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BRIDGETON — A boy was arrested last week for robbing a girl at gunpoint inside her home, police said.
The boy entered the home on South Avenue about 10 a.m. Aug. 23, pointing a silver revolver at the girl and demanding money. He then stole an iPhone worth $400, police said Wednesday in a news release.
The girl was uninjured, police said
The boy was arrested Aug. 25 and taken to the Camden County Youth Detention Center. He was charged with robbery, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a handgun, burglary and aggravated assault.
— Eric Conklin | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/boy-arrested-following-armed-robbery-in-bridgeton/article_7a55f45a-292d-11ed-989f-47ef8177527b.html | 2022-08-31T17:59:19 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/boy-arrested-following-armed-robbery-in-bridgeton/article_7a55f45a-292d-11ed-989f-47ef8177527b.html |
BRIDGETON — Police are looking for two men who assaulted and robbed a city man late Tuesday night.
Police were called to Bank Street just before 11 p.m. for a reported assault.
The victim, 37, said two Black men, one wearing a white shirt and the other wearing a red shirt, assaulted him and stole $300, police said Wednesday in a news release.
The man wearing the white shirt also brandished a knife, police said.
The victim declined medical attention, police said. The two assailants fled on foot.
Anyone with information can call police at 856-451-0033 or visit bpd.tips.
— Eric Conklin | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/bridgeton-man-robbed-assaulted-on-bank-street/article_2870d5fc-2931-11ed-8f17-b35142547ed7.html | 2022-08-31T17:59:25 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/bridgeton-man-robbed-assaulted-on-bank-street/article_2870d5fc-2931-11ed-8f17-b35142547ed7.html |
Hamilton Twp: *UpDate Commercial Structure Fire 4400 Block of the Black Horse Pike *Fire Crews on scene working *Fire on the roof *Interior Team advancing a hand line inside *Water re-supply being set up. BeAlert.
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HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — A fire burned through the roof of Chili’s Bar & Grill Wednesday morning.
Crews from the Laureldale, Mays Landing, Cardiff and Cologne volunteer fire companies responded after the call came in about 10 a.m. for a roof fire at the Black Horse Pike restaurant near the Hamilton Mall. The restaurant typically opens at 11 a.m.
The first firefighters arrived to smoke billowing from the roof, Laureldale fire Chief Mike Swain said. Damage trickled down to the building’s interior.
Firefighters could be seen about 11:30 a.m. removing burnt material from inside the restaurant.
No injuries were reported as of 11:45 a.m., Swain said. The fire was still being investigated about noon.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/fire-damages-roof-of-chilis-restaurant-in-mays-landing/article_672e1fce-293c-11ed-8094-77e185fa6fed.html | 2022-08-31T17:59:31 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/fire-damages-roof-of-chilis-restaurant-in-mays-landing/article_672e1fce-293c-11ed-8094-77e185fa6fed.html |
LOWER TOWNSHIP — Christian Johnathon Hosford Jr., 33, is lucky to be alive after a harrowing night on the water, and he knows it.
The resident of the Villas section of Lower Township set out in a 10-foot flat-bottom vessel known as a jon boat into the Delaware Bay to capture a video near sunset Monday.
As he reported on his Facebook page in a public post Wednesday morning, the back corner of his boat cut into a swell, and water flooded in.
“I tried to shift my weight to the other side and when I stood up the boat flipped and I was in the water,” he wrote.
A friend who saw a video he had streamed to Facebook contacted the Coast Guard, according to Petty Officer 1st Class Jonathan Lally, a Coast Guard spokesperson. Lally said he watched Hosford’s video, which ends with a request that if he is not back in an hour to come look for him.
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The Coast Guard and the State Police Marine Services Bureau began an extensive search.
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Rescue crews included a Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City MH-65 Dolphin helicopter, a Coast Guard Station Cape May 29-foot response boat, a Coast Guard Station Fortescue 29-foot response boat, the Coast Guard cutter Rollin Fritch, a State Police helicopter and a State Police boat crew.
Hosford spent the night adrift. He wrote that he spent about two hours clinging to the capsized boat. He tried to disconnect the motor to no avail. He hoped someone would see him from a passing boat.
“No one came and the sun was almost down and I knew I had to somehow get in the boat,” Hosford wrote. “I flipped it over and it was full of water and I attempted to get in and it flipped again. I flipped it back over and pulled myself to the front of the boat and pulled myself in and paddled out all the water. It took everything out of me.”
Unable to start the motor, he drifted for 14 hours, sitting in the middle of the boat and balancing it through the swells, screaming when he saw a boat.
“In the morning, I stood up and started waving my shirt and the State Police saw me and rescued me,” Hosford wrote.
He was found at about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday in the area of Dennis Creek, which feeds into the bay and forms the border between Dennis and Middle townships, north of the search area.
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“He was transported back to State Police Marine Services Bureau Bivalve Station, where he was treated by medical personnel and was determined to not have suffered any life-threatening injuries,” said Trooper Brandi Slota of the State Police public information unit.
“He was found by the New Jersey State Police, safe and sound, and they were able to bring him back safely,” Lally said.
The initial call came in at 9:50 p.m. Monday, when Hosford’s friend reported him overdue. He was expected to return by 6:30 p.m.
While the search was underway, officials reported that part of the urgency was that Hosford did not have a life jacket, a whistle or other safety gear in his boat. That won’t happen again, according to Hosford’s post.
“I’m an idiot for going out there with no safety gear and am terribly sorry for putting everyone through this. God gave me a slap and I deserved it. I learned my lesson and am grateful to live another day,” he wrote Wednesday. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/missing-boater-rescued-near-dennis-creek-after-night-adrift/article_c3e479d4-2856-11ed-b70f-8bf1f28a4917.html | 2022-08-31T17:59:37 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/missing-boater-rescued-near-dennis-creek-after-night-adrift/article_c3e479d4-2856-11ed-b70f-8bf1f28a4917.html |
The high school football weekend gets off to an early start with four games Thursday, including the renewal of one of the region’s biggest rivals — Mainland Regional vs. Ocean City.
What follows is a preview of that game and other contests scheduled for Thursday:
Mainland Regional (1-0) at Ocean City (0-1)
6 p.m.
It’s a big deal when these neighboring schools meet in any sport. It's an especially big deal in football. The Ocean City/Mainland rivalry has been dubbed “the Battle for the Bridge,” referring to the Route 52 causeway that separates Ocean City from the Mainland sending district of Somers Point, Linwood and Northfield. Mainland leads the overall series 28-22. Ocean City won 34-6 last season.
Mainland, ranked No. 10 in The Press Elite 11, opened with a 37-0 win over Egg Harbor Township last Friday. Jamie Tyson caught a TD pass, returned a fumble for a score and also intercepted a pass for the Mustangs. Ocean City lost its opener to Neshaminy, Pennsylvania, 20-0 last Friday. Red Raiders quarterback Riley Gunnels threw for 119 yards in the defeat.
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Barnegat (0-0) at Freehold Township (0-1)
6:30 p.m.
Barnegat finished 6-4 last season. Senior running back JoJo Bivins rushed for 1,356 yards and 21 TDs. Freehold Township opened with a 31-7 loss to Manalapan last week.
Point Pleasant Beach (0-0) at Pinelands Regional (0-0)
7 p.m.
John Tierney makes his debut as Pinelands' coach. The Wildcats were 4-5 last season. Defensive end Mike Hall sparks the Wildcats' defense. Point Pleasant Beach finished 3-7 last season. Senior quarterback/linebacker Joe Beley threw for seven TDs and made 97 tackles last season. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/the-high-school-football-weekend-starts-thursday-with-a-rivalry-game/article_8f287e46-293e-11ed-a3d1-873ab47eee8c.html | 2022-08-31T17:59:56 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/the-high-school-football-weekend-starts-thursday-with-a-rivalry-game/article_8f287e46-293e-11ed-a3d1-873ab47eee8c.html |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Many of us have found ourselves constantly thinking about the I-30 crossing project as we get to and from where we need to go— rarely do any of us give any thought to the space underneath.
Architects like James Meyer have been working to change that because they believe that the space underneath could actually be utilized.
"Are you saying we have a big blue dinosaur in the room?" Meyer, with Taggart Architects, said. "You need something that grabs people, that gets their attention, that gets them talking."
A massive dinosaur that could greet travelers on the state's busiest stretch of the interstate would certainly get people talking, wouldn't it?
The dinosaur is part of a design for what the future of the space underneath I-30 could look like.
"Come up with some great concepts for what we can do with the 20-acre park that's going to be left after the 30 Crossing project is complete," Chris East, Chairman for Studio MAIN said.
Dozens of entries narrowed down to four ideas for what the space could look like were presented to the Little Rock Rotary Club on Tuesday afternoon.
From the idea of the dinosaur to canals that would cut through the River Market, there's been plenty of vision.
"There's already a lot of park space in the River Market, which is wonderful," Heather Davis of AMR Architects, explained.
Davis represented another one of the designs and added that there's something that seems to connect every design.
"That is going to have a huge impact for years to come," she said. "So we should be excited about it, and we should be involved in making sure that it really becomes what it deserves to be."
The space – whatever it ends up as – will bridge the divide that the interstate makes, which is why even though this process is still years away, Meyer doesn't want to just sit by.
"So if we want a park, if we want a place to spend time, and really have pride in, we need to do something and we need to do it now," Meyer added.
All of the designs are just ideas – there is no guarantee that any of the designs will be chosen. East also added that nothing can happen until the 30 Crossing project is finished. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/i-30-little-rock-park-ideas/91-67f0bdec-798b-4860-bbf5-a8146b12ccf1 | 2022-08-31T18:00:55 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/i-30-little-rock-park-ideas/91-67f0bdec-798b-4860-bbf5-a8146b12ccf1 |
LOUISIANA, USA — A manhunt for an escaped inmate out of East Texas is over after the man was captured Wednesday morning in Louisiana.
Editorial note: The above video aired prior to Spraberry's capture.
According to the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office, 44-year-old Charles Spraberry, was taken into custody following a short car chase just outside of Shreveport around 8 a.m.
A woman, who was in the vehicle with Spraberry, was also arrested. Both are being booked into the Caddo Correctional Center and further charges are pending, according to the CPSO.
"Thank you to all law enforcement, first responders, and citizens who played a part in this manhunt," Cass County Judge Travis Ransom said after Spraberry was captured.
Texas officials said Spraberry escaped Monday night after using a handmade knife to assault a jailer and take his keys.
"[He] was able to assault a jailer and tangle with him, and get his keys away from him to get to the door and run [out] the doors," Ransom said.
Spraberry is facing several charges, including double murder after two bodies were found inside a burned trailer in the northeast Texas town of Atlanta near Texarkana in March.
"He is a dangerous individual," Ransom said. "He was in jail for multiple felonies including sexual assault, assault with a deadly weapon, assault by strangulation, and kidnapping. He is a person of interest for a dual-homicide that is currently ongoing and under investigation." | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/escaped-inmate-texas/285-4933c3eb-1088-441d-ad46-dc5a16fd041f | 2022-08-31T18:06:32 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/escaped-inmate-texas/285-4933c3eb-1088-441d-ad46-dc5a16fd041f |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – The City of Charleston and the Kanawha County Commission are planning public listening sessions to get feedback from the community on the proposed Capital Sports Center.
City and county leaders announced the proposed joint venture to replace the former Macy’s building at the Charleston Town Center Mall with a new Capital Sports Center. Officials say the center would include an Olympic-sized ten-lane 50M competition pool with room for 300 spectators, a rock-climbing wall, a 30,000 square foot exercise area, rentable party rooms, and a gymnasium with six basketball courts, 12 volleyball courts, and a four-lane elevated walking/running track. An indoor turf field, eight pickleball courts, a wrestling gym with two mats, a retail store, and administrative offices will also be housed in the new development.
“It’s incredibly important to engage our community on projects like the Capital Sports Center,” said Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin. “In addition to sharing our plan, we want to hear from folks – what recommendations they have and how can we improve our plan. Through this collaboration, we will ensure the needs of our communities are met and be better able to develop a robust final plan.
According to county and city officials, the listening session are set for:
- Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022 – 6 p.m. at the Bell Toyota Event Center located at 1905 Patrick Street Plaza in Charleston.
- Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022 – 11 a.m. at the City Center at Slack Plaza in Charleston. In case of inclement weather, this event will be moved to the MLK, Jr. Community Center at 314 Donnally Street in Charleston.
- Nov. 1, 2022 – 6 p.m. at the Roosevelt Community Center at 502 Ruffner Avenue in Charleston.
The Capital Sports Center will be the largest joint venture between the city and the county. Officials say the center will have the capacity to host major regional and national events.
“From the moment we announced the plans for the Capital Sports Center, we said it would be important to hear from the public,” said Kanawha County Commissioner Ben Salango. “I took these same steps with the Shawnee Sports Complex, and the public input made the complex even better than we could have imagined. These listening sessions will help us better understand the needs of the community and further develop plans for a successful sports center. I look forward to hearing the ideas that are brought to us.” | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/charleston-kanawha-county-leaders-host-public-listening-sessions-on-capital-sports-center/ | 2022-08-31T18:09:36 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/charleston-kanawha-county-leaders-host-public-listening-sessions-on-capital-sports-center/ |
UPDATE: (1 p.m. Aug. 31) – One westbound lane of I-64 west has reopened after a crash involving two tractor-trailers.
INSTITUTE, WV (WOWK) – The westbound lanes of I-64 are shut down due to a crash involving two tractor-trailers.
According to Metro 911 dispatchers, the crash happened around 11:27 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31 On I-64 near the Institute exit between Institute and Dunbar.
The westbound lanes are expected to be shut down for some time, according to dispatchers. The West Virginia Division of Highways has been notified and traffic should avoid the area, Metro 911 dispatchers say.
At this time, there is no word if anyone was injured in the crash, dispatchers say.
Kanawha County dispatchers also say there are no major spills reported from the crash besides some coal being hauled. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/crash-involving-2-tractor-trailers-shuts-down-i-64w-near-institute/ | 2022-08-31T18:09:42 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/crash-involving-2-tractor-trailers-shuts-down-i-64w-near-institute/ |
HUNTINGTON, WV (WOWK)—Police are investigating after a fisherman found the body of a man in the Ohio River.
The discovery was made near 15th Street around 7:00 p.m. Tuesday evening.
Deputy Chief Phil Watkins says investigators say they do not believe the man’s body was in the river for more than a “couple days.”
The medical examiner is working to make an identification.
This is a developing story, and we will provide updates as more information becomes available. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/developing-man-found-dead-in-ohio-river/ | 2022-08-31T18:09:48 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/developing-man-found-dead-in-ohio-river/ |
A teacher from Curtis Middle School is on administrative leave after being indicted by a grand jury.
According to police records, Anthony Nicholas Mattei, 59, was arrested and booked into the Collin County Jail and charged with two counts of indecency with a child.
Allen Police Department says they received a report of an outcry in April 2022 regarding an incident that took place between August 2021 and September 2021 regarding inappropriate touching by Mattei.
Parents of Curtis Middle School students received a letter from the district, informing them of the indictment.
The letter stated, “District was notified by a third party that a teacher from Curtis Middle School was indicted by a grand jury. Until this notification occurred, Allen ISD had not been notified that the teacher had been involved in grand jury proceedings. Regardless, we made the decision to immediately remove the teacher from the classroom and place the teacher on administrative leave.”
Allen ISD confirms the teacher received the allegation of misconduct in April 2022, and immediately notified the Allen Police Department School Resource Officers (SROs).
The district cooperated with law enforcement during the investigation process and followed up with their own investigation procedures, but based on the available evidence, was unable to sustain the allegation. However, in an abundance of caution, Allen ISD notified Child Protective Services (CPS) of the incident.
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The State Board of Educator Certification was also notified of the report.
Allen ISD says they will continue to cooperate with law enforcement.
"Safety is one of the District's top priorities and we will continue to make every effort to provide a safe educational environment for our students." | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/allen-isd-teacher-arrested-charged-with-2-counts-of-indecency-with-a-child/3061304/ | 2022-08-31T18:17:45 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/allen-isd-teacher-arrested-charged-with-2-counts-of-indecency-with-a-child/3061304/ |
An emergency news conference scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday will be streamed live in the player above.
The Black Police Association of Greater Dallas scheduled a press conference Wednesday to denounce a commemorative coin created to mark the 15th anniversary of the South Central Police Patrol Station.
BPA President Terrance Hopkins issued a press release Wednesday saying the press conference will address the “racist coin that was created and attempted to be distributed by a Dallas Police Officer.”
Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia was invited to speak at the press conference.
The coin was initially advertised on a Dallas Police Association member site Tuesday with an officer’s name and $10 payment information to receive the coin.
The officer’s name is Caleb McCollum. Voice mail and text messages to the officer’s phone number were not immediately returned. A Dallas Police spokesperson confirms an Officer Caleb McCollum is currently assigned to Southwest Patrol.
A picture of the coin shared on social media depicted a Dallas Police badge with the words South Central on one side and on the backside a depiction of the Dallas skyline with the words Big T Plaza, a Southern Dallas shopping plaza, with a doughboy drug dealer with a gun, gold teeth and cash in hand. A police car is opposite a vehicle with large gold rims. A drug house is depicted at the bottom.
Dallas Police Association President Mike Mata said he immediately had the coin offer removed from the site as soon as he became aware of it Tuesday. Mata issued a statement:
“I’m a firm believer when a person or organization makes an error in judgment or mistake they must own it to move forward. Yesterday I became aware of a person posting a coin for sale on the members' site that offended some and an item that I too believe was in very poor taste and had no business being on the DPA members page. I do my very best to watch over the site and be aware of what is on it, but regrettably, I can’t monitor the page 24 hours a day and catch everything. I was contacted by a member who brought it to my attention and I immediately deleted it. I understand it’s my responsibility to maintain the moral compass of the DPA members page. In saying, I want to apologize to any person who was hurt or offended by the post and I promise to be more diligent in my duties to ensure that this organization and the media sites within it respects all members at Dallas Police Association FOP 716.”
The BPA press conference is scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday.
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ATLANTA — A fire broke out Wednesday afternoon on the roof of a student housing high-rise building under construction in downtown Atlanta, fire officials said.
Black smoke could be seen coming from the building off Luckie Street around 12:15 p.m. Several roads were blocked off in the area near Ted Turner Drive and Georgia State University's campus; however, they are expected to open shortly, according to the Atlanta Fire Chief. GSU officials said they do not own the building.
11Alive SkyTracker showed firefighters on the top of the building. Officials on scene said they were able to get it out in about 30 to 40 minutes with dozens of firefighters responding. They also add that there were no injuries reported.
Investigators are working to determine what caused the fire.
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RIVERDALE, Ga. — The family of two women who suffered injuries during what Riverdale Police call a "firebombing" are raising funds to help with medical expenses.
Authorities said the incident happened shortly before 2:40 a.m. Aug. 20 along Derby Drive. When officers arrived, they saw the home fully engulfed in flames and smoke coming out of the windows.
According to Riverdale Police, two women were home at the time. One woman was severely hurt with injuries to her face, neck and both of her arms. Another woman was also hurt. They were both taken to Grady Memorial Hospital for their injuries.
"The firebombs were thrown directly in my niece's room and the window below," the fundraiser organizer, who identifies themselves as the victim's uncle said. He said the victims are mother and daughter, according to the fundraiser.
"Due to this senseless act of violence, everything is touch and go as my niece is suffering third-degree burns over her face and body. She is still currently hospitalized. She has undergone the first of many surgeries which was on Monday 8/22/22 and continues to receive physical and occupational therapy," according to the fundraiser organizer. "My niece is a brilliant and upbeat individual who graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of West Georgia, in only three years. She is currently in her second semester of graduate school and had just begun teaching at Lovejoy High School in Clayton County."
Those who would like to contribute to the fundraiser can do so here.
Authorities have not yet made an arrest in the case.
Detectives said a neighbor saw a man carrying a grocery bag. Moments later, he ran behind a neighbor's house and then out of their neighborhood. A police report states the man was wearing a black T-shirt, white shorts and a black Corona face mask.
Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 404-546-2016 or they can submit a tip online here. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/riverdale/firebombing-victims-family-calls-for-assistance-as-they-recover/85-76c4451f-b4f7-4a1e-9110-b92ee9d6f657 | 2022-08-31T18:19:23 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/riverdale/firebombing-victims-family-calls-for-assistance-as-they-recover/85-76c4451f-b4f7-4a1e-9110-b92ee9d6f657 |
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — A trip on a Pasco County school bus had an interesting start Wednesday morning after a report of a gun turned out to be fake.
In a message to parents, Pasco County Schools leaders explained a student told the bus driver that another student had a gun in their backpack. The driver stopped the bus and quickly took control of the bag.
Deputies responded and searched the bag — only to discover a tiny plastic toy gun about 2 inches long.
"Clearly the tiny toy gun was no threat," school leaders said in the message. "No one was in any danger."
The principal of Calusa Elementary School, which is where the bus was traveling, made sure to send out a message to parents to "avoid rumors."
"...We take all such matters very seriously because safety is our highest priority," the school leaders said in the statement. "We want to commend our bus driver for his appropriate response and thank the Sheriff’s Office for their prompt response and for all they do to keep our students and staff safe." | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/pasco-county-school-bus-toy-gun-calusa-elementary-school/67-4ce74eed-3e26-4348-b5e1-db2c3ca6241a | 2022-08-31T18:26:49 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/pasco-county-school-bus-toy-gun-calusa-elementary-school/67-4ce74eed-3e26-4348-b5e1-db2c3ca6241a |
GILBERTVILLE – Authorities have found a body believed to be that of a missing man in a wooded area near Gilbertville.
Black Hawk County sheriff’s deputies located the remains on Wednesday morning after initiating a search in the area for Jamie Lee Mummelthie.
Deputies said there is no danger to the public, and no foul play is suspected.
Mummelthie, 48, of Gilbertville, was last seen in June, according to the Iowa Department of Public Safety’s Missing Persons Clearinghouse.
The official cause of death hasn’t been determined.
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CEDAR FALLS -- In observation of the Labor Day holiday, the following city of Cedar Falls facilities will be operating the following hours:
City Hall: Closed Monday.
Cedar Falls Public Library: Closed Sunday and Monday.
Cedar Falls Community Center: Closed Monday.
Cedar Falls Recreation and Fitness Center: Open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Monday. Open 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday (beginning of fall extended hours).
Cedar Falls Visitor Center: Closed Monday. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/cedar-falls-announces-labor-day-closings/article_59c1caed-07ac-5a84-aa87-d2da4d3bf248.html | 2022-08-31T18:28:22 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/cedar-falls-announces-labor-day-closings/article_59c1caed-07ac-5a84-aa87-d2da4d3bf248.html |
WAVERLY -- City of Waverly offices, including the recycling center and yard waste site, will be closed Monday for Labor Day.
