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Karen Trujillo scholarship fund names first recipient
Karen Trujillo would be proud, knowing that she left a legacy of generosity that has resulted in a New Mexico State University student being able to pursue her degree in education this fall without having to worry much about the cost of tuition.
A former superintendent of Las Cruces Public Schools, Karen Trujillo died in February 2021 after being struck by a van while walking her dogs.
On Aug. 25, Teena Bhakta, a graduate student in the NMSU College of Health, Education and Social Transformation, was named the first recipient of the Dr. Karen M. Trujillo Memorial Endowed Scholarship at a special presentation. The scholarship was established by Trujillo’s husband Ben Trujillo in March 2021. Scholarship recipients must be an undergraduate or graduate student and have a declared major in the Division of Educational Leadership and Administration.
“It is fitting that just as school is starting back this fall the inaugural scholarship is being awarded to a future teacher,” said Ben Trujillo, a local State Farm agent. “The support for this worthy cause has truly been inspiring and gives me and our board of directors for the Dr. Karen M Trujillo Memorial Foundation the energy to continue doing the work to grow the scholarships awarded in her name.”
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With State Farm’s latest contribution, the endowment is now more than $220,000, and with the second annual Dr. Karen M Trujillo Memorial Golfing for Educators scramble set to take place Sept 23 and 24, Ben Trujillo is looking forward to helping many more students become teachers in the years to come.
On Aug. 25, State Farm also presented the NMSU Foundation with $10,750, a significant boost to continue funding the Trujillo scholarship for years to come.
Yoshi Iwasaki, dean of NMSU’s College of HEST, lauded the efforts to assist education students in their studies.
“With this kind of support, the College of HEST’s School of Teacher Preparation, Administration and Leadership can continue preparing our graduates to become master educators, administrators and leaders for public, nonprofit, private and governmental institutions, by planting the seed at grassroot levels for touching and transforming the lives of our people within local communities and regions,” he said.
Bhakta expressed interest in carrying on the types of research and advocacy Trujillo pursued during her lifetime.
“If I had known Dr. Trujillo, I would want to tell her that I am dedicated to teaching children and leading other educators to make better schools for future generations,” she said.
A resident of Las Cruces since 2006, Bhakta expects to graduate in December with a master’s degree in educational leadership. Ultimately, she hopes to work at NMSU, mentoring and educating the next generation of educators and continuing her work with the children and families of Las Cruces.
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A proud Aggie, Trujillo earned her bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. degrees from NMSU in secondary education; mathematics; and curriculum and instruction. Trujillo was instrumental in establishing Educators Rising New Mexico in the then-College of Education at NMSU in 2015. Once known as Future Teachers of America, Educators Rising focuses on expanding the number of education majors across New Mexico and supporting retention in the field.
In 2016, Trujillo established the STEM Outreach Alliance Research Lab, which has since grown into the Southwest Outreach Academic Research Evaluation and Policy Center. The lab took on the challenge of creating the annual New Mexico teacher shortage report, which Trujillo began compiling with the help of her lab students. She was also part of the team that started Math Snacks, created by NMSU game designers and faculty in the Learning Games Lab. Math Snacks was designed to supplement classroom instruction to help make math more accessible to students.
“Dr. Trujillo was a role model for everyone, but especially for our future teachers,” said Derek Dictson, president of the NMSU Foundation. “We are deeply touched that the Trujillo family has chosen to continue Karen’s work in her memory, and that her scholarship is starting to impact the next generation of educators, starting with Teena, in a meaningful way.”
Contributions to the Dr. Karen M. Trujillo Memorial Endowed Scholarship may be made at https://nmsufoundation.org/givenow/karen-trujillo. To learn more about Trujillo, visit https://www.beakarennm.org.
Nora Hahn writes for the New Mexico State University Foundation and can be reached at 281-728-6999, norah@nmsufoundation.org. | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/community/2022/08/29/karen-trujillo-scholarship-fund-names-first-recipient/65462205007/ | 2022-08-29T21:49:48 | 1 | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/community/2022/08/29/karen-trujillo-scholarship-fund-names-first-recipient/65462205007/ |
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A Delaware County emergency medical technician was behind bars Monday after police say he partially undressed a woman and took photos of her while caring for her in an ambulance.
Kevin Pressley, 24, exposed the semi-conscious victim’s breasts after she had to be taken to a hospital by ambulance after feeling dizzy and fatigued and having chest pains while at an urgent care, a criminal complaint alleges.
"During the transport, it is alleged that an EMT caring for the victim in the back of the ambulance exposed the victim’s breasts and took photographs of her while she was in a semi-conscious state,” Brookhaven Police Chief Michael Vice said.
Pressley, a Brookhaven Borough EMT, now faces multiple charges including indecent assault and invasion of privacy.
According to the criminal complaint, Pressley admitted to an investigator that he pulled up the woman’s bra and took photos, panicking after she moved and later deleting them in a bathroom.
Vice said Pressley has been working for the fire company ambulance since the beginning of the year.
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"There were no red flags that I’m aware of, there’s nothing that I’m aware of that would have indicated anything like this would have happened,” Vice told NBC10. “I give our victim all the credit in the world for having the ability to come forward. I’m sure this was not easy to do.”
Vice said the department is working to determine whether the photos Pressley took were sent or posted anywhere.
Investigators are also looking to find out if there are any other victims, including anywhere else Pressley has worked.
“We’re reaching out to the public to say if they think they may have been a victim, please contact us,” Vice explained. “Please seek the resources, please seek us out and talk to us. It doesn’t matter who it is. We have to do the right thing.”
Pressley remains jailed in Delaware County Prison on $100,000 bail. NBC10 has reached out to his listed attorney and is awaiting a response. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/emt-undressed-woman-took-pics-of-her-in-ambulance-police-say/3348140/ | 2022-08-29T21:55:07 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/emt-undressed-woman-took-pics-of-her-in-ambulance-police-say/3348140/ |
Labor Day weekend is right around the corner, meaning family fun time for many. But that doesn't mean you have to spend a ton of money on your chosen activities.
From Pennsylvania to New Jersey to Delaware, the greater Philadelphia area offers great ways to go out, have fun and enjoy quality time with friends and family -- all for free.
Check out the list below for some great, no-cost ways to enjoy time together.
John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum
Offering 10 miles of trails to walk or bike, the refuge provides many opportunities for visitors to connect with nature.
John Heinz National Park is a treasured green space nestled within the City of Philadelphia and Tinicum Township, teeming with a rich diversity of fish, wildlife and plants native to the Delaware Estuary.
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The refuge supports a diversity of habitats, including freshwater tidal marsh, open waters, mudflats and woodlands that hundreds of species call home. Here, some species you'll find include the bald eagle, red-bellied turtle, and/or a great blue heron.
Cape May County Zoo - Cape May, NJ
Boasting both a zoo and an 85-acre park, Cape May County zoo is home to over 550 different animals from around the world. This non-profit county zoo is perfect for a leisurely day to enjoy the outdoors.
With well over 200 species of animals, you can easily spend the day here. Pack a lunch to eat in the park and wander in and out of the zoo as you wish.
Admission and parking is free; however, the zoo thrives on donations.
Ringing Rocks Park - Upper Eddy, Pa.
Looking for some more action? You can bring your own hammer to Ringing Rocks Park and strike the 123-acre boulder field and make those boulders ring!
Ringing Rocks is also home to Bucks County's largest waterfall, so pack a picnic and have lunch by the rushing water. The park is open from sunrise until sunset and biking is also available.
Bridgeton Hall of Fame All Sports Museum-Bridgeton, NJ
Sports fans, you can enjoy this free museum that honors individuals and teams of every sport within the South Jersey region. Photos, equipment, scrapbooks and memorabilia of nationally, locally and regionally acclaimed athletes are on display for your enjoyment.
The museum houses iconic sports artifacts such as a Golden Glove from baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays; 1980 World Champion Philadelphia Phillies memorabilia; the Cincinnati Reds bat collection and uniforms and equipment from baseball's first female umpire, Bernice Gera.
Pickering Beach - Dover, Del.
Head to the beach!
Pickering Beach provides marine-life enthusiasts and families with an opportunity to observe the seasonal migration of horseshoe crabs to the beach to spawn their eggs.
Amenities also include a boat launch for fishing, but the highlight is watching the variety of birds and crabs. This is the perfect beach to watch the sunset and bring your pets along for the trip! | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/here-are-5-free-family-fun-things-to-do-in-the-philly-area-this-labor-day-weekend/3347724/ | 2022-08-29T21:55:13 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/here-are-5-free-family-fun-things-to-do-in-the-philly-area-this-labor-day-weekend/3347724/ |
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INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis leaders announced recipients of the Youth and Young Adults Transitional Housing Grant Program on Monday.
The $4 million program provides youths and young adults emergency and transitional housing for the next three years.
“Addressing the root causes of violence is critical to making Indianapolis a safer community,” said Mayor Joe Hogsett. “Today’s announcement represents a major investment in that approach, empowering young people with stable housing and connecting them with important resources."
The partnership between 91 Place and VOICES Corp will provide services to those with a high risk of getting into the criminal justice system and lack of stable housing.
Those in the program can also receive mental and physical health assessments, trauma-informed therapy, life coaching, case management, workforce readiness planning, and arts programming.
The grants will allow 91 Place to purchase two new houses, adding eight transitional housing beds. It will also allow them to expand their mental health services for high-risk youth by 50%. VOICES Corp will use the funding for four living spaces for emergency shelter care and transitional housing for up to 22 youth ages 14 to 24. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indianapolis-releases-youth-housing-grant-recipients-emergency-and-transitional-housing/531-5be4ca21-d9e7-4c70-95dc-cfd373a0eaf0 | 2022-08-29T21:57:33 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indianapolis-releases-youth-housing-grant-recipients-emergency-and-transitional-housing/531-5be4ca21-d9e7-4c70-95dc-cfd373a0eaf0 |
A Planned Parenthood clinic in Tucson started providing abortion care again Monday after nearly two months of legal limbo.
The Southern Arizona Regional Health Center, at 2255 N. Wyatt Dr., is offering abortion medications for up to 11 weeks and surgical abortions up to 18 weeks of pregnancy, the same services that were in place before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24.
“We’re really excited to be able to resume abortion care for our patients here in Arizona,” said Brittany Fonteno, CEO of Planned Parenthood Arizona. “We’re committed to providing (abortion) as the legal landscape allows.”
Over the last few weeks, Fonteno said, "it’s become very clear that abortion is still legal in Arizona."
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Tucson's Choices Women's Center, at 5240 East Knight, has also resumed offering abortion services at this time. (To learn more about abortion providers in Arizona and around the country, patients can search online at abortionfinder.org).
During an Aug. 19 court hearing in Tucson, attorneys for Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich asked Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson to allow prosecutors to enforce a near total ban on abortions first enacted more than 110 years ago.
But Planned Parenthood of Arizona and the Pima County Attorney's Office urged Johnson to allow licensed physicians to continue to perform abortions. Johnson said she will make her decision by Sept. 19.
Pima County is central to Arizona's current reproductive rights battle because of a lawsuit that predates Roe v. Wade. In that case, Planned Parenthood sued both the Pima County Attorney's Office and the Arizona Attorney General's Office, and obtained an injunction against the state's long-standing abortion ban.
After Roe v. Wade was overturned, Brnovich had asked the court in Pima County to lift the injunction, which would restore his power and that of local prosecutors to criminally charge doctors who perform abortions.
The Republican attorney general has since acknowledged that while the old, pre-Roe law is back in effect in 14 Arizona counties, the injunction continues to block his office's — and the Pima County prosecutor's office — from enforcing an abortion ban in Pima County.
Fonteno said their next goal is establishing that this precedent applies not just to Pima County but to the whole state.
“People need to be able to make their own personal decision," she said, "without the interference of politicians.”
A critical step to resuming reproductive health care in Pima County has been making sure staff were comfortable with taking this step, Fonteno said. Many were afraid after being threatened with arrest, she said.
For the time being, Fonteno said, they will be helping patients around the state access abortion services in Tucson. There is a patient navigator program set up for people to share what they need to travel to Pima County.
Planned Parenthood has seven healthcare centers in Arizona, and four were providing abortion care before the law was overturned. In late September, once a new Arizona bill becomes law, abortions will be restricted to 15 weeks and under.
Contact reporter Patty Machelor at 806-7754 or pmachelor@tucson.com | https://tucson.com/news/local/planned-parenthood-clinic-in-pima-county-again-offering-abortions/article_e93a3ce8-27cd-11ed-b42c-3b45d9e4855b.html | 2022-08-29T22:01:32 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/planned-parenthood-clinic-in-pima-county-again-offering-abortions/article_e93a3ce8-27cd-11ed-b42c-3b45d9e4855b.html |
The coffee and donuts were ready, the Artemis 1 decorations hung on the walls, and NASA's live feed was on the screen at Dallas College's Richland Campus as students in the STEM League gathered to witness history.
"What are y'all studying," Dallas College STEM Institute Director Dr. Jason Treadway asked those gathered.
"Aerospace," one student replied.
The window to launch the unmanned Artemis 1 opened at 7:33 a.m. locally, but it was followed by an announcement: The mission was scrubbed for Monday.
"The mission has been scrubbed," Treadway told students. "So for those that don't know 'NASA speak', that means it's not happening today."
ARTEMIS 1
NASA cited a problem with one of the engines as the reason.
"You know, this is just part of the space business. We are stressing and testing this rocket, this spacecraft, in a way that you would never do it with a human crew onboard," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said. "You don't want to light the candle before it's ready to go."
The lesson for students: It takes patience and perfection to get a launch right.
"We'll retry on Friday," Treadway said shrugging.
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UPDATE: Arrest made in Shasta County homicide; sheriff's office IDs victim
Authorities have arrested a Shasta County man in connection to a homicide that happened over the weekend in Whitmore.
Christian Daniel Wilding, 29, was arrested during a traffic stop made by the Redding Police Department with help from the California Highway Patrol, the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office said Monday afternoon.
The news release did not say where and when Wilding was arrested.
Wilding was booked into the Shasta County Jail on suspicion of murder and is being held on $1 million bail, the sheriff’s office said.
The man Wilding is accused of shooting was identified as Russell Lee Harris, 37, of Whitmore, the sheriff’s office said.
Harris was found dead of a gunshot wound in the 31000 block of Whitmore Road late Sunday morning, investigators said.
“Detectives have learned Harris and Wilding were familiar with each other prior to the incident,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
The news release did not say how the two knew each other and authorities are still investigating the motive for the shooting.
Wilding is scheduled to be arraigned in Shasta County Superior Court on Wednesday.
Anyone with information about the incident can call the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office at 530-245-6135 or email MCU@co.shasta.ca.us.
David Benda covers business, development and anything else that comes up for the USA TODAY Network in Redding. He also writes the weekly "Buzz on the Street" column. He’s part of a team of dedicated reporters that investigate wrongdoing, cover breaking news and tell other stories about your community. Reach him on Twitter @DavidBenda_RS or by phone at 1-530-338-8323. To support and sustain this work, please subscribe today. | https://www.redding.com/story/news/local/2022/08/29/shasta-sheriff-investigates-mans-death-whitmore-homicide/7930486001/ | 2022-08-29T22:10:21 | 1 | https://www.redding.com/story/news/local/2022/08/29/shasta-sheriff-investigates-mans-death-whitmore-homicide/7930486001/ |
Authorities look for person of interest after shooting in Rancho Tehama
An early-morning shooting in Tehama County sent one man to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest, the Sheriff's Office said.
Authorities said they are still looking for a person who they believe was at the house where the man was shot.
The victim, who authorities identified as Moises Salcedo, is expected to survive, the Sheriff's Office said.
At this point, investigators do not know the circumstances surrounding the shooting, including who shot Salcedo.
Around 1:30 a.m. Monday, a report came into the Sheriff’s Office about a shooting in the 7220 block of Alpine Drive in Rancho Tehama.
Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston said Salcedo went to a neighbor’s house after being shot and the neighbor called authorities.
Deputies went to Rancho Tehama and surrounded the house on Alpine Way after finding evidence of a shooting. The Tehama Interagency SWAT team also was called out.
After several hours of making announcements over a PA system with no response, authorities entered the house but did not find anyone inside.
However, authorities are looking for 36-year-old Christian Jesus Mezarodriguez, who Johnston said is a person of interest.
“We are not calling him a suspect because we do not know his role in the shooting, if any,” Johnston said. “We are trying to establish if he’s all right, or what. The information we have is that he and another person fled from the residence shortly after the shooting.”
As of mid-morning Monday, the sheriff’s office had not interviewed Salcedo, who was still in the hospital recovering from his injuries, Johnston said.
David Benda covers business, development and anything else that comes up for the USA TODAY Network in Redding. He also writes the weekly "Buzz on the Street" column. He’s part of a team of dedicated reporters that investigate wrongdoing, cover breaking news and tell other stories about your community. Reach him on Twitter @DavidBenda_RS or by phone at 1-530-338-8323. To support and sustain this work, please subscribe today. | https://www.redding.com/story/news/local/2022/08/29/tehama-person-interest-christian-jesus-mezarodriguez-rancho-tehama-alpine-drive-shooting-standoff/7931664001/ | 2022-08-29T22:10:27 | 1 | https://www.redding.com/story/news/local/2022/08/29/tehama-person-interest-christian-jesus-mezarodriguez-rancho-tehama-alpine-drive-shooting-standoff/7931664001/ |
The driver in a north Bismarck crash that damaged a traffic pole and seriously injured a passenger has been charged with two felonies.
Camron Howlingwolf, 24, was arrested Sunday about a block west of the accident scene of State Street and 43rd Avenue Northeast, according to a police affidavit.
Bismarck police were called to the scene about 1:30 a.m. Officers found a 2019 Toyota Camry with heavy front-end damage next to a traffic light pole. A passenger in the car, Selena Demery, suffered abdominal injuries that required surgery, the affidavit states.
Police identified Howlingwolf from a description given by a witness at the scene. He initially denied having any part in the crash but later told officers he was the driver, police said. He is charged with criminal vehicular injury and duty in an accident involving injury, court records show. He faces possible five-year prison sentences on each charge if he’s convicted.
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No attorney is listed for Howlingwolf in court records.
City crews on Monday worked to remove the damaged pole and install a temporary traffic signal at the intersection. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/woman-injured-man-charged-with-2-felonies-in-bismarck-crash/article_ebef96ac-27d4-11ed-afe1-039f1c60f6df.html | 2022-08-29T22:11:34 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/woman-injured-man-charged-with-2-felonies-in-bismarck-crash/article_ebef96ac-27d4-11ed-afe1-039f1c60f6df.html |
A Bismarck man on probation for a 2020 drug conviction was arrested after police said they found thousands of fentanyl pills, nearly 13 pounds of marijuana and a handgun during searches of two city residences.
Police say Terrance Olson, 28, also had $5,000 cash in his possession. At one residence searched on Friday officers allegedly found small amounts of cocaine, fentanyl pills and marijuana. A search at a second residence produced 3,500 fentanyl pills, 12 ¾ pounds of marijuana, an ounce of cocaine and a .22-caliber pistol, according to authorities. The marijuana and fentanyl have a street value of about $250,000, police said.
Olson made his initial court appearance Monday. An attorney isn’t listed for him in court documents. He is charged with possession with intent to deliver fentanyl and marijuana, unlawful possession of a firearm, and possession of cocaine. The most serious charge carries a possible 20-year prison sentence.
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Olson in November 2020 pleaded guilty to drug possession and unlawful possession of a firearm in Ward County. He was sentenced to about eight months in jail and placed on probation for two years. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/drug-gun-charges-filed-after-friday-searches-in-bismarck/article_a1745acc-27d9-11ed-8a09-6b1a84cb0759.html | 2022-08-29T22:11:40 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/drug-gun-charges-filed-after-friday-searches-in-bismarck/article_a1745acc-27d9-11ed-8a09-6b1a84cb0759.html |
From performers to make-up artists to food workers, Dorney Park is hiring to fill 150 positions for its Halloween Haunt even this fall.
The starting pay for performers is $15 per hour while rates for other positions “vary,” according to a news release, with more information available on the park’s website.
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“No experience necessary for the monster positions, except the ability to scare!” the release stated.
Halloween Haunt, which has featured spooky attractions, strolling freaks, monsters and zombies, will take place 7-11 p.m. on select dates between Sept. 16 and Oct. 30. | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-dorney-halloween-workers-20220829-lt4yfuhz6vbvlpzww6garv7bci-story.html | 2022-08-29T22:14:46 | 1 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-dorney-halloween-workers-20220829-lt4yfuhz6vbvlpzww6garv7bci-story.html |
Heading into Labor Day weekend, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources reports than 75% of Indian Lake is open for boaters to use after weeks of vegetation growth removal efforts.
Each week the state provides an update on its efforts to rid the lake of vegetation that overtook much of the lake, causing problems for boaters.
ODNR and private contractors have removed more than 61,000 cubic yards of vegetation from the lake this summer and 400 acres have been treated with herbicide to control vegetation, the state reports.
ODNR’s contractor, Aqua Doc, conducted a herbicide application on approximately 200 acres in the open zone near Old Field Beach on Aug. 24 and 25. Buoys are marking the location and boaters are asked to avoid the zone.
ODNR and Aqua Doc will monitor vegetation die-off and take samples of the lake in the herbicide application area to monitor the oxygen and nutrient levels.
Other updates from ODNR include:
- Harvesters removed 2,182 cubic yards of vegetation from Minnewauken Island, Tecumseh Island west side, Blackhawk, Chippewa, Seminole Island, and Nature Preserve areas.
- Scout dredge removed 4,536 cubic yards of sediment from the nature preserve area. ODNR crews worked to remove 30-40 trees from the channel in the nature preserve where the dredge is currently operating.
- This week harvesters will focus on areas near Governor’s Island, Hermit Island, Chippewa, State Campground, Old Field, and Blackhawk channels.
- Residents are reminded that aquatic spraying may be conducted only by approved companies, including Aqua Doc and Aquatics Plus Pond Management. The approved private aquatic vegetation harvesting companies are Burrey Aquatic Restoration and Shoreline Construction.
