D455 attached to the rear bumper was invalid. Officials said the man provided them with false identification during the traffic stop.
The suspect is described as a middle-aged male with dark hair and a full beard. He was
wearing a dark-colored baseball cap and a dark T-shirt. The truck had chrome rims, a hard bed cover, a diesel engine, and a dark-colored plastic cover over the license plate. Investigators released a photo of the suspect captured by deputies during the traffic stop.
Officials said the man is suspected of being involved in the theft of multiple
snowmobiles and enclosed trailers from a storage facility in Dundee Township over the last month.
Anyone with information about the man should call the Monroe County Sheriff's Office at (734) 243-7070 or (734) 240-7430.
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Twitter: @CharlesERamirez | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/29/suspected-serial-thief-sought-after-fleeing-monroe-co-deputies/7929224001/ | 2022-08-29T16:15:50 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/29/suspected-serial-thief-sought-after-fleeing-monroe-co-deputies/7929224001/ |
Bismarck's Avenue B between Fifth Street and Sixth Street will be closed to through traffic beginning at 7 a.m. Tuesday for work on an underground stormwater line.
The closure will be in place until the end of the day Wednesday. Access to adjacent properties will be maintained. No detour will be in place.
For more information, go to www.bismarcknd.gov/streets. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/portion-of-avenue-b-to-be-closed/article_079bb580-27ac-11ed-85a2-d34194f64aae.html | 2022-08-29T16:17:41 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/portion-of-avenue-b-to-be-closed/article_079bb580-27ac-11ed-85a2-d34194f64aae.html |
HIGH POINT — The High Point Police Department is looking for volunteers to hand out flyers in their search for an 81-year-old woman who has been missing since Wednesday, according to a release from the department.
A Silver Alert has been issued for Heddie Dawkins, who was reported missing from her Jamestown home at about 10:45 a.m. Wednesday.
Doorbell camera footage from her home in the 2700 block of Blockhouse Court shows Dawkins leaving on foot at about 1:30 a.m. and heading north, according to the release.
High Point police and other agencies conducted an extensive search in the following days, including the use of bloodhounds and other search dogs, a helicopter, drone teams, ATVs, golf carts, kayaks, boats and other vehicles. The search occurred in a 3-mile radius of her home.
The department is looking for volunteers to assist in handing out missing person flyers on Tuesday in neighborhoods near where Dawkins was reported missing. Anyone who is interested in helping should meet at 10:30 a.m. in the parking lot of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses at 1405 Penny Road.
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There will be a briefing before volunteers are paired with police personnel for the flyer response.
Dawkins is black, with medium length black and gray hair, brown eyes and stands about 5 feet, 5 inches tall. She weighs about 180 pounds and was last seen wearing light blue pajama top and bottom.
Anyone who might have seen Dawkins is asked to contact C. Loflin at 336-883-3224 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/help-sought-for-finding-81-year-old-woman-missing-since-wednesday-high-point-police-seek/article_5b75e18c-27af-11ed-b3bf-ebe1def3556e.html | 2022-08-29T16:23:50 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/help-sought-for-finding-81-year-old-woman-missing-since-wednesday-high-point-police-seek/article_5b75e18c-27af-11ed-b3bf-ebe1def3556e.html |
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D. F. Stauffer Biscuit Co., Inc. is recalling 44 oz White Fudge Animal Cookies, because they may contain pieces of metal, according to a recall notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The animal cookies were sold at Target stores nationwide under the brand Market Pantry, and comes in a clear plastic jug formed to a bear shape.
The recalled products have a Best By Date of Feb. 21, 2023, the jug lot number Y052722, with a UPC code of 085239817698.
No other lots or products are affected.
The recall was initiated when metal (wire) was found inside a portion of the cookies, according to the recall notice.
"Foodborne foreign objects that are hard, sharp, and large are more likely to cause serious injury or dental injury," the FDA warned.
Recall Alert
Customers who have purchased the recalled product are urged to stop consuming the cookies and return it to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact D.F. Stauffer Biscuit Co., Inc. at 888-480-1988, Mon-Fri, 8 a.m. ET to 5 p.m. ET. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/recall-alert/white-fudge-animal-cookies-sold-at-target-recalled-over-metal-contamination-concerns/3059157/ | 2022-08-29T16:24:03 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/recall-alert/white-fudge-animal-cookies-sold-at-target-recalled-over-metal-contamination-concerns/3059157/ |
Gateway on Wednesday announced a $500,000 donation from the Gene Haas Foundation to the Gateway Technical College Foundation, a contribution that will assist former students to return to college and finish their degrees through the Promise 2 Finish program.