Monday’s garbage and curbside recycling will be picked up Tuesday. Please have your garbage and recycling cans out for collection by 7 a.m. If you have questions about the holiday garbage and recycling schedule, please email publicservices@waverlyia.com.
All Bremer County Courthouse offices including Clerk of Court offices will be closed Monday.
Bremer County convenience center/landfill will be closed Saturday and Monday. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/city-of-waverly-bremer-county-offices-closed-for-labor-day/article_210316b5-5858-569a-8406-4524471a0e4d.html | 2022-08-31T18:28:28 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/city-of-waverly-bremer-county-offices-closed-for-labor-day/article_210316b5-5858-569a-8406-4524471a0e4d.html |
WATERLOO — The following weekly events are planned in September at the Waterloo Public Library:
- Mondays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., shop the basement for books at Friends Used Book Store prices; open to all ages, proceeds benefit special events and programming at the library.
- First and third Saturday, 10 a.m.–1 p.m., shop the basement for books at Friends Used Book Store prices; open to adults, teens, youth with proceeds benefiting special events and programming at the library.
- Monday-Thursday and Saturday, 10:30-11 a.m., returning to regularly scheduled storytimes in the Storytime Corner - Mother Goose Storytime (infant to two years) Mondays, Preschool Storytime (3-5 years) Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Terrific Twos Storytime (two year olds) Thursdays, Family Storytime (all ages) Saturdays.
- Every fourth Monday of the month Sept. 26-March 27, 6:30-7 p.m.– Evening Family Storytime in the Storytime Corner.
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In addition, a number of activities are happening during the first days of September:
- Thursday 2-3:30 p.m. – The Must List What's hot? What's not? This monthly forum for adults in the conference room is a discussion of the latest "binge-worthy" books, movies and TV shows.
- Thursday 5:30-6:30 p.m. – Hive main room: Paver Paint Workshop for adults. Email an image of a favorite book cover to ssellers@waterloopubliclibrary.org ahead of time. It will be printed for use as a reference. Cement pavers, stencils, paint, and transfer paper will be provided. Creations can either be taken home or left with the library, which will apply an exterior weather varnish to help the book cover to last longer. Participants will be contacted when it's ready to pick up. Registration required.
- Friday, 10 a.m.–noon, First Friday Flick, see the movie "American Underdog" (2021) in Meeting Room AB. Popcorn and soda provided free of charge. Sponsored by Friends of the Waterloo Public Library and open to adults. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/waterloo-public-library-announces-events/article_f8cbe645-8594-5c92-a622-d3a010cb5147.html | 2022-08-31T18:28:34 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/waterloo-public-library-announces-events/article_f8cbe645-8594-5c92-a622-d3a010cb5147.html |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Unlike this past spring’s Miranda Lambert concert, there will be no beer sales at the upcoming SGA Fall 2022 Concert, according to ETSU officials.
Yung Gravy is slated to headline the event at Freedom Hall — not at the football stadium where Lambert performed several months ago.
Instead of pushing for alcohol sales at its upcoming concert, SGA leaders told News Channel 11 that the organization continues to work for beer sales at ETSU football games.
“There won’t be any alcohol sales this time,” said SGA President Mason Mosier. “We are in anticipation of working with administration, athletics and a couple of other people to ensure that students, that people that come out to our football games are going to be able to eventually be able to have a beverage at the stadium.”
Platinum-certified rapper Yung Gravy, 26, will take the stage at Freedom Hall on Oct. 15 at 7 p.m., according to an earlier news release from the university. In addition to the blend of pop and rap music, concert-goers can expect performances from the Peach Tree Rascals and Lisa Heller.
Ticket information will be released at a later date. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/etsu-no-alcohol-sales-at-yung-gravy-concert/ | 2022-08-31T18:30:08 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/etsu-no-alcohol-sales-at-yung-gravy-concert/ |
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Wandering Llamas are usually wandering trails in our region but now you’re welcome into their home.
For the first time, the farm itself is open to business and offers another chance to check out the mammals without having to walk for miles.
“Some people either can’t hike or don’t want to hike or are too old to hike so I’ve opened the farm here so people can come out and enjoy the llamas and pet and play and just have a good time while taking pictures with them. They’re very sweet and friendly. They won’t kick, spit or bite,” said Sandy Sgrillo, Owner of The Wandering Llamas.
Sgrillo has been in the llama game since 2000, but only for a few years locally. She said the decision to open the farm was a long time coming but so far she’s had a great reaction, making her confident in the decision.
“I try to keep a private life and since I’m with people all day long on the hikes and meeting people, I kind of wanted to come home and have it just be home. Now though, people are looking in this area for something else to do there’s really not much here so I think opening the farm could be a fun thing for people to do here,” she said.
There’s no time limit to hang with the majestic mammals and while local llamas may sound strange for this region, it really isn’t. Sgrillo said every day, the llama industry grows…
“Llamas have become extremely popular. Everywhere you look, there’s llama clothing, llama gifts, llama everything. Once you’re really close up with them, you realize how nice they are. They aren’t crazy-spitting ones that you see on Youtube. They can really be sweet funny animals who are curious and smart and who love people and spending time with them,” she said.
Good news for those planning to visit, 3 baby llamas are due in October.
It’s $18 a person if you plan to visit the farm. You still need to call and make a reservation before going. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-at-four/new-to-town-llama-farm-now-open-to-the-public/ | 2022-08-31T18:30:14 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-at-four/new-to-town-llama-farm-now-open-to-the-public/ |
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Anxiety has plagued residents in a Valley community for nearly a year. An impending water cutoff threatening to dry up the majority of their water supply by the end of 2022 is the root cause.
The anxiety has been worsened by community members not being able to agree on a solution.
Two factions have torn Rio Verde Foothills in half since the cutoff was announced by Scottsdale last November. They've been divided by what they see as the best way forward. One side wants to form a community-led district with powers to pull water from other sources. The other side wants to continue the tradition of hauling water with another utility company.
After months of waiting, residents on Wednesday got to hear the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors vote on which possible solution would float to the surface.
The board choose to side with the pro-utility residents and voted against forming the district. That means the community's only remaining solution is to rely on water utility EPCOR to create a standpipe and continue water hauling services to the area.
Residents, however, may have to wait two more years before the solution is up and running.
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Why did the board vote against the DWID?
Maricopa County Supervisor Thomas Galvin, who represents the district where RVFC is located, led the charge to dismiss the motion to form a Designated Water Improvement District (DWID).
A DWID lets an area's water users take shared responsibility for managing said area's water through a board of locally elected members. The district then has the power to enter into water deals and put funding into water infrastructure construction.
Galvin gave numerous reasons as to why he believed a DWID wasn't the right move for the community. The reasons included:
- Worries over how the DWID would properly represent the entire community
- The majority of commenters telling the board they weren't in favor of the DWID
- The fact that the DWID's members would have the power to condemn nearby property for water purposes
"A new governmental entity would be disruptive to the rural, independent lifestyle and spirit of the community," Galvin said during the meeting. "In contrast, a private water utility corporation can address these water needs and has greater support from the community."
What is EPCOR's plan?
The Arizona Corporation Commission was looking at two utility companies for candidates to deliver water to the community's residents: EPCOR and Global Water Response.
EPCOR may sound familiar to residents of the north Valley. The utility company stepped in to provide water to the New River and Desert Hills communities when Phoenix announced its cut-off to water hauling services in 2018. The company has since expressed interest in providing a similar service to RVFC.
However, it will take at least two years to get any standpipe up and running and would cost around $5 million, not including the cost of land or water, the company said in a recent statement to the Arizona Corporation Commission.
Read the entire EPCOR statement here:
The other utility company, Global Water Response, was less viable.
The company told the commission that they wouldn't be able to provide additional water hauling services to the area for multiple reasons, including limitations of the wells and the filling site, concerns over the aquifer running dry, and worries over an unknown amount of future growth.
When asked whether the company had any alternative solutions by the commission, the company said "unfortunately, we do not."
Read the entire Global Water Response statement here:
Would the DWID have brought water faster?
The RVFC would have also had a potentially long, difficult road with the DWID.
The community's most popular idea currently looks at the DWID buying a piece of land with water, potentially in the Harquehala Valley dozens of miles away. They'd then have to figure out how to get that water to Central Arizona Project (CAP) canals by forming some kind of agreement.
If everything goes swimmingly, the water would enter the CAP and make its way to Rio Verde Foothills via pipeline. It would all cost a lot of money, but residents pushing for the DWID said it was the only choice they had.
The DWID process is in no way immediate. There was no telling how long it would have taken before the new water supply would have been accessible.
Water Wars
Water levels are dwindling across the Southwest as the megadrought continues. Here's how Arizona and local communities are being affected. | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/water-wars/rio-verde-foothills-water-crisis-may-take-two-more-years-to-solve-dwid-utility-standpipe/75-6076168c-8615-4fff-b9c5-006e939a5e74 | 2022-08-31T18:34:52 | 1 | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/water-wars/rio-verde-foothills-water-crisis-may-take-two-more-years-to-solve-dwid-utility-standpipe/75-6076168c-8615-4fff-b9c5-006e939a5e74 |
DALLAS — The Dallas Cowboys have their 53-man roster, for now, and most of the predictions about what the team would look like missed the mark. It would’ve been difficult to fathom the Cowboys cutting their special teams players and going with only one quarterback heading into the regular season, but that’s how the organization put their roster together when asked to make it official.
Obviously, there are still moves to be made after maneuvering the roster in such a way, yet it’s still an odd way of building the team. The easiest changes will include placing left tackle Tyron Smith and wide receiver James Washington on IR with a designation to return, opening two roster spots.
There were other surprises, but ultimately, all of the tactics will lead to a 53-man roster that will include all the special team fixings and a backup to Prescott by the time Week 1 arrives.
With that in mind, here are some other observations from the initial roster trimming from the Cowboys:
Three undrafted free agents earn jobs
The Cowboys brought in 20 undrafted free agents immediately after the draft and added one more before the start of the season.
Three of those players made the roster. Safety Markquese Bell, tight end Peyton Hendershot, and wide receiver KaVontae Turpin will be suiting up for Dallas. All three are also likely safe when the Cowboys finish their business to get the roster completed.
Turpin’s work on returns earned him a spot, scoring on both a kickoff and punt return to give the Cowboys a viable option in both areas.
Bell has impressed the team with his ability to play physically near the line of scrimmage, and remain fluid in coverage.
Hendershot had a good preseason that included the game-winning touchdown in the all-important Week 3 exhibition finale.
Defensive line boasts 11 options
The defensive line was one of the deepest groups for the Cowboys in training camp and the preseason. Dallas combines youth and experience to a unit that might not have many stars – yet – but it does have the potential to boast a few Pro Bowl caliber players by the time the season ends.
Dan Quinn’s defensive line has versatility, and his scheme should allow for a healthy rotation that keeps guys fresh.
Veteran defensive lineman Carlos Watkins was the odd man out as the Cowboys kept younger options at DT in Quinton Bohanna, rookie John Ridgeway, and the improved DT Trysten Hill.
This group could be shuffled a little when the roster reconstruction comes, but it should remain at least 10 strong.
Six linebackers make the cut
In a surprise, the Cowboys kept six linebackers. The top four players at the position appeared to be set in stone with Micah Parsons, Jabril Cox, Leighton Vander Esch and Anthony Barr.
However, the consensus seemed to be that the team would choose between veteran LB Luke Gifford and rookie LB Devin Harper. In the end, Dallas opted to keep both.
Gifford has been a core special teams player, while Harper was the team’s leading tackler in the preseason, so both had a claim to stay.
Their hold on a roster spot feels tenuous. When changes arrive, don’t be surprised if one of these LBs is released and brought back to the practice squad.
Offensive line changes coming
All eyes were on the offensive line when cuts came to see who was kept. There were no surprises as the top seven players – including Tyron Smith – made it, but changes are coming. When Smith goes to IR, expect the Cowboys to bring in a veteran tackle option, either in free agency or via a trade.
Swing tackle options Josh Ball and rookie Matt Waletzko are safe for now, but there’s no way Dallas feels safe with eight offensive linemen, especially with two of them being the inexperienced Ball and Waletzko.
The team will surely be looking for another tackle, but don’t rule out the Cowboys adding more than one player to the offensive line before the season.
28 strong
The Cowboys went heavy on the defensive side of the ball with 28 players. Last season the prevailing theory was that the offense was going to lead the way. It turned out that the defense would play a large role in helping the Cowboys win the NFC East title.
This season, the defense might be the unit leading the charge. Quinn spearheaded a quick turnaround in his first year with the team, and they could be even better in 2022.
The number of players kept on defense suggests that the Cowboys have a good deal of talent on that side of the ball and opted to not let players they like hit the open market.
Which areas of the roster do you think the Cowboys are strongest? Share your thoughts with Ben on Twitter @BenGrimaldi. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-cowboys-53-man-roster-breakdown-strengths-weaknesses/287-e4f1907c-3998-446a-87e5-189318e49851 | 2022-08-31T18:35:53 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-cowboys-53-man-roster-breakdown-strengths-weaknesses/287-e4f1907c-3998-446a-87e5-189318e49851 |
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A girl has died after being pulled from a neighborhood retention pond Tuesday in southwest Harris County, according to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.
Gonzalez tweeted about the incident at about 5:40 p.m. and said it happened on Waterside Cove Lane, which is just inside Beltway 8 near Almeda Road. On Wednesday morning, Gonzalez tweeted that the girl was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Gonzalez said the 7-year-old girl wandered away and fell into the water.
A neighborhood worker found the child and started CPR until first responders arrived. The child was then taken to an area hospital in critical condition, where she was placed in the intensive-care unit. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/child-possible-drowning-southwest-harris-county-texas/285-b9ef5d6a-1840-42eb-bef7-3c5ee1152f93 | 2022-08-31T18:35:59 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/child-possible-drowning-southwest-harris-county-texas/285-b9ef5d6a-1840-42eb-bef7-3c5ee1152f93 |
AUSTIN, Texas — (The Texas Tribune) A year and a half after a severe winter storm nearly collapsed the state’s power grid, Texas oil and gas regulators approved new rules Tuesday that would require natural gas companies to properly prepare their equipment for extreme weather.
The rules will require oil and gas companies to be able to continue operating during a weather emergency, but they do not specify the standards the agency’s inspectors will use to measure readiness. They also require companies to submit annual reports to the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the state’s massive oil and gas sector, outlining what they have done to ensure their facilities won’t fail during weather emergencies.
If companies do not comply with the new rules, they would be subject to a minimum $5,000 fine and a maximum fine of $1 million.
Critics are skeptical about whether the Railroad Commission can prevent another catastrophe like the one that struck Texas in February 2021, when extended freezing temperatures shut down natural gas facilities and power plants, which rely on each other to keep electricity flowing. The resulting blackouts left millions of Texans without power for days, and hundreds of people died in the winter storm.
A Federal Energy Regulatory Commission report on the Texas freeze released in late 2021 found that 87% of unplanned generation outages were due to fuel issues related to natural gas.
The Texas Competitive Power Advocates, which represents electricity generators, said the fine was not a strong punishment. “Penalties should serve as an incentive to avoid violations, not as a minor inconvenience,” the group said in comments submitted to the Railroad Commission.
Jim Wright, one of the three Railroad Commission board members, addressed those concerns during Tuesday’s meeting to adopt the new rules. He said “repeat and deliberate attempts to avoid compliance will not be taken lightly by the Commission and it will result in a referral to the attorney general.”
It’s unclear from the new rules what action the attorney general can take against companies beyond fines.
According to the weatherization proposal the commission adopted Tuesday, the new rules apply only to gas supply chain facility operators and gas pipeline facility operators that are included in a supply chain map the agency created this year to chart the state’s energy infrastructure, as mandated by lawmakers during the 2021 legislative session.
While the Railroad Commission took more than a year to implement weatherization standards, the Texas Public Utility Commission, which oversees the state’s power grid operator — the Electric Reliability Council of Texas —implemented rules last fall requiring power plants to fix “acute” issues exposed by the February 2021 disaster. Those rules were based on recommendations that were made — but never acted upon — a decade ago by experts and federal regulators after a 2011 winter storm caused widespread rolling power outages.
During Tuesday’s meeting, Luke Warford, a Democrat who is challenging Railroad Commission Chair Wayne Christian in the November election, slammed Christian and the Railroad Commission. The new rule “is beyond inadequate, failing to provide the accountability Texans deserve,” Warford told the board. “How can we possibly trust that this rule is going to keep us safe now?”
Neither Christian nor the other commissioners responded to Warford’s remarks during the public comments portion of the meeting.
Christian, who attended Tuesday’s meeting virtually because he said he tested positive for COVID-19, has mostly focused his reelection campaign on the state’s massive oil and gas sector’s importance to Texas and criticizing the Biden administration’s moves related to the industry.
Meanwhile, Warford has staked his campaign on last year’s power grid failure, trying to connect the catastrophe to the Railroad Commission and Christian’s leadership.
This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune.
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DALLAS — Dallas police Chief Eddie Garcia and union officials on Wednesday decried a racist "challenge" coin a police officer created that negatively depicted a southern Dallas neighborhood.
The coin - which was commemorating the 15-year anniversary of the Dallas Police Department's South Central patrol division - depicted a Pillsbury Dough Boy holding cash and a gun as he stands behind an apparent drug house. The Dough Boy was also wearing a grill, and the coin featured a Dallas police car on one side and a purple car with large rims on the other.
"Big 'T' Plaza" was written across the top of the coin. The plaza is a shopping center in South Oak Cliff.
Garcia in a statement called the coin "insensitive and racially offensive."
"I know that this coin, and what it depicts, does not represent the beliefs or ideals of the men and women of the Dallas Police Department as a whole," Garcia said. "We will not tolerate this type of conduct."
Garcia did not name the officer who created the coin, which was posted on social media "to canvass our membership for interest" in possibly buying the coin.
The officer's chain of command was notified, and police officials are dealing with the issue "swiftly and sharply as this is not the standard for our department moving forward," Garcia said.
The officer was placed on administrative leave as internal affairs investigates the issue.
The city's Black Police Association first raised concerns over the coin Wednesday, calling the depiction racist.
Garcia held a news conference with the association at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Mike Mata, president of the Dallas Police Association, called the coin "in very poor taste" and that it "had no business being on the DPA members page," where it was posted this week.
Mata said he "immediately" deleted the coin post from the page when he became aware of it.
"I understand it’s my responsibility to maintain the moral compass of the DPA members page," Mata said. "In saying, I want to apologize to any person who was hurt or offended by the post and I promise to be more diligent in my duties to ensure that this organization and the media sites within it respect all members." | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/very-disrespectful-dallas-texas-police-officer-created-racist-doughboy-challenge-coin-officials-say/287-c2a0055d-8082-40c9-83bc-f990515dea3b | 2022-08-31T18:36:11 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/very-disrespectful-dallas-texas-police-officer-created-racist-doughboy-challenge-coin-officials-say/287-c2a0055d-8082-40c9-83bc-f990515dea3b |
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Va. – A crash is causing delays on I-81 North in Montgomery County, according to VDOT.
Authorities said the accident happened near mile marker 118.
As of 1:09 p.m., the northbound left lane, right lane and right shoulder are closed.
Stick with 10 News as this breaking news story develops. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/31/crash-causes-15-mile-delay-on-i-81n-in-montgomery-county/ | 2022-08-31T18:37:13 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/31/crash-causes-15-mile-delay-on-i-81n-in-montgomery-county/ |
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. – The Franklin County Board of Supervisors has selected Leland Mitchell’s widow, Janet, to fill his vacated seat.
Leland passed away in July, just months after beginning his fifth term. Officials say he was the longest serving member of the Franklin County Board of Supervisors.
Now, Janet will sit where her husband once did and represent the Snow Creek District until the special election on Nov. 8.
We’re told Janet was one of the 11 applicants for the seat. Five of the applicants are currently on the ballot.
At this time, it is unclear when Janet will be sworn in. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/31/franklin-county-board-of-supervisors-appoints-widow-to-late-leland-mitchells-seat/ | 2022-08-31T18:37:19 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/31/franklin-county-board-of-supervisors-appoints-widow-to-late-leland-mitchells-seat/ |
APPOMATTOX COUNTY, Va. – A man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, with 7 suspended in a fatal shooting that happened in July 2021.
As we’ve reported previously, the shooting happened in a residence in the 1400 block of Spring Grove Road and resulted in the death of Carlos Rican Roman Jr., 34, of Spout Spring.
Charles Roosevelt Abbitt Jr., also of Spout Spring, was initially charged with second-degree murder in connection with the shooting; however, he pleaded guilty earlier this month to a reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/31/man-sentenced-in-appomattox-county-fatal-shooting/ | 2022-08-31T18:37:26 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/31/man-sentenced-in-appomattox-county-fatal-shooting/ |
AMHERST COUNTY, Va. – UPDATE
As of 12:59 p.m., the northbound right lane and right shoulder are closed.
ORIGINAL STORY
A tractor-trailer crash along Route 29 northbound in Amherst County is causing delays, according to VDOT.
As of 11:47 a.m., the north left shoulder and left lane are closed.
VDOT says it happened near the 91.5 mile marker.
Stay with 10 News for the latest traffic updates | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/31/tractor-trailer-crash-on-route-29-in-amherst-county-closes-all-northbound-lanes/ | 2022-08-31T18:37:32 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/31/tractor-trailer-crash-on-route-29-in-amherst-county-closes-all-northbound-lanes/ |
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Originally published Aug. 30 on KTVB.COM
The Boise County Sheriff's Office is searching for an Idaho man who's wanted on attempted murder and weapons charges.
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...High temperatures in the upper 90s to 105 expected. Today will be the hottest day for most areas. * WHERE...Portions of southwest Idaho and southeast Oregon. * WHEN...Until midnight MDT Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances. Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1. &&
Originally published Aug. 30 on KTVB.COM
The Boise County Sheriff's Office is searching for an Idaho man who's wanted on attempted murder and weapons charges.
Danny Edwin Thompson, 55, is suspected of first-degree attempted murder and for possession of a firearm as a felon. A warrant has been issued for his arrest.
The sheriff's office calls Thompson "extremely dangerous." He is described as 5 feet, 8 inches tall, 150 pounds, with brown hair and eyes.
Thompson was last seen on Saturday, Aug. 27, in the Idaho City area, but he is also known to have contacts in Canyon County. He is believed to be driving a white Hyundai Accent.