- Two aquatic vegetation drop-off sites are available for residents to deposit aquatic vegetation removed from private docks. Sites include the gravel pull-off parking lot by Moundwood Marina located off State Route 368 on the east side of Moundwood Boat Ramp Entrance and the helipad parking lot on the southeast corner (large parking lot located off State Route 366 near Artist Island, between Russells Point and the Spillway).
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ONEIDA, N.Y. – Two fatal crashes happened in Madison County in less than 24 hours, one in Oneida and the other in the town of Lincoln.
On Sunday around 2:30 p.m., authorities were called to Fairview Avenue where a pickup truck had gone off the road and hit a tree. Police and fire crews found John Loomis was the only person in the vehicle and was not responsive. Emergency responders performed life-saving measures before Loomis was taken to Oneida Health where he later died from his injuries.
Police are still investigating the cause of the crash.
On Monday morning around 11:25 a.m., members of the Madison County Sheriff’s Office responded to Creek Road near the intersection with Fairview Avenue for a motorcycle crash.
Deputies found a 1975 Kawasaki motorcycle off the shoulder of the road resting against a utility pole. The motorcyclist, 71-year-old Ellis Boyles, of Oneida, died from his injuries at the hospital.
According to the sheriff’s office, Boyles was headed west when he left the roadway and hit the utility pole. Anyone who may have witnessed the crash is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 315-366-2311. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/2-fatal-crashes-reported-in-madison-county-in-less-than-24-hours/article_02ef0d18-27d7-11ed-9ab8-0f0bef92f5c1.html | 2022-08-29T22:20:18 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/2-fatal-crashes-reported-in-madison-county-in-less-than-24-hours/article_02ef0d18-27d7-11ed-9ab8-0f0bef92f5c1.html |
SCHUYLER, N.Y. (UPDATED) -- Thruway traffic was backed up for five hours headed east between exits 30 and 31 Monday morning due to a crash between a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer in Schuyler.
The crash happened around 5:30 a.m. in a construction zone. The tractor-trailer jackknifed against the concrete barrier blocking all eastbound lanes.
Traffic was diverted off of Exit 31 in Utica for hours as crews worked to clear the scene.
Authorities opened one lane of traffic after clearing the tractor-trailer around 10:30 a.m. The other lane remained closed for guide rail repair and reopened around noon.
State police say no one was hurt. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/crash-between-tractor-trailer-pickup-truck-stops-eastbound-traffic-on-thruway-in-schuyler/article_9c70db08-279e-11ed-9380-e79770c0a17f.html | 2022-08-29T22:20:24 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/crash-between-tractor-trailer-pickup-truck-stops-eastbound-traffic-on-thruway-in-schuyler/article_9c70db08-279e-11ed-9380-e79770c0a17f.html |
Anti-clergy abuse advocates slam public funeral at cathedral for former Archbishop Weakland
Advocates for victims of clergy abuse on Monday protested the public funeral for former Archbishop Rembert Weakland.
Weakland's funeral Mass is planned for 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, the seat of the Milwaukee Archdiocese. He died Aug. 22 in Greenfield.
Weakland will be buried in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, at St. Vincent Archabbey, where he attended high school, college and seminary and eventually became archabbot.
Weakland admitted in 2008 in a state court deposition that he shredded copies of sex abuse documents, failed to notify law enforcement officials and moved sexually abusive priests from parish to parish without warning members of their histories.
A private funeral Mass in Pennsylvania would have been better, the Rev. James Connell, a retired Catholic priest who was also vice chancellor of the Milwaukee Archdiocese, said at a news conference Monday outside the cathedral.
"Archbishop Rembert Weakland deserves no honor or praise because doing so would put salt in the wounds of victim-survivors of clergy sexual abuse," Connell said.
Connell also called on area priests to skip the funeral.
"Do not come to the funeral," he said. "Your absence from the funeral will provide support for all the victim-survivors and all people who in any way have suffered because of Weakland's evil actions."
Advocates said the public celebration of Weakland's life is insensitive to survivors and could cause additional harm.
"They are going to try, with this, to erase history, to eliminate our history as victims as if we never existed, as if this never happened. That is unacceptable," said Peter Isely of the anti-clergy abuse group Nate's Mission.
The group tied photos of roughly 80 abusive priests under Weakland's tenure to a fence outside the cathedral on Monday.
James Egan of the Illinois-based Archangel Foundation said the funeral shows that the archdiocese is not committed to making the church a safe place for children.
"That harm is being carried out and continued today and tomorrow," he said.
Jerry Topczewski, chief of staff for Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki, responded to the advocates' criticisms in a statement.
"A funeral Mass is not a glorification of a person's life, but rather an act of mercy for the dead during which we pray that, despite any failings in life, they may be received by a merciful God.
"We pray for all sexual abuse survivors and hope they can find healing and peace," he said.
Long considered one of America's most prominent liberal bishops, Weakland led the Milwaukee archdiocese from 1977 to 2002.
In the 2008 deposition, he acknowledged that he moved abusive priests to other parishes without warning because "no parish would have accepted a priest unless you could say that he has gone through the kind of psychological examination and that he’s not a risk to the parish."
The Vatican accepted his retirement promptly after he admitted he had used $450,000 in church funds to buy the silence of a male lover who years later broke that deal and accused him publicly of date rape.
Weakland maintained the relationship was consensual. The archbishop was in his early 50s and the accuser was in his early 30s when the encounter occurred.
Near the end of his tenure, Weakland shepherded a radical remodeling of the interior of the cathedral to modernize and reconfigure it. The funeral will take place within that renovated space.
Rows of pews were replaced by movable chairs, the altar was moved forward into the nave and the tabernacle was relocated to a side chapel.
Traditionalist Catholics criticized the renovation, saying it made the cathedral uglier and more "Protestant." But others hailed it as an upgrade that aligned with a post-Vatican II movement to connect clergy and lay people.
Then, in 2019, in response to pressure from church abuse victims and faithful, the archdiocese removed Weakland's name from the pastoral center at the cathedral and from a bas-relief inside depicting Weakland shepherding small children.
Contact Sophie Carson at (414) 223-5512 or scarson@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter at @SCarson_News. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/29/advocates-slam-funeral-milwaukee-cathedral-archbishop-weakland/7927098001/ | 2022-08-29T22:22:02 | 0 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/29/advocates-slam-funeral-milwaukee-cathedral-archbishop-weakland/7927098001/ |
ALVIN, Texas — Date night had an interesting twist for an Alvin couple last weekend.
Josh Walters and his wife said they decided to enjoy their evening together by ordering food and watching a movie, so they ordered DoorDash.
Walters said he heard someone ring his doorbell, so he decided to check their security camera. Instead of seeing his delivery driver, he noticed an Alvin Police Department officer at his door.
Thinking worst case scenario, Walters opened the door worried that something was wrong with one of his children. Instead, he was greeted by the officer with his food delivery.
"I swing open the door and the officer says, 'Good evening, did you order DoorDash? Well, your DoorDash driver's going to jail, but I wanted to get you your food,'" Walters wrote on the viral Facebook post.
Alvin PD Captain Todd Arendell downplayed the interaction, saying it wasn't a big deal and that the officer was just doing his job.
"It was a nice thing to do," Arendell said. "It's what people should do."
Meanwhile, Walter's order still shows the driver should be arriving soon, but we know that's definitely not the case. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/cop-delivers-doordash-alvin-texas/285-c1f24c78-12c2-49a5-a14c-87a171468f17 | 2022-08-29T22:23:54 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/cop-delivers-doordash-alvin-texas/285-c1f24c78-12c2-49a5-a14c-87a171468f17 |
BALCH SPRINGS, Texas — It’s been one week since devastating flooding across North Texas.
Families in Balch Springs are still cleaning up, and many of them are left salvaging their precious memories after items were damaged in the flood waters.
“My sister and her husband have been working all week,” said Gay Christie.
Working nonstop, Christie took WFAA into her late mother’s flooded home in Balch Springs.
“The water was up to here,” she said, showing WFAA how much the home flooded.
The Christie family has owned the home since 1967.
She walked WFAA through it room by room.
“The water was up to here, the refrigerator was on its side,” said Christie.
It was exactly one week ago, flash floods forced residents out of their homes after a creek overflowed.
Firefighters had to go door-to-door to rescue people.
“If the water should sweep you away, and if I can’t get you, don’t fight it. Just float, and we will pick you up down the road,” said the Christie family.
Families are now being told to leave their damaged belongings out on the curb.
Throughout Balch Springs, garbage bags, beds, personal belongings can be seen piled up near curbs. On one block alone, many families are waiting for their belongings to get picked up.
WFAA spoke to a city official on the phone, and they said they’re still out assessing the damage.
Since last Monday’s flooding, there have been at least 3,500 property claims, 1,300 auto, and 20 flood claims across Dallas-Fort Worth, according to the National Flood Insurance Program.
“Things like this we can’t replace,” said Christie, of the photos and items in her mother's home.
They’re left feeling helpless.
“This was my mother’s bible,” said Christie. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dfw-flooding-balch-springs-residents-cleaning-up-one-week-later/287-478dd633-8a23-47dc-9044-52c4c7ee91f7 | 2022-08-29T22:24:01 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dfw-flooding-balch-springs-residents-cleaning-up-one-week-later/287-478dd633-8a23-47dc-9044-52c4c7ee91f7 |
ARLINGTON, Texas — A former Arlington police officer has been found not guilty after he was accused of criminally negligent homicide in the shooting death of a 31-year-old woman in August 2019.
Ravi Singh was on trial after he shot and killed Margarita "Maggie" Brooks while responding to a welfare check.
Bodycam footage released in August 2019 showed the moment Singh performed a welfare check after Arlington police received a call about a woman passed out on the grass near the Seville Commons shopping center at Cantor Drive and North Collins Street.
As he asks the woman if she's OK, a dog rushes toward him and the officer fires shots.
One of the bullets struck the woman, who was later identified as Brooks.
Brooks was struck in the chest and later died.
Singh had been indicted by a Tarrant County grand jury for criminally negligent homicide in September 2020 and faced up to two years in prison.
A jury, ultimately, found him not guilty on Monday.
He resigned from the Arlington Police Department in November 2019. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/former-arlington-texas-officer-ravi-singh-not-guilty-criminally-negligent-homicide/287-147ad734-1b68-4210-a99f-d0682e0ce4df | 2022-08-29T22:24:07 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/former-arlington-texas-officer-ravi-singh-not-guilty-criminally-negligent-homicide/287-147ad734-1b68-4210-a99f-d0682e0ce4df |
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Nearly three decades after her death, the Quintanilla family released the full album of previously unreleased recordings from Selena Quintanilla Perez. Some of the recordings use digital technology to age her voice to sound more mature.
"Moonchild Mixes" was released Friday and features 13 tracks "beautifully curated for her fans." A single from the album "Como Te Quiero Yo A Ti" dropped in late July, ahead of the full album's release.
Earlier this year, the Queen of Tejano's father, Abraham Quintanilla shared details about the upcoming album.
"My son, AB, worked on this album," he said in a virtual interview on Latin Groove News. "Some of the songs are done in ballads and some are cumbias. What's unique about it is not only is the music completely new arrangements, but my son worked on Selena's voice with the computers."
Some of the recordings on the album are from the singer's teen years, between the ages of 13 and 16. Selena's brother, A.B. Quintanilla, said in an interview with Tino Cochino Radio that her voice was digitally aged to be “able to make her sound like she just stepped out of the booth at 23 years old.”
Check out the album, available on Apple Music, below:
Quintanilla was just 23 years old when she was fatally shot by the president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar, at a Corpus Christi motel on March 31, 1995.
Although she is missed, Selena's influence on the world is bigger than ever as her music reaches fans from her lifetime, and even those born after her passing. | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/new-selena-album-includes-digital-aging-of-her-voice-quintanilla-family/273-fc03510c-9ee0-4007-8494-3b6b3faf9a9b | 2022-08-29T22:26:17 | 0 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/new-selena-album-includes-digital-aging-of-her-voice-quintanilla-family/273-fc03510c-9ee0-4007-8494-3b6b3faf9a9b |
FORT SMITH, Ark. — The Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD) is investigating a domestic-related shooting that left one person dead and another injured on Sunday, Aug. 28.
According to police, this took place in the 1200 block of N. 52nd Street at around 7:21 p.m.
When police arrived, it was determined that two people had exchanged fire. Police say as a result of the shooting, one person died, who later was identified as 33-year-old Steven Boggs. A second person was taken to a local hospital.
Fort Smith police said that person was "in critical condition."
FSPD says no arrests have been made at this time but all involved parties have been accounted for.
Police say this is believed to be an isolated incident with no immediate threat to the public.
No further details have been released at this time and further information will be provided when it becomes available.
Anyone with information is asked to contact FSPD at 479-709-5000
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RAVEN, Va. — Two people are dead after a fire at a home in western Virginia on Friday night, Virginia State Police said.
The state police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Wytheville Field Office is investigating the blaze. At this stage, officials said the fire doesn’t appear to be suspicious, but the investigation into the cause and origin of the fire is ongoing. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/police-2-killed-in-blaze-in-western-virginia/2022/08/29/8bd2bd74-27e0-11ed-a90a-fce4015dfc8f_story.html | 2022-08-29T22:30:16 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/police-2-killed-in-blaze-in-western-virginia/2022/08/29/8bd2bd74-27e0-11ed-a90a-fce4015dfc8f_story.html |
MODESTO, Calif. — A Modesto bicyclist was seriously injured after being hit by a car Monday morning.
The Modesto Police Department Traffic and Safety Unit says it happened around 10:45 a.m.
According to police, a woman driving an SUV on Yosemite Boulevard hit a bicyclist who allegedly entered the roadway. Police say the male cyclist suffered serious injuries and was taken to the hospital.
Police ask witnesses with more information to contact Officer Ryan Olson at OlsonR@modestopd.com.
Watch more from ABC10: Woman climbs to top of power transmission line at Sacramento intersection | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/modesto/modesto-bicyclist-struck-by-car-yosemite-boulevard/103-f3f37820-8b2b-4aa7-8a06-59b0046576a0 | 2022-08-29T22:30:47 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/modesto/modesto-bicyclist-struck-by-car-yosemite-boulevard/103-f3f37820-8b2b-4aa7-8a06-59b0046576a0 |
CLEARWATER, Fla. — A Pinellas County family is advocating for change after Ethan Weiser was killed walking to his bus stop.
The 15-year-old high school sophomore was hit by a car in front of his younger sister and now Ethan's family is advocating for safer bus stops.
Ethan's uncle, Matt Croasmun woke up early Monday morning to see firsthand what crossing Belleair Road looked like for Ethan.
"It's dark. There's not a lot of light. Not a lot of time for a driver to react," said Croasmun.
A spokesperson with Pinellas County Schools says Ethan's bus stop met state and more stringent district guidelines.
Safety was top of mind Monday at the Clearwater City Council workshop session. Matt Croasman attended the workshop to express his desire to speak to the council at Thursday's meeting.
Whit Blanton, the executive director with Forward Pinellas, a transportation planning agency presented Clearwater City Council with research about the dangers of Pinellas County roads.
Later Blanton told 10 Tampa Bay he's familiar with the area where Weiser was killed.
"I feel like it is one of those stretches of roadways where it can be pretty dark at night before daylight. It's also an area where we don't have crosswalks," said Blanton.
According to Blanton, in recent years, Pinellas County has doubled the national average of pedestrian deaths. Some reasons include how densely populated the county is, the high number of out-of-state drivers due to tourism, and outdated infrastructure.
"Pinellas County was largely developed in the 1950s, '60s and '70s when automobile was the dominant form of transportation. We've built our communities primarily around suburban, highway-oriented travel by automobile so walking, bicycling, things like that, generally have been an afterthought."
Flowers lined Belleair Road in Clearwater Monday symbolizing a tragic loss and perhaps a call for change.
"We're asking a 15-year-old at 6:30 in the morning to make calculations on whether or not they're going to beat the car to the side of the street they need to get to based off the angle or the glare of the headlights," said Croasmun. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/grieving-family-safer-bus-stops-pinellas-county/67-a2bdd940-4037-4de4-9557-fb3596346bc6 | 2022-08-29T22:33:08 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/grieving-family-safer-bus-stops-pinellas-county/67-a2bdd940-4037-4de4-9557-fb3596346bc6 |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – A student-run mercantile store will give Science Hill High School (SHHS) students a chance to gain real-world experience.
The school recently received a $45,000 grant from the Perkins Reserve Grants (PRG). The Tennessee Department of Education stated in a release that the PRG grant opportunity strives to grow Career & Technical Education (CTE) opportunities in schools.
The mercantile store will be located on SHHS’s main campus next to the Hilltopper Cafe, a coffee shop run entirely by students. The store will be operated by students in the school’s Special Education program and will provide funding for multiple school clubs, which will provide the store’s merchandise.
In addition, 10% of the monthly sales at the store will go back to the Special Education program.
“What they’ll be doing is they’ll be using a cash register, they’ll be doing counting, they’ll be taking money, they’ll be doing inventory, and so on,” said Dr. Julia Decker, Johnson City Schools’ supervisor of CTE Opportunites. “So what we’re doing is we’re teaching skills that will forward them the opportunity to a full-time job after school.”
School district leaders hope to open the store after fall break. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/mercantile-market-coming-to-science-hill-with-help-of-cte-grant/ | 2022-08-29T22:35:58 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/mercantile-market-coming-to-science-hill-with-help-of-cte-grant/ |
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) – Flights are filling up fast for Labor Day. Airport officials say if travelers haven’t already made their flight arrangements seats for the end of the summer holiday might not be available.
For those that do end up flying that day, the Tri-Cities Regional Airport (TRI) is ready for holiday travelers.
“Most of our flights – not just at this airport but at airports across the country – are extremely full,” said Gene Cossey, Executive Director for TRI. “With the Tri-Cities Airport, most of our flights have been full for a long time so we’re not going to really see a big change in the number of people coming through the airport.”
Officials warn though that a connecting flight could be what causes travelers a headache.
“The system gets busier wherever they are going,” Cossey said. “So if they are connecting through Charlotte, Atlanta or Dallas, they need to be prepared for and make sure they are able to get through the airports quickly and that they are prepared for any delays that might happen. Weather can cause delays that can go through the entire system.”
A pilot and crew shortage has been showcased all summer, but Cossey says the industry is working around the issue.
“It’s going to be a while before that really gets corrected— just the number of pilots available to do all the flights that the airlines need to do are not there, so it’s been a challenge not just here at this airport but at all airports across the country,” Cossey said.
According to Cossey, airlines have made significant scheduling changes to battle the shortages, resulting in what they hope will be fewer canceled flights around the holiday. However, he said the nature of air travel always leaves the possibility open for delays or cancelations.
Leisure-travel demands out of the Tri-Cities region have surpassed pre-COVID numbers, and the impact is more competition over the current seats available.
“Our demand here is going up considerably higher than pre-pandemic, especially in the leisure travel market. The big challenge, of course, is just the number of flights in the area and the number of flights across the country,” Cossey said. “So even though demand is going up, the number of seats available for people is still a little lower than what it was pre-COVID.”
More people using the airport and the influx of people moving to the region could also help TRI get more airlines, destinations and flights.
“As the demand increases and as more people are moving into the area and wanting to fly in and out of the Tri-Cities Airport, the airlines will add more flights and more frequency,” Cossey said. “It’s incredibly important that if we want to support this local airport and we want the airlines to add more flights in and out of here, the people who live here and use this airline make this their number one choice. The airlines will see that.”
Despite high gas prices and inflation, AAA also says travel demand hasn’t slowed.
“I don’t think that we’re going to see any huge swings in gas prices but it is likely just given the market that we’re going to see some additional fluctuation heading into the weekend,” said Megan Cooper, AAA spokesperson. “Looking back at the Fourth of July, we actually exceeded pre-pandemic travel volume levels- just based on that and based on what we’ve seen throughout the rest of the summer. Travel bookings have been popular, even with everything being so expensive right now. People are still getting out and traveling.”
Experts say planning ahead and giving plenty of buffer time to get to a destination is the best way to ensure a fun trip. Cooper advised anyone traveling to anticipate the heavy traffic times, which are typically the Thursday and Friday ahead of the holiday. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/travel-demand-above-pre-pandemic-levels-heading-into-holiday-weekend/ | 2022-08-29T22:36:05 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/travel-demand-above-pre-pandemic-levels-heading-into-holiday-weekend/ |
Willamette Connections Academy is excited to announce the school’s latest honor roll for grades K-8. The statewide tuition-free online public school is recognizing students across Oregon for outstanding academic achievement during the second semester of the 2021-22 school year.
“On behalf of the administration, teachers and counselors at Willamette Connections Academy, we congratulate all the students who earned a spot on the honor roll,” said Chris Long, Willamette Connections Academy school leader. “I am incredibly proud of our Willamette Connections Academy students who have been thriving in a full-time online learning environment that has continued uninterrupted, and thrilled to recognize the list of Honor Roll students.”
Willamette Connections Academy Second Semester Honor Roll – South coast:
Truly Crawford 6 Brookings
Eden Hamilton 4 Brookings
Liam Hamilton 6 Brookings
Sophia Johnson 4 Coos Bay
Madalynn Hamilton 2 Coquille
Brooklyn Patrick-Werner 8 North Bend
“As parents consider full-time online school for their students, Willamette Connections Academy is a great choice for families. We offer a highly engaging curriculum in a nurturing, safe academic environment, which helps prepare students to thrive in a changing world,” added Long.
Willamette Connections Academy is enrolling students for the 2022-23 academic year. Families are encouraged to attend an online information session to see if virtual education is the right fit for their student. To learn more about the enrollment process, visit WillametteConnectionsAcademy.com or call 800-382-6010. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/local-students-honored-by-williamette-connections-academy/article_fcd5f65a-23fb-11ed-946f-27520674ad39.html | 2022-08-29T22:41:52 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/local-students-honored-by-williamette-connections-academy/article_fcd5f65a-23fb-11ed-946f-27520674ad39.html |
June 27, 1945 – August 10, 2022
Bernice passed away at home on August 10, 2022 with her daughters by her side. She was born in Townsend Georgia to James and Bernice (Bennett) Gibbs. They later moved to Coos Bay, Oregon where she met and married Jessy Sutton on April 17, 1965. They have 2 daughters, Sylvia Reiten and Jessie Fuhrer. They Retired in Wasco, Oregon.