The program provides adults who have earned 12 or more college credits and have been out of college for at least two years the opportunity to finish their degree tuition-free. Potential students must be at least age 23 or older by Jan. 1, 2022.
“With this investment we will be able to reduce the financial burden for current students and increase college access for many more,” said Gateway Technical College President and CEO Bryan Albrecht.
The college also celebrated the ongoing generosity of the Haas Foundation by announcing the naming of the Gene Haas Innovation Alley in its SC Johnson iMET Center. This space plays a role in Gateway students completing their education and has also served as a location where important local, state, regional and national functions have been held.
“The mission of Gene Haas Foundation is to introduce young people to careers in manufacturing and improve the pathway by providing students with scholarships and life-changing experiences by partnering with the institutions they attend,” said Kathy Looman, Gene Haas Foundation director, education.
“Gateway has an exceptional program developed under the inspired leadership of Bryan Albrecht and the amazing team at Gateway Technical College. We are so proud to be part of their success.”
The Gateway Foundation announced that the Haas Foundation will also donate $40,000 to be used for scholarships for computer numeric control students. A total of 16 scholarships will be awarded over the next two years to students at $2,500 each, helping them to continue their education and gain the skills to succeed in a very in-demand career field.
“On behalf of the Gateway community we are grateful for the investments the Gene Haas Foundation continues to make in our college and students,” said Albrecht. “The Gene Haas Innovation Alley is symbolic of the importance of manufacturing career pathways for Southeastern Wisconsin and the nation.”
Haas has contributed finances, equipment and training to the college over the years in many ways, helping instructors as well as students.
“We are grateful for the Haas commitment to education and training and their commitment to partner with Gateway and the Foundation,” said Gateway Technical College Foundation Executive Director Jennifer Charpentier.
“They have a long history of supporting community organizations and education, and we are honored to be part of their legacy of giving.”
In photos and video: Gateway Technical College opens its renovated Health Center in the Lincoln Building
Two years ago today, with Kenosha already in the international spotlight following the shooting of Jacob Blake, two men were shot and killed by Kyle Rittenhouse. Here's a recollection of that night, from someone actually on the ground.
The skydiver was reported to be a professional "conducting test runs for the national championship competition" scheduled for this upcoming week when he died.
When a gunman shot and killed Racine Police Officer John Hetland three years ago, Gov. Tony Evers called Hetland a hero and ordered flags flown at half-staff statewide in a show of respect. But bills vetoed by the governor and other actions of his have led Hetlands' family to believe Evers' words were hollow. Hetland's parents are ripping the governor in a political advertisement that invokes their son's memory on behalf of Republicans trying to defeat Evers.
The Gene Haas Innovation Alley ribbon cutting was held Wednesday at the SC Johnson iMET Center at Gateway Technical College. Present were, from left: Rich Shouse, Gateway CNC instructor; Bill Dymond, Haas technical education manager; Bryan Albrecht, Gateway CEO and president; Kathy Looman, Gene Haas Foundation, director, education; Jennifer Charpentier, Gateway Foundation executive director; and Ray Koukari Gateway dean of the School of Manufacturing, Engineering and Information Technology. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/gateway-technical-college-dedicates-gene-haas-innovation-alley-in-sc-johnson-imet-center/article_c752b58e-2632-11ed-8556-570c0308587f.html | 2022-08-29T16:26:59 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/gateway-technical-college-dedicates-gene-haas-innovation-alley-in-sc-johnson-imet-center/article_c752b58e-2632-11ed-8556-570c0308587f.html |
KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help searching for a man in connection to alleged credit card fraud.
Deputies have identified the man as Arnold Hiller, 47. Hiller is described as standing 5’8″ weighing 200 lbs with blue eyes. Authorities say there is an active warrant out for his arrest.
The KCSO says Hiller may be carrying a backpack and is believed to be homeless. The sheriff’s office has provided photos that show Hiller at multiple businesses in Kanawha City.
Anyone who has any information on Hiller’s whereabouts or sees him is asked to contact the KCSO at 304-357-0169. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/suspect-in-kanawha-county-credit-card-fraud-case-sought/ | 2022-08-29T16:29:42 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/suspect-in-kanawha-county-credit-card-fraud-case-sought/ |
The Coos Bay Downtown Association recently announced that phase two of the Utility Art Box Project is complete. Local artists gathered in downtown Coos Bay to paint at five different locations on multiple utility boxes. The theme was “beaches” and “scenes from the bay.”
The color palette was blue, green, yellow, white and black. The CBDA put out a call to artists and was pleased with the submissions that were received. Congratulations to the selected artists; Kaylen Bennett, Emma Meyer, Megan Gray, Alice Keating, Moriah Smith and Laura Noel.