The sheriff's office asks anyone who may have information on his location to contact local law enforcement or call 911.
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* WHEN...Until midnight MDT Sunday night.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
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of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
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under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
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rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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Ellie Otradosky, Shiva Rajbhandari and Perry Kemper (pictured left to right) discuss the importance of students voting at a press conference on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Shiva Rajbhandari — Boise School Board candidate — and his fellow Boise High classmates entered the Edward L. Davis District Services Center, IDs in hand and ready to vote.
“If we don’t start making changes now, we’re going to be so set in our ways that the change will never happen,” Boise High student Ellie Otradosky said. “It’s really empowering to finally be able to make my voice be heard.”
Rajbhandari and Otradosky both were voting on the day they turned 18, during the early voting period for the Sept. 6 school board election.
Five seats on the board are up for election, the Idaho Press previously reported. Rajbhandari will face incumbent Steve Schmidt for seat 4.
Perry Kemper, senior at Boise High, said that students at her school have always actively attended protests and voiced their opinions in and out of school. Now, Kemper is excited to have the opportunity to vote.
“It boggles my mind that they wouldn’t have a student as a voting member of the school board,” said Sam Sandmire, a volunteer organizer. “Kids are so aware, they’re so smart.”
After voting with his classmates, Rajbhandari held a news conference where he said one of the biggest issues in Boise schools is the student-counselor ratio. He said schools in Boise don’t have the resources they need to talk about mental health and destigmatize it.
“Our student counselor ratio is one counselor for every 375 students,” Rajbhandari said. “That’s 150% more than the American School Counselors Association recommends.”
Rajbhandari also stands against censorship and recalled an English reading assignment last year that was censored, “like a CIA document,” with lines marked out with sharpie, which he blamed on the influence of a select minority of parents and extremists in Idaho. That scared Rajbhandari.
“Some of the extremist attacks on our schools have been very unfounded,” Rajbhandari said.
If elected, Rajbhandari plans to serve the entire two-year term unless he can be replaced by a qualified student that shares his values and the values of Boise School District, he said.
People can vote early at the district service center now through Sept. 2 or at any high school, junior high and some elementary schools in the district. Election day is Sept. 6. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/boise-school-board-candidate-turns-18-votes-alongside-fellow-high-school-students/article_33d238f4-28ab-11ed-a502-d7f2f4d5c536.html | 2022-08-31T18:38:46 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/boise-school-board-candidate-turns-18-votes-alongside-fellow-high-school-students/article_33d238f4-28ab-11ed-a502-d7f2f4d5c536.html |
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* WHEN...Until midnight MDT Sunday night.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
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of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
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overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
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BOISE — Former Idaho Attorney General David Leroy endorsed Raul Labrador for Idaho Attorney General on Tuesday, saying Labrador has agreed to bring back a “solicitor general” position he established when he held the office.
Leroy was elected Idaho Attorney General in 1978 and served four years, after which he was elected lieutenant governor. Labrador defeated current Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden in the GOP primary in May, and is facing Democratic candidate Tom Arkoosh, a Boise attorney, in November.
“During my tenure as Attorney General, I created the post of Solicitor General within the (office) to designate a top appellate lawyer to present the toughest and highest profile cases to both the Idaho Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court,” Leroy said in a news release from Labrador’s campaign. “Somewhere along the intervening years, the title of Solicitor General, that organizational commitment and emphasis was disbanded. Raúl has stated that he will restore a Solicitor General’s concept with highly trained lawyers who will be prepared to defend our state in the appellate courts.”
The Idaho Attorney General’s office had about 50 lawyers when he was attorney general, Leroy told the Idaho Press. It currently has about 120, and they are organized into six topic-related divisions, according to office spokesman Scott Graf, along with a central office division that includes a chief deputy and chief of staff. Recent Idaho Supreme Court arguments on abortion litigation were argued by attorneys from the Civil Litigation Division. There’s also a Criminal Division, which includes an appellate unit.
Leroy said when he was Idaho Attorney General, the Solicitor General position he created was a single attorney. He said he thought bringing back the position would lead to “making a commitment to the highest and best results in appellate advocacy,” and that attorney could either argue top cases themselves, or bring in attorneys from the related divisions.
Leroy, a Republican, is the first former Idaho Attorney General to endorse Labrador, a former congressman, for the position. Three former attorneys general, including two Republicans and one Democrat, have endorsed Arkoosh.
Leroy also said in the release that he thought it was “the wrong time to have a Democrat serve as attorney general” now that the U.S. Department of Justice has sued the state in federal court over its abortion trigger law, maintaining it conflicts with a federal law requiring hospitals to provide emergency care. Leroy said a “partisan Democrat … may be tempted to be ‘soft on Biden.’”
Arkoosh registered as a Democrat just a week before announcing he’d run for Idaho Attorney General on the Democratic ticket. He was a Republican before that for less than a year, and prior to that was a longtime independent. He’s a former Gem County prosecutor.
Labrador, in his campaign news release, said, “I appreciate the support from former Attorney General David Leroy and his agreement that we must have an energized, focused, and professional attorney general’s office to defend Idaho during these unprecedented times. While my opponent in this race has cut backroom deals to run for the office and steeped his campaign in politics while claiming to be non-political, I will remain focused on defending Idaho’s state sovereignty and protecting our citizens.”
Betty Richardson, senior adviser to Arkoosh’s campaign, said in a statement emailed to the Idaho Press, “It’s not terribly surprising that he’s been endorsed by Dave, who was a perpetual GOP candidate since the 1970s who more recently created a lucrative legal practice representing politicians who get in trouble. What is unusual is that two former Republican attorney generals, a former Republican secretary of state and a former Republican state treasurer have endorsed Tom Arkoosh. Along with Republican attorney generals Wayne Kidwell and Jim Jones, Democratic attorney general Tony Park has also endorsed Tom Arkoosh.”
“Tom will be what Raul Labrador cannot be, which is both highly qualified for the job and determined to keep partisan politics out of the Attorney General’s office,” Richardson said. “While Raul has been practicing politics, Tom Arkoosh has been practicing law.”
Leroy praised Labrador’s qualifications for the office of attorney general. “Raúl has a unique combination of legal, legislative, and congressional experience, which no prior Idaho Attorney General in history has ever brought to the office,” Leroy said in the release. “The Republican-dominated Legislature will carefully listen to Labrador’s counsel. He can work with legislators before, during, and after significant trial and appellate cases to improve our winning percentages and track record in the defense of legislation.”
Prior to his four terms in Congress, Labrador served two terms as a Republican state representative from Eagle. He ran unsuccessfully for governor in the GOP primary in 2018, losing to current Gov. Brad Little.
Betsy Z. Russell is the Boise bureau chief and state capitol reporter for the Idaho Press and Adams Publishing Group. Follow her on Twitter at @BetsyZRussell. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/former-idaho-attorney-general-endorses-labrador-3-other-former-ags-endorse-arkoosh/article_b47d9f32-28bc-11ed-80c9-ffa1dec534ec.html | 2022-08-31T18:38:52 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/former-idaho-attorney-general-endorses-labrador-3-other-former-ags-endorse-arkoosh/article_b47d9f32-28bc-11ed-80c9-ffa1dec534ec.html |
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY
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* WHAT...High temperatures in the upper 90s to 105 expected.
Today will be the hottest day for most areas.
* WHERE...Portions of southwest Idaho and southeast Oregon.
* WHEN...Until midnight MDT Sunday night.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
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of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
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possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
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Idaho Gov. Brad Little missed a planned speech to the Pocatello Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday morning due to illness, but his office says it’s not serious.
“Gov. Little has a cold,” said his press secretary, Madison Hardy. “He looks forward to attending the upcoming special session on Thursday.”
Asked if the governor had been tested for COVID, she said, “Gov. Little has tested for COVID-19 three times in the last four days. All were negative.”
The governor has called a special session of the Legislature, which will start at 8 a.m. Thursday at the state Capitol to consider a single proposed bill, cutting both individual and corporate income tax rates, giving out $500 million in one-time income tax rebates, and permanently increasing education funding by $410 million a year.
Betsy Z. Russell is the Boise bureau chief and state capitol reporter for the Idaho Press and Adams Publishing Group. Follow her on Twitter at @BetsyZRussell. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-governor-misses-speech-due-to-illness-but-tests-negative-for-covid-19/article_2fd6e3ea-28aa-11ed-8641-1b34d40f0fe6.html | 2022-08-31T18:38:59 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idaho-governor-misses-speech-due-to-illness-but-tests-negative-for-covid-19/article_2fd6e3ea-28aa-11ed-8641-1b34d40f0fe6.html |
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY
NIGHT...
* WHAT...High temperatures in the upper 90s to 105 expected.
Today will be the hottest day for most areas.
* WHERE...Portions of southwest Idaho and southeast Oregon.
* WHEN...Until midnight MDT Sunday night.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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BOISE — More people in Idaho were looking for work in July compared to June, but more people found jobs, too. That led to a slight drop in the unemployment rate from month-to-month, but a look at the numbers beyond that shows job growth continues in Idaho.
The Idaho Department of Labor’s latest monthly report shows the total number of Idahoans employed or looking for work grew to 952,500 in July. Out of that total workforce, 24,526 were looking for work. The total workforce increased by 3,938 people compared to June — of those counted in the increase, 3,364 were employed and 574 were unemployed and looking.
The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 2.6% in July, up a tenth of a percentage point from June.
One reason for the higher unemployment rate: more people in Idaho were actively seeking a job. That’s indicated by a month-to-month increase in labor force participation — from 62.5% in June to 62.6% in July. The participation rate is based on the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years or older working or actively looking for work. The remaining 37.4% are not looking for work for a number of reasons, including staying at home to raise children, retirement, school enrollment or becoming discouraged with the job search.
Nonfarm industry sectors showing the greatest month-to-month gains include health care and social services (2.8%); federal government (1.6%); private educational services (1.5%); arts, entertainment and recreation (1.3%); durable goods manufacturing (1.2%); information (1.2%); professional and business services (0.9%); transportation, warehousing and utilities (0.6%); and local government (0.5%).
Industries that saw declines in July included other services (-2.7%); accommodation and food services (0.8%); wholesale trade (-0.6%); and financial activities (-0.3%).
Five of Idaho’s six Metropolitan Statistical Areas saw month-to-month nonfarm job growth. The Boise area had the greatest increase, at 0.6%. Twin Falls had no noticeable month-to-month change in July, the labor department said.
Year-over-year numbers show the unemployment rate was down a full percentage point compared to July 2021. Also, the total workforce increased by 33,593 people over the past year, with the number of unemployed Idahoans decreasing by 8,578 (-26.3%) and employed Idahoans increasing by 42,351 (4.8%).
To paint a picture of job openings vs. job seekers, the Idaho Dept. of Labor cites Help Wanted Online, which had 63,010 online job postings in Idaho during July, equivalent to 2.6 job openings for every unemployed Idahoans looking for work.
Nationally, the unemployment rate dropped to 3.5% in July. It was 3.6% in June. The number of unemployed U.S. residents decreased by 166,228 to 5.7 million, and total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 528,000 to 152.5 million — just above pre-pandemic levels. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/more-jobs-in-idaho-in-july-but-month-to-month-unemployment-rate-also-rose/article_c57b6212-28a6-11ed-9c18-474c34286544.html | 2022-08-31T18:39:05 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/more-jobs-in-idaho-in-july-but-month-to-month-unemployment-rate-also-rose/article_c57b6212-28a6-11ed-9c18-474c34286544.html |
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY
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* WHAT...High temperatures in the upper 90s to 105 expected.
Today will be the hottest day for most areas.
* WHERE...Portions of southwest Idaho and southeast Oregon.
* WHEN...Until midnight MDT Sunday night.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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In this Aug. 26, 2019, file photo, Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District biologist Nadja Reissen examines a mosquito in Salt Lake City.
Three mosquitos samples in Canyon County tested positive for West Nile virus.
Two of the samples were collected near Parma, and the third was collected near Wilder. The findings were announced Wednesday by the Canyon County Mosquito Abatement District.
The staff of the Canyon County Mosquito Abatement District has increased surveillance and control measures in response to the increased public health threat, according to Wednesday's press release.
“With the increased risk of West Nile virus, we encourage people to take appropriate precautions to protect themselves from mosquito bites while enjoying the outdoors over the (Labor Day) holiday weekend,” Jim Lunders, Director of Canyon County Mosquito Abatement, said in the release.
The following precautions to prevent being infected are recommended:
• Eliminate all sources of standing water that can be a breeding ground for biting mosquitoes such as flooded fields, wading pools, clogged gutters and old tires. If it holds water for seven days it can produce mosquitoes.
• Flush or change water in water troughs and bird baths weekly.
• Avoid overwatering, which causes runoff to city storm drains and other areas that hold water.
• Avoid outdoor activities at dusk and dawn when mosquitoes are most active.
• Wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants when in mosquito-infested areas.
• Use mosquito repellents containing DEET, Oil of Lemon Eucalyptus, IR3535 or Picaridin, making sure to follow the directions on the container.
• Make sure all screen doors and windows are in good repair and fit tightly.
• Notify the Canyon County Mosquito Abatement District at 208-461-8633 if you have a site that is too large to be eliminated so it can be properly treated. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/more-mosquito-pools-test-positive-for-west-nile-in-canyon-county/article_57263e86-2950-11ed-9c4d-37f7c979ed54.html | 2022-08-31T18:39:11 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/more-mosquito-pools-test-positive-for-west-nile-in-canyon-county/article_57263e86-2950-11ed-9c4d-37f7c979ed54.html |
Derek Bub took over as superintendent of the state’s largest school district amid a global pandemic and rampant turnover on the school board.
Debates over mask mandates and claims that educators indoctrinate kids were at a boiling point.
It was tumultuous time, Bub recently acknowledged in his office at the West Ada School District. But issues surrounding his hiring exposed “cracks” in the K-12 foundation — problems that, for Bub, needed to be fleshed out in order to be fixed.
Bub has a phrase for it all: “productive struggle.” But it’s a process he can’t go at alone — a reality that’s shaped the former high school football coach’s approach to selecting his leadership team in West Ada.
For the past year, Bub has beefed up his administrative team, quietly assembling a staff of who’s-who leaders to make West Ada what Bub wants it to be: a poster child for excellence in public education in Idaho. Since taking over last year, the superintendent has recruited Gov. Brad Little’s former point person on education issues to head up district communications, enticed a well-known administrator with deep ties to state governance to be his deputy and convinced an attorney used widely by districts across Idaho to leave her private practice and work for him.
“West Ada needs to have a strong voice and a strong place in the state,” Bub said of the district, which enrolls some 40,000 students.
Trustees hired Bub at a shaky time
Bub admits underestimating COVID-19’s early impacts on K-12.
“We’ll be back in school by May 1,” he recalled telling his staff when he served as Centennial High School’s principal after the State Board of Education ordered schools to go remote through April 20, 2020, amid an early flareup of confirmed COVID-19 cases.
A year later, Bub was still grappling with the pandemic’s assault. But he wasn’t a principal. A freshly revised school board hired him in April 2021 to take over a district that had seen months of tumult.
A range of shakeups, starting in October 2020, preceded Bub’s hiring:
Trustee
- but retained his normal seat on the board.
Board member
- after saying volunteer trustees are under enormous pressure because they were left to shoulder high-stakes school reopening and closing decisions.
Trustees appointed
- to replace Smylie.
Board chair
- rather than face a recall election.
Bub’s predecessor, Mary Ann Ranells,
- her plan to resign, citing “personal reasons.”
Trustees
to the fill the district’s Zone 4 vacancy. On Jan. 26, the board acknowledged complaints from patrons about the appointment process, but
- as its newest trustee.
A range of other issues, sparked largely by a lingering pandemic, accompanied all the turnover. In October 2020, a group of parents had sued the West Ada Education Association, alleging a COVID-spurred teacher walkout, dubbed a “sickout,” was an illegal strike. The parents dropped the case weeks later, after the union’s president said in court filings that it did not intend to call for future strikes.
COVID-19 metrics began turning around in March 2021, three months before Bub officially stepped into his new role. But thorny issues bled into his tenure.
The Centers for Disease Control didn’t reverse its mask recommendations until July — after over 100 West Ada parents protesting the district’s mask mandate attended a May board meeting. Many left unhappy when trustees voted to keep masks mandatory for the final two weeks of school.
West Ada dropped its mandate on June 16, following a recommendation from Bub. But cases continued to climb among students statewide, further complicating the mask debacle.
The board voted in August 2021 to keep masks optional for kids, as long as parents or guardians completed an opt-out form. Hundreds of parents descended on the district to opt their students out.
And masks and a lingering pandemic weren’t the only hot-button issues surrounding Bub’s hiring. An education culture war had consumed the Statehouse in the spring of 2021, with some lawmakers blowing the horn on perceived indoctrination in Idaho’s schools, including outcry over critical race theory. In June, four days before Bub took over in West Ada, Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin’s “Task Force to Examine Indoctrination in Idaho Education” targeted alleged instances of indoctrination in K-12 schools.
For West Ada, issues have trickled into 2022, with the Idaho Freedom Foundation blasting $125,000 the district earmarked for equity consultation, which the right-wing interest group claims promotes critical race theory.
All the outcry had at least some direct impact on the district. Earlier this month, trustees approved a policy restricting classroom decorations that critics say could foster indoctrination. The policy is aimed at ensuring that the district puts no “undue influence” on students, and preventing bias and accusations of bias in schools, West Ada spokesman Greg Wilson told EdNews after the vote.
Bub beefs up his team
For Bub, the flurry of education issues in recent years combined to underscore a big problem in K-12: a lack of trust between districts and their communities.
“There has to be trust,” Bub stressed, referencing his two daughters, ages 15 and 16, who attend West Ada schools. “I have to believe that they’ll get the best opportunity and that we’ll have a say in the way they’re raised in the education process.”
That boils down largely to listening and communication, he added. In April, the district made a big-name hire aimed at beefing up its communications and community outreach arm, bringing on Little’s former education adviser.
Bub introduced Wilson and his new role as chief communications officer at an April 24 board meeting, touting Wilson’s experience, including his time as senior education policy adviser to the governor. Wilson’s hiring came just months after he left the governor’s office for a private firm that received a $3.5 million no-bid contract from the state. More on that here.
Bub and Wilson met through a K-12 council Wilson helped convene with the State Board during his time in the governor’s office. The Omicron variant had fueled staffing issues in districts across the state. The council provided a connection between top state leaders and educators on the ground.
Wilson, who impressed Bub during the process, recently touted the need for districts — especially large ones like West Ada — to amplify what’s happening locally via a “communications infrastructure” already in place.
Part of that effort — a retooled district website with an accompanying mobile app to “increase communication with parents” — emerged this school year. The district is also ramping up messaging around student achievement. Bub and Wilson touted a series of YouTube “West Ada Ready” videos highlighting accomplishments from students across the district.
But Wilson’s statewide experience and perspective bring other advantages to the table — something another recent hire’s resume accentuates even more.
Nick Smith, the Boise School District’s former human resource director, has joined West Ada as Bub’s deputy. Smith has ties to state education dating back to Marilyn Howard, Idaho’s two-term Democratic state superintendent who rose to political prominence in 1998.
Smith had been a teacher and administrator in the Bliss School District before joining Howard’s staff in 2006. He was former schools chief Tom Luna’s chief deputy, and supervised a variety of functions during his time at the SDE, from charter education and school nutrition to Title I and special education. He left the SDE for a principal’s post in Boise in 2013.
Another well-known face in state education circles rounds out Bub’s who’s-who team. Attorney Amy White, who has for years contracted for legal work with districts across the state, is now West Ada’s own general counsel.
That change stems not from lawsuits that districts attract from year to year — “which is what everyone always thinks,” said Bub — but from a mountain of policy items and contracts a district West Ada’s size produces.
White’s hiring ultimately boiled down to a matter of dollars and cents, said Wilson. Bringing her on was more “fiscally responsible” than paying her for so much contracted work.
Still, Bub’s high-level hires have come with notable price tags. Bub’s annual salary is the highest among Idaho superintendents, at $210,000. Smith last year made $147,000 for Boise, and Wilson joined West Ada with an annual salary of $117,700. EdNews will have a state tally of the latest administrative salaries, including White’s, in the coming days.
But, for Bub, the money’s worth it for an all-star cast.
“We don’t have a weak link,” he told EdNews.
So what now?
Bub stressed that top-level changes have happened with educational outcomes in mind.
Kids do better when they work well with teachers, he said. Teachers do better when they work well with administrators. Administrators do better when they work well with the school board. “It’s really about relationships.”
From a learning standpoint, Bub’s proud of some recent outcomes in the wake of two tough school years — but there’s plenty of room for improvement, as he sees it.
A plus: West Ada’s early reading scores followed an upward statewide trend last school year, growing a notable 17.2 percentage points in terms of student proficiency from fall to spring. The district’s overall fall proficiency rate raised eyebrows after landing at nearly 80% — almost 22 percentage points above the state average of 68.2%.
With Idaho’s largest sample size of students, West Ada’s scores are a closely watched achievement indicator in Idaho.
But Bub, a former high school math teacher and a self-proclaimed “math guy,” sees more room for improvement in the district’s math scores. On average, 53.4% of West Ada students performed proficiently on the math section of the 2021 Idaho Standards Achievement Test. (The SDE tells EdNews it will receive 2022 ISAT scores in the coming days.)
West Ada’s score is much better than the statewide average of just under 40%, but Bub and his team targeted math as a major area of improvement heading into the school year, funneling a portion of federal COVID-19 relief funds into two years worth of training opportunities for teachers, including a symposium that, he said, at least 100 teachers in the district have already participated in.
“It’s not about learning what six plus three is,” said Bub. “It’s about teaching kids how to solve problems.”
That includes elements in line with Bub’s own “productive struggle” philosophy: “Let the kids struggle a little bit,” he said of teaching math.
He reiterated the approach in his back-to-school address last week. This year’s district-wide theme: “Choose Challenge.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/no-weak-link-school-superintendent-assembles-all-star-cast-to-lead-west-ada-after-two/article_4d63886a-28ae-11ed-bb1d-6fa05d5819fe.html | 2022-08-31T18:39:17 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/no-weak-link-school-superintendent-assembles-all-star-cast-to-lead-west-ada-after-two/article_4d63886a-28ae-11ed-bb1d-6fa05d5819fe.html |
Originally published Aug. 30 on KTVB.COM.
BOISE — An orthopedic surgeon who practices in Boise is accused of inappropriately touching “multiple” people at his clinic, and detectives want to find out if there are other victims not yet known to them.
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Originally published Aug. 30 on KTVB.COM.