Bernice worked at Georgia Pacific, Charleston cannery, operated a day care center, St. Catherine’s Nursing home and Bay clinic. She was very involved in her community serving on School board, PTA, Camp Fire Leader and camp counselor, budget committee, transportation committee, and Memorial Day committee.
Bernice enjoyed watching sunsets, butterflies, reading books, playing racket ball, and playing with kids. She was happiest when she was with her family and at family reunions where she would laugh, play Bingo, tell stories and visit with everyone.
She is survived by her daughters, Sylvia (Randy) Reiten and Jessie (Terry) Fuhrer; sisters, Bonnie Dawson and Mary Burke; brother-in-law, Tom Sutton; grandchildren, Nick (Sierra) Reiten, Abe Reiten, Marissa (Jeff) Isaak, and Alicia (Dan) Talley; 11 great grandchildren; numerus nieces and nephews. She is proceeded in death by her husband, Jessy Sutton; mother, Bernice Gibbs; and father, James Gibbs.
We all Love her and miss her. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/bernice-geneva-sutton/article_cb750e94-24a9-11ed-bca1-cf93348ba8e4.html | 2022-08-29T22:41:58 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/bernice-geneva-sutton/article_cb750e94-24a9-11ed-bca1-cf93348ba8e4.html |
The Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's will be held in Mason City at NIACC on Saturday, Sept. 17.
Registration will begin at 8 a.m. and the walk will start at 9 a.m. according to a press release.
On walk day, participants honor those affected by Alzheimer’s with Promise Garden flowers which signify solidarity in the fight against the disease. The colors of the Promise Garden flowers – purple, yellow, blue and orange – represent the different reasons why people walk to end this disease.
The Alzheimer’s Association has a goal of raising $30,000 at the North Iowa Walk according to the release. Last year, $40,000 was raised, and so far this year almost $25,000 has been raised. The money raised will help the Association provide care and support to families in Iowa, while also advancing critical research toward methods of treatment and ultimately a cure.
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To register and receive the latest updates on this year’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s, visit: alz.org/walk.
Abby covers education and entertainment for the Globe Gazette. Follow her on Twitter at @MkayAbby. Email her at Abby.Koch@GlobeGazette.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/walk-to-end-alzheimers-will-be-on-sept-17-at-niacc/article_0d7ee793-86db-5228-a30f-1cff8f5d750f.html | 2022-08-29T22:42:22 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/walk-to-end-alzheimers-will-be-on-sept-17-at-niacc/article_0d7ee793-86db-5228-a30f-1cff8f5d750f.html |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – On Monday, the City of Wichita announced what facilities will be closed and/or have special hours in observance of Labor Day beginning Friday, Sept. 2.
Closures
Friday, Sept. 2
- CityArts will close at 5 p.m., and there will also be no First Friday opening
Saturday, Sept. 3
- CityArts
- Mid-American All-Indian Museum
Sunday, Sept. 4
- CityArts
- Wichita Public Library (all locations)
Monday, Sept. 5: Labor Day
- Brooks Landfill
- CityArts
- City Hall
- Environmental Health office
- Great Plains Nature Center
- Neighborhood resource centers
- Park administrative offices and recreation centers
- Transit administrative offices
- Wichita Animal Shelter
- Wichita Art Museum
- Wichita Public Library (all locations)
- Wichita Public Pools
- Wichita WATER Center
There will be no Wichita Transit or Paratransit service on Monday, Sept. 5.
Special hours for Monday, Sept. 5
- College Hill Pool’s Dog Days of Summer will be from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- O.J. Watson Park will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and rides will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Select Splash Pads will be open from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Wichita facilities with regular hours
- Botanica
- Cowtown
- Ralph Wulz Riverside Tennis Centers
- Wichita Public Golf Courses
Upcoming hour changes
Beginning on Sunday, Sept. 11, several Wichita Library branches will resume their Sunday hours of 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. through Memorial Day:
- Alford
- Evergreen
- Rockwell
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Wichita Public School (WPS) students can now get help with homework from home for the 2022-23 school year with the “Homework Hotline” and “Revolution Now.”
Homework Hotline
According to WPS, the Homework Hotline offers help with homework for students in all grade levels. You can get help in both English and Spanish.
Teachers will be available to answer questions on any elementary assignments. They will also be able to help with middle and high school math, language arts, social studies, science and Spanish assignments. Support will be available for special education and English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL).
In addition, the Homework Hotline can also:
- Help younger students with their nightly read-aloud homework
- Help younger students practice math facts
- Work with groups of students on projects and/or give them access to monitored break-out rooms in Microsoft Teams so students can work together
The Homework Hotline is now open Monday through Thursday from 3:30-7:30 p.m. To get help, call 316-673-4411 or email your questions to homework@usd259.net.
Revolution Now
According to WPS, Revolution Now online tutoring will offer live help with 30 different homework subjects to middle and high schoolers. Subjects include math, language arts, science, social studies, foreign language classes and AP courses.
Revolution Now will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 7, and is free to WPS students.
To access Revolution Now Homework Help, students can log in to their WPS Rapid ID portal and select the Revolution Now tile. Once logged in, students can select the courses they would like help with and schedule a time for help or join one of the sessions in progress during the time they are logged in.
Revolution Now video calls are available afternoons, evenings and weekends. The chat feature is available 24/7.
Tutors can help in Spanish and other languages.
For information about both programs, click here. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-public-school-students-can-get-help-with-homework/ | 2022-08-29T22:45:28 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-public-school-students-can-get-help-with-homework/ |
ATLANTIC CITY — Fishers flocked to the shore on the penultimate weekend of the unofficial summer season to reel in the biggest prize on surf.
The inaugural New Jersey Surf Angler Tournament & Festival was held Sunday. Dozens of anglers came from along the East Coast to see who could catch the biggest fish, with the winner collecting a $10,000 top prize. Organizers said it was the largest purse for a surf-fishing tournament in New Jersey history.
The anglers, for a $100 entry fee, lined up on a section of the beach ranging from the T-jetty to New Jersey Avenue, fishing for an eight-hour period between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. On Saturday, the Surf Angler Tournament Festival was held at the Absecon Lighthouse, with food trucks, a bounce house and other attractions for families.
Aiden James “A.J.” Elmore and his brother Dorian “Dman” Elmore, both of Galloway Township, led efforts to organize the tournament and festival. They were accompanied on the beach Sunday by their father, James Elmore.
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A.J. Elmore, 20, said fishing has been a lifelong passion of his and that he wanted to promote the sport in the Atlantic City area.
“It’s really been a dream of ours for a longtime to have something for the community, for the people of Atlantic City,” Dman Elmore, 25, said. “They can come out and just fish, have a good time in the sun and be able to win $10,000, a big cash-money prize.”
The Elmores have had their own fishing successes. A.J. won the national Bassmaster Junior Big Bass Championship in 2019, earning a $40,000 boat as a prize and drawing the support of multiple sponsors. A.J. and Dman are the owners of ReelMaxLife, a company that organizes and films fishing trips.
A.J. Elmore said he believed a surf tournament where people could fish from the beach, as opposed to from a boat, would be accessible for those who wanted to come down and compete.
“Having this tournament just opens the doors for a lot of anglers who can’t access these very expensive boats,” A.J. Elmore said.
Chris Littleford, 52, was among the local Atlantic City anglers. He said competing on a nice day was in keeping with the spirt of the city.
“I came out to the tournament because for a $100 entry fee, you got a shot at winning $10,000,” Littleford said. “All you need is a little bit of luck. It is Atlantic City.”
Eric Conover, a Philadelphian who said he frequently fishes at the Jersey Shore, was also glad for the chance to compete. He said it was an opportunity to fish, meet “a bunch of good guys who know how to fish” — and get a chance for a big payout.
“It’s something that we enjoy. Relax, come out here, try to win 10,000,” Conover said. “We fish anyway.”
The tournament was also a draw for prominent North Jersey fishermen. Cisco Ortiz, of Bergen County, said he was excited to come south to support the Elmore brothers. He said it was for a great cause and was a valuable opportunity to meet with other fishers and discuss the state of the sport and different techniques.
Ortiz was accompanied by Dennis Portalatin, 53. Unlike some of the veterans out on the beach who had been fishing for decades, Portalatin said he had only began fishing three years ago. He said he went on a fishing trip on his 50th birthday and has been hooked on the sport ever since. While he has met success, having been featured several times in fishing magazines, Portalatin said he still works as an aircraft mechanic.
His focus for the day, he said, was the spirit of competition.
“It’s a lot of fun, it’s competitive,” Portalatin said. “I just enjoy coming out and fishing.”
Pete Geruntho was also excited for the competition. A self-described avid fisherman, Geruntho said he was “hungry for that 10-grand prize,” which he said he could use to support himself and his family. He drove about 2½ hours from Dover, Morris County, for the competition.
“The prize and to test my skills, to compete,” Geruntho said when asked why he came.
The award ceremony was held at the Absecon Lighthouse, where the fish were ranked in terms of length. The first-prize fish was 20¼-inch fluke caught by Miguel Rios, according to a post on Facebook. Rios told organizers he would use the money to support his daughter’s schooling.
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind sponsored the tournament. The Elmore family also took time to thank some other businesses that have supported them, including One Stop Bait & Tackle, Line Cutterz and Penn Reels.
Dave Showell, the owner of Absecon Bay Sportsman Center in Absecon, has also supported A.J. and Dorian. He said he has been involved in fishing with the center for 37 years and was committed to helping initiatives that get more people involved in the sport.
“Anything to do with fishing, that’s what I’m in for,” Showell said.
Expanding financial and fishing opportunities was front of mind for the Elmore brothers in their different ventures. The brothers said they donate portions of their proceeds from fishing, sponsors and tournaments to support people who are homeless in Atlantic City. They also intend to work with the Atlantic City School District to launch youth fishing clubs to help the city’s youth get involved with the sport.
They have also started a group to organize cleanups of different Atlantic City-area waterways, such as Gardner’s Basin. Their influence has reached the state level, with the ReelMaxLife website noting they have worked with the Division of Fish and Wildlife at the state Department of Environmental Protection to educate new anglers.
Mayor Marty Small Sr. has previously thanked the brothers for their efforts to help the community and presented them with a city award.
The brothers’ efforts are being widely recognized. They said they are currently shooting a pilot for a show on Netflix about philanthropy and fishing across the country.
Alan “Lippy” Lipschutz, a 55-year-old resident of Longport, said he has been fishing for 48 years in the area. He said he was glad to come out and support the Elmore brothers’ efforts to propel the sport in the area.
“He’s a young kid, and he’s trying to get something started,” Lipschutz said.
After the tournament, the brothers posted to Facebook to announce that the purse for next year’s tournament would be $15,000. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/atlantic-city-surf-fishing-contest-awards-10-000-top-prize/article_6ec290d0-2716-11ed-aea5-2f8fa29137ac.html | 2022-08-29T22:53:37 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/atlantic-city-surf-fishing-contest-awards-10-000-top-prize/article_6ec290d0-2716-11ed-aea5-2f8fa29137ac.html |
ATLANTIC CITY — The city will get $16.8 million in state funding left over from last year's state budget, Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday at a press conference at the municipal Public Works yard.
The city will install a city-wide security camera system with $5 million of the funds, Mayor Marty Small Sr. said.
"We have talked about this a long time," Small said of the need for a citywide camera system.
Small said it won't stop all crime, but will give police new tools to prevent and investigate it.
“The investments in this year’s budget and other recent State support make it clear that we support and value Atlantic City, and will continue to work alongside city leadership to help this community prosper," Murphy said.
The city will use $3.6 million for new equipment for public works, including street sweepers, and $3 million for energy savings in city buildings, Small said.
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Small said that in East Orange, in Essex County, a citywide camera system decreased crime by more than 70%.
Atlantic City had this year's first two shooting homicides in recent days, he said, compared to 11 at this time last year. There was one other homicide — a stabbing — in the city earlier this year, a city spokesman said.
“Atlantic City has faced real challenges, but by working across party lines, we were able to secure funding that will allow for many needed projects to be completed. We look forward to continuing to work with the Governor’s office to make sure Atlantic City can get itself back on the right track,” said State Sen. Vince Polistina, R-Atlantic.
"These are important investments for the future," Murphy said, adding there is $60 million in funding for the city in the new 2023 fiscal year budget. "This will ensure progress continues. ... Atlantic City's success is vital to the success of South Jersey and of all of New Jersey."
Atlantic City is one of several cities receiving the supplemental funding, Murphy said.
Another $2 million will go toward purchasing new lumber for fixing the Boardwalk's surface, $1.3 million for new fire trucks, $1.2 million for the Main Avenue Promenade project, and $1 million will be used to expand the Boardwalk from Caspian Avenue to Gardner's Basin.
"We have the money in hand," Small said, and said the camera system should be installed by the end of the year.
HVAC improvements will be made in the city's Public Safety building at a cost of $350,000, and $250,000 will be used for a Pacific Avenue redevelopment project near Jim Whelan Memorial Boardwalk Hall.
Murphy also said the FY2023 budget includes more than $43 million in direct municipal aid to help fund day-to-day operations in the city.
He thanked state and local officials of both parties for working together to improve the city.
“We came into office on a promise of putting Atlantic County ahead of party; and are pleased that the State of New Jersey met and matched our promise and continues to show its interest in the betterment of Atlantic City,” said Assemblywoman Claire Swift, R-Atlantic.
“As a former mayor of Atlantic City, I can’t say enough how life-changing these funds will be,” said Assemblyman Don Guardian, R-Atlantic.
After the press conference, Murphy said the best way Atlantic City can prepare for competition from New York City casinos, expected to open in the coming years, is to improve the city and the experience it provides to visitors.
New York State's gaming commission will soon award up to three casino licenses down state, two of which are likely to be located in New York City.
Murphy said he anticipates the $16.8 million in new funding will help greatly to move Atlantic City in the right direction to better compete.
Murphy also said he does not expect the state to mediate its legal dispute with Atlantic County over changes to the casinos Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) legislation. It will proceed with the legal case, Murphy said, adding he believes a recent decision against the state was wrong.
The state has appealed a Superior Court judge's ruling that the state violated a 2018 consent agreement with Atlantic County when it changed the rules affecting PILOT payments, and must make millions of dollars in payments to the county.
Changes in the PILOT law will result in casinos paying about $40 million less in PILOT payments in 2022, according to an analysis by the state Office of Legislative Services. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/atlantic-city-to-install-security-camera-system-with-part-of-16-8m-in-new-state/article_5e413bd6-27bf-11ed-b994-8f88d7a1d5db.html | 2022-08-29T22:53:43 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/atlantic-city-to-install-security-camera-system-with-part-of-16-8m-in-new-state/article_5e413bd6-27bf-11ed-b994-8f88d7a1d5db.html |
CAMDEN — A local doctor who approved compound prescriptions made through a health care fraud scheme was compensated in cash and tickets to the Philadelphia Eagles, according to testimony Monday in federal court.
Thomas Sher, who is the one on trial, was seated beside his attorney, Joseph Grimes, while Margate Dr. John Gaffney resumed testimony that began Thursday before U.S. District Court Judge Robert Kugler.
Gaffney, who has pleaded guilty to his involvement in the scheme, testified Monday that he was compensated for his role in the conspiracy by Matthew Tedesco, a Linwood man who, along with William Hickman, helped funnel compound prescription medications through Central Rexall LLC.
Gaffney said he approved prescriptions provided to him that were then given to the Hammond, Louisiana-based pharmacy. For doing so, Tedesco compensated him.
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Gaffney authorized about 220 prescriptions, he said, that were often provided to him by Hickman and Tedesco, in a scheme that prosecutors have said cost state health insurance providers over $50 million.
Gaffney, when questioned by the prosecution as its witness, said he'd mostly have Hickman or Tedesco provide prescription forms obtained through the conspirators.
"I had no communication with any of the patients," Gaffney said.
Hickman, 46, who is said to have led the scheme, pleaded guilty in June 2020 to defrauding state insurance programs and other insurers. He is set to be sentenced Oct. 18 after delays have postponed that hearing.
In August 2017, Tedesco pleaded guilty to crimes he committed through his involvement in the operation.
Authorities say the scheme, which transpired between July 2014 and April 2016, utilized recruiters, subordinates known as "sub-recruiters," and at least two out-of-state pharmacies that conspired to cheat New Jersey health insurance plans.
By fulfilling unnecessary prescriptions, the conspirators profited from generous reimbursements, which Hickman last week testified were trickled down to his recruiters through commission.
Many prescriptions Gaffney filled through the scheme were given to his practice through Thomas Sher's connection with Hickman.
Hickman testified that Thomas Sher worked under his brother, Michael Sher, who was a primary recruiter. Michael and Thomas Sher's other brother, John Sher, also participated in the scheme, having pleaded guilty to health care fraud last month.
John Sher is set to be sentenced Dec. 5, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in July.
Several of Thomas Sher's close contacts to whom he offered prescriptions for compound medications followed Gaffney in testifying Monday.
Christopher Baumgartel said he, while working with Thomas Sher as a Margate firefighter, was approached by his coworker about compound supplements for weight loss and overall health. The now retired Egg Harbor Township man explained his ignorance of what compound medications are used for, specifically to whom they're tailored.
"He asked me if I was interested in any prescriptions...I had no idea what he was talking about," Baumgartel said of Thomas Sher's pitch.
Baumgartel said Thomas Sher told him he would make between $100-300 from the skin cream in which he and his wife were interested.
Baumgartel said he was told to provide the prescription to his doctor, with the defense arguing the move was a gesture to a coworker and a way to help grow his compound prescription business.
Grimes said Wednesday he has evidence that will convince the jury that Thomas Sher only offered metabolic supplements and other specialty prescriptions that he knew of from his fitness ventures, as a means of improving their health.
Still, Baumgartel said he had doubts about making money from drugs billed through their health insurance.
"I asked him (Thomas Sher) if this was legitimate," Baumgartel said.
Nicholas Grasso, Thomas Sher's friend and Northfield neighbor, said he was interested in the compound prescriptions as a weight-loss supplement. Grasso's wife, Samantha Grasso, had prescriptions filled for her. Nicholas Grasso said he briefly took the supplement, but his wife declined them once they arrived at their house from Louisiana.
"I thought it would help me lose weight," Samantha Grasso said of Thomas Sher's sales pitch for the supplements.
The couple also saw Gaffney as the primary care physician, but they said they never consulted with the doctor or his practice about having their prescriptions renewed. Both testified that Thomas Sher said, "he'd take care of it."
Several of the defendants also claim their prescription forms were not filled out entirely by them, but they were authorized by Gaffney or his associate, Dr. Lawrence Anatsasi.
They also did not see the doctor to consult medical needs, which is the appropriate procedure, according to Blake Stockwell, a fraud investigator from Express Scripts, who also testified on behalf of the prosecution on Monday.
The trial is expected to resume Tuesday. Christopher Bradley, who worked with Thomas Sher as a Margate firefighter, had his testimony paused on Monday. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/margate-doctor-testifies-he-was-paid-in-cash-eagles-tickets-for-role-in-prescription-fraud/article_33a53bd0-27cd-11ed-aa30-ffc9fd95bbaf.html | 2022-08-29T22:53:49 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/margate-doctor-testifies-he-was-paid-in-cash-eagles-tickets-for-role-in-prescription-fraud/article_33a53bd0-27cd-11ed-aa30-ffc9fd95bbaf.html |
NORTH WILDWOOD — Police arrested a Pennsylvania man following an Aug. 20 road rage incident, in which he's accused of strangling a woman during a confrontation.
Police were called to 13th and New Jersey avenues that day for a reported aggravated assault.
Christopher Krier, 49 of Jamison, Bucks County, was allegedly tailgating a car in front of him when the woman rolled down her window, shouting at Krier's driving because of kids in the area. The two pulled their vehicles onto the road's shoulder, getting into a face-to-face confrontation in which Krier allegedly grabbed the woman by her throat before I bystander stepped in, police said in a news release on Monday.
Krier fled the scene in his vehicle, but he turned himself in to authorities days following the incident after an arrest warrant was issued against him, police said.
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Krier is charged with second-degree aggravated assault. He was taken to the Cape May County jail, police said.
City police are using the incident to remind drivers that they should always bypass confrontations on the roads because they can escalate quickly. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/north-wildwood-road-rage-incident-results-in-womans-assault/article_0a9ee0fa-27dd-11ed-90e6-a7ae095e3a29.html | 2022-08-29T22:53:55 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/north-wildwood-road-rage-incident-results-in-womans-assault/article_0a9ee0fa-27dd-11ed-90e6-a7ae095e3a29.html |
COVID-19 in NJ
Here’s an update of the COVID-19 numbers in the state.
New positive cases: 1,014
New deaths: 2
Total positive cases: 2,273,733
Total number of deaths: 31,429
Total vaccine doses administered: 14,200,746
Rate of transmission: 0.87
CASES BY COUNTY
Atlantic: 64,107 cases, 976 deaths, 381,808 doses administered
Cape May: 12,779 cases, 271 deaths, 134,724 doses administered
Cumberland: 38,173 cases, 588 deaths, 187,632 doses administered
Ocean: 154,482 cases, 2,913 deaths, 705,025 doses administered
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Source: N.J. Department of Health Figures as of 5 p.m. Aug. 29 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-more-than-1-000-new-covid-19-cases-and-2-deaths/article_272ab51a-27cd-11ed-940a-ff45dcc2cead.html | 2022-08-29T22:54:02 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-more-than-1-000-new-covid-19-cases-and-2-deaths/article_272ab51a-27cd-11ed-940a-ff45dcc2cead.html |
OCEAN CITY – After a high-profile argument with Gold Medal Environmental this year – whose request for additional funds over their contract led to a tax hike in the city – City Council on Thursday approved a new contract with Pineland Construction.
The cost is $1.95 million a year. That’s $300,000 less than the city is spending this year, Mayor Jay Gillian said in a message to residents.
In Ocean City, and in other communities where the company had long-term contracts, Gold Medal requested more money to keep collecting the trash. The company cited increasing costs for fuel and labor.
In May, facing the possibility of disruptions to trash collection in the summer, the city agreed to pay an additional $770,000. The company had asked for $1.4 million.
At the meeting Thursday, Councilman Terry Crawley asked how the city would prevent something similar from happening with future contracts.
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City administrator George Savastano said the contract includes a performance bond, to be renewed each year. He said the issue would not reoccur.