Phase three of the Utility Art Box Project has begun. Look for the Call to Artists on the CBDA website and Facebook page. Artwork submissions will be due by September 9 and the painting will be completed by the 30th of September. The theme is “Whimsical: A Bit of Ocean Fun.” The color palette is magenta, purple, blue, white, and black.
A huge thank you to Sherwin Williams for providing all the paint and painting supplies for phase one and phase two of the project. Pacific Power also sponsored the project which was pivotal to its success. This project is one of many the CBDA has done to bring beauty and art to downtown.
The mission of the Coos Bay Downtown Association (CBDA) is to foster the development of downtown Coos Bay by strengthening local business, encouraging new business, and connecting the community through partnerships. The Coos Bay Downtown Association is committed to promoting Coos Bay as an attractive place to live, work, and visit by continually enhancing the quality life of the downtown area. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/cbda-utility-art-box-project-phase-two-complete-phase-three-to-begin/article_a55200ee-23fc-11ed-9207-e38984554e94.html | 2022-08-29T16:35:57 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/cbda-utility-art-box-project-phase-two-complete-phase-three-to-begin/article_a55200ee-23fc-11ed-9207-e38984554e94.html |
According to research, there is estimated to be close to some 20,000 different species of bees in the world, all of which have been, and still are, in serious decline. More recent investigation shows that this large group of insects is primarily attracted to plants that produce blue, purple, violet, white or yellow flowers, except for most members of the chrysanthemum family.
While the decline in bees can be attributed to many factors including pesticides, mites, virus's, etc., one of the major players is the loss of native plants due to encroachment by agriculture, and urbanization into habitats that once supported myriads of wildflowers. You can help in no small way by planting some bee friendly plants in your yard and garden each and every year.
Here are some helpful hints for attracting bees to your garden:
A. Use local native plants if you can. Research suggests that native plants are four times more attractive to native bees than exotic plants.
B. Choose different colors of flowers.
C. Use flowers of different shapes and sizes. Bees come in different sizes, have different tongue lengths, and will feed on different sizes and shapes of flowers that are suited to their particular characteristics.
D. Plant bee-friendly plants that flower at different times of the year to keep the little guys coming around.
E. Plant flowers in clusters of the same variety to attract more bees. Four feet, or more, in diameter, per cluster, is recommended.
Two of the best trees for attracting a multitude of bees are black cherry and apple trees. There are close to 7,500 apple trees currently grown world wide, and some 100 varieties are grown commercially in the U.S. When shopping make sure the variety you chose does well in your climate zone as their growing habits differ greatly.
Three of the best bee attracting annuals are Borage, Calendula and the violet family. All have edible flowers and leaves, and all are classified as herbs. All three prefer full sun, but violets will need shady areas in hot climates, and all three prefer well drained soil high in organic mater. Violets and Borage prefer to be kept moist, while Calendula's only need occasional watering to do their best once established.
Some of the best bee friendly perennials are asters, milk weed, bee balm and Lantana. Asters prefer full sun and tolerate most soils, and the flowers and leaves are edible, but more commonly used added to tea blends. Most are native to North America. Once established give them a deep soak once or twice a week for best results. Milkweeds are all time favorites of bees and will ditch other flowering plants for them. They are native to North America. Swamp milkweed thrives in moist conditions. Plant milkweed in the sunniest part of your garden, and parts of the plant are edible if cooked. Eaten raw, however, they are poisonous, so be careful and, yes, they are the mainstay of our declining Monarch butterfly populations.
Bee balm is also native to North America and prefers well drained and rich soil. Leaves are edible cooked or raw, and make a great aromatic tea. Lantana is a flowering ground cover that does well on slopes and elsewhere.
So why bother planting bee friendly plants? As an example, except for a few cherry trees, the majority of these fruit trees require another variety of cherry to cross pollinate, or they will not set fruit. So, in a nutshell, there would be no cherry's without bees to cross pollinate the trees, or many other kinds of fruits or vegetables either. According to research, bees pollinate around 84% of mankind's crops, and, according to others, among them world renowned physicist Albert Einstein, predict that mankind would only survive another four years if all of our bees disappeared. So, to help avert this calamity, be sure to plant some bee friendly plants around your yards and/or in your garden every year. As of this date it is estimated that there are around 250,000 flowering plants in the world that attract bees, so get busy!
If you want to get started helping to keep our bees around, and help save our world, my best selling herb book, "The Beginner's Guide to Growing Herbs And Their Culinary, Medicinal and Mystical Properties" contains some six pages of bee friendly plants, among many other things. Check out my website at garycarterbooksherbs.com for more information. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/plan-your-garden-to-attract-bees/article_a9f7c612-23f5-11ed-964e-db163240630f.html | 2022-08-29T16:36:03 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/plan-your-garden-to-attract-bees/article_a9f7c612-23f5-11ed-964e-db163240630f.html |
A dozen flappy condor chicks are getting their wings this month at the Oregon Zoo’s Jonsson Center for Wildlife Conservation. As their fluffy down turns to strong, sturdy wing feathers — a process known as fledging — the young birds have started to take short flights outside.