BOISE — An orthopedic surgeon who practices in Boise is accused of inappropriately touching “multiple” people at his clinic, and detectives want to find out if there are other victims not yet known to them.
Boise Police officers arrested Dr. Stanley Waters, 68, Monday morning on a warrant charging him with two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery. Waters, who lives in Eagle, was booked into the Ada County Jail. Online records indicate he was no longer in custody Tuesday.
Investigators believe there may be additional victims, and ask anyone with information to contact the Ada County Dispatch non-emergency number at 208-377-6790 or contact Crime Stoppers at 208-343-COPS (208-343-2677).
Waters has been a practicing orthopedic surgeon in Boise since 1993. He opened his private practice, Americana Orthopeadics, in 2002, according to the clinic’s website. The clinic is located on Americana Boulevard south of downtown Boise.
As of Monday, Waters had privileges at St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center. However, a spokeswoman for St. Luke’s Health System said, he is not a St. Luke’s employee and his practice is not operated by St. Luke’s.
“St. Luke’s is reviewing the situation and will take appropriate steps as necessary,” public relations manager Christine Myron said in a written response to questions from KTVB.
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Polk County’s Spessard Holland Elementary is the home of the Gators. That fact couldn’t have been more accurate Tuesday morning.
The school’s principal, Dr. Lacey Golden, arrived at the campus to find a 7-foot, 11-inch alligator walking near her parking spot, Polk County Public School officials said in a Facebook post.
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Thankfully, Bartow Police Department officer, Dallas Haynie, who’s a former alligator trapper, helped capture the gator, which can be seen in the video below.
The person recording the video can be heard saying, “Has he done this before?” Another officer then can be heard saying that Haynie used to be an FWC trapper.
Haynie had the big gator taped up in no time to help keep the school safe.
Those in attendance clapped and cheered him on for his effort.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The Orange County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday confirmed reports of a body found floating in water behind a Hooters restaurant off Interstate 4.
Deputies responded shortly after 10 a.m. to a call about a possible dead person in the water near the 8500 block of Palm Parkway, records show. First responders were on scene by 10:30 a.m. as deputies were en route, the sheriff’s office said in a statement to News 6.
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Orange County Fire Rescue pronounced the person dead at the scene, the sheriff’s office said. No information about the person’s identity was available at the time of this report.
No other details were shared.
This is a developing story. Check back with News 6 for the latest updates.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Central Florida leaders came together with families to mourn those lost to overdose deaths and look toward solutions for those struggling with opioids.
The memorial service, held on International Overdose Awareness Day, was organized by Project Opioid and First Presbyterian Church of Orlando.
“This epidemic does not discriminate,” Andrae Bailey, founder of Project Opioid, said. “There are thousands of Central Floridians who have been impacted by this crisis. We will remember those lost and look toward ways we can help.”
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Della Wiggins, who lost her son in 2018 from an overdose, was at the service and said she uses her story to help others who have been affected by opioids.
“My son loved life,” Wiggins said. “He loved all of the outdoor fishing and all that kind of stuff and he’s just not someone that you would think this would happen to.”
Wiggins said she’s worked with Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma who was also at the service and has made the opioid crisis a priority.
“We have a problem on our hands, and we have to come together and combat it,” Lemma said.
While Lemma said there’s been a 16% reduction in overdoses in Seminole County, he wants to see a larger decrease happen much sooner.
“The numbers are still incredibly alarming,” Lemma said. “Since January 1 in Seminole County alone, we’ve had over 650 overdoses and sadly 65 overdose deaths.”
Project Opioid also distributed free Naloxone in the form of nasal Narcan spray to those in attendance. Narcan is a non-toxic, non-narcotic, life-saving medicine that can reverse the effects of an overdose.
For details about resources in battling the opioid crisis, click here.
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Seniors will comprise more than 20% of U.S. residents in 2030, up from 15% in 2020. By 2034, older adults will outnumber children, according to Census Bureau projections.
Across the U.S., 52 million Americans are 65 years or older, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and a quarter of them live in just three states: California, Florida, and Texas. By comparison, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, and Alaska each have fewer than 150,000 senior residents. The size of a state’s senior population means a lot in terms of demand for resources like health care, affordable housing, assisted living, in-home and nursing care, and support services, and the quality and availability of those resources help determine where seniors migrate.
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With baby boomers moving into old age, fewer babies being born, and longer life expectancies, the senior population of America is on a spectacular rise. The lengthening of the U.S. life expectancy has been particularly dramatic, rising to nearly 79 years from 68 years in 1950.
Stacker compiled a list of counties with the most seniors in Florida using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Counties are ranked by the highest percentage of residents 65 years or older according to 2020 5-year estimates.
Keep reading to find out which counties have the most seniors in Florida.
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#50. Miami-Dade County
- Population aged 65 or older: 16.3%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 20.4%
- Median age: 40.2 years old
--- Median age of males: 38.5 years old
--- Median age of females: 41.8 years old
- Total population: 2,705,528 people
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#49. Broward County
- Population aged 65 or older: 16.7%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 21.2%
- Median age: 40.5 years old
--- Median age of males: 39.4 years old
--- Median age of females: 41.6 years old
- Total population: 1,942,273 people
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#48. Escambia County
- Population aged 65 or older: 16.9%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 20.9%
- Median age: 37.3 years old
--- Median age of males: 35.2 years old
--- Median age of females: 39.8 years old
- Total population: 316,691 people
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#47. Hamilton County
- Population aged 65 or older: 17.4%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 19.1%
- Median age: 40 years old
--- Median age of males: 37.6 years old
--- Median age of females: 45 years old
- Total population: 14,397 people
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#46. Bay County
- Population aged 65 or older: 17.5%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 21.1%
- Median age: 40.6 years old
--- Median age of males: 39 years old
--- Median age of females: 42.2 years old
- Total population: 180,076 people
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#45. Washington County
- Population aged 65 or older: 17.6%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 19.4%
- Median age: 41.3 years old
--- Median age of males: 39.6 years old
--- Median age of females: 44.6 years old
- Total population: 25,094 people
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#44. Gadsden County
- Population aged 65 or older: 17.9%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 21.7%
- Median age: 41.4 years old
--- Median age of males: 40.5 years old
--- Median age of females: 42.3 years old
- Total population: 45,787 people
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#43. Bradford County
- Population aged 65 or older: 18%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 19.5%
- Median age: 39.8 years old
--- Median age of males: 37.6 years old
--- Median age of females: 43.5 years old
- Total population: 27,723 people
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#42. Calhoun County
- Population aged 65 or older: 18.2%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 20.1%
- Median age: 41.9 years old
--- Median age of males: 39.5 years old
--- Median age of females: 44.5 years old
- Total population: 14,324 people
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#41. Columbia County
- Population aged 65 or older: 18.8%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 21.6%
- Median age: 40.6 years old
--- Median age of males: 39.1 years old
--- Median age of females: 42.8 years old
- Total population: 70,898 people
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#40. Okeechobee County
- Population aged 65 or older: 19.7%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 21.3%
- Median age: 40.9 years old
--- Median age of males: 38.8 years old
--- Median age of females: 43.7 years old
- Total population: 41,611 people
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#39. Walton County
- Population aged 65 or older: 19.7%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 20.4%
- Median age: 44.1 years old
--- Median age of males: 42.4 years old
--- Median age of females: 45.8 years old
- Total population: 71,049 people
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#38. Holmes County
- Population aged 65 or older: 19.8%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 20.0%
- Median age: 42.2 years old
--- Median age of males: 38.8 years old
--- Median age of females: 46.9 years old
- Total population: 19,530 people
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#37. Jackson County
- Population aged 65 or older: 19.9%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 18.5%
- Median age: 42.2 years old
--- Median age of males: 40.3 years old
--- Median age of females: 45.5 years old
- Total population: 47,409 people
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#36. Taylor County
- Population aged 65 or older: 20%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 19.3%
- Median age: 43.2 years old
--- Median age of males: 40 years old
--- Median age of females: 45.7 years old
- Total population: 21,709 people
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#35. Gilchrist County
- Population aged 65 or older: 20.2%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 21.4%
- Median age: 41.7 years old
--- Median age of males: 37.8 years old
--- Median age of females: 46.7 years old
- Total population: 18,245 people
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#34. St. Johns County
- Population aged 65 or older: 20.2%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 21.8%
- Median age: 43.7 years old
--- Median age of males: 43 years old
--- Median age of females: 44.7 years old
- Total population: 255,410 people
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#33. Polk County
- Population aged 65 or older: 20.3%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 22.1%
- Median age: 40.2 years old
--- Median age of males: 38.9 years old
--- Median age of females: 41.2 years old
- Total population: 705,735 people
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#32. Suwannee County
- Population aged 65 or older: 20.4%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 21.5%
- Median age: 43.5 years old
--- Median age of males: 41.8 years old
--- Median age of females: 45.7 years old
- Total population: 44,290 people
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#31. Madison County
- Population aged 65 or older: 21.1%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 18.3%
- Median age: 44.2 years old
--- Median age of males: 40.5 years old
--- Median age of females: 47.5 years old
- Total population: 18,557 people
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#30. Nassau County
- Population aged 65 or older: 22.1%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 19.8%
- Median age: 45.8 years old
--- Median age of males: 44.5 years old
--- Median age of females: 47 years old
- Total population: 85,762 people
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#29. Gulf County
- Population aged 65 or older: 22.1%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 14.5%
- Median age: 46.3 years old
--- Median age of males: 41.9 years old
--- Median age of females: 52.2 years old
- Total population: 15,073 people
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#28. DeSoto County
- Population aged 65 or older: 22.3%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 19.3%
- Median age: 40.7 years old
--- Median age of males: 38.9 years old
--- Median age of females: 44 years old
- Total population: 37,371 people
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#27. Monroe County
- Population aged 65 or older: 22.4%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 15.3%
- Median age: 47.9 years old
--- Median age of males: 47.8 years old
--- Median age of females: 47.9 years old
- Total population: 75,137 people
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#26. Pasco County
- Population aged 65 or older: 22.6%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 20.3%
- Median age: 44.5 years old
--- Median age of males: 43.5 years old
--- Median age of females: 45.5 years old
- Total population: 539,885 people
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#25. Putnam County
- Population aged 65 or older: 22.9%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 21.4%
- Median age: 45 years old
--- Median age of males: 44.3 years old
--- Median age of females: 46.4 years old
- Total population: 73,784 people
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#24. Dixie County
- Population aged 65 or older: 22.9%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 18.1%
- Median age: 46.2 years old
--- Median age of males: 43.9 years old
--- Median age of females: 50.7 years old
- Total population: 16,740 people
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#23. Franklin County
- Population aged 65 or older: 23.1%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 15.8%
- Median age: 47.3 years old
--- Median age of males: 44.7 years old
--- Median age of females: 51.2 years old
- Total population: 11,914 people
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#22. Jefferson County
- Population aged 65 or older: 23.1%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 16.2%
- Median age: 47.3 years old
--- Median age of males: 42.7 years old
--- Median age of females: 50.8 years old
- Total population: 14,278 people
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#21. Brevard County
- Population aged 65 or older: 23.7%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 18.3%
- Median age: 47.2 years old
--- Median age of males: 45.4 years old
--- Median age of females: 49 years old
- Total population: 594,001 people
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#20. Palm Beach County
- Population aged 65 or older: 24%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 19.1%
- Median age: 45 years old
--- Median age of males: 43 years old
--- Median age of females: 46.7 years old
- Total population: 1,482,057 people
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#19. St. Lucie County
- Population aged 65 or older: 24.2%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 19.8%
- Median age: 45.5 years old
--- Median age of males: 43.9 years old
--- Median age of females: 47.1 years old
- Total population: 320,914 people
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#18. Levy County
- Population aged 65 or older: 24.4%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 19.5%
- Median age: 47 years old
--- Median age of males: 45.9 years old
--- Median age of females: 48.2 years old
- Total population: 40,979 people
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#17. Volusia County
- Population aged 65 or older: 24.5%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 17.6%
- Median age: 46.5 years old
--- Median age of males: 45 years old
--- Median age of females: 48.5 years old
- Total population: 546,107 people
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#16. Pinellas County
- Population aged 65 or older: 24.8%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 16.2%
- Median age: 48.4 years old
--- Median age of males: 46.7 years old
--- Median age of females: 49.9 years old
- Total population: 970,985 people
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#15. Lake County
- Population aged 65 or older: 26.7%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 19.2%
- Median age: 47 years old
--- Median age of males: 45.5 years old
--- Median age of females: 48.5 years old
- Total population: 356,115 people
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#14. Hernando County
- Population aged 65 or older: 27.5%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 18.4%
- Median age: 48.8 years old
--- Median age of males: 47.5 years old
--- Median age of females: 50.1 years old
- Total population: 190,700 people
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#13. Manatee County
- Population aged 65 or older: 27.5%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 18.3%
- Median age: 48.8 years old
--- Median age of males: 47.4 years old
--- Median age of females: 50.3 years old
- Total population: 393,847 people
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#12. Glades County
- Population aged 65 or older: 28.2%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 15.0%
- Median age: 47.9 years old
--- Median age of males: 47.2 years old
--- Median age of females: 49.8 years old
- Total population: 13,777 people
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#11. Lee County
- Population aged 65 or older: 28.5%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 17.6%
- Median age: 48.8 years old
--- Median age of males: 47.4 years old
--- Median age of females: 50.1 years old
- Total population: 756,570 people
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#10. Marion County
- Population aged 65 or older: 28.9%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 18.7%
- Median age: 48.7 years old
--- Median age of males: 46.7 years old
--- Median age of females: 50.2 years old
- Total population: 360,210 people
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#9. Flagler County
- Population aged 65 or older: 30.6%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 16.9%
- Median age: 51.8 years old
--- Median age of males: 51 years old
--- Median age of females: 52.6 years old
- Total population: 112,854 people
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#8. Martin County
- Population aged 65 or older: 31.2%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 16.3%
- Median age: 52.7 years old
--- Median age of males: 50.8 years old
--- Median age of females: 54.5 years old
- Total population: 160,420 people
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#7. Collier County
- Population aged 65 or older: 32.2%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 17.1%
- Median age: 51.3 years old
--- Median age of males: 49.7 years old
--- Median age of females: 53 years old
- Total population: 379,345 people
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#6. Indian River County
- Population aged 65 or older: 32.9%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 16.0%
- Median age: 54 years old
--- Median age of males: 52.7 years old
--- Median age of females: 55.3 years old
- Total population: 156,964 people
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#5. Highlands County
- Population aged 65 or older: 35.7%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 16.9%
- Median age: 54.1 years old
--- Median age of males: 52.7 years old
--- Median age of females: 55.4 years old
- Total population: 104,574 people
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#4. Citrus County
- Population aged 65 or older: 36.4%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 14.7%
- Median age: 56.7 years old
--- Median age of males: 55.5 years old
--- Median age of females: 57.5 years old
- Total population: 147,938 people
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#3. Sarasota County
- Population aged 65 or older: 36.7%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 14.2%
- Median age: 56.6 years old
--- Median age of males: 55.1 years old
--- Median age of females: 57.8 years old
- Total population: 427,766 people
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#2. Charlotte County
- Population aged 65 or older: 40.1%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 12.0%
- Median age: 59.5 years old
--- Median age of males: 58.6 years old
--- Median age of females: 60.1 years old
- Total population: 185,926 people
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#1. Sumter County
- Population aged 65 or older: 57.8%
- Population aged 18 and younger: 7.3%
- Median age: 68 years old
--- Median age of males: 67.5 years old
--- Median age of females: 68.5 years old
- Total population: 129,938 people
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POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A man celebrating his birthday is accused of shooting and killing someone early Saturday, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office said Thomas Jackson, 35, was arrested in the shooting that happened in unincorporated Davenport around 2:30 a.m.
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According to the sheriff’s office, Jackson and a few others were celebrating his birthday when an argument began between the suspect and one of the people at the home. Deputies said the victim, who has not been identified, took Jackson outside to calm him down.
Two people inside the home said they heard gunshots and when they went outside, they reported seeing Jackson standing over the victim and a gun was on the ground, according to a release.
Deputies said Jackson claimed the victim “came at me” before shots were fired. The sheriff’s office said a card with instructions on what to say “post-incident” was found on Jackson and that there was no evidence a struggle took place.
Jackson faces a charge of second-degree murder with a weapon.
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OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday it had been chosen to host a meeting of the Florida Sheriffs Association Cold Case Advisory Commission.
The 2-day conference deals in investigative techniques to solve cold cases, officials said. FSA commissioners set to attend include experts in such fields as investigations, medical examination, DNA processing and prosecution, according to the sheriff’s office.
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Sheriff Marcos Lopez on Wednesday is scheduled to speak about the “latest information and actions” regarding the symposium.
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OCOEE, Fla. – Florida-based barbecue chain Sonny’s BBQ just opened a new location in Central Florida featuring a drive-thru for customers.
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The Ocoee location, 11080 W. Colonial Drive, opened for business on Aug. 25, though it plans to host its grand opening celebration on Sept. 20, according to a Facebook post.
The franchise was opened by iServ Management Group, LLC, which bills itself as the largest franchisee of Sonny’s BBQ.
The chain, which started in Gainesville in 1968, now has nearly two dozen locations around Central Florida.
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The menu includes all the typical trimmings of southern barbecue — like brisket, pulled pork, barbecued beans, cole slaw and fried okra — along with some less traditional fare, such as salads, loaded tater tots and barbecue egg rolls.
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BEND, Ore. — Donald Surrett Jr., 66, was one of the two victims who died Sunday evening in the shooting at a Safeway in Bend. Bend police say he attempted to disarm the shooter and likely prevented further violence.
"I'm not surprised that he stood up and tried to take on the gunman. I am surprised he's dead," said Robert Landers, a commander of the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) organization in Bend.
Surrett, a Bend resident, was a veteran who was a combat engineer. He served at the DAV organization as treasurer.
His friends and family said they weren't surprised to hear of his bravery. They believe his instincts kicked in and he did what he could to save others.
"He's going to be hard to replace," said Robert Cusick, the senior vice commander of the organization, while holding back tears.
Surrett was the victim killed near the rear of the store. He was working in the produce section of the Safeway on Sunday when the gunman came in and opened fire, police said.
The night of the shooting, Surrett hid behind a cart and waited until the suspect got close enough for him to attack him with a produce knife. The suspect shot and killed Surrett and later shot and killed himself.
Investigators discovered a string of more than 100 shell casings that stretched from the shooter's apartment complex behind The Forum shopping center, through the parking lot and into the store.
The second victim, 84-year-old Glenn Edward Bennett, was also a Bend resident and a veteran who served as a medic in the Korean War, according to a GoFundMe page set up by his family.
Bennett was shot and killed at the front of the store. After they saw Bennett get shot, two Safeway shoppers rushed back in to pull him out of the building where medics tried to save him, police said.
On Tuesday, police confirmed that the shooter had worked at that Safeway for a short time and that he bought his three guns, including an AR-15 style rifle, legally.
GoFundMe pages have been set up for both Surrett and Bennett to help their family with funeral expenses. Safeway and Alberton's will also be collecting donations at the registers of all Oregon and southern Washington stores. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/bend-oregon-safeway-shooting-victims/283-d7cf17d0-438b-467c-ba96-2931b193bbb7 | 2022-08-31T18:45:20 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/bend-oregon-safeway-shooting-victims/283-d7cf17d0-438b-467c-ba96-2931b193bbb7 |
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A school threat video reported to authorities by students and parents at Olympia High School has been determined to be unfounded, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies on Wednesday said several people reported the video to authorities, but the “threat was not aimed at any particular school.”
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The sheriff’s office said it’s not known where the video originated.
Details of what the video showed have not been released.
“We want to stress that everyone in this situation did the right thing. Students reported the threat to parents, who then reached out to law enforcement so the threat could be investigated,” a spokesperson with the sheriff’s office said.
The principal of Olympia High School sent a voice message to parents about the threat.
“If it is determined that students are involved, appropriate discipline will be handed out according to the code of student conduct, which includes suspension, expulsion and even arrest. We take these matters very seriously,” the message said.
School officials said extra deputies will be at the school on Wednesday.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Early Sunday morning, members of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Southwest Portland arrived to find their building had been broken into and vandalized.
"It's deeply upsetting," said Pastor Sarah Sanderson-Doughty. "There's a sense of insecurity and fear because this is a safe space that has been breached."
Sanderson-Doughty said it appears vandals broke into the church, located at 3228 Southwest Sunset Boulevard, through two different windows the night of Aug. 27. They used black spray paint to tag dozens of walls inside and outside the building, from Sunday school rooms to the elevator.
Vandals also broke several mugs that church members had made, scattering broken pottery among smashed apples taken from the preschoolers' refrigerator. Sanderson-Doughty said the church's childcare wing reeked of marijuana.
"We found an apple that had been used as a smoking device sitting in the middle of one of the tables of the children's classroom," she said.
Sanderson-Doughty said the church filed a police report. She said at this time it’s unclear how much the damage will cost to fix or what insurance will cover. She's hoping for help cleaning up the graffiti and is grateful for donations that community members have already shared. She also wonders if those responsible for the mess are hurting in some way. For that reason, she offered them a measure of grace.
"We forgive you, we don't wish any harm to you," said Sanderson-Doughty. "We want you to know that we are a community and though we've been hurt, we'll respond in love."
On Saturday, Sept. 10, the church is planning a candlelight vigil in their courtyard, marking two weeks since the break-in. Sanderson-Doughty said it will be a time of prayer for healing and forgiveness and the public is welcome. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/vandalism-portland-presbyterian-church-oregon/283-d8d384e6-1881-4d41-b82a-9ebfa8caf338 | 2022-08-31T18:45:26 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/vandalism-portland-presbyterian-church-oregon/283-d8d384e6-1881-4d41-b82a-9ebfa8caf338 |
LAKE STEVENS, Wash — It started as a simple plan to turn their garage into an apartment for Shawn Alameda's elderly parents, but things came apart quickly.
"It's a nightmare," said Shawn. "This is honesty the worst thing we've ever experienced as adults in our lives."
The Alamedas say their contractor found a leaky roof which unleashed a torrent of trouble, to the point where the couple moved their three kids out of the home over safety concerns.
"It's so unfair," said Julie Alameda, the kids' mom. "It's unbearable."
Shortly after the roof repair began, it started raining.
Water soaked the couple's master bedroom and bath next to the garage, doing extensive damage. That was back at the beginning of June, and the family still has no roof.
Incomplete repairs have left the family with no running water. Bottled water cleans the dishes. The couple showers at a nearby campground, and they can't use their toilet.