Gillian described the deal as fair to the contract and to taxpayers. He said the trash routes and services will remain the same as they were this year. In the summer, Ocean City collects household trash and recycling twice a week, and weekly in the off-season. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-trash-contract-approved-in-ocean-city/article_aa3f6d8c-27a1-11ed-881e-73d10eb52a60.html | 2022-08-29T22:54:08 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-trash-contract-approved-in-ocean-city/article_aa3f6d8c-27a1-11ed-881e-73d10eb52a60.html |
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A $2.5 million lawsuit filed against the founder of the Richmond-based doughnut chain Sugar Shack by a former business partner started Monday.
Dustin Smith has said CEO Ian Kelley had him falsely arrested for embezzlement. He is alleging defamation and malicious prosecution by Kelley and his uncle, Michael Pinson.
Judge Bradley Cavedo oversaw the proceedings Monday at the General District Courthouse in Richmond. Steven Biss, an attorney for Smith, and defendant’s counsel Neill Bradley delivered opening statements detailing the events leading up to trial.
The rift began shortly after Smith was served arrest warrants in Chesterfield County for several charges of felony embezzlement. The charges stem from the defendants’ claim that Smith took approximately $5,000 from a company that was a separate operator from Sugar Shack Donuts LLC, according to the defendants’ court testimony.
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Around that time, Smith co-owned a chain of now-shuttered stores in Florida, served on Sugar Shack’s board of directors and was an investor of the company, according to the plaintiff’s court testimony.
Chesterfield prosecutors withdrew the charges in March 2019, which the plaintiff said the defendants knowingly fabricated.
In order to recoup damages to the plaintiff’s, “reputation, lost wages and profits, attorneys fees and other out-of-pocket expenses,” their counsel submitted a defamation lawsuit in 2019.
The lawsuit also seeks $350,000 in punitive damages per defendant, and $20,000 in attorney’s fees, according to court documents.
Although the defendants sought to have the case dropped in June, a judge dismissed that motion and the suit was set for a three-day jury trial in August.
Last year, Kelley also faced legal trouble and settled a sexual harassment and discrimination complaint with former employee Virginia Williams.
The suit charged that Kelley promoted Williams, then an 18-year-old part-time employee, to the position of store manager, and used that promotion as leverage to start a sexual relationship with her.
The first Sugar Shack opened in 2013 at 1001 N. Lombardy St. and earned a following for its hand-rolled, hand-cut and hand-dipped creations. An expansion of 11 stores followed, with locations in Stafford, Virginia Beach, Fredericksburg, Mechanicsville, Virginia Beach and elsewhere. Many have closed or changed owners.
After selecting seven jurors Monday morning, both legal parties agreed to proceed with opening statements and listen to several witness testimonies.
Although the trial was initially scheduled for three days, both sides agreed they’d only need two days to present their case. A verdict may be reached as soon as Tuesday. | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/whats-next-for-2-5-million-sugar-shack-lawsuit-that-started-monday/article_56ffb39b-56dd-5df4-8c42-84151b064e69.html | 2022-08-29T23:01:16 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/whats-next-for-2-5-million-sugar-shack-lawsuit-that-started-monday/article_56ffb39b-56dd-5df4-8c42-84151b064e69.html |
The Hanover County School Board is scheduled to hold a special meeting Tuesday to vote on a controversial proposed policy regarding transgender students’ access to bathrooms and other facilities.
The proposed policy, introduced Aug. 9, would require transgender students and their guardians to submit a written request to school administration asking for access to restrooms, locker rooms or changing facilities that align with the students’ gender identities.
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According to Hanover School Board Attorney Lisa Seward, the proposed policy was largely written by the Arizona-based organization Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative legal advocacy organization with explicit anti-LGBTQ views.
Almost one year has passed since the deadline for the Hanover School Board to adopt an appropriate policy regarding the treatment of transgender and nonbinary students. A state law required local school boards to implement a policy by the first day of the 2021 school year that is consistent with state guidelines.
The model policy published by the state education department states: “Access to facilities such as restrooms and locker rooms that correspond to a student’s gender identity shall be available to all students.”
The proposed policy introduced by the Hanover School Board would require transgender students, along with their parents or guardians, to submit a written request to school administration asking for access to the schools’ facilities that align with the students’ gender identities.
The school board would have final say in the decision, according to the proposed policy.
The proposed policy suggests that the written request include personal documents including students’ disciplinary or criminal records or signed statements from the students’ doctors or therapists “verifying that the student has been diagnosed with gender dysphoria and/or that the student consistently and authentically expresses a binary gender identity.”
Seward said at the Aug. 9 meeting that the documents suggested in the policy are not required.
The board is set to vote on the proposed policy at their 7 p.m. meeting on Tuesday. | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/hanover-school-board-to-vote-on-proposed-transgender-policy/article_7367e603-cb70-56b1-8b2f-df55323816b5.html | 2022-08-29T23:01:22 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/hanover-school-board-to-vote-on-proposed-transgender-policy/article_7367e603-cb70-56b1-8b2f-df55323816b5.html |
Authorities have dropped hazing charges against five former members of the Delta Chi fraternity at Virginia Commonwealth University in connection with the death of Adam Oakes.
The concession, made last week, comes after six defendants have accepted responsibility for their roles.
Prosecutors dropped charges against Alessandro Medina-Villanueva, Quinn Kuby, Riley McDaniel, Robert Fritz and Alexander Bradley. All five had been charged with misdemeanor hazing. Kuby, Fritz and Bradley also were charged with misdemeanor serving alcohol to a minor.
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A prosecutor in the case declined to say why the charges were dropped.
Oakes was a 19-year-old freshman at VCU when he died of alcohol intoxication following a Delta Chi "big-little" party in February 2021.
In September, authorities charged 11 former members of the fraternity with hazing and seven of them with serving alcohol to a minor.
VCU suspended the students, a defense attorney said last year, and the university permanently removed the fraternity from campus.
Six of the defendants pleaded guilty or no contest. Three were found guilty – Andrew White, Christian Rohrbach and Jason Mulgrew. The three others – Colin Tran, Enayat Sheikhzad and Benjamin Corado – are eligible to have their charges dismissed if they meet the terms of their plea agreements.
The six agreed to participate in anti-hazing seminars with the Oakes family's foundation, Love Like Adam, and complete community service. The plea agreements required three of the defendants to have conversations with the Oakes family about Adam's death, a process known as restorative justice.
None of the six received jail time. Hazing and serving alcohol to a minor are Class 1 misdemeanors, carrying no more than a year in jail and a fine of $2,500.
"Just because their charges are dropped doesn't mean they're innocent," said Courtney White, a cousin of Adam Oakes. The Delta Chi students could have saved Adam's life by calling 911, she said.
White invited the defendants to work against hazing and participate in the foundation's work.
Mike Hollomon, a deputy commonwealth's attorney, declined to say why the charges were dropped against five defendants, citing the open case status of the three other defendants.
Peter Baruch, a lawyer for McDaniel, said there was different evidence for each defendant.
"Not every defendant was situated the same," he added.
Asked if McDaniel provided evidence against the other defendants, Baruch said his client was cooperative with the investigation and looks forward to moving ahead with his life.
Asked how McDaniel would have pleaded had the charges not been dropped, Baruch declined to say.
"It ended the way it should have," Baruch said. "Every member of the Delta Chi community was truly devastated by Adam's death."
Fritz had no interaction with Oakes that night, said Fritz's lawyer, Ali Amirshahi. It's unclear if Fritz can return to VCU, or if he'll finish his academic career elsewhere.
"He is absolutely devastated with what happened to a fraternity brother of his, and he is just trying to move forward with his life," Amirshahi said.
Bill Dinkin, a lawyer for Bradley, said Bradley is "very sorry for the Oakes family's loss and wishes them the best." Bradley declined to comment further.
Attorneys for Medina-Villanueva and Kuby did not respond to requests for comment. | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/hazing-charges-dropped-against-5-former-delta-chi-members-in-death-of-adam-oakes/article_4b653fe7-f38c-5334-b39a-962db22a2a72.html | 2022-08-29T23:01:28 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/hazing-charges-dropped-against-5-former-delta-chi-members-in-death-of-adam-oakes/article_4b653fe7-f38c-5334-b39a-962db22a2a72.html |
Ahead of the typical post-Labor Day back-to-school start, the Richmond and Henrico public school districts welcomed students back into classrooms Monday morning.
Both districts are beginning their second consecutive school year of in-person learning after being predominantly virtual in the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
While RPS still requires masks indoors, it didn’t stop staff and students from expressing excitement and celebrating the first day of school.
As students hopped off the school bus at J.L. Francis Elementary in the city’s Southside, they were greeted by Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras, Mayor Levar Stoney, school administrators and teachers.
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“I think this is going to be our best year yet,” Kamras said. “This is the year that we finally have the opportunity to show what we are all capable of.”
Kamras spent a chunk of his Monday morning at J.L. Francis Elementary in Kristin Mallory’s kindergarten class.
He met kindergartener Yoselin Morales-Serrano who asked him to help her sharpen her pencils with her purple electric pencil sharpener and held her notebook while she wrote her name in it. Yoselin showed off her light-up sneakers to which Kamras said, “I need to get sneakers like yours.”
After the class finished breakfast, Kamras joined them on the carpet for their morning community circle where Mallory taught her students other children's names and the days of the week through song.
The weeks leading up to the RPS school year were clouded by speculation of the school board looking to oust Kamras in response to the district’s low passing rates on the annual state accountability tests, but it didn’t damper the excitement on Monday.
J.L. Francis students saw “huge growth,” with their reading scores on the Standards of Learning, Kamras said. The school overall increased its reading pass rate by eight points.
“We want kids to not just do well on the SOL but to love to read and to become lifelong readers,” Kamras said, highlighting Monday’s theme of “Read with Love.”
“I understand anybody who has angst or anxiety about the [SOL] scores or other things going on,” Kamras said. “I understand that as superintendent but also as a parent, myself of two boys in RPS.”
Kamras also noted that the school population of J.L. Francis is largely Latino, roughly 56% according to state data. Kamras said RPS knows more work needs to be done to support all of their Latino students, but that J.L. Francis does a great job in supporting them as well as all students.
In her ninth year as the principal of J.L. Francis, Kecia Ryan said she is ready for herself and her staff to “take it to next level with our students.” Each teacher wrote down three goals for the school year that they will seek to carry out in the classroom.
“Our theme this year is ‘Soaring into Greatness,’ " said Ryan, who sported a green T-shirt with ‘Happy First Day of School’ written on it, paired with school-themed earrings her daughter bought for her.
After reading a “Black Lagoon” adventures series book to a fifth-grade class, Stoney said he’s excited for the new RPS school year.
“I’m excited. I know our teachers have built toward this, I know that our families have built toward this and the administration has as well,” Stoney said.
As of Monday, RPS has zero bus driver vacancies and under 100 teacher vacancies. The teacher shortages are currently being staffed by long-term subs, many of whom are only a couple of classes short of obtaining a teaching license, Kamras said.
Henrico County
Henrico County Public Schools, which enrolls about 2.5 times as many students as RPS, had about 95% of its instructional positions staffed with 174 vacancies on Monday, according to school officials.
It was Henrico’s second year fully back in person, and the first year back without mask requirements.
Amy Vest, a parent and teacher at Gayton Elementary in Henrico’s West end, said that her two boys, eager to go to school, woke up at 5 a.m. Monday to put on their school clothes and backpacks.
Her third grader is experiencing his first “normal” school year — kindergarten was cut short when the pandemic hit, first grade was virtual and second grade was marked by strict COVID-19 mitigation measures. Her classroom of second graders were as excited as her own children.
“When you can see everyone's faces again, you can really tell how excited everyone is,” Vest said. “It's good that things are starting to feel normal again.”
Gayton Elementary Principal Kirk Eggleston said this year’s first day of school was a “world of difference” compared with the past few years.
“There was a lot of anxiety that parents had last year, and rightly so. … We made the best of the situation but it was tough,” Eggleston said. “This year, everybody's just super excited to be back. It's a different feeling.”
Over at Quioccasin Middle School in Tuckahoe, parents took photos of their begrudging children as school administrators cheered on the students as they walked into school.
Principal Robert Stevens, who rejoined HCPS this year after working as associate principal of regional magnet high school CodeRVA, greeted parents and students as they arrived in the carpool line early Monday morning.
On the other side of Henrico County at Harvie Elementary, Principal Tonya Holmes walked the halls visiting classrooms and checking in on teachers.
Holmes, who has worked at Harvie for a decade — the last eight years as principal — said she was glad to see the faces of parents who were allowed inside the building this year.
“The excitement for parents is there,” Holmes said. “Feeling the energy of the boys and girls and the staff… it just seems like it's just getting back to normal.”
Last week, HCPS welcomed about 500 new teachers at its new teacher academy including several at Harvie Elementary.
New teachers Lucy Lloyd, Lindsey Stratton and Anna Hopkins came to HCPS from teaching jobs in Louisa County, Charlottesville and Petersburg. They each mentioned Henrico’s reputation as a factor in moving school divisions.
In an effort to recruit teachers, HCPS raised the starting pay for teachers with less than six years of experience. Starting this year, new teachers with a bachelor’s degree earn a salary of $50,464 and those with a master’s degree earn $52,887 annually. In May, the division announced a $500 referral bonus for employees.
The 174 vacancies are being covered by temporary reassignments, substitute teachers, and central office staff. Even Henrico Superintendent Amy Cashwell, who announced last week that each class would be covered on the first day of school, was busy herself teaching class on Monday. | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/rps-henrico-welcome-students-back-to-school/article_ce8f9406-81f5-5875-a9eb-405667c4f547.html | 2022-08-29T23:01:34 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/rps-henrico-welcome-students-back-to-school/article_ce8f9406-81f5-5875-a9eb-405667c4f547.html |
Midland is one of the nine cities in the U.S. where the rent price remains below its pre-pandemic level, according to a recent study by ApartmentList.com.
In March 2020, expensive and highly populated cities began to see more homes vacated and a drop in rent for about a year. Suburban areas saw a rent price drop that was much shorter lived, followed by price growth acceleration within months, according to the study.
From early 2021 until present day, rent prices have grown dramatically all over the country, with year-over-year rent growth peaking at 18%, according to the recent study. In most of the U.S: big cities, small towns, highly populated or not, rents are continuing to increase more rapidly than they ever would before the pandemic.
There are nine U.S. cities, according to ApartmentList, where the median rent in July 2022 remains below rent prices prior to the pandemic.
In West Texas, those cities are Odessa (-17.9% growth) and Midland (-16.9%). The next closest rent decline was found in Oakland, California (9.8%).
ApartmentList.com showed in its National Rent Report in July that the rent for a median two-bedroom apartment in Midland was $963 and that rent growth year over year was 12.1%. In Odessa, rent for a median two-bedroom was $817 and rent growth year over year was 16.1%.
Rent decreases since the start of the pandemic
Odessa 17.9%
Midland 16.9%
Oakland 9.8%
San Francisco 9.2%
San Bruno, California, 3.1%
Richfield, Minnesota, 3.0%
Minneapolis 2.6%
South San Francisco 2.2%
Redwood City, California 0.4%
Source: https://www.apartmentlist.com/research/pandemic-rent-growth-has-been-faster-in-lower-cost-cities | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Report-Midland-apartment-rents-still-behind-17405282.php | 2022-08-29T23:04:16 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Report-Midland-apartment-rents-still-behind-17405282.php |
Chef Raul Vasquez is hungry for success. The 24-year-old returned to West Texas last year, and while some in the restaurant industry might see that as regression, he has only seen this as an opportunity. The Andrews native graduated from high school in 2016. He remembers how much he loved cooking and watching cooking shows growing up which has fueled his passion for the kitchen.
“I’ve been cooking since I remember,” he said. “A memory that stands out is butchering and cooking a calf for my aunt’s wedding in El Paso.”
By tradition, the youngest person had to kill the animal. He was 11 years old when he killed and butchered his first animal. He participated in the entire process of creating a special dish for loved ones.
While in high school, he worked at Porter’s Thriftway in Andrews. He also started working at Red Oak Kitchen and Cork and Pig Tavern. He worked his way up to assistant kitchen manager while completing a culinary art and food service management degree at Odessa College.
“It was a year and a half of constantly grinding,” he said. “I would leave Andrews to get to Odessa College for classes then work at Red Oak Kitchen from 2:30 p.m. to close every day. On the weekends I would work early shifts in the morning with Porters. I completely fell in love with cooking even though I was learning the basics.”
All that work started to pay off when he was asked to open Cork and Pig Tavern - Las Colinas in Irving. However, he ended up applying for the best restaurant he knew in Dallas to see if he could make it with the big dogs. He applied at 560 by Wolfgang Puck.
“I drove five hours to interview or stage, which basically means working for free, and worked for eight-and-a-half hours,” he said. “They didn’t tell me that I got the job even though they seemed very impressed, so I left my knives there. I wanted to make sure they had to see me again even if I didn’t get the job. I would have gone back and tried until I got a job.”
He got the job.
Chef Jacob Williamson pushed him harder than he had ever worked in West Texas. Through his mentorship, Vasquez became the first one in and the last one out. Vasquez soon became a sous-chef, absolutely obsessed with what he was accomplishing. He was the youngest sous-chef and the second Latino to run the restaurant at 20 years old.
“The knowledge I gained in the two years I worked there was absolutely stellar,” Vasquez said.
When COVID hit, the restaurant’s contract was ending, and the owner was deciding on whether to renovate or start a new restaurant. Vasquez had a month off before he started at CBD Provisions in The Joule Hotel.
After his stint there, he headed across the street to a restaurant called Queso Beso, which was a Tex-Mex restaurant trendy on Tik Tok. It was an opportunity for him to show Dallas his style and what he had learned during his time. The restaurant location was excelling so much that during his days off he would go help other locations up their game.
“I was pushing in the kitchen but with more Southern comfort,” he said. “Wolfgang is very ‘yes, chef’ or ‘no, chef’ while I started to add please to my asks and developed how I personally run a kitchen.”
In 2021, he and his fiance, Jennifer Cuellar, made the decision to move back to West Texas, due to some family problems. That move put him back at square one in the Midland Country Club kitchen. Other chefs at the Midland Country Club recognized his talent but he kept waiting for a promotion to sous-chef.
At the same time, he wanted to focus more time to his private catering business. Ratengo means Latino in Japanese -- which are the two cuisines he specializes in. When he was younger, his cousin piqued his interest in Japanese fare with saki and ramen. From there, his curiosity blossomed. When traveling he would prioritize eating at Japanese restaurants. Most of his family didn’t share the same excitement though.
“I really wanted to create sushi that my family would eat since they won’t eat raw fish,” Vasquez said. “That’s why I decided to create Latin-inspired sushi. They loved it.”
His sushi to-go business has become a cornerstone of his business. He started offering it every Monday starting this August with favorites being Al pastor with pineapple pico de gallo, carne asada with spicy aioli, birria with wok-fired peppers plus shrimp ceviche rolls and poke bowls. During his private dinners, he offers Wagu skirt steak sushi rolls, which are highly requested. In his menu preparation, he tries to use as much local product at possible including meat from Midland Meat Co. He is always trying to expand his vendor list.
Recently, he also served as the sous-chef at Lo. St. Books but his time ended when he knew he needed to pursue Ratengo. Vasquez helped Lo. St. Books set up the kitchen after the business won a grant from the Midland Entrepreneurial Challenge. The restaurant will continue to use pieces of his menu, and he helped the owners find another chef to continue where he left off.
A long-time goal of his has been to compete on Food Network. This goal was finally realized on “Supermarket Stakeout” with his appearance during Season 4: Episode 19 now airing on Hulu. The TV show features chef Alex Guarnaschelli, who hosts four chefs that square off during a competitive pop-up kitchen outside a grocery store. Each round has a theme, and chefs must assess shoppers as they exit the store and negotiate for their grocery bags. His appearance was delayed due to COVID, and the postponement of recording the show.
“The experience was everything and more than I expected,” he said. “I got to the final round but ended up with second. … Second place makes me so hungry for first place. It fueled my hunger to continue to develop Ratengo.”
His appearance on “Supermarket Steakout” will not be the last time he’s on TV, he promised.
Vasquez wants to foster the type of mentorship he received in Dallas with other local chefs in the area. He has made connections with the chefs at Séance that also worked at Midland Country Club.
“I think there is a missing chef culture out here,” he said. “Dallas is a huge city, but chefs continue to make connections and they are all ready to help others succeed. My goal is to do that here. When I open my place, I want it to be the hot spot for the next generation of chefs.”
The natural next step is to open his own restaurant.
“My goal is to push what I’m doing privately to the public,” he said. “There is a niche for this type of service. I want to create a more modern casual experience with table touches, which I believe Midland is ready for.”
While he is proud of the fact that Andrews is known for steak fingers in the culinary world, he also wants his hometown to be known for more. Vasquez craves a legacy that his hometown can take pride in.
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100 Philly Schools Closing Early Tuesday, Wednesday Due to Heat
The schools do not have sufficient cooling systems and will close three hours early, the district said
By Christine Mattson ••
One hundred schools in the Philadelphia School District will close early Tuesday and Wednesday because of forecasted high temperatures, officials announced Monday.
The schools do not have sufficient cooling systems and will close three hours early, the district said. After-school and sports activities at those schools will also be cancelled.
"We realize that early dismissals, especially those made the day before, can present challenges for many families" the School District of Philadelphia said. "Please know that these decisions, which we do not make lightly, are always made with the safety of our students and staff as our top priority."
The rest of the district’s schools and administrative offices will remain open on a normal schedule.
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PRESCOTT, Ariz. — A pair of teens are facing charges after a threat was made to a school in Prescott.
On Aug. 27, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office received a report from a parent of a seventh grader at Prescott Valley Charter School. According to officials, the report alleges the son of the parent had a video of another 12-year-old student making threats to “shoot-up” the school.
After receiving the report, deputies went to the child's house with the Prescott Valley Police Department and were able to verify the claim and see the video. It was reportedly recorded on the school bus ride home the previous day.
The camera on the cellphone used to record the statement was covered, but the child stated he knew who the voice on the recording was and gave the name to the deputy. Deputies were then able to arrest the suspect student.
The suspect student admitted to making the threat and said he was coerced into making the threat by the reporting student, police said.