“Some of the chicks are still big fluffy balls of fury,” said Kelli Walker, the zoo's lead condor keeper. “But they’ll be full-fledged condors before long. Once they’re flying on their own, they’ll practice in larger enclosures until they’re finally ready to soar into the wild.”
The chicks, which hatched earlier this year, stay with their parents for at least eight months before spending about a year in their large, outdoor pre-release pens. Eventually, they will travel to a wild release site to join free-flying condors in California and Arizona.
The first chick fledged earlier this month, and the remaining 11 are following closely behind and can be seen hopping and flapping around the pen, Walker said. The 12-chick cohort is the biggest batch yet in the zoo’s 19-year effort to save the birds from extinction. And with scarcely more than 500 birds left in the world, each new condor is vitally important to the species' survival.
Visible security cameras from Teledyne FLIR are providing improved views into the nesting areas and 24/7 observation of the condors, helping zoo staff better monitor the health of chicks and parents.
The California condor was one of the original animals included on the 1973 Endangered Species Act and is classified as critically endangered. In 1982, only 22 individuals remained in the wild and by 1987, the last condors were brought into human care in an attempt to save the species from extinction. Thanks to recovery programs like the Oregon Zoo’s, the world’s California condor population now totals around 500 birds, most of which are flying free.
The Oregon Zoo’s condor recovery efforts take place at the Jonsson Center for Wildlife Conservation, located in rural Clackamas County on Metro-owned open land. The remoteness of the facility minimizes the exposure of young condors to people, increasing the chances for captive-hatched birds to survive and breed in the wild.
Upgrades and new equipment at the center have been made possible through continued support from the Avangrid Foundation and donations to the Oregon Zoo Foundation, which supports the zoo’s efforts in advancing animal welfare, conservation and education. To learn more or to make a gift, call 503-220-2493 or email foundation@oregonzoo.org.
More than 108 chicks have hatched at the Jonsson Center since 2003, and more than 73 Oregon Zoo-reared birds have gone out to field pens for release. Several eggs laid by Oregon Zoo condors have been placed in wild nests to hatch.
California condor breeding programs are also operated at San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park, the Los Angeles Zoo and the Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey in Idaho. For more information, visit oregonzoo.org/condors. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/zoo-condor-chicks-learn-to-fly/article_9548de08-23f6-11ed-9ce1-bb685a85009d.html | 2022-08-29T16:36:09 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/zoo-condor-chicks-learn-to-fly/article_9548de08-23f6-11ed-9ce1-bb685a85009d.html |
A Denton home was destroyed just before noon on Saturday after a house fire that was first observed on the roof engulfed the entire structure, according to the Lancaster County Sheriff's office.
Deputies responded to the the ranch-style log home just east of Denton at 11:50 a.m. Saturday after a resident, who escaped without injuries, reported the fire to authorities, Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said.
Volunteer crews from Denton, Pleasant Dale, Crete, Malcolm and Southwest Fire and Rescue responded to the fire, which caused $370,000 in damage to the home, Houchin said.
The Nebraska State Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of the fire.
A Kansas City, Missouri, native, Andrew Wegley joined the Journal Star as breaking news reporter after graduating from Northwest Missouri State University in May 2021.
After having consensual sex with a woman early Saturday morning, an 18-year-old Lincoln man is accused of leaving his date's room and sexually assaulting her roommate, police said.
The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office will be setting up a traffic checkpoint Friday night as part of a nationwide campaign to crack down on drunk driving.
The Aurora man and two coworkers were driving back to their Lincoln hotel early Thursday morning when he allegedly cut the neck of one of his colleagues.
"I think every indication shows that he is a predator to the public," Nemaha County prosecutors said before a district judge sentenced a former Lincoln sportswriter to prison.
Judge Kevin McManaman sided with the city on its motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought by Erin Spilker, who was a 20-year veteran of LPD when she resigned this year.
A man had reentered the house several times in an effort to save the puppy but wasn't able to retrieve the dog, according to Lincoln Fire and Rescue officials. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/denton-home-destroyed-in-saturday-fire-lancaster-county-sheriffs-office-says/article_1e2e269e-620f-546d-998d-ec211ea27791.html | 2022-08-29T16:38:54 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/denton-home-destroyed-in-saturday-fire-lancaster-county-sheriffs-office-says/article_1e2e269e-620f-546d-998d-ec211ea27791.html |
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