"We call it the walk of shame to go use the bathroom, a Porta Potty in my front yard," said Julie, shaking her head in disbelief.
"It's hell. It really is," Shawn added.
The couple claimed they paid the contractor a total of $82,000 and their house is barely habitable.
"This isn't $82,000 worth of work, but I guarantee you it's $82,000 worth of damage," said Julie.
Making matters even worse, the family said experts told them the water damage isn't confined to the area around the garage. It's throughout the entire house.
"They're suggesting that my entire house be taken down to the studs," said Julie. "That could cost $180,000."
The Alamedas spent 10 years building their house along a bucolic country road. They've raised chickens and grown their own food. Now, their days are consumed with simply putting a roof over their heads.
They're nearly out of money, and they're running out of time as the seasons change and rain is looming.
"The stress, the anxiety ... I'm physically ill," said Julie. "The stress has me vomiting every day."
At this point, the couple is just hoping to someday have their family under one once roof again.
"We go to bed trying to figure out what we're gonna do tomorrow to make it a better day," said Shawn.
The Alamedas asked KING 5 News not to use the contractor's name because they're still hoping to work out a resolution.
In a statement to KING 5, the contractor accused the couple of making false allegations against him and violating their contract.
The contractor said he is working on getting the proper permits to finish the job and added, "I have always done my best to give all my customers what they pay for and go above and beyond for them."
According to the Attorney General's Office, contractor-related complaints are not rare. In 2022 alone, their office has 710 contractor complaints. In 2021, they received 893 complaints.
Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has detailed steps on how to choose a contractor. The steps include creating a detailed project plan, verifying the prospective contractor's license and finalize a written agreement. More information can be found on L&I's website.
Friends of the family have started a GoFundMe for them. It can be found here. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/washington/home-renovation-nightmare-lake-stevens/281-4b41f27b-5c13-4ab2-bf1b-4ac09e46f384 | 2022-08-31T18:45:32 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/washington/home-renovation-nightmare-lake-stevens/281-4b41f27b-5c13-4ab2-bf1b-4ac09e46f384 |
MILL CREEK, Wash. — Mill Creek police say at least two elderly people have been targeted for their jewelry in the past two weeks and similar instances have been reported in Bellevue in Renton.
The alleged crimes are unusual and appear to catch all the victims off guard.
Mark Horner encouraged his mother-in-law to call the police and report what happened.
“My mother-in-law is still processing and she’s a lovely woman and we’re glad that she’s OK and we think that she’s going to be a little bit, even more wary of people approaching her going forward, sadly,” Horner said.
Her necklace and ring were just two of the pieces taken by a group of people, including a child, who spotted her out walking and stopped to ask for directions to the nearest church on Monday.
Horner said the thieves hugged his mother-in-law, shook her hand and when they were gone so was her jewelry.
"The variations in the vehicles, slight variations in the descriptions of the suspects, different ages of the kids that were with them tell us that this was a group and it's an organized, well-rehearsed tactic,” Capital Joe Nault of the Bellevue Police Department told KING 5 earlier this month.
Bellevue police released footage from June of the thieves, possibly the same ones, at work. The department is calling this an organized crime ring they believe is operating up and down the West Coast. They believe the group is using rental cars and to date have hit Bellevue, Renton and Mill Creek.
“She’s shaken I think that she’s still misses - obviously - the things that were stolen because they have sentimental value but she’s not physically harmed and that’s a good thing,” Horner said.
Law enforcement is warning elderly people especially to be cautious of overly friendly people approaching them while walking.
“I think that more than anything the reason I’m speaking out and I have my mother-in-laws permission to do so is that we just want to help give the shout-out to the community to be on the lookout,” Horner continued. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/washington/jewelry-thieves-targeting-elderly-bellevue-renton-mill-creek-king-snohomish-counties/281-8eb32460-2e6f-4fb3-8cfe-bc07aa4939c1 | 2022-08-31T18:45:38 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/washington/jewelry-thieves-targeting-elderly-bellevue-renton-mill-creek-king-snohomish-counties/281-8eb32460-2e6f-4fb3-8cfe-bc07aa4939c1 |
PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — The Pierce County Sheriff's Office is warning of what is being called "rainbow fentanyl," after it was seized in Multnomah County, Oregon earlier in August.
The synthetic opioid dyed various colors could "easily be mistaken for candy," according to the sheriff's office. It comes in two forms, pill and pressed blocks, the latter which "resemble sidewalk chalk that children play with."
Deputy Carly Cappetto said the drug can look like Skittles and, "a single piece can be deadly."
"Not only are we concerned that children may mistake rainbow fentanyl as candy or a toy, but we're also worried that teenagers may be tempted to try the drug due to its playful coloring," the sheriff's office warned.
According to the sheriff's office, parents should keep an eye out for suspicious substances in public spaces, such as parks.
On Aug. 4, a 2-year-old boy ingested a fentanyl pill at Tacoma's Oakland Madrona Park. The boy's mother saw him put something in his mouth before he began acting lethargic. First responders administered Narcan and had to perform CPR to stabilize him before taking him to the hospital.
The warning from the Pierce County Sheriff's Office came the same day as the Drug Enforcement Administration warned that the brightly-colored fentanyl has made its way to the Pacific Northwest in "an attempt by drug cartels to target teens and young adults."
"They're getting smarter, so we need to get smarter with the way we work," Cappetto said.
A survey from the University of Washington’s Addictions, Drugs and Alcohol Institute revealed a stark increase in the intentional use of the deadly opioid fentanyl across the state.
Fentanyl, which took over from methamphetamine in 2020 as the drug most associated with overdoses in Washington state, is being linked to the increase in crime across the Puget Sound region.
That trend has resulted in Seattle police seizing nearly 650,000 fentanyl-based pills in 2021. Officers seized 63,000 fentanyl pills in 2020 and less than 200 in 2018.
Up in Snohomish County, officials have warned of a spike in overdoses and overdose deaths this year. Counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and fentanyl in powder and crystal form are largely to blame, followed by methamphetamine.
The region sees waves of different drugs on a yearly basis, according to Cappetto. Fentanyl is the latest, and strong than heroin and methamphetamine, Cappetto said.
Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report that showed 107,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2021. It marked a 15% increase from the previous record, set in 2020.
According to the CDC, signs of an overdose include:
- Small, constricted pupils
- Falling asleep or losing consciousness
- Slow, weak or no breathing
- Choking or gurgling sounds
- Limp body
- Cold or clammy skin
- Discolored skin (especially in lips and nails)
The CDC suggests anyone who thinks someone is overdosing should call 911 immediately, administer naloxone if available and stay with the person until help arrives. In Washington, anyone who calls for medical help during an overdose can't face drug possession charges under the state's good Samaritan law. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/washington/pierce-county-rainbow-fentanyl-warning/281-eb1de240-43c4-472f-a931-198df25eef63 | 2022-08-31T18:45:44 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/washington/pierce-county-rainbow-fentanyl-warning/281-eb1de240-43c4-472f-a931-198df25eef63 |
SEATTLE — Seattle tied its own record for the most 90-degree days in a year on Tuesday.
The temperature hit 90 degrees around 3 p.m. at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). That makes for the 12th 90-degree day this year.
The record for the most 90-degree days in a year in Seattle was originally set in 2015, with 12, according to KING 5 Meteorologist Chris Nunley.
The Seattle area had a record six straight days of 90-plus degrees at the end of July. That was the longest stretch of days at that temperature in the 77 years records have been kept.
A daily high record was broken in Olympia and Shelton. In Olympia, the high was 91 degrees and the record was 90 in 1987. In Shelton, the high was 94 degrees when the record was 89 degrees in 2003.
There is a Heat Advisory in effect until 9 p.m. on Wednesday. It spans from the north near Everett through the southwest interior of western Washington.
The high temperatures will pose a risk of heat-related illness. NWS suggests drinking plenty of fluids, staying in an air-conditioned room staying out of the sun and checking up on relatives and neighbors.
Temperatures in the high 80s and low 90s are expected to stick around for the rest of the work week. The weekend is expected to bring temperatures in the high 70s and low 80s.
Download the KING 5 app to check the interactive radar near you, as well as the latest forecast, cameras and current conditions. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/washington/seattle-ties-record-most-90-degree-days/281-75369a87-cecb-42c4-be73-faddb953daad | 2022-08-31T18:45:50 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/washington/seattle-ties-record-most-90-degree-days/281-75369a87-cecb-42c4-be73-faddb953daad |
ANTELOPE, Calif. — One person is dead after a vehicle crashed into a home in Antelope Wednesday morning, according to the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District.
Crews responded to reports of a crash around 9:45 a.m. at Zachis Way and Hidden Meadow Way. The fire district said one person is dead and the driver was injured.
According to California Highway Patrol, the person who was killed was inside the house and the driver was taken to a hospital. There is no update on their condition.
A photo from the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District shows a white vehicle with damage to the front end inside a home.
CHP said a white Expedition lost control while in reverse and crashed into the house. The damage to the front of the SUV could be from a previous crash, according to CHP, but when and what the previous damage is from is unclear.
"They had to be going pretty dang fast," CHP told ABC10 when asked how fast the car had to be driving to cause that much damage.
The speed limit in the neighborhood is 25 mph. California Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
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CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by CalMatters.
Shasta County in rural northern California has some of the state’s highest incarceration rates. Ask Robert Bowman what’s going on, and he takes a long, deep sigh.
“It’s a perfect storm of bad,” he said.
Bowman, director of the county’s program that helps formerly incarcerated people transition back to life outside, identifies three main drivers of crime in Shasta County: high housing costs, untreated mental illness and drug trafficking.
Those are some of the same factors blamed for crime in other California counties that rank among the highest for incarcerated people, according to a report released this morning by the Prison Policy Initiative, a nonprofit that seeks to end mass incarceration.
The report takes newly available data from California prisons to show where inmates come from – not just their home counties, but their neighborhoods. The group’s stated intent is to show lawmakers where they can better direct public dollars.
The neighborhoods where incarcerated people come from often have a higher percentage of Black and Latino residents than the state average, according to the report, while the counties that host the prisons are predominantly white.
The effect has been “the siphoning of political power from disproportionately Black and Latino communities to pad out the mostly rural and often predominantly white regions where prisons are located,” the study found.
Unsurprisingly, the most populous counties send the most people to state prison. Los Angeles County had the most people incarcerated, followed by Riverside and San Diego counties.
But in some counties, though they have fewer total people in state prisons, the rate of incarceration is much higher than the statewide average of 310 per 100,000 people.
Tiny Kings County in the San Joaquin Valley has the state’s highest incarceration rate at 666 per 100,000, the study found.
Shasta County ranked second among counties that send people to prison, with 663 county residents incarcerated per 100,000 people. The county of fewer than 200,000 is framed by mountains to its north, west and east. People move there for cheap land and open spaces, or burrow further into its hills to escape creeping modernity, Bowman said.
“And then we have those who have moved up here for political reasons and I’ll just leave it at that,” Bowman said with a laugh.
In one Shasta County Census tract that encompasses most of the city of Redding, more than one in every 100 people is in a state prison.
Disparities also persist in cities like Los Angeles, where the neighborhoods of Watts and Crenshaw have more than five times the incarceration rate of Bel-Air and Brentwood, according to the study’s calculations.
“There’s fewer Beverly Hills in our community,” Bowman said.
But many of the same issues that crop up in Los Angeles and San Francisco are true in far northern California: homelessness, untreated mental illness and a resistance among locals to new construction or low-income housing.
Bowman points to a proposed micro shelter at a Lutheran church in Redding that would serve as transitional housing for up to five people. Neighbors hung a sign on a chain link fence: “Tiny Houses = Big Problems.” The shelter is expected to open this fall.
“If you have billions of dollars to spend, but yet your community is overwhelmingly ‘not in my backyard,’ then you can get nothing done,” Bowman said.
The Prison Policy Initiative report is based on numbers provided by the state of California which, for the first time in its 2020 Census, counted prison inmates in their home districts instead of the cities and counties where they’re incarcerated.
The idea was to end what opponents called “prison gerrymandering,” which counted prison inmates as residents of their prison’s county. California ended that practice in 2011 with AB 420, signed by former Gov. Jerry Brown, but the law did not take effect until 2020. Ten other states have taken similar steps.
This year’s redistricting maps were the first to count incarcerated people in their home districts. The process to final approval by a state independent commission was fraught and messy, but has so far survived without a legal challenge.
“Our hope is really that policymakers and service providers will use this data to kind of direct some of their thinking on how they make choices about the people that they serve,” said Prison Policy Initiative spokesman Mike Wessler.
“For lawmakers, we hope that they’ll take a look at how many people in their own communities are lost to incarceration every single day.”
The Prison Policy Initiative study was taken from a snapshot of the 122,000 people in state prisons on April 1, 2020. It doesn’t count people in federal prison or immigration detention, nor does it count those who were identified in court proceedings as homeless.
Among cities with at least 20,000 people, Compton in Los Angeles County had the highest rate of incarceration, with 979 people incarcerated per 100,000 residents. It also has a higher Black and Latino population than the state average, which the report’s authors say mirrors a national trend.
“This suggests that policing, arrests and incarceration are disproportionately concentrated in a handful of Black communities across the county, such as Compton with its large Black population,” wrote the report’s authors, Emily Widra and Felicia Gomez.
One Census tract in Kern County stands out. Just east of downtown Bakersfield, the one-square-mile tract had 2,944 residents and 74 people in state prisons, or more than two out of every 100 people.
Kern County also leads the state in homicide rate, a statistic the county’s residents and law enforcement struggle to explain. For the sixth consecutive year, the county led the state with a homicide rate of 13.7 homicides per 100,000 people. The statewide average is six homicides per 100,000.
“Some of the smaller rural counties often are overlooked but actually have some of the highest incarceration rates in the entire state,” Wessler said. “A lot of these rural areas are also facing significant economic challenges.”
You don’t have to remind Bowman of the Shasta County STEP-UP program for recently released inmates. First, in 2018, the Carr Fire displaced thousands of people in an area that was already struggling to control housing costs. Then, in the pandemic, wealthier residents of the Bay Area and Sacramento Valley started moving north, pushing up rents and home values. People already on the economic fringe were pushed to its edge.
“Because now, landlords could charge whatever they want and there’s no reason for them to open up their homes,” to affordable housing programs, Bowman said. “They can get someone who is displaced while their home’s being rebuilt (and) they can get a higher rent from that individual or family. So that’s a huge issue.”
He is, however, ultimately optimistic.
“I think that there are a lot of good people that are trying to do the very best they can,” Bowman said. “It just takes time for the numbers to come down.”
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CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by CalMatters.
María Dolores Díaz sighs when she opens her water bill every month because she knows what she’ll see: another bill that she’ll struggle to pay.
Diaz looks at the envelope and doesn’t want to open it because she wonders: How much, this time? “Ya nomás miro la carta y ‘aí ya no lo quiero abrir!’ Porque yo digo ‘¿ahora cuánto?’”
California’s water affordability crisis has been simmering for years as water rate increases have outpaced inflation, rising 45% between 2007 and 2015 alone. By September 2021, nearly 650,000 residential and 46,000 business accounts owed more than $315 million in unpaid water and wastewater bills.
Latino and Black communities have been hit the hardest, with higher average debt. About half a million account holders had their water shut off for unpaid bills in 2019, according to state data.
California lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Monday and Tuesday to offer assistance: A bill that creates a new state program to help low-income Californians like Díaz pay their water and sewage bills is now expected to be sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom for his signature.
The program would be the only one of its kind in the country, said Greg Pierce, director of UCLA’s Human Right to Water Solutions Lab, who has consulted on water affordability for state regulators. “A program of this scale, run by the state or the feds — this would be unique,” he said.
Many of the details remain unknown — there is no information on how many low-income Californians are eligible for water rate assistance or how much they would receive. Renters and others in multifamily buildings with no individual water meters won’t be included.
And a major hurdle remains — funding. No money has been budgeted yet for the program as final budget negotiations continue, which could delay its start date until money materializes.
Last year a Department of Finance analysis reported that administrative costs for a $100 million assistance program would reach $1.9 million the first year and $1.5 million the next year. But the bill has changed multiple times since then so the costs will differ.
In the early days of the pandemic, Newsom ordered water systems to stop shutting off water for unpaid bills, but the moratorium expired at the end of 2021. Now Californians who cannot pay their bills once again risk losing their water supply.
Without the newly approved program, “people are seriously going to have to decide between how much they’re going to spend on food, rent and other items, along with their water bill,” said Sen. Bill Dodd, a Democrat from Napa who authored SB-222. “The problem is not going away.”
‘The problem is not going away’
Diaz is a 69-year-old widowed grandmother who lives in Cantua Creek, a small island of single-story houses amid Fresno County’s sea of agriculture. Many residents of this largely Latino community work in nearby fields, and nearly half live in poverty.
For Díaz, the crisis boiled over this spring. Faced with thousands of dollars in bills for an unexpected dental procedure, she fell behind on her utility payments. Díaz said she is careful with her money, and with her water: A bucket in her shower and bowls in her sinks collect any extra she can pour on her carefully tended plants. Only a small patch of grass remains in her yard, and she runs laundry every two weeks.
But June’s monthly $187 invoice — combining water, sewage, trash collection and street lights — brought the total she owed to $604. Fresno County, which runs the small Cantua Creek water system, sent her a 15-day notice: Start paying back her bills or her water would be shut off.
Christopher Bump, principal analyst with Fresno County’s Department of Public Works and Planning said the notice is just a warning, and that as of mid-August, water shutoffs have not resumed. Customers owe the tiny district about $28,000 in past due bills for water, sewer, trash collection and street lights, Bump said.
Nevertheless, the notice worries Díaz — and she doesn’t even drink the water: The system repeatedly violates safety standards for contaminants produced by disinfection that can increase the risk of cancer and other health problems. The California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation provides residents with jugs of drinking water instead.
Díaz said she lives on a fixed income and relies on Social Security benefits. And she said when the expenses mount — from her insulin, pills and dentist — and she falls behind on her water bill, it’s traumatic. She said her neighbors suffer, too. “Es algo que, traumático, no solamente para mí, también para mis otros compañeros que aquí hemos trabajado en Cantua ahora nos quedamos a vivir,” she said.
The Legislature’s decision comes more than two years after California water regulators issued recommendations for assistance, stemming from another Dodd bill that prompted a statewide study of water debt.
The Senate bill cleared its penultimate hurdle this week with 52 Assembly votes in support and 13 against.
Assemblymember Kelly Seyarto, a Republican from Murrieta, was one of the legislators who voted against the bill and spoke up in opposition.
“The state wants to create a one-size-fits-all for all of California, when we have hundreds of local agencies who have districts that are unique to their areas,” he said. “I prefer that this stay in the local arena.”
Many water agencies are opposed
The bill is widely supported by environmental justice advocates, including bill sponsor Community Water Center, a safe drinking water advocacy group. But it divides water providers.
Among its supporters are larger investor-owned utilities — the massive water companies that together supply 6 million Californians and already offer their own subsidies to help low-income residents pay their bills.
But the Association of California Water Agencies, which represents more than 450 public water agencies across California, opposed the bill, raising concerns that the way the program divided up state and local responsibilities would waste money.
Many local water systems are operating with debt of their own: The tiny Cantua Creek system, for instance, was operating about $40,000 in the negative in mid-August, Bump said.
Scott Taylor, general manager of the Lamont Public Utility District just south of Bakersfield, said low-income rate assistance is a good idea, but it must be “user friendly” for water systems like his that serve disadvantaged communities.
Though he credited state water regulators with more assistance lately, he said, in his experience, “Trying to get the money is a friggin’ nightmare.”
Both the state and federal governments have taken aim at pandemic-era debt. Last year the state allocated $985 million in federal funding to cover water and wastewater arrearages. The State Water Resources Control Board’s program ultimately paid nearly $260 million to drinking water systems serving roughly 80% of the state’s population to cover debts accrued during the first 15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Top recipients included the massive Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, California Water Service in Commerce and the East Bay Municipal Utilities District, according to water board spokesperson Blair Robertson.
Another program, the federal Low Income Household Water Assistance Program, administered by the state, received $316 million in federal funds to help Californians pay past-due water and sewage bills.
Though water systems serving about half of Californians offer some kind of rate assistance, “most of these existing programs have low levels of enrollment and limited financial resources,” the water board reported in 2020. That leaves most low-income Californians served by public water systems falling through the cracks, with only 20% receiving any kind of rate assistance.
“Just like other utilities that offer assistance, water is an essential utility and it’s deserving as well of a ratepayer assistance program,” said Darrin Polhemus, deputy director for the State Water Resources Control Board in charge of the Division of Drinking Water.
Díaz said she hopes such a program eventually materializes, because it would be a huge relief for her and her neighbors.
“Aunque fuera no más un pago creo que a las personas les ayudaría bastante, deja uno a veces de comprar comida para pagar el agua,” she said. Even if it was just one payment, it would help: sometimes you stop buying food to be able to pay your water bill.
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CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by CalMatters.
As California’s legislative session comes to an end tonight, the priorities and focus of the closing days have been heavily shaped by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who in the final year of his first term has taken significant steps to execute his agenda through legislation like never before.
His first three years in office saw Newsom frequently pursue policy through executive orders or in the state budget process, a negotiation with the Legislature that provided him with greater leverage.
But the governor’s biggest priority this year has arguably been the passage of a sweeping proposal, known as CARE Court, to compel people with serious mental health issues into treatment and housing. And in recent weeks, he asked lawmakers to take up ambitious new climate and energy measures, including one that would delay the closure of California’s last nuclear power plant.
A half dozen bills Newsom has sought were sent to his desk this week or await final approval before the Legislature gavels down tonight. They include some of the most complex and contentious issues that remain.
The shift in the governor’s approach, according to lawmakers and others who have worked with Newsom, is likely due to some combination of necessity and opportunity — a desire to establish a stronger legal foundation and longer-lasting impact for his policies, deeper relationships with the Legislature after years at the Capitol, a chance to return to campaign promises sidelined by an all-consuming coronavirus pandemic. There is also his reelection campaign — he will face voters again in November — plus the growing national speculation over Newsom’s potential presidential aspirations, which would benefit from bulking up his record of accomplishments.
“The governor has, as we hope any governor would have, a real passion to get results and to try to solve the problems that are at the forefront of Californians’ minds. And they’re not issues that anybody in the Legislature disagrees with,” said state Sen. Susan Talamentes Eggman, a Stockton Democrat who is helping to shepherd the CARE Court bill.
“I certainly feel this pressure, as polarized as things are,” she said. “It’s really incumbent upon us to show that government can work, that government can solve problems and really address the needs that are so present in people’s lives.”