“We need to drill into our kids that making any type of threat about school violence will always be taken seriously,” said Sheriff David Rhodes. “We don’t want to see children with these charges on their records however, we have zero tolerance for threats of school violence. This is the second seventh-grader in four months to make the same type of threat, which also resulted in arrest. Any threats of violence are intolerable and inexcusable.”
Both students are now in custody and face charges of making a terrorist threat and false reporting. This incident is still being investigated by YCSO and PVPD.
In response to the threat, Prescott Valley police will be conducting additional onsite patrols at Prescott Valley Charter School.
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An ex-NYPD officer convicted of attacking police at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, says he in part blames his actions on "flashbacks" from his past years working as cop in the Bronx.
In a letter filed by his lawyers seeking a lower sentence, Thomas Webster told a psychologist that he could make a connection between his violent actions at the Capitol to a past fight with an armed robber in the Bronx who was trying to get his gun. Webster told the psychologist he attacked a Capitol Police officer with a metal flagpole because "at that moment, I had flashbacks of the struggle we had on the staircase."
Video shows Webster – in a bright red jacket – charging officers including D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Noah Rathbun on the lower West Terrace of the U.S. Capitol.
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Webster was seen and heard on video shouting and swearing at uniformed officers. The video then showed him swinging a metal pole and slamming it on to the bike racks being used to try to hold the crowd at bay.
Officer Rathbun managed to pry the pole away, but the video captured Webster pushing through the police line. He is seen attacking the officer and pulling at his facemask. During his trial in May, Mr. Webster testified that he was merely trying to protect himself from a "rogue cop" who punched him in the face.
But the jury saw video and convicted Webster on six counts – four of which include use of a deadly or dangerous weapon. Prosecutors want Webster to face 17 years in prison when he is sentenced on Sept.1.
Included in his pre-sentencing submission is a mental evaluation by psychiatrist Dr. Shahla Gorovoy. She wrote that Webster attacked the officer in part as a result of childhood experiences and PTSD from 20 years as an NYPD officer.
According to her letter, Dr. Gorovoy said Webster spoke about one traumatic event during his time as an NYPD officer. He said he had endured a "violent struggle" with an armed robber in the Bronx who was trying to get his gun. Webster said he was injured in the incident and had to be taken to the hospital.
Gorovoy added that "Mr. Webster was able to connect the January 6 event to the incident he experienced" during the struggle with the robber by "trying to show the officer my hands so he knows I am not armed, or I won’t go for his gun; because I know as a police officer, your first fear is that the person may go for your gun."
In the letter, Dr. Gorovoy added Webster now has regret and remorse, that he "wished he had stayed home that day" and he now "understands violence is not acceptable."
It also seems Webster also blames leaders who called the crowd to the Capitol — without naming former President Donald Trump by name.
His lawyers wrote, ”The fact remains that [Mr. Webster] and others were called to Washington, D.C. by an elected official. People like Mr. Webster were told lies, fed falsehood and told that our election was stolen when it clearly was not."
Webster’s attorneys go on to add that "Defendant is no longer under any illusion that the 2020 election was stolen or that he was fighting for a just cause."
While convicted of charging at police with a weapon outside, Webster, now 56 years old, says he never entered the U.S. Capitol building.
In addition to working in the Bronx, as an NYPD officer, the father of three had also served on a security detail out of City Hall. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ex-nypd-cop-who-rioted-at-capitol-blames-ptsd-and-wants-lesser-sentence/3843082/ | 2022-08-29T23:07:21 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ex-nypd-cop-who-rioted-at-capitol-blames-ptsd-and-wants-lesser-sentence/3843082/ |
Criminal charges were upgraded to attempted murder on Monday for the Long Island man accused of attacking three people with a machete at a sporting goods store earlier this month.
The afternoon attack on Aug. 12 left a store manager seriously injured, still having not regained use of both his arms more than two weeks later. Officials said the victim suffered a fractured skull and severed tendons in his arms.
Cameras inside the Dick's Sporting Goods in Patchogue captured the movements of Treyvius Tunstall, as he allegedly attacked the store manager and two others after attempting to purchase a gun at the store.
Tunstall is accused of visiting an earlier store where he purchased the machete used in the Patchogue attack. Prosecutors say he inquired about purchasing a rifle, but turned violent after employees started to run a background check on the man.
Store footage shows the man swinging the machete at the manager, refusing to let up even after the employee falls to the ground. On his way out of the store, Tunstall is accused to attacking two others and trying to steal a kid's bicycle before fleeing on foot.
Arrested shortly after the attack on assault and weapons charges, Tunstall is now facing charges of attempted murder after Monday's arraignment. His bail was set at $1 million cash.
It's been more than two weeks since the bizarre attack and prosecutors are still trying to understand why Tunstall wanted the weapons and what prompted his violence. He's due back in court next month. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/motive-still-unclear-as-accused-ny-machete-attacker-gets-attempted-murder-charge/3843037/ | 2022-08-29T23:07:34 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/motive-still-unclear-as-accused-ny-machete-attacker-gets-attempted-murder-charge/3843037/ |
AUSTIN, Texas — September is the start of flu season, and doctors in Central Texas are encouraging you to start scheduling an appointment to get a flu shot.
Data out of Australia shows that flu cases are back up to pre-pandemic levels, especially among children and older adults.
An emergency medicine physician with St. David's, Dr. Ryan McCorkle said that the data gives us an idea of what to expect during flu season here in the U.S.
He encourages people to start getting their flu shot at the end of September.
"You don't want to go too early because data from the flu shot shows immunity tends to wane over six months or so. So if you get it too early, you might not be protected toward the end ... end of September to beginning of October will give you immunity all the way through the flu season," said Dr. McCorkle.
The CDC says flu season tends to peak between December and February, and a flu shot in early fall should help protect you from the virus.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A 10th Trader Joe’s store is coming to the Portland metropolitan area and this one’s setting up shop in Tigard.
The Oregonian first reported in June that the grocery chain had proposed establishing a store in Tigard and on Friday, Trader Joe’s confirmed what city records showed.
“We’ve consulted our maps and compass and have found a terrific location for a store in Tigard,” Trader Joe’s wrote in its online announcement. “We are proud to be joining the neighborhood, and to continue our commitment to providing nourishment to the surrounding communities through our Neighborhood Shares program.”
Nakia Rohde, Trader Joe’s public relations manager, said the company does not have a timeline to share, but plans to open the new store later in 2022. It will be located at 16200 SW Pacific Hwy.
Trader Joe’s said it will post updates on its website.
The city of Tigard’s planning department said Trader Joe’s permits are currently all in the inspection stage. The next masonry inspection is scheduled for Tuesday.
There are 13 Trader Joe’s stores currently operating in Oregon and there is a store in Vancouver, Wash. | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/trader-joes-announces-new-store-location-in-tigard/ | 2022-08-29T23:11:00 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/trader-joes-announces-new-store-location-in-tigard/ |
Lakeland Commissioner Phillip Walker seeks reappointment to seat he resigned to run for House
LAKELAND — After losing his campaign for Florida House District 50 to Jennifer Canady, Lakeland Commissioner Phillip Walker is seeking to become his own replacement.
Walker sent an email less than 18 minutes before Friday's noon filing deadline asking Lakeland City Attorney Palmer Davis and City Clerk Kelly Koos that he be considered a candidate for interim commissioner for the Northwest District seat.
Previously:Phillip Walker says he has 'no political plans' after losing in primary for District 50 seat
Related:Jennifer Canady tops Lakeland Commissioner Phillip Walker in Fla. House District 50 race
Under Florida law, Walker resigned from his current office in May to qualify as a candidate for state office. His last day in office is Nov. 6.
A city charter change approved by referendum in November 2021 gives the commission the right to appoint a person to fill the remaining year on Walker's third term running through November 2024. The city commission called for all those who may be interested in filling Walker's seat in early July to submit applications to be considered.
Now Walker's political future lies in the hands of his colleagues.
"If that is the will of the commission to allow me to complete what I call the term for this particular seat I would be more than gracious to accept," Walker said.
Florida Attorney General's Office and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals have both determined the "resign-to-run" state statue would stop Walker from asserting he can continue to hold office, according to Davis. But it doesn't stop him from being voluntarily reappointed.
Also:Lakeland accepting applications for interim city commissioner until Aug. 26
Read more:Lakeland seeks candidates to fill Phillip Walker's seat under new process
If reappointed, Walker said his priority for the upcoming year will be ensuring the city stays focused on affordable housing. He told The Ledger he wants to ensure the city makes the most of its money from Sadowski Fund. Other key issues include public safety, ensuring money is budgeted for necessary law enforcement and fire rescue personnel.
Besides Walker, there are eight people who have thrown their hat in the ring to be appointed to the commission. Walker said that he's reached out to three of the candidates who previously spoke to him, informing them that he wishes to be reappointed to the seat.
"I'm trying to treat others as I would like to be treated," Walker said.
Some interim candidates names may be familiar to residents, others are political newcomers. Here they are in alphabetical order:
- Lolita Berrien has worked for Polk County Public Schools as an administrative assistant since August 1997. She has taught beginning piano and exercise classes for the city at the Coleman-Bush building. Residents may have heard her as a host on WWAB radio or as vice president of Webster Park South Neighborhood Association. Berrien has served on multiple municipal boards including code enforcement and planning & zoning.
- Tracy Faison is a registered nurse who serves as regional administrator for Pediatric Health Choice in Lakeland, Haines City and Daytona. In the Lakeland community, Faison wrote she has been instrumental in the development of cheerleading programs, having served as executive vice president and cheerleading coordinator for Mid-Florida Football Youth and Cheerleading Conference. Her cover letter states she has a vision for affordable housing in Lakeland.
- Daryl Forehand, a U.S. Navy veteran, serves as a pastor and diocesan bishop at Immanuel Temple Church. He is interim college dean of W. L. Bonner College in Columbia, South Carolina. In his application, Forehand said he's previously worked as commission investigator for the Florida Commission on Offender Review and Florida Department of Corrections. Residents may know him as former president of Lakeland Police Athletic League.
- Guy LaLonde Jr., a U.S. Navy veteran, operates two small businesses in Lakeland. LaLonde is president and CEO of Lakeland Moon Walk of Polk County Inc. and Under One Tent Events Inc. He has worked his way up through Publix Supermarkets to become a meat manager. LaLonda pointed to his volunteer work with several organizations including Relay for Life, United Way of Polk County and the Special Olympics of Polk County.
- Veronica Rountree works a community advocate for Peace of Mind Community Healthcare Services dating back to September 2011. Within the community, Rountree said she's worked as an advocate and counselor for individuals with disabilities and victims of sexual and domestic violence. She may be familiar to some from her time a vice chair of Habitat for Humanity and has served on numerous municipal board including code enforcement and the Police Citizens Advisory Board.
- Ricky Shirah has previously run for city commission times, most recently in 2019 for the At-Large seat. Shirah is a small business owner who operates Shirah's Towing LLC. Previously, he spent 21 years working for Publix. Shirah is a member of Kiwanis Club of Lakeland and the Kathleen Lions Club.
- Samuel Simmons is the owner of a housing and financial services consulting firm dating back to 2004. Prior to that, he worked as the finance manager for Lakeland Housing Authority. Simmons started his career as an accountant with the city. He is serves as the president of the Webster Park Neighborhood Association for about 20 years and co-founded the Central Florida Business Diversity Council.
- Saga Stevin, who unsuccessfully ran against Mayor Bill Mutz in November 2021, has also applied to be appointed interim commissioner. Stevin works as a Platelet Rich Plasma technician, providing oversight of a patient's process and expectations during the medical procedure. In her resume, Stevin said she sits on the board of directors for the Citizens' Council for Health Freedom and Polk Education Foundation.
Commissioners will gather at 8:30 a.m. Friday for an agenda study at City Hall, 228 S. Massachusetts Ave. It is unknown if the matter related to the interim seat will be discussed at the meeting. If it is, Walker said he will recuse himself from any talks about who should be appointed interim commissioner for the Northwest District.
The next commission meeting will be held 9 a.m. Sept. 6.
The commission previously announced it would make its decision on who to appoint at its Sept.19 meeting.
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Lubbock police graduates largest class in more than a decade
The largest Lubbock Police Academy graduating class in more than 15 years stood on stage at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center and swore their oaths as police officers.
The 19 cadets who became sworn police officers Monday were among the 142 applicants who took the entrance exam in February, said Lubbock police Sgt. Michael Sandoval.
"That is 13 percent of the original candidates who applied for the this position," he said.
Lubbock assistant police chief Jonathan Caspell congratulated the cadets and their loved ones and welcomed them into the Lubbock police family.
He challenged the new police officers to use their training to serve the community with humility and treat the people they encounter as though they were their family members.
"We want you to treat them not just like you want to be treated," he said. "What we want you to do is picture that person that is in crisis that needs your help, picture your family member in that situation. How would you want an officer in your position to treat your family member at their lowest moment? At their moment of crisis and you treat them just like that. You treat them like family because here in Lubbock, we are all family."
Caspell said after the event that the large graduating class reflects the enduring belief of people that law enforcement remains a profession that allows people to serve and protect their communities.
"I think it speaks volumes that, considering the challenges that law enforcement has faced lately [such as] COVID, defund the police, the George Floyd murder, when all these things have happened and you still have people that are willing to show up and take the test, and say, 'No, I'm going to go serve.' I think that speaks so much to the nobility of policing that people still get it," he said. | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/29/lubbock-police-celebrate-academy-graduates/65462984007/ | 2022-08-29T23:29:26 | 1 | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/29/lubbock-police-celebrate-academy-graduates/65462984007/ |
SCRANTON, Pa. — Vendors setting up for the day on Monday at the Scranton Co-Op Farmers Market had a little extra work to do. Sometime over the weekend, vandals damaged some of the stands, ripping down signs and attempting to break into locked storage areas.
The Hopkins farms stand was one of those vandalized.
"A few small knives and stuff that we use for cleaning have been taken, but breaking into our tables that we use for storage, ripped signs down, scattered garbage around," Andrew Hopkins said.
The damage has many vendors frustrated, including Mark Hopkins with Hoppy's Produce. He says, unfortunately, this isn't the first time this has happened.
"People in the past have stolen our rubber mats off the ground. And when we came down today, we noticed all of our cash boxes were pushed in, and one of them is broken."
The more the vandals damage, the less produce the vendors have to sell, and that could lead to higher prices.
"To fix this one where they tried to steal the extension cord, I had to go buy a whole new piece of plywood, and that was $55 just for one piece of plywood. So stuff adds up," Mark Hopkins said.
Some stands had already raised prices this year because the farm's costs have increased.
The dry weather this summer has already been a struggle for farmers to provide quality produce. Farmers say these acts of vandalism only add insult to injury.
"We work 18 hours a day to bring fresh stuff to everybody, and people come down and break or break into our stuff," Andrew Hopkins added.
Vendors hope police patrol the area more, and with kids going back to school, the crimes die down.
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TAMAQUA, Pa. — Residents from across Schuylkill county picked sunflowers for the last time this season at Second Mountain Sunflowers in Tamaqua.
“I wanna go out with the wow effect. I don't want people to come here and see dead flowers and spotted flowers,” said Farmer Ken Smith, Second Mountain Sunflowers Owner.
Due to the recent dry weather, Second Mountain Sunflowers is closing two weeks earlier compared to their sunflower seasons in years past.
“Our last field technically shouldn't have come in till September 3rd, but with the dry season, everything gets accelerated,” Farmer Smith said.
He says the deep soil on the farm saved the sunflowers this season. Otherwise, they wouldn't have survived.
“The first rain was the one early on when I first planted them, and that was enough to get them up out of the ground. But we should've had another one to grow the stem and another one to grow the flower and open it up,” Farmer Smith added.
While he's sad to see the sunflower season come to an end, the Ukraine situation has allowed Farmer Smith to harvest the sunflowers for the first time in his farming career.
“The oil for the sunflowers. The demand is so high that I got a phone call and asked if I could combine mine and bring them up to them so they can process the oil,” he said.
With this now being their seventh year planting sunflowers, none of their past seasons have been like this.
“Well, one thing with sunflowers is you cannot plan anything. The flowers will tell you how to plant,” added Farmer Smith.
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NEWFOUNDLAND, Pa. — It's a hog on good time at the Greene Dreher Sterling Fair in Newfoundland, near Lake Wallenpaupack.
"I used to work here at one of the stands a long time ago, like 25 years ago maybe, so I come up every year," Patty Dennis said. "I just love the whole thing. I love the animals. I love seeing everybody, watching the little kids running around."
Tons of rides, entertainment, food, and vendors fill the grounds, but Fair President Anne Fox says farming and agriculture are a huge part of the fair.
"Pennsylvania is an agricultural state. We have a lot of agriculture farms — dairy, beef, you know, all of them in this area, in particular, we have a very strong farming community," Fox said.
This year's fair hosts a record number of animals, with over 200. Farmers we spoke with say this gives them an opportunity to show the public what they do.
"It's showing them that even though we live in a small town, there's a lot of people around here that are trying to raise, because there's a lot of little kids here, like bring them up and show them this is what we do for a living and show everyone in the community that we are a small town that tries to keep everything local," Jaden Colwell said.
Colwell works for Wallenpaupack Creek Farm. This is his first year participating in the livestock competition.
"My boss asked me, and I said, 'Sure, why not do the experience?' It's a fun thing to do, and it's fun ever since."
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OLYMPIA, Wash. — The family of a man who was shot and killed by an Olympia police officer says he was dealing with a mental health episode at the time of the shooting.
The man, who family identified as Timothy Green, 37, was killed Aug. 22.
Green was allegedly drinking beer and damaging the restroom inside a Starbucks in Olympia. Police arrived, and Green went into the parking lot. When officers tried to arrest Green, police said Green pulled out a knife and “attacked officers.”
In a statement released Monday, Green’s family said they “dreaded” the possibility that Green would be killed by police. Green, who was Black and a member of the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma, had ongoing mental health issues that made his life difficult, according to his family.
“We have read the accounts of other individuals in mental health crises,” Green's family wrote. “We know that people who have mental health issues are at a higher risk of being killed by police and this is even more so for Black men like Tim. We have lived with the fear and a deep understanding of the vulnerability of Tim and others like Tim.”
Green’s family urged a transparent and independent investigation into Green’s death and called for a “full accounting” of laws and policies in place.
“Only until then can we inch closer towards a measure of justice,” Green’s family said.
The shooting will be investigated by the Capital Metro Independent Investigations team.
Mark Robinson, a Tractor Supply Company employee who witnessed the shooting across the parking lot, said he saw a man charge at police, appearing to hold a knife in his raised hand.
The officers tried tasing Green before firing at him, according to Laura Wohl, public information officer for Tumwater police, who is acting as the investigation team's spokesperson. Two discharged tasers were found at the scene. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/olympia/man-shot-olympia-police-mental-health-episode/281-c6a01824-e5b9-4873-a8f6-baf8c8006de0 | 2022-08-29T23:31:15 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/olympia/man-shot-olympia-police-mental-health-episode/281-c6a01824-e5b9-4873-a8f6-baf8c8006de0 |
Patrick Schroeder, the man sent to death row in 2018 for killing his cellmate, died Monday, according to the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services.
Laura Strimple, chief of staff for the state's prisons system, said the 45-year-old died at the Tecumseh State Correctional Center, which is home to death row.
The cause of his death has not been determined, she said.
He is the fifth death row inmate to die while awaiting execution by the state.
Arthur Gales, 55, died last year of cancer. In 2015, Michael Ryan, 66, died of natural causes. David Dunster, 56, died of a health-related issue in 2011, and Roger Bjorklund, 39, of a heart attack in 2006.
Schroeder's death leaves 11 men on Nebraska's death row.
As is the case whenever an inmate dies in custody, a grand jury will review the death.
Moore, 60, was sentenced to death on two counts of first-degree murder in Douglas County in the 1979 deaths of Omaha cab drivers Reuel Van Ness Jr. and Maynard Helgeland. He had been on death row 38 years.
Schroeder had been serving a life sentence for killing 75-year-old Pawnee City farmer Kenny Albers when on April 15, 2017, he strangled Terry Berry in a cell at the Tecumseh prison.
Schroeder pleaded guilty and didn't fight the death sentence.
When the three-judge panel pronounced his sentence, Judge Vicky Johnson said it was the law, and not the defendant's wishes, that compelled them to choose a death sentence.
"Mr. Berry's murder was disturbing in its own right and especially cruel," particularly because he was two weeks from his release and Schroeder knew it, she said.
Prosecutors alleged just one aggravator needed to make the case eligible for the death penalty — that he had previously been convicted of another murder — and Schroeder, who represented himself, chose not to fight the death penalty and made no argument or case for why the judges shouldn’t give it to him.
He admitted to strangling Berry, 22, because he wouldn’t stop talking.
At the time, Schroeder was in prison on a life sentence for beating Albers with a nightstick during a robbery in 2006 and dumping him, still alive, into an abandoned well. Albers died there.
Last year, the state agreed to pay $479,000 to Berry's family to settle the lawsuit they filed over his killing.
Schroeder's case brought questions and scrutiny from state senators and prisoner advocates alike who saw the killing as a failure of a prison system beset by one problem after another. Many asked how Berry had come to share a cell with Schroeder.
At Schroeder’s plea hearing, Assistant Nebraska Attorney General Doug Warner said Schroeder and Berry had shared cell No. 16 in a segregation unit at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution from April 10 to April 15, the night a corrections officer doing normal checks came by and Schroeder said there was “something he needed to get out of his cell.”
Berry was lying unconscious on the floor with a towel around his neck.
He was taken to a Lincoln hospital, where he died five days later.
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.
Residents of the damaged apartment unit called police Sunday morning after they found what seemed to be a bullet hole in their bedroom ceiling, according to authorities.
Patrick Schroeder appears at the Johnson County Courthouse in Tecumseh in June 2018, where a three-judge panel announced his death penalty for the 2017 murder of his cellmate, Terry Berry. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/patrick-schroeder-on-nebraskas-death-row-for-killing-cellmate-dies-in-prison/article_37115cb0-65fb-5458-8781-9dc4be6ae94e.html | 2022-08-29T23:31:15 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/patrick-schroeder-on-nebraskas-death-row-for-killing-cellmate-dies-in-prison/article_37115cb0-65fb-5458-8781-9dc4be6ae94e.html |
Gas prices continued to dip in Northwest Indiana last week as an operational disruption at the BP Whiting Refinery is hoped to be short-lived, but its effects might still be felt.