The governor’s office declined to make anyone available to discuss Newsom’s legislative strategy. Spokesperson Erin Mellon, in a text, said “no one here sees this year as being particularly different.” She did not respond to follow-up questions about what efforts from previous legislative sessions Newsom’s team regards as comparable to their current slate of sponsored bills.
‘Humility about the legislative process’
Before this session, perhaps the most directly Newsom set the legislative agenda came in 2019, when during his first State of the State address, he told lawmakers to “get me a good package on rent stability this year and I will sign it.” Rather than proposing his own measure, Newsom left the details to the Legislature, though he did step in at the end to help close the final deal, which included a cap on rent increases and new eviction protections.
Otherwise, the governor has left his imprint more through the state budget, where spending decisions can be tied to major policy changes, such as expanding health coverage for undocumented immigrants and creating universal preschool access.
Newsom has shown a preference for taking his biggest, boldest actions with the stroke of his pen. On his first day in office, he ordered state agencies to work together to negotiate prescription drug prices. Some of the most audacious — and controversial — policies of his first term also came through executive authority: a moratorium on executions, a deal with four of the world’s largest automakers to build cars with a higher tailpipe emissions standard than the federal government wanted, an order to phase out sales of new gas-powered vehicles in California.
In fall 2020, under intense pressure from environmentalists, Newsom urged the Legislature to pass a law to stop new fracking permits, arguing that he did not have legal authority to do it himself. But when a group of lawmakers introduced a bill the following session to ban the oil extraction method entirely, it swiftly died in committee, without much apparent intervention from Newsom. A week later, the governor announced that he would direct his administration to stop issuing fracking permits by 2024 and develop plans to end all fossil-fuel drilling in California by 2045, without explaining why he no longer believed legislative approval was necessary.
Daniel Zingale, who worked on strategy and communications in Newsom’s first year, said the governor’s prior experience was primarily in executive roles, including lieutenant governor and mayor of San Francisco, so he felt comfortable taking that approach.
“He has a certain humility about the legislative process,” Zingale said.
Now with a few years at the Capitol under his belt and electoral success trouncing a recall campaign against him last September, Zingale added, Newsom can go bigger.
The governor signed a bill last month allowing California residents to sue manufacturers and distributors of illegal guns, which Newsom called for in December after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a similar bounty scheme against abortion providers to take effect in Texas. Anticipating the court’s June ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, he convened a working group last fall to explore how to make the state a “sanctuary” for abortion; their recommendations formed the basis for a legislative package of more than a dozen measures this year.
“It’s natural over time, as a governor becomes more familiar with the process, for a governor to assert a broader vision for all the people of California,” said Zingale, who also worked for Democratic Gov. Gray Davis and Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Newsom, he said, has “grown into that.”
‘No governor likes to do that’
Even for those governors who get big things done through legislation, it tends to be the exception rather than the norm, because of how much more complicated it makes the job. Lawmakers have their own ideas about what issues they want to take up and don’t like to be told what to do, so developing the relationships and deploying the political capital needed to pass the most consequential measures is a delicate balance.
Early in his first term in 1999, Davis famously said the Legislature’s “job is to implement my vision,” a remark that followed him for years after and earned him derision from lawmakers who quipped that he didn’t have a vision to implement.
Exposure to the Legislature’s whims also puts a governor at risk of defeats that can define their legacy as much as their successes. Schwarzenegger advocated for a market-based plan to establish universal health care coverage in California for more than a year before it was finally killed by a Senate committee in early 2008.
“No governor likes to do that,” said state Sen. Steve Glazer, an Orinda Democrat who served as a political adviser to Gov. Jerry Brown before he was elected to the Senate in 2015. “Governors generally are pretty selective because that gives the Legislature leverage.”
Brown nevertheless regularly pushed major policy through the Legislature during his final two terms as governor, which immediately preceded Newsom — even, on occasion, appearing at a crucial committee hearing to testify for his own bill.
“Each one of them, from his point of view, was imperative,” Glazer said.
Shortly after taking office again in 2011, Brown advanced a plan to comply with a federal court ruling to reduce the population of California’s overcrowded prisons by shifting nonviolent offenders to county jails. He was unable that year to convince the Legislature to place a temporary tax measure on the ballot to deal with a budget shortfall, turning instead to voters to qualify it. But he secured an initial authorization of funding for the high-speed rail project in 2012, the creation of a new rainy-day budget fund in 2014 and, in 2017, an increase of the state gas tax to pay for road repairs.
Brown’s hardest-fought victories came on the signature climate proposals that were the centerpiece of his last term. He got a bill through in 2015 to increase renewable electricity sources and energy efficiency in buildings, even after lobbying by the oil industry forced him to strip a provision to cut petroleum use in half. And he maneuvered to win a decade-long extension for California’s cap-and-trade program in 2017, telling a Senate panel at one point, “This isn’t for me. I’m going to be dead. It’s for you and it’s damn real.”
“He struck me as someone who was so steeped in experience in the building, all the way from childhood,” Zingale said. “He approached it with a level of confidence that’s uniquely his.”
‘Lean in a little bit more’
Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins, a San Diego Democrat, said the Legislature’s relationship with Newsom continues to evolve in its fourth year.
“It’s an ongoing process of trying to decide how to work together,” she told CalMatters. “He leaves the legislation to us to do, and he sort of is trying to decide when to step back, when to step in.”
Atkins pointed to housing as an example; it’s an area of focus for Newsom where he has allowed the Legislature to lead on policy, while putting billions of dollars toward expanding construction incentives. But she added that the governor may see the need now to adjust tactics because the solutions he’s looking for to solve California’s biggest problems are not reaching his desk.
“When something rises to the level of, ‘This is really important to me,’ they figure out how to get it done,” she said. “His forcing the hand gives us an opportunity that maybe we haven’t had.”
Behind the scenes, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon said this session has not seemed different than past years. The Lakewood Democrat said he meets nearly every week with Newsom and Atkins to discuss priorities, and the governor, like his predecessor Brown, often weighs in on bills in progress.
“With this governor, and the last governor, they talk more sort of in broad strokes rather than the specifics in terms of what they want to see,” Rendon said in an interview. “They’ll talk about a bill, rather than amendments to a bill, modifications.”
But the receding COVID pandemic has allowed Newsom to refocus publicly on other crises urgent to Californians, such as the boiling anger over homelessness, and be seen taking charge with his own plans.
“Every year we’re here, we learn, we grow, and so we’re going to adjust, we’re going to pivot some,” said Assemblymember Cristina Garcia, a Bells Garden Democrat. “We get more experience, so then you will lean in a little bit more.”
The governor began pushing the Legislature for more aggressive climate action last month as long-running negotiations on a federal funding package appeared to falter again. (It has since passed Congress and been signed into law.) In a letter to President Biden, Newsom reiterated his commitment to “finding new ways to work around those Senators who chose to keep their head in the sand.”
His agenda includes some measures that have previously failed in the Legislature and that he did not forcefully support when they faced significant resistance from the fossil fuel industry and other business groups. Those include proposals to achieve statewide carbon neutrality by 2045 and to establish 3,200-foot buffer zones around oil wells near homes, schools and parks.
The governor had already launched separate regulatory efforts to pursue those goals, suggesting that Newsom, in asking the Legislature to try again, may be seeking to give them more legal weight and certainty than his executive authority can provide.
“I certainly welcome the governor’s engagement on these issues which we’ve been working on for years,” said Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi, a Torrance Democrat who carried the unsuccessful bills on carbon neutrality and oil well setbacks in past sessions. “We’re hoping that with his calling members, especially senators, and twisting arms that we can get the bills that he’s called for out of the Legislature and to his desk.”
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Operators of California’s power grid expect to issue calls for voluntary conservation of electricity during a prolonged heat wave building over the West and they warned that there could be energy shortages if conditions worsen.
California often issues Flex Alerts and calls on people to conserve power during hot weather when the power grid may be strained.
Hot weather impacting much of the state and tight energy supply can often prompt the added call for people to conserve electricity. Voluntary use, like reducing major appliance use and turning off lights, can help reduce the strain on the power grid.
The grid is often expected to be most stressed during the late afternoon and early evening as demand increases and solar energy wanes.
When temperatures are high, officials often ask Californians to do the following before 4 p.m.:
- Pre-cool home by setting the thermostat to as low as 72 degrees
- Use major appliances, including:
- Washer and dryer
- Dishwasher
- Oven and stove for pre-cooking and preparing meals
- Adjust blinds and drapes to cover windows
Californians can also do the following between 4-9 p.m.:
- Set thermostat to 78 degrees or higher, if health permits
- Avoid using major appliances
- Turn off all unnecessary lights
For more conservation tips, you can visit FlexAlert.org
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento police need the public's help locating a man wanted on suspicion of shooting and killing an employee at a Natomas gas station.
According to a news release, the man is identified as Rashawn Maurice Anderson. Police say he now has a warrant out for his arrest.
The deadly shooting happened in the early morning hours of Aug. 3 at the Speedway gas station on Gateway Oaks Drive and El Camino.
A woman, later identified as 22-year-old Janiah Johnson, was found with a gunshot wound. She died at the scene.
Johnson’s sister, Taraejhana Gray, told ABC10 that Johnson recently moved to Sacramento to further her rap career.
"She was a show stopper. She was definitely a go-getter,” Gray said. "She honestly helped a lot of people who liked to rap and write. She would let them know 'It's your time to shine. Go ahead and put that out there.’”
She was killed one week after celebrating her 22nd birthday.
Anyone with information can call the dispatch center at (916) 808-5471 or Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers at (916) 443-HELP.
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UPDATE: United Steelworkers strike averted at BAE Systems, tentative agreement reached
The United Steelworkers (USW) Local 7687 announced that a strike at BAE Systems in York has been averted, just minutes before 800 workers had planned to walked out.
USW and BAE Systems reached a tentative five-year agreement that increases wages, strengthens retirement security and improves access to paid vacation time, according to a statement from USW.
USW District 10 director Bernie Hall credited the workers' commitment and solidarity for reaching the agreement and averting an unfair labor practice strike.
"After working through the pandemic making armament for the military without disruption, USW members at BAE understood what was at stake in these negotiations," Hall said in a prepared statement. "They earned a contract that reflects their vital role in helping safeguard our national security and in contributing to the company's success."
USW members will review the details of the proposed new contract with their negotiating committee before a final vote.
According to the union, about 800 members of Local 7687 had given notice Tuesday that they would start an unfair labor practice strike at the BAE Systems' facility in West Manchester Township at 11 a.m. Aug. 31.
"BAE has reaped the benefits of having a world-class, dedicated union workforce," Hall had said in a previous press release. "There's no reason except greed for the company insisting that loyal, experienced workers accept less than what they have earned and deserve."
Hall said that union members had been flexible with BAE management, including working through the pandemic. They also worked under the terms of an expired contract since Oct. 2021, according to the release.
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The company responded: "Despite BAE Systems’ efforts to bargain in good faith with United Steel Workers Local 7687, the union supporting our York facility has voted against our proposed contract. We put forward three reasonable and competitive offers, with our latest proposal turned down," spokesperson for BAE Systems Alicia Gray said in a prepared statement on Tuesday.
"We remain hopeful that the Union will re-engage in the negotiating process, as we truly value our skilled workforce."
Members of USW Local 7687 build tracked and wheeled vehicles for the U.S. military.
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A cooling unit leak causes the York County Judicial Center to close Wednesday
Teresa Boeckel
York Daily Record
The York County Judicial Center will be closed today because of a leak in one of the building's cooling units, according to Ted Czech, a spokesman for the county.
The judicial center is located at 45 N. George St.
The leak was found this morning, Czech said. York County 911 was called.
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The York City Fire Department, the York County Hazmat Team and the building's maintenance crew are investigating, he said.
The county reports there is no danger to pedestrians or drivers passing by the building.
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Why Bloomington city employees rallied in front of city hall
Boris Ladwig
The Herald-Times
Members of the city workers union rallied in front of Bloomington City Hall Tuesday to pressure the administration of Mayor John Hamilton to continue contract negotiations. The AFSME union said after weeks of talks, the administration “abruptly canceled” a bargaining session and “unilaterally ended” contract discussions until after the city’s final budget hearing. The Hamilton administration could not be reached immediately. The union represents about 150 city employees. | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/31/bloomington-city-employees-rally-in-front-of-city-hall-to-demonstrate/65465830007/ | 2022-08-31T18:51:43 | 1 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/31/bloomington-city-employees-rally-in-front-of-city-hall-to-demonstrate/65465830007/ |
Brevard commissioners approve 10 grants for projects to help restore Indian River Lagoon
Brevard County commissioners this week unanimously approved grants for 10 projects designed to benefit the Indian River Lagoon.
The Tourist Development Council's Tourism + Lagoon Grant Program allocations — which will total $939,343 — are funded by revenue from Brevard County's 5% tourist development tax on hotel rooms and other short-term rentals.
These were the approved allocations for the 2022-23 budget year that begins Oct. 1, along with the applicants for the projects:
- Restoring seagrass for improved natural resilience (Brevard County Natural Resources Management Department), $250,000.
- Titusville Causeway multi-trophic shoreline stabilization and resiliency action project, phase 2C (Brevard County Natural Resources Management Department), $250,000.
- Brevard County oyster restoration (Brevard Zoo), $113,840.
- Innovative solutions for protecting our public spaces (Marine Resources Council), $49,999.
- Satellite Beach adopt-a-canal (city of Satellite Beach), $49,999.
- Samsons Island submerged lands restoration, Phase 3 (city of Satellite Beach), $49,839.
- Derelict vessel removal (Brevard Country Natural Resources Management Department/Boating & Waterways), $49,300.
- Restoration of native clam communities in the Indian River Lagoon for improved water quality and economic resiliency (University of Florida Whitney Laboratory), $49,100.
- Keep Brevard Beautiful flex team North Banana River Drive litter removal (Keep Brevard Beautiful), $40,000.
- New swell mangrove restoration and outreach project (Sea Redwine), $37,266.
The grants are targeted to support projects that benefit tourism on the Space
Coast and promote the health of the Indian River Lagoon.
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The Tourist Development Council's Beach Committee scored the 14 applications submitted for the grants, and on July 18 unanimously recommended that 10 projects receive grants. Those recommendations were unanimously approved by the Tourist Development Council on July 27 and by the County Commission on Tuesday.
Grant amounts were based on the project cost; the applicant's average scores from the Beach Committee members; and whether the applicant was providing matching funds from another partner entity to help pay for the project.
A grant request of less than $50,000 did not require matching funds. But a grant request of $50,000 or more required matching funds totaling at least 75% of the grant amount.
Applicants needed an average score of at least 75 points from committee members to qualify for a grant.
Julie Braga, who chaired the Tourist Development Council's Beach Committee that scored the applications, said she was very encouraged by the quality of the applications, which were highly competitive.
"It's a win-win" for the lagoon and the tourism industry, said Braga, who is general manager of the Residence Inn by Marriott in Melbourne,
Additionally, Braga said she had "the A team" of environmental experts as part of her nine-member committee, adding that "it's been an honor to serve with them."
Among the Beach Committee members was Duane De Freese, executive director of the Indian River Lagoon Council and the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program.
De Freese said the grant program is "an example of the tourism industry supporting an environmental asset of the county."
He said the County Commission's approval of the grants is "great news, and shows the commitment in Brevard County to support the Indian River Lagoon."
The four applicants that scored lowest among the 14 did not receive grants. Those projects and applicants were:
- Cocoa Beach pool pavilion kayak launch (city of Cocoa Beach).
- Veteran's Memorial park interactive signage (Merritt Island Redevelopment Agency).
- Improving with communication/creating "Sam the Superclam" book for children (University of Central Florida Foundation).
- The Indian River Lagoon mural project/learning through art (town of Melbourne Beach).
The Cocoa Beach and the Merritt Island Redevelopment Agency applications scored higher than 75 points. But Beach Committee members chose to fund to fully fund the top-ranked projects until the funding ran out, leaving those two applicants with no grant.
This was the first time in the four years the program has been in effect that there were more qualified grant applicants than money available.
The UCF Foundation and Melbourne Beach projects fell below the 75-point scoring threshold, so were not eligible for grants.
The Tourism + Lagoon Grant Program is separate from the much larger Save Our Indian River Lagoon program, in which as special half-percent sales tax helps pay for projects designed to improve the condition of the lagoon.
Brevard County voters in 2016 approved implementation of the Save Our Indian River Lagoon sales tax for a 10-year period, with 62.4% support. That tax is projected to raise $542 million during that 10-year span, or an average of $54.2 million a year.
Dave Berman is business editor at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Berman at dberman@floridatoday.com. Twitter: @bydaveberman.
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OneFifteen, a nonprofit agency addressing addiction, has hit the milestone of helping 5,000 patients since it opened in October 2019.
The drug and alcohol rehabilitation center has a five-acre campus on Hopeland Street in Dayton, just south of the old St. Elizabeth medical complex. OneFifteen provides a range of services to help those living with substance use disorders, including both inpatient and outpatient treatment options.
“We know that the path of recovery is a personal journey,” said Barb Marsh, chief operating officer at OneFifteen. “We are somewhat unique in that we offer every level of care on one campus.”
OneFifteen works with its patients on a case-by-case basis to help with their recoveries, offering crisis stabilization, outpatient, inpatient, and residential services. They also offer medication-assisted treatment options.
OneFifteen also began adding telehealth options during the pandemic to make sure individuals still had access to their treatment.
“The biggest challenge has been the COVID-19 pandemic,” Marsh said. “We pivoted quickly to ensure that services did not stop.”
Leadership at OneFifteen attributed the 5,000-patient milestone to its staff and other partnerships.
“We would not be able to reach this milestone without the tireless dedication of our staff to patients and clients on their path to recovery.” said Marti Taylor, president and CEO of OneFifteen. “Our team could not have predicted the challenges that we, and every behavioral health provider, faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. I am proud that our team was able to navigate the pandemic with strength and resolve to live our mission, and expand access to care for those in need.”
OneFifteen partners with RI International and Samaritan Behavioral Health, Inc. to provide services. Its founding partners include Montgomery County ADAMHS, Kettering Health Network, Premier Health, Verily, and Alexandria Real Estate Equities.
Marsh also mentioned local community partnerships, like with nearby neighborhood associations, which have been “critical to our success.” OneFifteen has also partnered with Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine as a training site to help meet the growing workforce demands.
Marsh said OneFifteen also continues to meet people where their are, having tablets in local emergency rooms where people can access resources and information about OneFifteen. They also offer care advocates to help individuals with their recovery, even beyond completing inpatient and outpatient treatment.
“The care advocate can stay involved with the patient even after the treatment ends,” Marsh said.
For more information about OneFifteen, call 937-535-5115 or come to its Crisis Stabilization Unit at 707 S. Edwin C Moses Boulevard in Dayton.
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Bentonville Schools is working to keep students and teachers safe this school year, and the district helped inform families of their plan to do just that by holding a safety and security forum on Tuesday.
With mass shootings increasing across the nation, the Bentonville School District is cracking down on security.
“Parents were concerned about response from police officers and security measures taken in the school, and so we thought it was really important for parents to get to have conversations with our director of security,” Superintendent Dr. Debbie Jones said.
The Arkansas School Safety Commission recommended that public schools in the state have an armed presence.
“We did get Bentonville to intend to give us two officers next year and we’ll continue to add additional officers as manpower becomes available,” Vera explained.
The district's director of security Steve Vera says the current safety measures have been in place since 2018.
“We have single point entry to all of our schools, all of our doors remained locked, all of our classroom doors remain locked. And so in order to gain access into the building, they have to buzz in using our audio/video buzzing system,” said Vera.
Jones emphasizes that staff throughout the district is now more prepared for active shooter situations.
“We’ve made improvements annually…you know if we look 5 years ago then we didn’t have a single point entry for every school building we do now. And as we add security measures within the school it sometimes comes more inconvenient for guests and parents. But we’ve adapted and learned to be safer,” Jones said.
One Bentonville parent who has two kids attending elementary school says with recent events nationwide, she was eager to hear what the district’s plan was.
“Bentonville schools have served as a model for other schools in the state… that was certainly reassuring. And I was really glad to hear that a lot of the practices that they are implementing in our schools this year are things they’ve been implementing for a long time,” said Allison Hubbard, a Bentonville mom.
After Tuesday night’s meeting, Hubbard says she now has a sense of peace about sending her kids to school.
“Hearing directly from them has given me assurance that they really are taking this seriously and from the money they’re pumping into and manpower they’re putting into it. It’s really a top concern for them,” said Hubbard.
School officials say the legislature has approved $50 million dollars for security, but they haven’t said how they’re going to distribute the funds yet.
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New York state's new concealed carry law, a bipartisan reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court's strikedown of the nearly century-old permit restriction in late June, takes effect on Thursday. That means Times Square will be a gun-free zone by local law.
The state Legislature overwhelmingly passed, and Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul shortly thereafter signed into law, the bill to preserve some firearms limits, especially in "sensitive areas," in the wake of that ruling. Times Square quickly emerged as a hot button of the debate. And Hochul left defining the boundaries to New York City.
Those borders are now set, and New York City is posting temporary signage informing people in Times Square of the new gun law ahead of its official Thursday start. Signage will be posted at other "sensitive locations" in the near future, the city says.
So what do the signs mean? People with a license to carry must have their weapons in a lockbox, whether they are driving or walking, in the areas specified in the map below. Failure to heed those rules for licensed gun carriers comes with a class E felony charge -- and that same criminal offense looms for any non-licensed people caught with a gun in the same zoned area.
Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday the city would also launch a comprehensive outreach plan to educate New Yorkers about the new state law. The "sensitive locations" are just one component of it. The law also will require concealed carry license applicants to meet revised eligibility requirements and complete a state-regulated firearms training course.
Have questions? An FAQ website launches in New York City on Thursday to answer them, Adams said, so stay tuned.
"The U.S. Supreme Court’s Bruen decision was the shot heard round the world that took dead aim at the safety of all New Yorkers," Adams, a former police officer, said in a statement Wednesday. "New York City will defend itself against this decision, and, beginning tomorrow, new eligibility requirements for concealed carry permit applicants and restrictions on the carrying of concealed weapons in ‘sensitive locations,’ like Times Square, take effect."
"In response to the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down New York’s century-old concealed carry law, we took swift and thoughtful action to keep New Yorkers safe," Hochul added. "I refuse to surrender my right as governor to protect New Yorkers from gun violence or any other form of harm. In New York state, we will continue leading the way forward and implementing common-sense gun safety legislation."