The national average for a gallon of gas dropped to $3.85 last week, about a nickel lower than the previous week, according to AAA.
The cost of fueling one's ride is 42 cents less than a month ago and 71 cents more than a year ago, according to AAA.
Retail gas prices fell about 10 cents per gallon in both Lake and Porter counties over the past week despite the Wednesday electrical fire at the power house at the BP Whiting Refinery that workers said "sent the whole refinery into a tailspin" and resulted in most contractors going home for the rest of the week, outside of the tank fields.
Wholesale gas prices jumped up by 30 cents per gallon after the upset, but that increase has not yet reached the gas pumps. GasBuddy Head of Petroleum Analysis Patrick De Haan said wholesale prices already had fallen by around that much earlier in the week, effectively negating the spike affecting distributors.
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Gas now costs an average of $4.01 a gallon in Lake County, $3.99 a gallon in Porter County and $3.79 per gallon in LaPorte County, according to GasBuddy.com. As of Monday, the average price of gas was $3.85 a gallon in Newton County, $3.81 a gallon in Pulaski County, $4.00 in Jasper County and $3.81 in Starke County.
A few consumers reported higher prices at particular gas stations Monday. The average gas prices in Northwest Indiana crept up slightly in some counties over the course of the day Monday, but still remained lower than the previous week's level.
De Haan said BP hoped to initiate a restart Tuesday or Wednesday and that petroleum products could start flowing by the weekend unless issues cropped up during the process.
The fire has had little impact on retail gas prices in the Midwest so far, he said.
"Instead of a larger drop we could have seen, the news basically offset earlier losses," he said. "However, I'm worried about damage — that's the wildcard that could change the impact in the days ahead."
The Environmental Protection Agency lifted rules allowing higher-volatility gasoline to be sold temporarily to ensure an adequate supply of gas for drivers in Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. Normally, it requires a lower-volatility and most costly summer blend to limit ozone pollution, which — along with increased travel demand — is why gas normally costs more in the summer months.
The state of Michigan also lifted hours of service rules and vapor pressure requirements for truckers hauling fuel. Michigan politicians, along with their counterparts in Illinois and Indiana, called for investigations after the crude distillation unit at the BP Whiting Refinery went down in 2015, causing gas prices to soar in the Upper Midwest until it was fixed and back up and running.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb also signed an executive emergency order Monday lifting vapor pressure and hours of service requirements for any trucks moving gasoline, jet fuel, diesel or other fuels.
"BP has deployed all available resources and is working around the clock to bring the Whiting refinery back to normal operations as soon as safely possible," BP spokeswoman Megan Baldino said. "The team is working diligently to bring back refinery operations in the coming days." | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/bp-whiting-refinery-disruption-hoped-to-be-short-lived/article_c29ac4fb-b051-5fec-a586-de49245f93ab.html | 2022-08-29T23:39:24 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/bp-whiting-refinery-disruption-hoped-to-be-short-lived/article_c29ac4fb-b051-5fec-a586-de49245f93ab.html |
A delegation led by Gov. Eric Holcomb and Secretary of Commerce Brad Chambers returned Saturday from a week-long trip to Taiwan and South Korea where they sought to strengthen opportunities for investment in Indiana's energy and electric vehicle industries.
The delegation visited Samsung SDI on Wednesday to tour its electric vehicle battery production line and to meet with executives of that company and Stellantis to celebrate their joint venture, announced in May, to invest more than $2.5 billion to build an EV battery plant in Kokomo. Plant construction is scheduled to begin later this year with production expected to launch in the first quarter of 2025. The facility will employ 1,400, according to the company's plan.
“I couldn’t be more pleased with our discussions in Seoul this week, reaffirming the strong economic and cultural partnerships between Indiana and South Korea,” Holcomb said in a statement issued upon their return to Indianapolis. “It was a great opportunity to highlight the alternate energy and EV battery ecosystems we are building in the state. I’m confident that the relationships we created and deepened this week will lead to even more innovation, investment and a focus to develop better two-way trade between Indiana and South Korea.”
Chambers said South Korean industry is well-suited to participate in the ongoing energy transition in Indiana.
“Large-scale investments from companies like Stellantis and Samsung SDI are a testament to Indiana’s strengths and growing global leadership, and I look forward to more good news for Hoosiers following our productive meetings in Seoul,” Chambers said.
The delegation also met with a number of South Korea-based business prospects. On Thursday, Holcomb spoke at the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea’s Korean Digital Innovation Forum, and the delegation networked with U.S., South Korea and global business attendees in life sciences, technology and advanced manufacturing, the governor's office reported.
The Indiana delegation concluded its time in South Korea with a Friends of Indiana Reception hosted by U.S. Ambassador to Korea Philip Goldberg to celebrate the South Korea-Indiana partnership with government and industry officials and with South Korean companies invested in Indiana, including POSCO and Daechang Seat Co., as well as Indiana-based companies with facilities in South Korea, including Cook Medical, Eli Lilly and Zimmer Biomet.
It was Holcomb's 12th international economic development trip as governor.
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GARY — One person was killed and another was wounded in a shooting Monday evening in the city's Glen Park section, police said.
Gary police were dispatched about 5 p.m. for a report of an active shooter in the 1400 block of East Ridge Road, Cmdr. Jack Hamady said.
A passerby reported seeing a man firing a gun into a business. The man fled west on Ridge Road in a dark-colored sedan, police said.
Officers arrived at the business and found one man dead and another with an apparent gunshot wound to the leg, Hamady said.
Drivers should avoid the area because of traffic delays.
A description of the dark sedan was shared with other agencies in the area, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Lake County/Gary Metro Homicide Unit at 219-755-3855. To remain anonymous, call 866-CRIME-GP.
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GARY — He came to Northwest Indiana 30 years ago to assist an ailing bishop. Now he’s laid to rest beside the Region’s first spiritual shepherd of Roman Catholics.
The late retired Bishop Dale J. Melczek was hailed by Indianapolis Archbishop Charles C. Thompson as a leader whose “primary focus was knowing Jesus Christ through personal encounter. He desired to share that knowledge with others he encountered through word and deed.”
Melczek, who died Thursday at age 83, was laid to rest Monday in Holy Angels Cathedral, which he renovated and restored early in his episcopate. Interment took place inside the cathedral’s east transept, near the tomb of Bishop Andrew G. Grutka, Gary’s first bishop.
As homilist at the Mass of Christian Burial, Thompson noted how Melczek’s ongoing personal encounter with Jesus led the bishop to be a “good shepherd, unassuming, personable, gentle, humble, compassionate, generous, collaborative, with a special care always for the poor and vulnerable, the sick, the elderly, the immigrant, the incarcerated and all the marginalized.”
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Coming from Detroit, Melczek was appointed apostolic administrator to Gary on Aug. 19, 1992, to assist then-Bishop Norbert F. Gaughan, who was in poor health. Melczek became coadjutor bishop in 1995, and on June 1, 1996, he was consecrated bishop of Gary.
Gaughan died in 1999.
Thompson said Melczek’s “life and ministry were rooted in the Eucharist. He simply enjoyed being with others. Always Christ-centered.”
Joining Thompson among clergy at the funeral Mass were Indiana’s other bishops: Joseph Siegel, of Evansville; Kevin Rhoades, of Fort Wayne-South Bend; and Timothy Doherty, of Lafayette. Joining them were Archbishop Allen Vigneron, of Detroit, and Bishop Donald J. Hying, of Madison, Wisconsin. Hying had succeeded Melczek as bishop of Gary before being assigned to his native Wisconsin.
“Bishop Melczek was a very loving, faithful servant of the Lord,” Hying said. “He was always very supportive of me when I arrived.”
The Catholic funeral proceedings for Melczek began Sunday with the rite of reception of the body, followed by the public wake and evening and night prayer. Gary Bishop Robert J. McClory was primary celebrant and presider at these events.
McClory called Melczek a “tireless servant.” Even in retirement, Melczek maintained an office at the Pastoral Center in Merrillville and stayed actively involved in the Catholic Foundation for Northwest Indiana.
In 2008, Melczek and members of the Diocesan Finance Committee established the foundation as a vehicle for creating endowments to help stabilize parishes and other Catholic ministries through renewable financial gifts.
The foundation has grown from $3 million to $14 million. During fiscal year 2020-21, the foundation awarded $2.7 million in gifts to Catholic entities.
Monday’s funeral Mass constitutes the central liturgical celebration of the Christian community for the deceased, explained Colleen Rabine, diocesan communications director. Starting with morning prayer, the Church gathers with family and friends of the deceased to give praise for Jesus’ victory over sin and death, to commend the deceased to God’s mercy and to seek strength.
The funeral liturgy, Rabine noted, is an act of worship, not an expression of grief.
The rite of committal, which concludes the funeral rite, is the final act of the faith community in caring for the deceased’s body, Rabine said. Normally performed at the gravesite, the rite is an expression of the communion that exists between the Church on earth and that in heaven.
“The deceased passes with the farewell prayers of the community of believers into the welcoming community of those who need faith no longer but see God face-to-face,” Rabine said.
Melczek’s sisters, Sharon Lipinski and Terri Philo, placed the cross on their brother’s casket and brought up the offertory gifts.
“He was a wonderful man,” said Lipinski, from Livonia, Michigan. “He left home at 14 for the seminary, but he was a great brother.”
McClory added, “Well done, good and faithful servant.”
Reading a letter from Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, McClory said Church officials praised the late bishop for his years of service in Northwest Indiana, “his zeal for Catholic education, and his commitment to fostering the lay apostolate.”
Recalling his own days in Detroit, McClory referred to Melczek as the “running bishop” for keeping himself in good shape. The late bishop had a string of 55 consecutive years of skiing trips before knee replacement surgery stopped it.
McClory said Melczek was also spiritually fit.
“He sought to heal the wounds of racism, to feed the hungry, to pass on the faith and education to the next generation, on and on and on, serving those who were in need,” McClory said.
Instead of focusing on Melczek’s accomplishments, McClory addressed the simpler, human side of the late bishop. He recalled the advice he received from Melczek, often praying in the Pastoral Center.
“Bishop Melczek ran the race of his life, with his eyes focused on Jesus,” McClory said, “and in these latter days, the eyes of Jesus were gazing upon Dale Joseph Melczek.”
About a week before his death, Melczek and McClory shared voicemails, which the current bishop has since saved. After congratulating Melczek for marking 30 years in the Diocese of Gary, McClory heard back. Melczek thanked him for his kindness, adding that he continues to pray for him.
“That was classic Bishop Melczek — encouraging, prayerful, grateful,” McClory said. “We thank you for being a true shepherd who loved your flock. Hopeful leader, compassionate pastor, a loving servant, and, for me, a dear brother and friend.” | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/gary/watch-now-bishop-dale-j-melczek-laid-to-rest/article_9fb438d2-3477-5c3a-b7a1-43c060c276ae.html | 2022-08-29T23:39:42 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/gary/watch-now-bishop-dale-j-melczek-laid-to-rest/article_9fb438d2-3477-5c3a-b7a1-43c060c276ae.html |
A Planned Parenthood clinic in Tucson started providing abortion care again Monday after nearly two months of legal limbo.
The Southern Arizona Regional Health Center, at 2255 N. Wyatt Dr., is offering abortion medications for up to 11 weeks and surgical abortions up to 18 weeks of pregnancy, the same services that were in place before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24.
“We’re really excited to be able to resume abortion care for our patients here in Arizona,” said Brittany Fonteno, CEO of Planned Parenthood Arizona. “We’re committed to providing (abortion) as the legal landscape allows.”
Over the last few weeks, Fonteno said, "it’s become very clear that abortion is still legal in Arizona."
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Tucson's Choices Women's Center, at 5240 East Knight, has also resumed offering abortion services at this time. (To learn more about abortion providers in Arizona and around the country, patients can search online at abortionfinder.org).
During an Aug. 19 court hearing in Tucson, attorneys for Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich asked Superior Court Judge Kellie Johnson to allow prosecutors to enforce a near total ban on abortions first enacted more than 110 years ago.
But Planned Parenthood of Arizona and the Pima County Attorney's Office urged Johnson to allow licensed physicians to continue to perform abortions. Johnson said she will make her decision by Sept. 19.
Pima County is central to Arizona's current reproductive rights battle because of a lawsuit that predates Roe v. Wade. In that case, Planned Parenthood sued both the Pima County Attorney's Office and the Arizona Attorney General's Office, and obtained an injunction against the state's long-standing abortion ban.
After Roe v. Wade was overturned, Brnovich had asked the court in Pima County to lift the injunction, which would restore his power and that of local prosecutors to criminally charge doctors who perform abortions.
The Republican attorney general has since acknowledged that while the old, pre-Roe law is back in effect in 14 Arizona counties, the injunction continues to block his office — and the Pima County prosecutor's office — from enforcing an abortion ban in Pima County.
Fonteno said their next goal is establishing that this precedent applies not just to Pima County but to the whole state.
“People need to be able to make their own personal decision," she said, "without the interference of politicians.”
A critical step to resuming reproductive health care in Pima County has been making sure staff were comfortable with taking this step, Fonteno said. Many were afraid after being threatened with arrest, she said.
For the time being, Fonteno said, they will be helping patients around the state access abortion services in Tucson. There is a patient navigator program set up for people to share what they need to travel to Pima County.
Planned Parenthood has seven health-care centers in Arizona, and four were providing abortion care before the law was overturned. In late September, once a new Arizona bill becomes law, abortions will be restricted to 15 weeks and under.
Contact reporter Patty Machelor at 806-7754 or pmachelor@tucson.com | https://tucson.com/news/local/planned-parenthood-other-clinic-in-pima-county-again-offering-abortions/article_e93a3ce8-27cd-11ed-b42c-3b45d9e4855b.html | 2022-08-29T23:40:32 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/planned-parenthood-other-clinic-in-pima-county-again-offering-abortions/article_e93a3ce8-27cd-11ed-b42c-3b45d9e4855b.html |
Soccer players from the Tucson Fire Department and Tucson Police Department will square off Oct. 1 as part of the Second Annual Hero Cup at Kino North Stadium. The match, which is sponsored by FC Tucson and CORE Construction, starts at 1 p.m.
Tickets can be reserved by clicking here.Admission is free, though any money collected will go to support Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern Arizona. CORE Construction has agreed to match $2,500 in individual donations for the game.
“We are constantly inspired by the great work the Tucson Fire Department and Tucson Police Department do in this community, and it's our pleasure to be able to provide an opportunity for them to play one another on a first-class field and raise money for an important cause,” said FC Tucson President Amanda Powers.
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The first Hero Cup was held last year. DM United, a team representing Davis-Monthan Air Force Base defeated the TPD team in penalty kicks after the teams played to a 0-0 draw in regulation.
TPD chief Chad Kasmar said the "battle of the badges" will both "allow fire and police personnel to share their passion for the game with the Tucson community — and raise funds for an incredible cause. On top of all that, it will give our police officers a chance to work up a healthy appetite for the victory meal, made lovingly by our friends at the fire department after we get the big win.”
Tuscon fire chief Chuck Ryan called the match "an opportunity for our members to showcase their soccer talents in support of an amazing charity that does such important work in Southern Arizona.”
Founded in 1985, Candlelighters supports and advocates for children with cancers and blood disorders as well as their families. | https://tucson.com/sports/local/second-annual-hero-cup-will-pit-tpd-tfd-soccer-teams-against-each-other/article_bcc42894-27ec-11ed-b6cd-23accd4987eb.html | 2022-08-29T23:40:38 | 1 | https://tucson.com/sports/local/second-annual-hero-cup-will-pit-tpd-tfd-soccer-teams-against-each-other/article_bcc42894-27ec-11ed-b6cd-23accd4987eb.html |
WATERLOO -- A former Cedar Falls couple has been sentenced to prison for allegedly holding a man against his will and torturing him.
Authorities allege Donovan James Danielson, 46, thought the victim, an acquaintance, had tried to take something from him when he let him stay over at his Iowa Street home in November, so he confined him in the second-floor bedroom and assaulted him.
“We tied him by his ankles and his wrists to a chair,” Danielson said Monday in court as he entered a guilty plea.
“Did you, in fact, have the specific intent to cause him a serious injury by striking him with a hammer multiple times,” Judge Melissa Anderson-Seeber asked.
“Yeah, it led to that,” Danielson responded.
“Is it also true that you burned him with something, a device that was hot … and you agree that that type of burning can potentially cause serious scarring and permanent disfigurement,” she continued.
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“Yes, I did, ma’am,” Danielson answered.
He said he didn’t mean to harm the man.
“Unfortunately things got out of hand, and I did something I wouldn’t normally do, and I’m not proud of it,” Danielson said.
Danielson’s girlfriend at the time, 33-year-old Nicole Elise Sage, was accused of aiding him and had allegedly waved an air gun during the ordeal, according to statements in court.
Sage’s defense attorney, Nichole Watt, said her client had come to Iowa to attend a local rehab facility but left early and became involved in an abusive relationship with Danielson, which led to her going along with his actions.
“She was present during the kidnapping but was scared for herself for what might have happened to her had she tried to fight Donovan with what was going on, and she was under his control at that time and also under the influence of drugs she was being given,” Watt said.
Sage entered an Alford plea, not admitting guilty but agreeing she could be found guilty had the matter gone to trial and indicted she wanted to take advantage of a plea agreement.
“I want to apologize to the victim for not … it being my duty to intervene and call the cops. I suffer from PTSD myself and grew up in an abuse home. I just kind of like zoned it out,” Sage said.
The victim, who prosecutors said had special needs, didn’t attend the hearing.
The two had been charged with first-degree kidnapping, which is punishable by a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole.
Under an agreement with the state, Danielson pleaded to reduced charges of second-degree kidnapping and willful injury causing bodily injury and was sentenced to up to 25 years in prison with a mandatory 17-and-a-half years before he is eligible for parole.
Sage pleaded to third-degree kidnapping and was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison with no mandatory minimum before parole. She also was ordered to pay a $1,370 fine plus court costs and surcharges. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/two-sentencing-to-prison-in-cedar-falls-kidnapping-torture-case/article_4f4b2d5b-5045-508d-a717-9c52c40c7902.html | 2022-08-29T23:41:57 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/two-sentencing-to-prison-in-cedar-falls-kidnapping-torture-case/article_4f4b2d5b-5045-508d-a717-9c52c40c7902.html |
WESTBROOK, Maine — The Animal Rescue League of Greater Portland has more cats and dogs up for adoption, thanks to a life-saving effort over the weekend.
Last week, the ARLGP sent a handful of volunteers to Puerto Rico to help out with a "Freedom Flight" through the nonprofit Wings of Rescue. Together, they brought more than 300 cats and dogs to shelters in Maine and New York. Jeana Roth, the ARLGP's director of community engagement, told NEWS CENTER Maine this was one of the largest shipments yet
"A lot of these pets have lived in shelters or sanctuaries for years," Roth said. "To give them this new beginning in Maine is really awesome."
The ARLGP received 61 cats and dogs in total. Canine Team Lead Faith Paglierani was one of the volunteers in Puerto Rico, visiting animal sanctuaries and shelters before flying the animals to the mainland. She said Hurricane Maria damaged a lot of these locations, so it has been hard for them to accommodate animals. She added there are about 500,000 stray dogs on the island right now since most are not fixed.
"I think seeing where they’re coming from just reinforces that drive to get them into homes, to be able to be that resource and that safe place to land for dogs that have started off on the wrong foot [and] didn’t get the best chance at life," Paglierani said.
"On Saturday, we saw a lot of scared animals, a lot of animals that weren't sure what was going on," Roth said. "We’ve seen them blossom in just two days. We’ve seen them play with toys, run around, give snuggles, ask for attention. To know that they’ll [soon] be walking out with families is really the best thing for us."
Roth said there are other rescue missions on the horizon since Maine shelters have such high placements.
To learn more about the Animal Rescue League of Greater Portland, click here.
More NEWS CENTER Maine stories | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/as-seen-on-tv/maine-animal-refuge-league-of-greater-portland-volunteers-rescue-300-cats-dogs-from-puerto-rico-in-wings-of-rescue-freedom-flight/97-7914e2ee-d2a4-4cab-ab3d-3aa8acec830c | 2022-08-29T23:42:04 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/as-seen-on-tv/maine-animal-refuge-league-of-greater-portland-volunteers-rescue-300-cats-dogs-from-puerto-rico-in-wings-of-rescue-freedom-flight/97-7914e2ee-d2a4-4cab-ab3d-3aa8acec830c |
AUGUSTA, Maine — A process is underway in three Maine communities to develop more than 70 new units of housing for people experiencing, or at risk of experiencing homelessness.
It's part of an effort by the Maine State Housing Authority to address Maine's affordable housing crisis.
Earlier this month, MaineHousing announced it had awarded $13.2 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds among three different agencies in Kittery, Farmington, and Bangor.
Dan Brennan, the director of MaineHousing, said a committee selected Fair Tide, Western Maine Community Action, and Penquis Community Action Agency from a pool of 13 proposals.
"The geographic distribution of these projects is very exciting," Brennan said, noting the varying locations of these projects. "We’re going to really be able to make a difference in helping people who are experiencing homelessness."
Brennan said in total, there will be more than 74 new units of housing, once these developments are complete.
According to a MaineHousing press release, these projects will include the redevelopment of two motels on Route 2 in Farmington into 34 apartment units with $7.25 million, the redevelopment of a hotel in Bangor into 36 housing units with $4.25 million, and the construction of six new housing units in Kittery with $1.77 million.
Brennan said the projects that include the redevelopment of an already-existing building should move relatively quickly once they begin.
"We’ve had to use hotels for housing throughout the pandemic, but a hotel room really is not the optimal place for a person to live. However, if you can convert a hotel into permanent housing, then you have your infrastructure there already," Brennan said.
Brennan said the homelessness crisis is statewide, which is why these housing units will primarily serve those without shelter.
Jason Bird, the housing development director at Penquis, said right now, there are about 200 people in Bangor alone experiencing homelessness.
"We know that number has at least tripled over the past couple of years," Bird said. "Naturally, that number dwindles just a little bit during the winter months, but there’s still a high number of people that remain unsheltered."
Work on these new developments hasn't begun yet, but Bird and Brennan said they're hoping it will by the fall. Bird said since the hotel in Bangor is just being redeveloped and not built from the ground up, it could be ready by the "dead of winter."
MaineHousing said the three selected proposals met "strict program guidelines," which include the promise to house people who have survived domestic violence, have recently been released from a mental health facility, are experiencing homelessness, or are at risk of experiencing homelessness. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/as-seen-on-tv/maine-housing-awards-more-than-13-million-dollars-to-three-agencies-in-kittery-farmington-bangor-to-create-new-housing-units/97-f1862728-2bab-4286-b170-6c0761c20d27 | 2022-08-29T23:42:11 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/as-seen-on-tv/maine-housing-awards-more-than-13-million-dollars-to-three-agencies-in-kittery-farmington-bangor-to-create-new-housing-units/97-f1862728-2bab-4286-b170-6c0761c20d27 |
BANGOR, Maine — A day that was supposed to be full of cheering, excitement, and hope was met with disappointment.
NASA’s Artemis 1 was set to launch for its first unmanned test flight on Monday morning.
A fuel leak and an engine problem forced NASA to keep the Artemis moon rocket on the ground, leaving many at the Challenger Learning Center of Maine’s watch party a bit let down.
“I came here to watch the launch, and sadly it did get scrubbed, which is kind of a bummer,” Daniel Guntroph, one of the over 40 kids in attendance, said.
Though the anticipation was crushed when the announcement came over the big screen, the Challenger Center was quick to rekindle the excitement with space-related activities. They used that time to remind the kids that the launch will still happen, just on a different day.
“It was still a very good day because everyone here was kind of in that celebration spirit, and so it was fine," Kirsten Hibbard, executive director at Challenger Learning Center of Maine, said. "We were like-minded and excited about space travel. It is always neat to be around others that are excited as well."
One of the young future astronauts in attendance, Landon Wilson, shared some wisdom about why they do these test launches in the first place.
“If they did launch it with real people in there, and something did go wrong, that would be very bad for the people inside the rocket ship,” Wilson said.
The next possible launch day is set for Sept. 2. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/bangor/maine-artemis-1-launch-party-didnt-let-the-scrub-ruin-their-good-time-event/97-93dfb53c-6902-4b9f-9e59-fe64622bce98 | 2022-08-29T23:42:17 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/bangor/maine-artemis-1-launch-party-didnt-let-the-scrub-ruin-their-good-time-event/97-93dfb53c-6902-4b9f-9e59-fe64622bce98 |
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — School districts across Maine are entering the 2022-2023 academic year without dozens of critical staff due to vacancies they cannot fill.
Two of the most integral positions that districts are struggling to hire for are educational technicians and bus drivers.
"I think it's safe to say that every superintendent is concerned about hiring ed techs and bus drivers, and many, many superintendents are concerned about hiring teachers," said South Portland Schools' superintendent Tim Matheney. "It's one of the most difficult positions to hire right now, and they're such important people in terms of providing direct services to students."
Educational Technicians, or ed techs, give extra attention to students with individualized education plans (IEPs), multilingual students who are still learning English, as well as students who have additional behavioral needs.
"You may have a student with really unique needs who needs an extra set of hands in the classroom to ensure they're getting the most out of their classroom experience," Matheney said. "There have been other periods in time when there have been really tight labor markets, but nothing like this."
Matheney said his district still needs 10 to 15 ed techs. Districts like Sanford need about 15. Bangor needs more than 30. Lewiston is trying to find more than 100.
In a letter to parents on Monday, Lewiston superintendent Jake Langlais acknowledged the staffing shortage affecting both classrooms and bus transportation.
"We still have spots we would like to fill but we are feeling much better today than we did a month ago with staffing levels. We anticipate some transportation disruptions this year. We are hopeful that things are smoother than last year," Langlais wrote. "Education and custodial staff are in high demand. We continue to strategize around the shortage. We have explored subsidized housing for educators but that will take some time if it is feasible as there is limited housing available."
The Maine Education Association, one of the unions representing teachers, saw this problem coming, and said the pandemic only exacerbated it.
"It's not a shortage of educators. It's an increased number of vacancies," said Grace Leavitt, executive director of the MEA.
She and Matheney said attrition is higher than normal in 2022. They both said the demands of the job is leading to burnout. Leavitt said pay is another major issue: the minimum salary for a Maine classroom teacher is $40,000, which just went into effect in 2022. For ed techs, a document from the Maine Department of Education shows the entry level pay is $15,623 a year.
"First and foremost, it's definitely the pay has been lagging far behind and now is so far behind other occupations," Leavitt said.
She said people with comparable education for jobs in other professions earn 20 percent more than teachers in Maine. She said some districts recognize the pay issue and offer more than the minimum.
Matheney said his number one concern is making sure teachers and students have the support staff they need to have a good classroom experience.
"We're interviewing people every day, but the need is substantial. We're hustling. We're advertising on Indeed. We had a radio ad. We're doing everything we can to bring in candidates for those positions," he said. "When I think about educators, I think they have a couple of superpowers. One is to connect with kids, and one is their incredibly hopeful attitude. They embody hope, and that is the essence of being an educator." | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/maine-schools-struggling-to-hire-dozens-of-ed-techs-bus-drivers-and-more-as-school-begins-teachers-salary-pay-shortage/97-cdf06b61-69b7-4bc6-b84c-c3401af6b610 | 2022-08-29T23:42:23 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/maine-schools-struggling-to-hire-dozens-of-ed-techs-bus-drivers-and-more-as-school-begins-teachers-salary-pay-shortage/97-cdf06b61-69b7-4bc6-b84c-c3401af6b610 |
KENNESAW, Ga. — In less than three years, opioid overdose deaths are up 218 percent, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. Now, a small company in Kennesaw is hoping to lead the way in the battle against the opioid crisis and it starts on the operating table.
SoftWave Technologies just secured the patent to use sound to keep people safe from opioid addiction.
This isn't a new therapy. Doctors have been using sound waves -- or shock waves -- to break up kidney stones since the 1980s. But, the idea to use the sound to help people cope with pain instead of opioids is brand new.
It looks strange, but CEO John Warlick said this is the sound of relief.
"It simple soundwaves, thunder and lightning," he said.
He's worked with the technology for years to help people regain range of motion, heal old injuries, and even remove tattoos.
"The soundwaves have four different kinds of energy. We have heat, electromagnetic, acoustic and light, and I know this sounds cheesy, but it adds up to H.E.A.L.," he said.
This device delivers quick pulses when applied with ultrasound gel to the skin.
"We essentially fool the body into thinking it's been injured, and your body heals itself," he said.
He's used to patients experiencing relief from pain after the treatment, but said after he started reading more about the opioid crisis in the U.S., he wondered if they could stop the pain before it starts.
The Department of Health and Human Services estimates 2 million Americans become addicted to opioids each year.
"We started thinking, how can we help," he said.
He applied for a patent to get SoftWave Technologies in to the operating room to help heal patients before an opioid is ever prescribed.
"Many of these patients became addicts because of a painful surgery or an injury or slip and fall," he said.
Dr. John David Mullins practices at Piedmont Hospital and the Shepherd Center and uses the treatment constantly to help his patients avoid addictive medication.
"We all have that in the back of our mind, a great fear of starting someone down the path of opioid dependence, so anything we can do to avoid that is a welcome part of our practice strategy," said Mullins
The idea is that if there is no pain in the first place, the patient will never need to take it.
"I can't believe no one else had thought of it first, it was this really, really simple application of this low tech technology," he said.
Warlick said if they were able to get in to every surgery that would require an opioid for pain management after healing and the doctors used this instead, they could cut the number of opioids prescribed by half in the country. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/fighting-opioid-crisis-sound-treatment/85-72dfbacb-e7b0-4160-a471-369f43bca74a | 2022-08-29T23:42:44 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/fighting-opioid-crisis-sound-treatment/85-72dfbacb-e7b0-4160-a471-369f43bca74a |
CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — A Mattie's Call Alert has been issued for a missing 25-year-old man with multiple behavioral and health-related disorders Monday, according to the Clayton County Police Department.
Authorities said Immanuel Eason was last seen at the 10000 block of Briarbay Loop in Jonesboro Sunday.
Eason has black hair and brown eyes, he's 5-feet 10-inches tall and weighs 175 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black Polo hoodie, a red Falcons T-shirt and ash black ripped jeans.
Clayton County Police said Eason has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, Tourette syndrome, and diabetes.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Immanuel Eason is encouraged to contact the Clayton County Police Department at (770) 477-3550. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/missing-in-georgia/matties-call-immanuel-eason/85-5f42e355-79f5-4708-b9bd-10c1c3cd1a4b | 2022-08-29T23:42:50 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/missing-in-georgia/matties-call-immanuel-eason/85-5f42e355-79f5-4708-b9bd-10c1c3cd1a4b |
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President Joe Biden will deliver a prime-time address “on the continued battle for the soul of the nation” Thursday outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the White House announced Monday.
Billed as a major address just over two months before the midterm elections, Biden, the White House said, will discuss how the nation's standing in the world and its democracy are at stake.
“He will talk about the progress we have made as a nation to protect our democracy, but how our rights and freedoms are still under attack," the White House said. "And he will make clear who is fighting for those rights, fighting for those freedoms, and fighting for our democracy.”
Biden has increasingly sought to portray the November elections as a choice for voters between “ultra-MAGA Republicans” — a reference to former President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan — and Democrats. He told supporters last week that they had “to vote to literally save democracy once again” — and labeled some Republican ideology as “semi-fascism."
NBC News was first to report on Biden's plans for the address. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/biden-to-deliver-prime-time-speech-in-philly-on-battle-for-democracy/3348188/ | 2022-08-29T23:44:05 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/biden-to-deliver-prime-time-speech-in-philly-on-battle-for-democracy/3348188/ |
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The party that holds the White House traditionally loses seats in midterm elections.
Former Dallas ISD School Board President Miguel Solis, a democrat, says redistricting could be a factor in Texas elections this November.
“Redistricting has created a scenario for us in Texas and across the United States, but particularly in Texas, where gerrymandering has really hyper-partisanized district by district,” said former Dallas ISD School Board President, Miguel Solis.
The landmark Roe v. Wade has increased democratic enthusiasm, according to Solis. He says Democrats are spending millions on national television ads on abortion and expects to see them here.
“We are starting to see that here in the state of Texas with campaigns like Beto O'Rourke's,” added Solis.
Republican strategist Vinny Minchillo acknowledges the enthusiasm stemming from Roe v. Wade, in a year when Republicans hope to make big gains.
“It may not affect any congressional races in Texas. Those are pretty much set by redistricting and those are pretty much done deals. But you can see the Lieutenant Governor has kind of stepped up his efforts, and the Governor has stepped up his efforts to fend off some strong democratic challengers. So it could affect those races,” said Vinny Minchillo of Glass House Strategies.
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But as for the U.S. House overall?
“I am still confident that Republicans are going to win the house. I think it is going to be a closer margin,” added Minchillo
The U.S Senate is currently a 50/50 split, with Vice President Harris as the tie-breaking vote.
Labor Day is a week away. Campaigns now head into high gear, with the election about 2 months away. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/roe-v-wade-decision-playing-role-in-midterm-elections/3059470/ | 2022-08-29T23:47:27 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/roe-v-wade-decision-playing-role-in-midterm-elections/3059470/ |
It’s tough to become a food vendor at the State Fair of Texas and even tougher to win a Big Tex Choice Award on your first try.
But that’s what happened to a couple with a restaurant just down the street from Fair Park.
Now, satisfying demand for their winning entry will be a challenge.
Cheesesteak sandwiches and sweets are features for Chris Easter and his wife Nicole Sternes at their Southside Steaks and Cakes restaurant on Al Lipscomb Way.
It was business as usual there Monday but that’s about to change after they’re creation ‘Peanut Butter Paradise’ won the Big Tex Choice sweet award Sunday.
Peanut Butter Paradise is a honey bun dipped in funnel cake batter, fried and then topped with caramel, peanut butter and candy.
Chris says he was convinced it would win.
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“I knew it when I made it the first time. I just knew it deep down inside. I had already received it spiritually,” he said.
His wife said she was even more excited about their victory after her husband’s prediction.
“For him to manifest that and dream about it and then it comes true, I was like wow. I was so excited. I was mostly excited for my husband,” she said.
It is their first time getting into the fair as vendors after three failed applications in past years. They will have a booth near a fair entrance and focus mainly on their winning concoction, leaving behind the steak sandwiches for now.
And for Chris Easter, just going to the fair is special. He grew up near Fair Park with five siblings who had to settle for honey buns at home instead of funnel cake at the fair.
“I always wanted to be at the fair, but my mom, there were six of us, so she couldn’t afford it. So, I always just sat on the porch and ate a honey bun and dreamed about going to the fair one day. I know it’s small, but it was big to me. And to actually be on the front in the fair, man. I’m overwhelmed with pride,” he said.
They operated their restaurant for the past seven years through the pandemic. It was limited to carry-out business at times, but they survived to enjoy a loyal following.
Now, so close to a surge of fair visitors in the neighborhood, the restaurant will close to become a Peanut Butter Paradise factory instead.
“We're stocking up on as many honey buns as we can,” Nicole Sternes said. “We make our own special funnel cake mix. We’re buying everything that we need. Right now we’re hiring if anyone is looking for employment.”
Instead of the 20,000 items, a Big Tex Choice finalist might need, fair people have told the couple to plan on 50,000 Peanut Butter Paradise purchases by fair visitors.
“Yes because they want a taste of heaven. That's what it tastes like in your mouth, heaven,” she said.
Cheesesteaks and other sales at the restaurant will end on Sept. 16 to prepare for making the fair treat. And the restaurant will stay closed until Nov. 7 to provide the couple and employees a little break after the Peanut Butter Paradise rush.
The restaurant does not serve the Big Tex Choice-winning treat. It will only be available at the fair from Sept. 30 through Oct. 23 or while supplies last.
Other Big Tex Choice food awards went to Tami Nevins-Mayes and Josey Mayes for a Savory Food entry Fried Charcuterie Board and to the Garza Family for Cha-Cha Chata as Most Creative entry. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/state-fair-of-texas/big-tex-choice-food-winner-from-restaurant-near-fair-park/3059593/ | 2022-08-29T23:47:33 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/state-fair-of-texas/big-tex-choice-food-winner-from-restaurant-near-fair-park/3059593/ |
Crews continue to search Sunday for a 75-year-old man reported missing while hiking on Mount Charleston in Las Vegas.
Red Rock Search and Rescue has been searching since Wednesday for Rock Stanley, a former Marine from Texas was last seen by hikers around the North Loop Trail.
Courtney Stanley told Las Vegas TV station KSNV that her grandfather is an experienced hiker and has visited Mount Charleston once a year for the last three decades to hike the trails.
While he normally walked the trails with a partner, Rock Stanley decided to go solo Tuesday.
He sent a text message to his son Tuesday night saying he was lost in the woods and trying to backtrack.
His family eventually reached him by cellphone Wednesday and said he was still trying to get some help.
Search crews also include Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, the National Guard and the Civil Air Patrol. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/75-year-old-texas-hiker-missing-in-las-vegas/3059587/ | 2022-08-29T23:47:39 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/75-year-old-texas-hiker-missing-in-las-vegas/3059587/ |
(NewsNation) — Alabama Pastor Michael Jennings was asked by his neighbor to water their flowers while they were away from their home. Jennings was doing just that when police arrested him.
Police can be seen on body camera footage approaching Jennings in late May while he was watering the flowers, telling him he “wasn’t supposed to be” there, then placing him under arrest in an incident Jennings told NewsNation he knows was racial profiling by the Childersburg, Alabama, police.
Police said they were responding to a report of a “suspicious vehicle.” Jennings did not have his ID but did tell the officers who he was and why he was there, he told Nexstar’s WIAT in the days after the incident.
The original neighbor who called police told officers that she made a mistake and begged them not to arrest Jennings once she realized it was her friend and neighbor. The woman’s account is detailed in the incident report.
Jennings was arrested for obstruction.
According to the police incident report obtained by CBS, officers claimed Jennings was belligerent and walking away from police and threatened a lawsuit for racial profiling. The longtime clergy leader admitted he was not happy, but said none of his actions warranted an arrest.
“It’s outrage, it’s shame,” Jennings said on “NewsNation Prime.” “I felt dehumanized with what happened to me. It’s embarrassing, humiliating and everything else because of what they did.”
Jennings had an idea the police were going to approach him when he saw their car driving very slowly on a road behind the house.
“I don’t think they were trying to stop anything, they were trying to catch something,” Jennings said. “When they approached me and started talking to me, it seemed surreal. … Is this really going to happen over flowers?”
Charges against Jennings were dropped a week later. Still, the incident left Jennings hurt.
“As a person, it hurt my feelings, it was an insult to me, it dehumanized me,” Jennings said. “I would like for people just to be aware of the society and the state of mind that people are in now. Racism is at its highest. It is just ludicrous and ridiculous the way people are treating other people for no reason.”
Jennings is still considering a racial-discrimination lawsuit against Childersburg Police. He told NewsNation Prime that he is seeking justice.
WIAT’s Drew Taylor and Michael Clark contributed to this report. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/alabama-pastor-calls-arrest-while-watering-flowers-racial-profiling/ | 2022-08-29T23:50:03 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/alabama-pastor-calls-arrest-while-watering-flowers-racial-profiling/ |
San Antonio police are searching for the person who fatally shot a man outside a West Side home on Monday, media reports said.
Around 2:45 p.m., a Jeep Cherokee pulled up to a home in the 3800 block of Morales Road, and one of the occupants in the vehicle shot the victim twice in the back, according to KSAT.
It is unclear whether the suspect and victim knew each other or what led to the shooting.
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The former custodian of records for ex-Constable Michelle Barrientes Vela testified Monday that she carried a secret recording device on three occasions to glean information about wrongdoing at Rodriguez Park.
Susan Tristan, in charge of reservations at the West Side park at the center of Vela’s public corruption trial, said a Texas Ranger investigator and an FBI agent fitted her with a pocket-size device.
But Vela didn’t say anything incriminating, Tristan admitted under cross examination by defense attorney Jason Goss.
Vela is accused of tampering or destroying evidence in connection with a 2019 Easter Sunday incident where she allegedly coerced Jesus Reyes Jr. and his family into giving her $300 to reserve a pavilion they already had paid for.
Tristan’s testimony was backed up Monday by Bradley Freeman, the Texas Ranger who investigated the allegations after Reyes took his complaint about Vela to police.
Freeman told the jury that the investigation was a “joint effort” between the Texas Department of Public Safety and the FBI into possible corruption.
“We came up with the idea to have her wear a recording device, a tool used by the FBI,” Freeman said. “Are there occasions where nothing of significance is captured? Yes, significantly in this case.”
Freeman said Tristan had told investigators she feared she was being set up by her employer to be fired after the probe began, so she agreed to wear the device in case conversations with Vela came up.
Because Texas law requires the consent of one party to record a conversation, Tristan had to keep the recording device “on her at all times” for it to be legal, and she had no ability to manipulate it, Freeman said.
The trial was slowed repeatedly for hearings, as it was last week, to discuss issues about testimony outside the presence of the jury.
Jurors also heard from a deputy constable in Vela’s Precinct 2 office who worked security at Rodriguez Park when he was an unpaid reserve deputy.
Deputy Kelvin O’neil told the panel he was allowed to work 16 hours a month while a reservist, and worked security at the park eight to 10 times, but was not paid because he was not a county employee at the time.
Prosecutors defended their line of questioning with O’neil by saying Vela had violated the Texas Occupations Act in her arrangements for security at the park and that she could have been charged with a Class A misdemeanor.
Once the jury came back, O’neil told them he was allowed to collect the park’s hourly fee for security, which testimony established was between $40 and $50 an hour, after he became a full-time deputy and was employed by the county.
“We would get paid through the office, the constable would give us the money,” O’neil said. “They would usually ask us who would want to volunteer to work. The ultimate decision (on who worked) would be the constable.”
Vela’s former Precinct 2 Captain Marc Duane Garcia appeared briefly in court on Monday with his attorney to confer with the judge on his own trial setting. He was charged with his ex-boss when both were indicted in January 2020. Garcia is slated to go to trial in November on an aggravated perjury charge.
Testimony is being heard in the 226th District Court, Judge Velia Meza presiding. If convicted, Vela faces up to 10 years in prison.
ezavala@express-news.net | Twitter: @elizabeth2863 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Testimony-Clerk-wore-a-recording-device-in-probe-17406150.php | 2022-08-29T23:50:24 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Testimony-Clerk-wore-a-recording-device-in-probe-17406150.php |
FRISCO, Texas — Frisco Independent School District and the Frisco Police Department launched a new program this school year to increase police presence at elementary schools.
Every high school and middle school has a dedicated school resource officer, but that's not the case at elementary schools. Traditionally, an SRO from a middle school would also be responsible for 2-3 elementary schools.
The district is now hiring three new SROs to exclusively patrol elementary schools. Administrators hope eventually to continue expanding the program.
Officer William Lo is a school resource officer in charge of elementary schools. WFAA spent the day with him at Boals Elementary.
His Monday started in the classroom, reading to students.
Then, one student asked about the pepper spray and handcuffs on his belt.
"It's just an option in our belt, right?" Officer Lo explained.
"Just because I have it, doesn't mean I use it. Like your pencil box. You have your glue stick your pencil your markers. It's like my toolbox."
Then, Officer Lo went to the playground where he facilitated freeze tag and 'Red Light, Green Light,' followed by rock paper scissors at lunch.
"The students... see a side of policing that normally they're not used to," Officer Lo said, explaining why he enjoys socializing with the kids.
"Getting to jump into music class, or doing art projects, or getting to read with them or to them."
As much fun as he has with his small friends, Officer Lo also knows he carries a big responsibility.
With Uvalde top of mind for so many families, he reassured, he'll never wait to neutralize a threat.
"We won't hesitate to make sure that they go home," he said.
Boals principal Christina Baren said the increased SRO presence provides a certain peace of mind.
"Having one close by, on campus, or a phone call away, it's good to know they're available and ready to support any way they can," she said.
She smiled reflecting on how much Officer Lo enjoys music and art class with the kids.