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The measure passed both state legislative chambers by wide margins and earned Hochul's signoff on July 1. Gun rights advocates accused the state of putting still too many restrictions on who can get guns and where to carry them. People supporting more aggressive control said the law strikes the right balance between complying with the Supreme Court ruling and keeping weapons out of the hands of people likely to use them recklessly or with criminal intent, especially when it comes to global landmarks.
More court challenges are still likely.
Among other things, the state’s new rules will require people applying for a handgun license to turn over a list of their social media accounts so officials could verify their “character and conduct.”
Applicants will have to show they have “the essential character, temperament and judgment necessary to be entrusted with a weapon and to use it only in a manner that does not endanger oneself and others.”
As part of that assessment, applicants have to turn over a list of social media accounts they've maintained in the past three years.
People applying for a license to carry a handgun also have to provide four character references, take 16 hours of firearms safety training plus two hours of practice at a range, undergo periodic background checks and turn over contact information for their spouse, domestic partner or any other adults living in their household.
NBC New York has learned that more than 4,600 people applied for gun permits in New York City in 2021, and that trend continued in 2022, with more than 3,900 applications in before September. It’s unclear how many are seeking permits to conceal-carry guns in the streets.
Hochul's chief lawyer, Elizabeth Fine, insisted earlier this summer the state was setting out “a very clear set of eligibility criteria” and noted that the legislation includes an appeals process.
The measure Hochul signed also fixed a recently passed law that barred sales of some types of bullet-resistant vests to the general public. The previous law inadvertently left out many types of body armor, including the type worn by a gunman who killed 10 Black people in a racist attack on a Buffalo supermarket earlier this year.
The Supreme Court’s ruling in June struck down a 109-year-old state law that required people to demonstrate an unusual threat to their safety to qualify for a license to carry a handgun outside their homes. That restriction generally limited the licenses to people who had worked in law enforcement or had another special need that went beyond routine public safety concerns.
Under the new system, the state won't authorize permits for people with criminal convictions within the past five years for driving while intoxicated, menacing or third-degree assault.
Apart from Times Square, the list of "sensitive areas" includes schools, universities, government buildings, places where people have gathered for public protests, health care facilities, places of worship, libraries, public playgrounds and parks, daycare centers, summer camps, addiction and mental health centers, shelters, public transit, bars, theaters, stadiums, museums, polling places and casinos.
New York will also bar people from bringing guns into any business or workplace unless the owners put up signs saying guns are welcome -- a reverse approach from many other states where businesses that don't want guns in their shops are usually required to post signs expressly forbidding them. Failure to heed such signs may result in felony charges.
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A sprawling tree suddenly fell on a 7-year-old girl in Brooklyn Wednesday as she walked with her mother, police say.
The child was taken to a hospital with a leg injury after the accident on Ocean Parkway, by Webster Avenue, shortly before 11 a.m. There was no immediate update on her condition as of mid-afternoon.
The NYC Parks Department said the tree that fell was on private property and not maintained by its workers. Its crews did respond to the site to help clear the tree, since it was blocking the right of way, officials said.
No other details were immediately available.
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MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (WJHL) – One lucky player won Tennessee Lottery’s Cash 4 Life top prize on Tuesday, and officials are still waiting for them to claim their $1,000 every day for the rest of their life.
According to a release from the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation, a winning ticket for Cash 4 Life was sold at Kenny’s Market and Deli on Copper Ridge Road in Morristown.
The winning ticket reportedly matched all five numbers drawn Tuesday night as well as a Cash Ball that entitled the winner to $1,000 every day.
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Kingsport City Schools Superintendent Dr. Jeff Moorhouse announced on Wednesday that he will retire from his position on Oct. 31, and cited new funding formulas by the State of Tennessee as a cause.
Moorhouse penned a letter to the Kingsport Board of Education on Aug. 31 expressing his thanks for the opportunity to lead the school system since Feb. 2, 2018. Then, he explained that his decision largely arose due to changes in school funding across the state.
One of the key motivations for announcing my retirement at this time is in consideration of the new funding formula to be implemented in the State of Tennessee. The new formula should provide opportunities for an incoming superintendent to work with the Board of Education and his or her leadership team in aligning those resources with a collective vision of success. Therefore, as our contract stipulates that I submit a 60 day notice, this letter is my official notification of my intent to retire from Kingsport City Schools effective October 31, 2022.
Dr. Jeff Moorhouse
The letter continued with Moorhouse’s reflection on his time spent in the system, saying that his focus was always on improvement.
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The United Steelworkers union said U.S. Steel's contract proposal falls short of the tentative agreement the union reached with Cleveland-Cliffs.
Both steelmakers are looking at four-year contracts. Cleveland-Cliffs is proposing an 8% raise the first year followed by 4% raises the next three years. U.S. Steel initially offered a 3% raise the first year followed by 2.5% raises the next three years.
U.S. Steel is now bumping up its pay increase to 13.6% over four years. It would pay a 3% increase for each of the first three years and a 4% raise in the last year of the deal. U.S. Steel CEO David Burritt said in a letter to steelworkers it was trying to be responsive to the union's request for more pay.
He said workers also would get uncapped profit sharing in the future after taking home $65,000 in bonuses over the last 18 months.
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"Our proposal is a responsible approach to make our recent successes sustainable into the future," he said.
USW said the tentative pact with Cleveland-Cliffs that would have to be ratified by members includes no health care premiums, no network changes and no changes to cost-sharing such as deductibles, copays, coinsurance and out-of-pocket maximums. It also would eliminate a requirement for an employees spouses to elect their employer's coverage.
U.S. Steel is also offering a contract with no health care premiums so long as workers agree to change the current PPO Medical Plant network to the Blue High Performance network. The USW said that PPO plan offers more narrow coverage that eliminates coverage for out-of-network providers and excludes many hospitals and doctors.
The U.S. Steel proposal would reduce plan reimbursement for some high-cost specialty drugs unless the employee applies for copay assistance through drug manufacturers via the SaveOn drug program and eliminate coverage for high-cost specialty drugs procured through a physician, clinic or infusion center, according to the union. It would instead require specialty drugs be obtained through the Accredo Specialty Drug Program.
"Accredo would make decisions on whether the patient could self-administer the specialty drug or needed additional tests, instead of the physician or medical plan," USW said in an update to members.
Cleveland-Cliffs is offering no bonus but a 20% bump in pay over four years, which the USW characterized as "wages that are with you forever and count toward future earnings."
U.S. Steel said its latest proposal would increase pay by 10% in the first when the raise and bonus were added up.
"A $7,000 employee appreciation and signing bonus is money in your pocket now – allowing you to choose the best way to support yourself and your family in the immediate term," Burritt said. "As the saying goes – cash is king."
U.S. Steel is offering a $7,000 signing bonus that includes $3,000 if ratified by Sept. 1.
"We told USS it can pay the $4,000 in a signing bonus, but we were not agreeing to this as written because USS did nothing for us during the height of the pandemic, as requested by the union," USW said in an update to members. "USS should have appreciated us during the heart of the pandemic, not when they’re trying to buy the contract."
Cleveland-Cliffs is promising $4 billion in investment in its mills over the next four years, while U.S. Steel has pledged $1 billion. U.S. Steel is proposing no change to the profit-sharing program that has brought in record-sharing bonuses for steelworkers in recent years, while Cleveland-Cliffs promised to maintain ArcelorMittal USA's existing profit-sharing program it inherited when it acquired that company in late 2020 in the latest round of industry consolidation.
Cleveland-Cliffs is offering no change to its sickness and accident policy while U.S. Steel wants to eliminate the recharge of eligibility after an employee returns to work for 60 days, even if the new disability is completely unrelated to the initial illness or injury that sent them home from work.
"Your bargaining committee made it clear to USS that we deserve a fair contract that reflects our sacrifices. We’ve worked very hard to achieve record profits that have greatly benefited executives and shareholders," USW said in an update to steelworkers. "Their proposal needs to reflect our contributions. Keep up the action. We need everyone’s support as we continue to push for what we deserve."
5 late-summer recipes to try this week
Whether you're getting ready for a Labor Day barbecue or looking for a fresh weeknight meal, this week's recipe roundup offers delicious dishes that make good use of seasonal produce.
To really give these “patties” a savory boost, brush them with vegetarian steak sauce. Add a simple side salad or some grilled veggies for a satisfying and easy dinner on the grill.
It’s the height of peach season right now, so the marinade includes buttermilk and pureed peaches along with chopped fresh thyme and mint leaves.
Buttered ears of corn on the cob, creamy coleslaw, sliced ripe tomatoes and a leafy salad make the menu complete. Brownie and vanilla ice cream sundaes take the sting out of the end of summer.
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Developers in New Braunfels soon might have to spend more as city officials eye increased roadway-impact fees. But the developers likely would pass the cost on to new homebuyers.
Impact fees are an assessment on new development that is meant to generate revenue that funds improvements necessitated by new development. The fees are based on a study that includes 10-year land-use assumptions and growth projections for the city. The study establishes a maximum assessable roadway impact fee that varies in different areas of the city.
New Braunfels is looking into increasing roadway-impact fees to 100 percent of the maximum assessable fees, meaning the city would be collecting the most it is allowed to collect.
The city has been working toward increasing the roadway-impact fees for a couple of years now, but it previously planned a smaller increase. The city charges 50 percent of the maximum assessable roadway-impact fee for residential land uses and was planning to go up to 65 percent with a $6,000 cap. For nonresidential uses, the city had planned to go from 25 percent of the maximum to 50 percent.
But city council and staff members said that they don’t believe this is enough to address the city’s needs.
Councilman James Blakey noted that higher impact fees likely would mean higher price tags on new houses as developers pass on the cost to homebuyers, but he said he prefers that to letting new development weigh on current residents.
Councilman Andrés Campos said that supporting higher impact fees is “not about being antidevelopment” but about trying to prevent burdening constituents.
“This is not really a penalty to the developer,” he said. “This is going to get passed along to people who come here and buy houses. And if I have to choose between pricing out somebody who hasn’t moved here and pricing out somebody who has been here for 40 years, I am going to choose the people who haven’t moved here yet.”
Garry Ford, the city’s transportation and capital improvements director, said that city staff likely will bring an item to city council for a vote in November. The council then would determine when the higher impact fees would go into effect, but Ford said it is customary for the city to wait three to six months before putting a change like this into action.
Any change to impact fees would affect only new development, not any project currently underway.
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After months of high temperatures and drought, San Antonio finally has had a bit of rain and even a bit of flooding. Weather forecasts for the next week or two are looking wet — a welcome break from all the heat, dead-looking trees and dried-up lawns.
A week of rain, however, is just a drop in the bucket in the face of this year’s drought.
San Antonio is an entire foot behind in rainfall. The region has gotten only 7 inches of rain; it typically gets just over 20 inches by this time of year. In order to make up for all the rainless months, San Antonio will need weeks and weeks of steady rain at either above average or average rates.
“We would need significantly more rain over a longer period of time to have any real effect on the drought as it is,” said Paul Bertetti, director of aquifer science at the Edwards Aquifer Authority. “Yes, we expect to have more rainfall in the near future, but that might just get us back up to normal amounts for this time of year.”
An ideal scenario for San Antonio is enough rain to get the ground wet, which primes the system. The dry soil will lap up the water quickly, but once it’s wet enough, another rainfall will soak in deeper and deeper, keeping the soil saturated for a while and working its way into the entire water system. As the weather grows cooler as well, the soil will not dry out as fast. However, another few weeks of drought would dry the soil up again, which is why the rain has to be steady and consistent.
The location of the rainfall also matters during drought, Bertetti said. West of San Antonio, where the Frio and Nueces rivers are dried up, rainfall needs to fall north in the Edwards Plateau around Edwards County or Real County. That rain then will trickle into the rivers and eventually deposit into the Edwards Aquifer, filling up the declining system.
“Uvalde has essentially had declining water levels since 2019, which is not unlike what happened in 2011 and 2012,” Bertetti said. “Fortunately, because of this rain, the Nueces has some flow, the Frio a little, but if they can maintain that for the next few weeks, then the aquifer can recharge.”
Additionally, La Nina, the weather phenomenon that causes high heat and drought, is letting up slightly — allowing tides of cold and rain to move in.
“We all have to be patient and understand that there’s a certain lag for this system’s response,” Bertetti said. “It won’t be immediate, but right now, longer-term predictions show the climate may be going back to normal, with normal rainfall conditions. That’s good news for everyone.”
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A Texas Ranger who investigated former Bexar County Constable Michelle Barrientes Vela was scolded in court for disobeying the judge at Vela’s public corruption trial.
Investigator Bradley Freeman’s testimony Tuesday veered into a topic that the jury wasn’t supposed to know about — Vela, 48, has been charged with three counts of official oppression, a Class A misdemeanor, besides the two counts of felony evidence tampering for which she is being tried.
“I will hold you in contempt, and it will take place later,” state District Judge Velia J. Meza told Freeman. “Pursuant to the standing order, I have no other choice. That is the consequences to my order.”
The charges against Vela stem from a 2019 Easter Sunday incident at Rodriguez Park on the West Side, where she is alleged to have coerced a park patron into giving her $300 to reserve a pavilion he already had paid for.
Freeman was taking the jury through a timeline that prosecutor Dawn McCraw wrote on a large display, highlighting his various meetings with Susan Tristan, Vela’s former custodian of records, to receive documents and give her a recording device to use in Vela’s office, plus the evidence seized under search warrants with the help of the FBI.
When McCraw asked Freeman which offenses Vela had committed, based on his review of the evidence, he replied, “Tampering with evidence and official oppression.”
It drew a stern objection from defense attorney and former Bexar County District Attorney Nicholas “Nico” LaHood. The jury left the room and a visibly angry LaHood stood before Meza, raised his voice, waived his arms and pointed at prosecutors.
“This is ridiculous. We were clear on this,” LaHood said, referring to the numerous hearings Meza has had to call outside the presence of the jury for witnesses and prosecutors to be warned against mentioning matters that could predudice the jury against his client.
“They knew they were going to do this. These are not stupid people,” LaHood said, pointing to McCraw and fellow prosecutor Oscar Salinas. “There’s no other conclusion than this was deliberate.”
LaHood asked Meza to declare a mistrial. Meza denied the motion, then told Freeman that there would be “consequences” for violating her order.
“Not only did I admonish you to stick to the tampering (charges), I gave you breaks (in testimony). I was very accommodating,” Meza said.
The trial is now in its second week. It has moved slowly because of frequent objections to testimony and the mountain of record-keeping details that are part of the state’s case — cash logs, “security agreement” records, search warrant affidavits and subpoenas.
Meza granted a “motion in limine,” an extensive list of evidence to be kept from the jury, and it includes the fact that Vela still faces three charges of official oppression. Two previous aggravated perjury charges against her were dismissed.
If convicted of the evidence tampering charges, Vela faces up to 10 years in prison.
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Police investigate south Phoenix homicide near Central and Sunland avenues
Angela Cordoba Perez
Arizona Republic
Phoenix police were investigating a homicide after finding a woman dead Wednesday morning near Central and Sunland avenues.
Officers responded to a call for a welfare check in the area and found a woman who died from her injuries, Sgt. Vincent Cole, a spokesperson with Phoenix police, said in a briefing.
No information was released, but Cole said it was being investigated as a homicide.
Cole didn't release information on who made the call.
Reach breaking news reporter Angela Cordoba Perez at Angela.CordobaPerez@Gannett.com or on Twitter @AngelaCordobaP.
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BLOOMINGTON — John White has a family farm near New Holland, but on Wednesday, while visiting an urban plot in Bloomington, he saw several examples of how agriculture can help communities.
White is auditing a regenerative agriculture class at Heartland Community College and attended a field trip with the class at Sunnyside Community Garden and Food Forest in west Bloomington. The class is taught by Dave Bishop, who is also a farmer at PrairiErth Farm near Atlanta.
“It’s nice to see something in the area we’re in; these kids will have opportunities,” White said.
Caleb Phillips is the garden manger. Along with donating to area food panties and aid organizations like Home Sweet Home Ministries and St. Mary's Catholic Church, Sunnyside also holds markets at the garden to sell some of its produce, he said.
The garden started in 2016 as a project by a senior at Normal Community West High School, Phillips said. It was in response to a government study on the least healthy areas in the state, which pinpointed the west-side neighborhood as the least healthy in Bloomington.
Now the garden provides apprenticeships for youth in the area, who earn around $1,000 per summer plus get to take home produce. The program goes beyond teaching gardening and farming techniques by also introducing the teens to careers they can reach without a four-year degree.
“A lot of it is trying to talk them through their options, so they aren’t bouncing around from job to job,” Phillips said.
This past year there were seven teens involved, and Phillips hopes to up that to 12 next year. He also hopes to get more college students involved and move the project toward more of a full urban farm focusing on market crop production.
One of his big points for the Heartland students visiting on Wednesday was on selecting crops and planning where to plant them with a mind for markets and compatibility. For instance, he plants basil in with the tomatoes, as basil deters some common tomato pests. This also puts more value into the single bed.
“Basil are bouncers outside the club,” Phillips said.
Phillips and Bishop also encouraged students to think about the potential gardens like Sunnyside have for encouraging local food consumption. That in turn can lead to people living healthier lives, even at lower income brackets.
“There’s a direct link between how much money you make and your health status,” Phillips said.
He added there is a caveat to that, though. People with lower incomes who cook regularly tend to be healthier than wealthier people who do not cook. Education on how to use fresh produce is also a major barrier to healthier lives, Phillips has found.
The students are working on making plans for their own farms, so Bishop encouraged them to think about ideas they might be able to pull from Sunnyside’s system. Several of them focused on the local, community-involved focus the garden has.
White said he was impressed with the local focus and the crop diversity at Sunnyside. He has been moving his family farm, which grows corn and soybeans, toward organic farming and has started using cover crops as well. He sees a lot of promise in programs like Sunnyside to help people live better lives.
“There’s so much potential in what can be grown in the ground,” he said.
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Total revenue from personal property replacement taxes skyrocketed last year but the way the funding works makes local school districts hesitant to count on continued increases.
McLean County Unit 5 is planning job fairs for paraprofessional and substitute positions on Friday and on Aug. 26 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the district office.
Almost everyone in Lincoln had some connection to Lincoln College. Now its closure and changes at Lincoln Christian University are making their impact felt in business and beyond.
ISU is purchasing Lincoln College's Normal campus and will be partnering with Memorial Health to create an additional location for the Mennonite College of Nursing in Springfield.
Caleb Phillips shows Heartland Community College students the difference between a field-ripened tomato and those commonly available in supermarkets during a field trip to Sunnyside Community Garden on Wednesday.
Emily Heaton, a University of Illinois professor who specializes in regenerative agriculture, picks an heirloom variety of cherry tomato off of a vine at Sunnyside Community Garden on Wednesday. She had joined Heartland Community College students during a filed trip to the garden.
From left, Heartland Community College student John White, instructor Dave Bishop, student Allison Miner and student Laura Rankin listen during a field trip to Sunnyside Community Garden on Wednesday. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/watch-now-bloomington-garden-a-learning-opportunity-for-heartland-students/article_df765bc8-294f-11ed-8f66-135964fb035d.html | 2022-08-31T19:30:45 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/watch-now-bloomington-garden-a-learning-opportunity-for-heartland-students/article_df765bc8-294f-11ed-8f66-135964fb035d.html |
OCEAN CITY — Extreme low water in Texas this summer revealed dinosaur tracks at the bottom of a dried-up river, which experts believe were left about 113 million years ago.
In Lake Mead, near Las Vegas, a continued drought and dropping water levels have revealed human remains several times, including those of a man who has been missing for 20 years, who is now believed to have drowned in the huge reservoir of the Colorado River.
Meanwhile, in Ocean City, receding water in the Howard S. Stainton Wildlife Refuge has uncovered raccoon tracks and an empty brandy bottle of much more recent vintage.
Water levels in the freshwater nature area off Bay Avenue near the municipal airport appear to be the lowest since the site was established in the 1990s, part of a settlement agreement for a decades-long lawsuit over development of wetlands.
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The site was designed as a mitigation area, creating a freshwater wetlands habitat within the city. Today, the site is far dryer than usual. From a lookout tower, the only point of public access to the site, there is a dry, cracked bed of mud, with a narrow stretch of water.
Ocean City is part of the 50.8% of the state that is in drought, according to the United States Drought Monitor per its most recent update Aug. 25. The refuge is in an area of moderate drought, the lowest of the four levels. However, even at this stage of drought, low water is expected.
When officials of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City sought a location for an annual economic symposium in 1982, they chose Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for a simple reason: It had fly-fishing. Paul Volcker, the Fed chairman at the time, was known to enjoy the pastime. Now, however, warmer waters in Jackson Lake and the Snake River it empties into have led the Park Service to urge anglers to restrict their fishing to the morning hours. Catch-and-release fishing is harder on the fish when water is warmer, and the fish are also harder to catch later in the day. It’s just one example of how climate change is confronting Fed officials during their annual summer symposium in Jackson Hole.
From June 1 to Aug. 29, Cape May County has averaged 4.9 inches of rain. That's more than 6 inches below average, according to the National Weather Service.
City resident Donna Moore raised concerns with City Council last Thursday. Moore, who often addresses environmental issues, suggested the city could have the Fire Department refill the standing water with hoses.
She said other communities have done something similar where freshwater levels are extremely low.
City Administrator George Savastano said he had never heard of that being attempted. But he said if the proposal were endorsed by environmental experts, the city would consider it.
To make much difference, the site would likely need hundreds of thousands of gallons of water added. The largest section of the water, or where the water usually stands, is about 600 feet wide and 300 feet across.
At about 7½ gallons per square foot, that would be 1.35 million gallons of water to fill the area to about a foot deep.
It was record warm on the water Thursday and we'll keep the hot times going Friday. However, this time it will be on land with another inland heat wave likely with highs in the 90s Friday. A few storms will be around, too.
In other years, the water has at times become densely overgrown with algae. The site usually has ducks, geese and wading birds. On a recent afternoon, despite the dry sections, egrets hunted in the shallows throughout the refuge.
Jeff Dahl, of Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, and Ocean City, visited the site Wednesday morning. He said the water levels fluctuate at the site throughout the year, tending to drop in the summer and refill with rainwater in the winter and spring, but he added he has never seen the levels as low as they are this summer.
The entrance is easy to miss, just a small path to the west of Bay Avenue, between 26th and 28th streets.
The refuge stands between Bay Avenue and the bike path on Haven Avenue, but the area is inaccessible from the Haven Avenue side. It runs from 25th Street to 29th Street, with a single block of houses along Bay Avenue on either side.
Phragmites and trees line the edges of the property.
There is a wooden sign set in the trees, identifying it as the Howard S. Stainton Wildlife Refuge, created under agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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The path leads to a two-story platform, with dense growth blocking the view from the bottom of the platform.