"He wants to be a friend, here's there to help support." | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/frisco-isd-security-at-elementary-schools/287-4836140f-28c9-4055-a6ec-1fa652e1dcd6 | 2022-08-29T23:54:12 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/frisco-isd-security-at-elementary-schools/287-4836140f-28c9-4055-a6ec-1fa652e1dcd6 |
Severe thunderstorms, 70 mph winds leave 360,000 in Michigan without power
A severe line of thunderstorms struck portions of southeast Michigan with 70 mph winds, leaving more than 360,000 people without power.
The warnings lasted until 7 p.m. for Wayne, Oakland, Macomb northeastern Sanilac and eastern Huron counties, according to the National Weather Service.
DTE reported 199,467 customers without power; Consumers Energy reported 160,695 customers without electricity.
During the storms, winds reached 70 mph in Detroit and 74 mph in Lapeer county.
Affected areas include Warren, Livonia, Troy, Southfield, Taylor, St. Clair Shores, Pontiac, Novi, Romulus, Mount Clemens, New Baltimore, Flat Rock, Milford, Grosse Pointe, Detroit, Canton, Sterling Heights, Dearborn, Royal Oak.
The weather service warns people in the path of the storm to seek shelter indoors. Local communities, including the Dearborn Police Department, have put out alerts encouraging residents to move inside and remain on the lowest floor of a building.
On the western side of the state, a slight chance of strong to severe thunderstorms lasts through 10 p.m.. The greatest threat is localized between Grand Haven and Lansing, and includes damaging winds, which have already exceeded 60 mph. Hail and localized flooding are possible.
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DALLAS — After nearly 50 years, America is finally returning to the Moon.
A huge new NASA rocket will mark the launch of a new era of American spacefaring. While the Artemis I's launch was scrubbed Monday, NASA still plans to move forward with a launch soon.
“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.
When Artemis launches, 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.kens5.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 | 2022-08-29T23:59:06 | 0 | https://www.kens5.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 |
Allen County has whittled prospects for a new jail site from seven to four and now three, County Commissioner Nelson Peters said Monday during a talk to the downtown Fort Wayne Rotary Club.
Four sites were mentioned as under consideration during the county's hearing Thursday updating federal Judge Damon R. Leichty on progress complying with his order. Leichty ruled in March that the county fix jail conditions that violated prisoners' civil rights, including overcrowding and understaffing.
Peters said the county had looked at seven sites and only three remain active, including the Adams Center Road/Paulding Road site that has generated controversy for its proximity to schools and other issues.
One site still under consideration is about 70 acres, and the other about 55 acres, Peters told The Journal Gazette after the meeting. The two are now undergoing environmental analysis, he said. Architects had just sent the county preliminary drawings showing the 55-acre property could fit what the county has in mind.
The site at 5080 Adams Center Road was recommended to the judge to meet a tight deadline, Peters said.
"It makes sense for expediency" because the county owns the 200 acres of land and a sheriff's department presence already exists there, Peters said. "But we do listen to the Allen County population."
Peters called the response to the Adams Center Road site "a firestorm."
The county will disclose the other sites under consideration at some point but is still holding back because of the chance that the price will be inflated, Peters, a Republican, said.
The commissioners appreciate the judge is allowing a more realistic time frame to work on finding a site before the next hearing Dec. 16. Documents will need to be filed in November.
A project as big as a $300-million-plus jail takes time to assemble, Peters said. The project requires due-diligence measures, appraisals, environmental and site investigations and financial approval from Allen County Council and local regulatory approvals, he said.
"It is taking us a little bit of time," Peters said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/allen-county-now-actively-considering-three-sites-for-new-jail-peters-tells-rotary/article_da8660b8-27c9-11ed-b3f3-df70972c3225.html | 2022-08-30T00:04:37 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/allen-county-now-actively-considering-three-sites-for-new-jail-peters-tells-rotary/article_da8660b8-27c9-11ed-b3f3-df70972c3225.html |
Greater Fort Wayne Inc. will host its first-ever Economic Development Summit next month, an event that will include a message from a top state official.
The daylong summit will be 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 15 at Memorial Coliseum. It will include a motivational message from Indiana Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch, a Monday news release said.
The event is designed to equip local business leaders for success by providing "expert presentations" and panel discussions delivering insights about big-picture issues that impact businesses, the release said.
Greater Fort Wayne President and CEO John Urbahns likens the event as a "masterclass for local business leaders of every industry."
Many of the presenters and panelists, Urbahns said in a statement, are subject-matter experts on a statewide and national level.
"When they bring their expertise to a talented group of businesspeople, I have no doubt this Economic Development Summit will leave our local business community – and Allen County as a whole – in a position to succeed going forward,” he said.
Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness is one of the scheduled speakers. His presentation will focus on how entrepreneurship can help Hoosier communities thrive. Fishers, which was formerly a town, has seen substantial growth in the past three decades.
Its population increased from 7,187 in 1990 to 78,651 in 2010, according to the city's website. Population estimates on the U.S. Census Bureau website showed Fishers with nearly 101,175 residents as of July last year.
Fadness became Fishers’ first mayor on January 1, 2015, but the city's website credits him with several successes.
Money Magazine in 2017 named Fishers the “Best Place to Live in America” and the Indiana Chamber of Commerce in 2016 named it “Community of the Year.”
Fishers has grown "into a lively, successful city that large corporate headquarters, small businesses, families, and people of all ages are proud to call home," the website says. "His efforts revitalizing Fishers’ downtown have been especially important to attracting and retaining professional talent from across the country."
Other highlights planned for the summit include:
• An economic outlook from nationally known economist Michael Hicks, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the Ball State University.
• An overview of Indiana's plan for business development. That will be presented by Ann Lathrop, executive vice president of global investments for the Indiana Economic Development Corporation.
• A panel discussion about regional public university growth with the leaders of Purdue University Fort Wayne, Indiana University Fort Wayne, and Ivy Tech Northeast.
• A conversation about local housing, with experts from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.
• A panel discussion by local entrepreneurs addressing the environment and support system Fort Wayne has for startups.
Tickets for the Sept. 15 summit are available at summit22.gfwinc.com. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/greater-fort-wayne-summit-to-address-development-education-environment-for-startups/article_22b8457a-27e0-11ed-985b-676fbd3b5354.html | 2022-08-30T00:04:43 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/greater-fort-wayne-summit-to-address-development-education-environment-for-startups/article_22b8457a-27e0-11ed-985b-676fbd3b5354.html |
Ruoff Mortgage is shifting plans for a new corporate headquarters – again.
The company announced Monday it would locate to the former Swiss Re building at 1670 Magnavox Way. Officials cited the convenience of the building's location across a parking lot from Ruoff's current headquarters at 1700 Magnavox Way.
Founded in 1984, Ruoff is a full-service residential mortgage company that employs more than 1,000 people at 76 branches in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Florida.
Swiss Re announced in February it would become an anchor tenant for The Riverfront at Promenade Park, a mixed-use building across Harrison Street from the park.
Ruoff in October 2019 announced a plan to build a new headquarters across Ewing Street from Parkview Field. In October 2020, the company changed the location to the Electric Works complex on Broadway just south of downtown. Ruoff announced it planned to lease space at Electric Works when it opened.
In September, Ruoff announced it was working on a new site in the 6400 block of Bass Road for its corporate headquarters while maintaining a presence at Electric Works.
However, plans for that land near Flaugh Road "have been put on hold at this time," Ruoff officials said Monday in a news release. County records show the purchase price was nearly $1 million and included a house.
The former Swiss Re building has 80,000 square feet. Last spring, Ruoff built an additional 40,000 square feet at its current office location, which houses the company's national direct-to-consumer division.
“With nearly 120,000 square feet of combined space, that keeps our teams in close proximity to each other, we determined that at this time there wasn’t a business objective that required separating a small segment of our team to be housed at the Electric Works site,” Mark Music, Ruoff president and chief executive officer said in the news release.
The opportunity to take over the Swiss Re building was too good to pass up, he said.
"The space is a great fit for our team in the short term," Music said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/ruoff-expands-headquarters-not-far-from-current-site/article_ef519662-27d7-11ed-a513-c333587d33fe.html | 2022-08-30T00:04:49 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/ruoff-expands-headquarters-not-far-from-current-site/article_ef519662-27d7-11ed-a513-c333587d33fe.html |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers on Monday advanced a nation-leading measure that would give more than a half-million fast food workers more power and protections, over the objections of restaurant owners who warn it would drive up consumers' costs.
The bill would create a new 10-member Fast Food Council with equal numbers of workers’ delegates and employers’ representatives, along with two state officials, empowered to set minimum standards for wages, hours and working conditions in California.
A late amendment would cap any minimum wage increase for fast food workers at chains with more than 100 restaurants at $22 an hour next year, compared to the statewide minimum of $15.50 an hour, with cost of living increases thereafter.
The Senate approved the measure on a 21-12 vote, with no votes to spare and over bipartisan opposition. That sends it to the Assembly for final action before lawmakers adjourn on Wednesday. Assembly members previously narrowly passed a broader version of the bill.
Debate split along party lines, with Republicans opposed, although three Democrats voted against the measure and several did not vote.
“It’s innovative, it’s bringing industry and workers together at the table,” said Democratic Sen. Maria Elena Durazo, who carried the bill in the Senate. She called it a "very, very well-balanced method of addressing both the employers, the franchisees, as well as the workers.”
Almost every Republican senator spoke in opposition, including Sen. Brian Dahle, who also is the Republican nominee for governor in November.
“This is a steppingstone to unionize all these workers. At the end of the day, it’s going to drive up the cost of the products that they serve,” Dahle said. He added later: “There are no slaves that work for California businesses, period. You can quit any day you want and you can go get a job someplace else if you don’t like your employer.”
Restaurant owners and franchisers cited an analysis they commissioned by the UC Riverside Center for Economic Forecast and Development saying that the legislation would increase consumers' costs. Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration also fears the measure would create “a fragmented regulatory and legal environment.”
The debate has drawn attention nationwide, including on Capitol Hill where Democratic U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna has expressed hope it will trigger similar efforts elsewhere.
It's “one of the most significant pieces of employment legislation passed in a generation," said Columbia Law School labor law expert Kate Andrias. She called it “a huge step forward for some of the most vulnerable workers in the country, giving them a collective voice in their working conditions.”
The bill grew out of a union movement to boost the minimum wage and Andrias said it would “work in conjunction with traditional union organizing to give more workers a voice in their working conditions.”
International Franchise Association President and CEO Matthew Haller countered that the legislation “is a discriminatory measure aimed to target the franchise business model to bolster union ranks.”
Organizations representing Asian, Black and LGBTQ businesses sent a letter to senators Monday arguing that the measure would harm minority owners and workers.
Watch more from ABC10: Live interview: California fast-food workers strike for better pay and work conditions | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/california-fast-food-workers-bill-approved/103-68ff917d-3e90-4efc-9e6b-19b770337d0d | 2022-08-30T00:09:39 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/california-fast-food-workers-bill-approved/103-68ff917d-3e90-4efc-9e6b-19b770337d0d |
LOS ANGELES — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and a group of legislators reached a last-minute compromise to extend the lifespan of the state’s last operating nuclear plant by up to five years. But the proposal faces an uncertain future as the Legislature concludes its two-year session this week.
To pass, the proposal to keep the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant running needs a two-thirds vote in the state Assembly and Senate, a threshold that can be difficult to reach. Last week, a competing proposal emerged from Democratic legislators that would use $1.4 billion to speed up development of renewable power and transmission lines, while leaving intact plans to shutter the twin-domed plant by 2025.
Newsom has argued that the reactors are needed to fill gaps in the state power supply as California transitions to solar, wind and other renewables. He earlier proposed the reactors remain online for an additional 10 years, which was dropped in the latest version of the plan.
The legislation is anchored to the assumption that operator Pacific Gas & Electric will qualify for a share of $6 billion the Biden administration has set aside to rescue nuclear plants at risk of closing. But if that doesn’t happen, the state could consider backing out of the deal.
PG&E also would need approval to keep running from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a process that has not started and sometimes takes years to complete.
Pro-nuclear advocates and industry-linked groups have praised the idea of a longer life for the reactors and their carbon-free power in the climate change era. But environmentalists and other critics warn of safety risks from nearby earthquake faults and tons of spent nuclear fuel at the site, along with potential future costs that could land on ratepayers.
Ralph Cavanagh of the Natural Resources Defense Council, one of the groups that negotiated and signed the agreement to close the plant by 2025, pointed to language in the bill that would allow PG&E to seek public dollars to pay for as-yet-unknown refurbishment costs for a longer operating run.
Cavanagh said it amounted to a risky “blank check” for the utility, and he said his group would oppose the deal.
He also pointed to language in the bill that states a longer run for the plant “may be necessary" to improve statewide power reliability, which he said backs up complaints from the NRDC and others that no detailed analysis has been done concluding that the reactors are needed beyond 2025. It also directs state utility regulators to conduct a study to determine if Diablo Canyon’s power is needed beyond that date.
The bill calls for extending the plant's lifespan to improve reliability but “the study hasn’t been done yet” to support that, Cavanagh said.
The plant on the coast midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco produces 9% of the electricity for California’s nearly 40 million residents. The legislation also calls for a $1.4 billion forgivable loan for PG&E, and the state earlier set aside up to $75 million to extend operation of older power plants scheduled to close.
The debate has left PG&E in an awkward position, assessing the possibility of a longer run while simultaneously continuing to plan for closing and dismantling the plant as scheduled.
To keep the plant running, Newsom is trying to find a way to unspool the 2016 closure agreement agreed to by environmentalists, plant worker unions and the utility. The decision to close the plant also was endorsed by California utility regulators, the Legislature and then-Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown.
Legislators have complained about being bull-rushed at the end of the two-year session with a vastly complex plan, which is expected to be voted on by midweek.
State Sen. John Laird, a Santa Cruz Democrat whose district includes the plant, last week raised the possibility of the Legislature approving a stripped-down bill that would provide PG&E only with what is “absolutely necessary” for the utility to apply for federal funding.
To apply for the $6 billion federal program by a Sept. 6 deadline, Diablo Canyon needs state legislation to show it has a path to continue operations beyond its planned shutdown.
Laird said he is reviewing the compromise, but said it appears to meet many of his concerns, including a more aggressive schedule to develop renewables and setting a five-year cap on continued operations.
Even if it is approved, a summary of the compromise bill released by the state Public Advocates Office said state utility regulators could cancel the extended run at a later date if there is a lack of federal dollars, if capital needs climb above $1.4 billion or if enough new, zero-carbon power comes online to make the reactors unnecessary.
Laird declined to speculate on the bill's chances of passage.
“Everybody is reading it and trying to make their individual decision,” he said.
Watch more from ABC10: California poised to phase out sale of new gas-powered cars | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/california-last-nuke-plant-debate/103-fa415207-b32f-49de-aa58-3a797a7b4976 | 2022-08-30T00:09:45 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/california-last-nuke-plant-debate/103-fa415207-b32f-49de-aa58-3a797a7b4976 |
California would present itself as a haven for transgender youth facing discrimination in other states under a bill that advanced Monday, much as it is positioning itself as a sanctuary for those seeking abortions.
The Assembly approved the measure without debate, 48-16, sending it to the Senate for a final vote before lawmakers adjourn at month's end.
The legislation is designed to provide legal refuge to parents from other states who risk having their transgender children taken away or being criminally prosecuted if they support their children’s access to gender-affirming procedures and other health care.
Democratic Sen. Scott Wiener sought the measure in response to actions in several Republican-dominated states including Arkansas, Tennessee and Texas. He said 19 other states have since introduced similar “trans refuge state” bills.
“Trans kids and their parents are being criminalized and used as political punching bags by right-wing zealots,” he said in a statement. “No one should ever have to worry about being separated from their child simply for allowing that child to be who they are."
Conservative groups argued the bill could shield parents who use it as a pretext.
The bill mimics a new California law that bars the enforcement of civil judgments against doctors who perform abortions on patients from other states. It’s among several measures designed to make California a sanctuary for people seeking or providing abortions.
The transgender bill would similarly reject any out-of-state court judgments removing transgender children from their parents’ custody because they allowed their children to receive gender-affirming healthcare.
It would also bar California health officials from complying with out-of-state subpoenas seeking medical or related information about people who travel to California for gender-affirming care.
The measure would also prohibit arrests or extraditions of people charged with violating another state’s law that criminalizes allowing a person to receive or provide gender-affirming health care.
Brad Dacus, president of the conservative nonprofit Pacific Justice Institute, said it would allow parents to bring their children to California “under the guise of securing genital surgeries," a move he equated to “kidnapping children from conservative states.”
It would “make California a safe haven for child abductors and predators” and “condone the taking of children from other states in violation of court orders,” he warned in a fundraising letter to supporters.
Greg Burt of the California Family Council said the bill “declares war on parents throughout the country who don’t want their children sterilized because of their gender dysphoria."
Watch more from ABC10: Rally at California capitol aims to end detention of transgender migrants | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/california-may-act-as-refuge-for-transgender-youth/103-317f3202-7e94-4eb5-b487-f764ff550cc0 | 2022-08-30T00:09:51 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/california-may-act-as-refuge-for-transgender-youth/103-317f3202-7e94-4eb5-b487-f764ff550cc0 |
DES MOINES, Iowa — After a pair of car crashes in Des Moines damaged four homes Sunday, residents are getting more and more concerned about street racers in the area.
Residents on E. 14th St. had a variety of complaints about the racers: some were bothered by all the noise, while others are just worried for their safety. One thing most of them agreed on is that the problem is getting worse.
Donna Ludlow has lived on E. 14th St. for almost 50 years. She's seen neighbors come and go, but the street racing remains constant.
"You can always hear while you're sitting in the house, hear those cars that are loud, stepping on it and flying down the street," Ludlow said.
Neighbors said that street racing on E. 14th St. has become a more frequent problem.
On Sunday, a pair of alleged racers crashed into four homes on the street, causing more than $100,000 in damage.
According to the Des Moines Police Department, no one was hurt in the incident, but one mother is planning on moving because she's so worried about her son's safety.
"How would they feel if it was their house that a car got blown into, their kids right there?" said Jessica Olson. "It's ridiculous. Have some common sense."
This year in Des Moines, crashes involving fatalities or serious injuries are up more than 100% compared to last year.
But for local speedsters, that doesn't mean their handiwork is being considered an accident.
"A lot of those crashes, there are variables that are accidental, when we have a crash involving street racing, that is 100% intentional on the part of that driver," said Sgt. Paul Parizek of the Des Moines Police Department.
After seeing the devastation when things go wrong, you might expect more pressure on drivers to slow down. However, residents aren't optimistic about the problem getting better anytime soon.
"I was here before they ever put a stoplight up there, and they thought that would stop some of it," Ludlow said. "And they did for a while. But they don't pay attention to anything anymore." | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/street-racing-des-moines-police-neighborhood-safety/524-2dec96c3-a15f-4ab3-be92-ca30a29749c2 | 2022-08-30T00:17:40 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/street-racing-des-moines-police-neighborhood-safety/524-2dec96c3-a15f-4ab3-be92-ca30a29749c2 |
OGDEN, Iowa — You probably haven't heard of it before, but farmers across Iowa are quickly becoming acclimated with it.
"Tar spot is something that's been scaring a lot of people. From what I've seen, it is very aggressive, and it has to be managed," said Brett Heineman, a fifth-generation Boone County farmer.
Dan Bjorklund has been an agronomist for over four decades. Tar spot's yield impact is as substantial as anything he's seen in his 43 years out on the fields.
"I know of no other leaf disease that progresses this quickly," he said.
He showed three different corn leaves to Local 5, all of them infected with tar spot, with only three weeks difference in exposure times between them.
"If we get enough of these [heavily infected example] leaves down the plant, the plant prematurely dies," Bjorklund added.
Heineman is astonished with how quickly it's taken over the management show on his 7,000 acres of farmland.
"I can't believe how quickly it's moved since I've been out here last week. The biggest thing about it is it requires more management, which means that you have to spend more money on it. It is going to drive up our costs, which gets passed on to consumers" he said.
The actual yield hit to farmers across the state won't be known until harvest comes in the next month or so. But Heineman thinks the impact will be substantial.
"From talking to people that have been really managing this, there's an easy potential to lose 80 bushels out here. It's going to change the game."
The origins of tar spot aren't known well. It originated in Mexico, and thinking is that it arrived in the United States thanks to a tropical system. But according to Bjorklund, no one is quite sure the exact origins.
It is spread most easily over winters with corn residue, as spores of the fungi are blown around by wind. Wet weather increases the concentration of the disease as well, which is why higher hits to yields will be more likely in northeast Iowa, where much more rain has fallen this summer. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/tar-spot-iowa-corn-agronomist-landus-cooperative/524-adb68676-66c6-4fbb-8bc7-b77891b3e3ac | 2022-08-30T00:17:46 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/tar-spot-iowa-corn-agronomist-landus-cooperative/524-adb68676-66c6-4fbb-8bc7-b77891b3e3ac |
MIDLAND, Texas — The Fly into Fall event took place for the first time ever at Midland Airpark.
It was an educational and interactive event meant for all ages and gave the general public a more intimate look into the aviation industry. The city and community came together to make the idea of this event into reality.
"I had a wonderful committee of community members that helped to facilitate everything, to plan it, to really work through all the logistics; as well as city staff who really put in a lot of time and effort and energy to making this happen," said Midland Councilwoman Robin Poole.
The turnout for the event was huge, with attendance ranging in the hundreds. Also in attendance were former astronaut Don Thomas and Texas Congressman and former Air Force pilot August Pfluger, both of whom had Q&A sessions with attendees and talked about their time in their respective former occupations.
For those involved in aviation, whether currently or formerly, events like this mean so much more and they hope it can create that spark in the next generation that want to get into the cockpit one day.
"I think back to why I became a pilot, and it's because of talking to my grandfather or talking to people in the generation ahead of me that were pilots; and then to be apart of that now and to help inspire all the next generation," said Congressman August Pfluger.
The city hopes to make the Fly into Fall event another annual event for Midland in the future. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/fly-into-fall-midland-airpark/513-5ad2b1fb-7a5e-4c38-b6e3-8d9d132a3b9c | 2022-08-30T00:26:04 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/fly-into-fall-midland-airpark/513-5ad2b1fb-7a5e-4c38-b6e3-8d9d132a3b9c |
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