The area was set aside under a settlement agreement with the Stoeco Development company, which built many of the houses in that area of Ocean City. Businessman and philanthropist Howard Stainton, best known for his downtown department store, was one of the principals of that company.
The development began in the 1950s, when the city was eager to see houses instead of wetlands. In the 1980s, the Army Corps sought to shut the project down, claiming the site was wetlands and kicking off a lengthy legal fight over its status.
A settlement agreement in the 1990s allows some homes to be built, with the developer creating the natural area. According to a city inventory of open space and recreation sites, the area was turned over to the city in 2004.
The total property area is about 16 acres, according to that report.
Steve Rochette, a public affairs officer with the Philadelphia District of the Army Corps of Engineers, said the mitigation area relies on rainwater. With so little rain this year, the site dried out.
Much of the U.S. has experienced drought and extreme heat, and lawns are feeling the pain. You can ease damage while still trying to conserve water.
He said in an email Tuesday there is not likely a single steward responsible for maintaining the site.
The area is described as a prime spot for birding, although the platform is often empty. Along the bike path, several neighbors maintain bird feeders, and several kinds of songbirds can be found along the fence.
Jeff Pace, an avid birder who lives in Ocean City, is a regular visitor to the site. But he rarely stops by in summer. It is in the fall, winter and spring when the views are most rewarding.
He said he sees a large number of freshwater ducks and other waterfowl at the site.
"It would be a shame if this weren't there," he said, describing it as an important habitat on the barrier island.
In spring and summer, endangered least terns and black skimmers can be seen, according to a trail guide maintained by New Jersey Audubon, and marsh hawks and other birds of prey can be seen as well.
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“This freshwater marsh in a suburban setting is a very young wildlife refuge and bears watching in the coming years,” reads a description on the New Jersey Audubon site. “It is well situated and has the potential to grow into a wonderful roost area for many wading birds and shorebirds.”
Lakes and ponds throughout New Jersey have been exceptionally low this summer, but things have been most severe here. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Coastal South region, which includes all of southeastern New Jersey, has had "severely dry" groundwater conditions for the past 26 weeks. The strength of water stream flows were determined to be so low that they were downgraded from "severely dry" to the most significant "extremely dry" category just last week.
Staff Meteorologist Joe Martucci contributed to this report. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/dry-summer-is-draining-ocean-city-refuge/article_340cd634-27b2-11ed-acd6-e357c888a359.html | 2022-08-31T19:31:17 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/dry-summer-is-draining-ocean-city-refuge/article_340cd634-27b2-11ed-acd6-e357c888a359.html |
ATLANTIC CITY — The new police contract approved by City Council and ratified by membership raises starting and maximum salaries and improves some working conditions, according to the head of the police union.
"It means a lot," said PBA Local 24 President Jules Schwenger. "Hopefully it will stop people leaving for other departments."
She said it gave back some of what was taken away when the state took over and cut salaries and manpower.
"Officers had to work 87 hours (in a two-week period) to get overtime, not 80 hours," Schwenger said of post-state-takeover rules. "Now that is finally fixed. If we work over 40 hours per week we get time-and-a-half."
Pay is on its way to where it should be, she said.
"We added some steps," she said. Top pay this year is $99,000, up from $90,000, Schwenger said. "Starting pay went from $45,000 to $49,500."
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Mayor Marty Small Sr. did not immediately respond to requests for comment, but Schwenger said he was "instrumental in getting over the finish line. We were able to get a good deal for everybody."
The new contract will end in 2025, when starting pay will be $54,500 and top pay $113,000, she said.
There will again be an incentive to become a detective, she said, of about $3,000 a year.
"We have the best detectives around. We were the only ones in the state with no incentive or stipend," Schwenger said.
Police will also get extra sick and vacation time.
"COVID taught everyone how important sick time could be," Schwenger said.
She said the big issue left for police is the manpower issue.
"We need the number that is right for the city," she said, which she puts at 330. Currently there are 263 officers in the department.
"That's not going to happen overnight," Schwenger said.
At its height in about 2005 there were 432 officers in the city, Schwenger said.
"We have fewer cops now than in the pre-casino era," she said. "Obviously that's not the right number."
Acting Chief James Sarkos has also talked about the need to increase the number of police officers in the city. He is expected to soon be appointed Chief, once all of the Civil Service requirements for the promotion are finished.
Civil Service was restored last year in Atlantic City with the new law extending the state takeover of the city another four years.
Former Chief Henry White retired in September 2020, and the state appointed Sarkos as interim officer-in-charge in October 2020.
Gov. Phil Murphy appointed Sarkos acting chief in July. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-atlantic-city-police-contract-restores-some-funding-rights-to-cops/article_b019830e-2932-11ed-b07f-3320755f2eae.html | 2022-08-31T19:31:23 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-atlantic-city-police-contract-restores-some-funding-rights-to-cops/article_b019830e-2932-11ed-b07f-3320755f2eae.html |
Here’s an update of the COVID-19 numbers in the state.
New positive cases: 1,642
New deaths: 17
Total positive cases: 2,276,558
Total number of deaths: 31,459
Total vaccine doses administered: 14,203,523
Rate of transmission: 0.89
CASES BY COUNTY
Atlantic: 64,161 cases, 976 deaths, 381,851 doses administered
Cape May: 12,796 cases, 270 deaths, 134,727 doses administered
Cumberland: 38,238 cases, 588 deaths, 187,680 doses administered
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Ocean: 154,632 cases, 2,914 deaths, 705,116 doses administered
Source: N.J. Department of Health
Figures as of 1 p.m. Aug. 31 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-more-than-1-600-new-covid-19-cases-17-new-deaths/article_c55e8746-295a-11ed-a8e5-732cedf2f85b.html | 2022-08-31T19:31:29 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-more-than-1-600-new-covid-19-cases-17-new-deaths/article_c55e8746-295a-11ed-a8e5-732cedf2f85b.html |
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Corpus Christi native who was reported missing from her home in La Porte, Texas almost one year ago has been found alive.
Turns out all this time, authorities said the mom who disappeared from her family, children, her life, was actually on the run from the law.
The disappearance of Josefa Vela sparked messages of prayers for her safe return. The last time anyone saw her was when she was driving away from her home in La Porte back in September of 2021.
Law officials there even put out a plea for the public to help find the then 36-year-old mother of five.
Carlos Marrero is with the U.S. Marshals based out of Corpus Christi. He said that Vela, at the time, was out on bond for an underlying drug offense.
"An arrest warrant was issued to arrest her for bond violations and that is where we came in to track where she was," Marrero said.
Marrero was part of a team made up of different branches of the U.S. Marshals that worked eight long months to locate Vela, who headed south across the border.
"As soon as we started our investigation, we noticed that she was moving, going from country to county," Marrero said.
On June 13, 285 days since she was reported missing and some 2,400 miles away from her home in La Porte, Vela was discovered in Ecuador, South America.
"Most people especially in the southern district of Texas believe that when they leave the country they will be safe and they don't understand we have agreements with other countries to track their whereabouts and arrest them," Marrero said.
He credited law enforcement teamwork both on the local and international scale to get her under arrest. Vela is now awaiting her extradition back to the U.S. where she will face her parole violation on top of her original charge.
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TEXAS, USA — Texas state troopers can loosen their belts just a tad after new physical fitness standards were approved last week.
An oversight board approved changes to the standards for Texas Department of Public Safety troopers after a controversial policy targeted more than 200 of them back in April.
Troopers were told men with waist sizes over 40 inches and women with waist sizes over 35 inches would have to track and share their weight loss efforts.
According to the new policy first reported by the Dallas Morning News, those measurements have increased to 41 and 36 inches, respectively. The consequences for stretching those measurements are also gone, but the waistline requirements are necessary.
“DPS is obviously a premier law enforcement organization and will continue to be so,” Commissioner Dale Wainwright told the Dallas Morning News. “For that to happen, we have to have commissioned officers who can do their job physically as well as mentally at an excellent level.”
Troopers most recently took their physical fitness tests in the spring and nearly every trooper passed, but fewer troopers met the waistline requirement.
Troopers who don't meet their waistlines still have to enroll in a "fitness improvement plan" where exercise goals and nutrition diaries that prove they're taking their fitness seriously are still required.
After 224 state troopers were told they needed to slim down last year, that number dropped to 175 during spring's testing. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-state-troopers-weight-requirements/285-f37e4d95-a860-4cac-84c4-c55cabcf483a | 2022-08-31T19:35:41 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-state-troopers-weight-requirements/285-f37e4d95-a860-4cac-84c4-c55cabcf483a |
Live in DeLand? City seeks feedback on quality of life, annual volunteer awards
DeLand officials want to hear from residents about their opinion of the quality of life in Volusia County's fastest-growing city and who in the community is making a difference.
Surveys were mailed to more than 2,000 households, but those who didn't receive a hard copy may participate online, Chris Graham, city spokesman, said in a news release.
The 28-question survey poses questions about the quality of life in DeLand, city-provided services, government operations and the household demographics of the person responding.
The online survey, available here, closes after Sept. 8.
City officials also are seeking nominations for DeLand's annual Volunteer of the Year award and for volunteers who are 40 years old or younger, Graham said. Nominees must have been involved in volunteer activities for a least a year within the greater DeLand area.
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Plaques with the names of the winners will be installed downtown.
Nominations, which are being accepted until Oct. 7, may be made at City Hall, 120 S. Florida Ave., or via the city's website at deland.org/610/Volunteer-of-the-Year.
For more information, contact Kieu Moses, risk/safety/events manager, at 386-626-7112 or mosesk@deland.org. | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2022/08/31/deland-wants-feedback-quality-life-nominations-volunteer-awards/7945713001/ | 2022-08-31T19:36:05 | 1 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2022/08/31/deland-wants-feedback-quality-life-nominations-volunteer-awards/7945713001/ |
Haines City man dies after being struck by 2 cars while crossing US 98 N in Lakeland
A pedestrian was killed on U.S. 98 North in Lakeland after being struck by two cars while crossing the busy highway, Lakeland police said.
In a news release Wednesday, police said Hector Daniel Lugo, 27, of Haines City was crossing the highway shortly before 8:30 p.m. outside of a designated crosswalk. A 2008 Infiniti sedan was driving south in the inside lane when Lugo stepped into its path. The driver swerved but wasn't able to avoid hitting him. When Lugo fell to the ground, police said he was struck by another car, a 1997 Toyota Camry also traveling south.
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Both drivers stopped and remained at the scene, police said. Lakeland police, Polk Fire Rescue and the Lakeland Fire Department responded and began life-saving measures. Lugo was taken to Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center but died there shortly after.
Members of the Traffic Homicide Unit responded to the scene and took over the investigation. The roadway was shut down for about two hours while the Traffic Homicide Unit investigated.
If anyone has any additional information regarding the crash, contact Officer Camilo Almeida at camilo.almeida@lakelandgov.net. | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2022/08/31/2-cars-hit-pedestrian-crossing-us-98-north-lakeland/7949693001/ | 2022-08-31T19:36:17 | 0 | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2022/08/31/2-cars-hit-pedestrian-crossing-us-98-north-lakeland/7949693001/ |
Police capture nearly 8-foot gator at Bartow elementary school
BARTOW — A 7-foot, 11-inch alligator found out it wasn't welcome at Spessard L. Holland Elementary School, even though it's known as home of the Gators.
Bartow Police Department received a call on Tuesday morning from Lacey Golden, the school's principal, according to its Facebook post. Golden contacted police after finding the gator waiting near her usual parking spot. Students had not started arriving for classes, according to PCSB spokesman Kyle Kennedy.
A video posted to the department's Facebook page shows Officer Dallas Haynie, a former alligator trapper with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, calmly approach the animal with a snare poll. Haynie then drops down on the gator's back to tape the animal's jaws shut.
No further information was immediately available on what happened to "Spessie," as the police department seems to have unofficially nicknamed the gator.
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Kennedy said there have not been any prior issues with gators showing up outside the Bartow elementary school since at least 2015.
It's the second gator to be captured outside at a Florida school in the last week. On Aug. 24, a 7-foot gator was picked up at Lexington Middle School in Fort Myers, as The News-Press reported.
It's not common to find an animal outside one of Polk's public schools, according to Kennedy. The last time he recalls an alligator being found on school property was outside Frostproof High School in June 2018.
Individuals who encounter alligators and are concerned for their safety can call the FWC's Statewide Nuisance Alligator Hotline at 866-392-4286. The FWC considers an alligator a nuisance if it measures more than 4 feet long and the caller believes it poses a threat to people, pets or property. The agency will also handle situations involving a smaller gator if it is deemed to be in an unacceptable location and must be removed, like a swimming pool.
In 2021, there were nine people bitten by alligators in Florida, according to the FWC. Seven of these events were considered major injuries, two minor with no fatalities. The state's last reported death caused by alligator bite was in 2019.
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Lakeland's GrillSmith temporarily closes for health code violations
LAKELAND — The GrillSmith in Lakeside Village has been temporarily shut down for two days after a state inspector discovered issues that could pose a direct threat to public health.
Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulations reports show an inspection of GrillSmith on Tuesday found seven violations: one high-priority, one intermediate and five basic.
The inspection report, publicly available online, notes small flying insects were found throughout various areas in GrillSmith.
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The inspector's observation notes on the high-priority violation read, "Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed 6 live flies on wall by hand sink in server station. Observed 3 live flies on soda bibbs next to ice machine. Observed 23 on wall by ice machine. Observed 10 live flies underneath ice machine Observed 15 live flies on wall under dish machine Observed 7 live flies in dry storage. Observed 16 live flies on wall in prep station Observed 3 live flies at bar."
Lesser violations cited by the state agency's report note "Observed 20 dead flies stuck in grease on wall under prep table" along with water leaking from a pipe, molding at a floor and wall junction, and multiple floor tiles were broken creating space for standing water and food debris to accumulate.
The state department describes an inspection report as “a ‘snapshot’ of conditions present at the time of the inspection. On any given day, an establishment may have fewer or more violations than noted in their most recent inspection. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long-term conditions at the establishment."
Brian Key, manager of GrillSmith, told The Ledger it was a minor fruit fly problem and the eatery was aiming to reopen Wednesday night. Key had no further comment.
A follow-up inspection of the restaurant Wednesday noted that corrective action had been taken to address the flies. It was noted the manager had made efforts to eradicate the flies and sanitize problematic areas.
The inspector allowed for an time extension for the restaurant to fix structural issues including broken floor tiles and leaking pipes.
GrillSmith opened its doors in Lakeland as its fourth location in September 2007. It has met the state's restaurant inspection standards in all available reports dating to October 2019, with one occasion where a follow-up was requested in August 2020.
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Voting rights ballot proposal headed to court after Michigan election board deadlocks
The Michigan Board of State Canvassers deadlocked 2-2 along party lines on certification of Promote the Vote 2022, sending the fate of the voting rights ballot initiative to a likely battle in the Michigan Supreme Court.
The deadlock occurred ahead of a later vote on a separate initiative to enshrine abortion rights in the state Constitution, expected to take place Wednesday afternoon.
Canvassers debated certification of the Promote the Vote initiative, which would appear as Proposal 2 on the Nov. 8 ballot, for more than an hour Wednesday after an opposition group alleged Promote the Vote did not list, as required by law, all of the sections of the Constitution that would be altered or abrogated by the proposal.
The 2-2 deadlock means the ballot initiative will not proceed to the Nov. 8 ballot short of court intervention.
The Promote the Vote ballot campaign committee is expected to appeal the decision to the Michigan Supreme Court and said Wednesday it was confident the courts would "remedy" the situation.
“We are extremely disappointed by the Board of State Canvassers’ deadlock," said Khalilah Spencer, board president for Promote the Vote 2022. "This is a disservice to the people of Michigan and is indicative of the obstructionist partisan politics that have taken over truly non-partisan issues like election reform and equal access to the ballot."
In a now familiar debate among members of the Board of State Canvassers, the four-member bipartisan panel argued over the limits of their duties and whether those duties were limited to determining a certain number of valid signatures or included legal interpretations of what was in a ballot initiative.
Canvasser Mary Ellen Gurewitz, a Democrat, said she didn't believe the petition abrogated or repealed sections of the state constitution that weren't already listed in the petition. But she noted that determination required her own legal analysis, which isn't usually in the bailiwick of a canvassers' duties.
"We don’t have the statutory responsibility or right to engage too much with the content of the proposal," said Gurewitz, a Detroit attorney whose practice includes election law.
Canvasser Tony Daunt, the Republican chairman of the board, argued the court has not specifically blocked canvassers from dealing with questions of potential abrogation, referring to a 2012 Supreme Court opinion on a separate ballot initiative facing similar challenges. Without a specific ruling on the board's involvement on that end, Daunt said he believed the board had a duty to seek clarity on behalf of voters.
"If it is not clear what they are voting on, that is a detriment to the voters of this state," Daunt said.
The state Bureau of Elections recommended the certification of the Promote the Vote 2022 ballot initiative last week, finding that 507,780 of the 664,029 signatures collected were valid. The benchmark for the proposal was 425,059 signatures.
Promote the Vote 2022, which expands on a 2018 ballot initiative focused on voting, also allows election officials to accept third-party donations, lets voters join a permanent absentee ballot list and ensures military or overseas ballots postmarked before Election Day and received within six days after are still counted.
It also would require audits to be conducted publicly by state and county officials without involvement by party officials. It would cement the role of canvassers in certifying election results as well enshrine in the constitution Michigan’s current voter identification rules, which allow in-person voters to show a photo ID or fill out an affidavit to attest to their identity.
Opponents of the ballot initiative argued Wednesday that, without a full listing of areas of the law the initiative would change, people signing the petition and those headed to the voting booth in the fall are misled about the actual effects of the proposal.
"That failure to republish is fatal to Promote the Vote’s petition and this board has a duty to reject it," said Jonathan Koch, a lawyer for the opposition group Defend Your Vote.
One of the areas Koch focused on was the proposal's potential impact on language allowing the Legislature a say over whether prisoners are allowed to vote.
Chris Trebilcock, a lawyer for Promote the Vote, argued the petition wouldn't abrogate or repeal those items. Trebilcock quoted Michigan Supreme Court Justice Brian Zahra's definition of abrogation as rendering a section "wholly inoperable," which he said isn't the case with sections Defend Your Vote targeted as being underrepresented in the petition.
Regardless, Trebilcock said, "those challenges weren’t made back in February when this petition was approved as to form by this board in a 4-0 vote.”
The board is expected to take up on Wednesday afternoon the Reproductive Freedom for All initiative, which would enshrine abortion rights into the state Constitution, was recommended for certification by the Bureau of Elections on Aug. 25.
The bureau estimated the group had at least 596,379 valid signatures among the record 752,288 signatures submitted in July, exceeding the 425,059 signature threshold by more than 150,000 signatures.
The initiative, if passed by voters in November, would affirm abortion rights in the Constitution and nullify the state's 1931 abortion law, which bans abortion in all cases except when it is performed to save the life of the mother. Enforcement of the law remains blocked as courts battle over whether there is already a right to abortion in the state Constitution.
A group that opposes the abortion rights ballot proposal, Citizens to Support MI Women and Children, has challenged the proposal's petitions, saying spacing issues had caused words to be joined together in error.
But the bureau made no recommendation on the merits of legal arguments about the petition's word spacing, noting "Michigan election law is silent" on spacing between letters and words.
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A 13-year-old girl was abducted by a man in Reading Wednesday afternoon, the Pennsylvania State Police said, prompting an Amber Alert.
The state police issued the alert for Janae Kalia-Henry. She was last seen around 2 p.m. in the area of Schuylkill Avenue in Reading, the PSP said.
The girl was wearing a red shirt with pink and purple pants, state police said. She is described as a Black girl who is five feet, one inch tall and weighs around 106 pounds.
The unknown male abductor was driving a silver Chevrolet Traverse with Pennsylvania plates, according to the PSP.
The public is asked to call 911 if they know of the girl's whereabouts. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/amber-alert-issued-for-girl-abducted-in-reading-pa/3350411/ | 2022-08-31T19:38:58 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/amber-alert-issued-for-girl-abducted-in-reading-pa/3350411/ |
Prosecutor: Detroit's 2nd murder of transgender woman in a month 'beyond concerning'
Detroit — A Detroit man has been charged with the fatal shooting of a transgender woman, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, the second alleged murder of a transgender woman in less than a month.
Deontae Close, 31, was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of 33-year-old Dede Ricks of Ohio.
Hayden Davis, 28, was killed in Detroit in late July.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy called the murders "beyond concerning."
"We have seen this happen before and hope that this does not become a pattern," Worthy said in a statement. "While some protections for transgender citizens in Michigan are finally beginning to be recognized, their lives are still very much in danger."
Ricks was found dead at 3:39 a.m. Saturday in the 2500 block of Manistique Street in Detroit, according to the prosecutor's office. She was unresponsive when officers arrived and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Close was arrested Saturday and arraigned Tuesday. His bond was set at $500,000.
"The fact that we have seen two homicides of transgender women in just three weeks shows the danger this community faces," Fair Michigan President Alanna Maguire said in a statement. "Rather than being supported, we often hear people vilify the transgender community which fuels this kind of violence and hate. We are proud to work with Prosecutor Worthy's office on these cases, and we hope to bring justice to the victims and their families."
kberg@detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2022/08/31/detroit-man-charged-murder-transgender-woman-dede-ricks/7952182001/ | 2022-08-31T19:39:01 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2022/08/31/detroit-man-charged-murder-transgender-woman-dede-ricks/7952182001/ |
The birth of a baby has one family calling a New Jersey off-ramp "Teagan's Turn."
A little over a year ago, a baby girl was born outside of a gas station just off of the Garden State Parkway in Sea Isle City. This week, the firefighters who helped deliver that baby girl got to celebrate her 1st birthday with her and her family.
On Aug. 27, 2021, Leslie Harkins and her husband Ryan were heading home to Burlington County from their vacation home in Sea Isle City when Leslie went into labor, three weeks early.
"The first thing we saw, the lights ahead, was the gas station," Leslie said.
Ryan eventually pulled into the station while the couple remained on the phone with 9-1-1 operators. Moments later, first responders with the Seaville Fire Department arrived and helped Leslie deliver the baby, which the Harkins named Teagan.
"Knowing that they're here today, seeing what it's like to see the aftermath," firefighter Scott Fancher said about meeting Teagan and her family.
For Teagan's father, the experience left him with a better outlook on the world.
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"It really restored my faith in humanity from the standpoint that their are still good people out there," Ryan Harkins said. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/firefighters-meet-baby-one-year-after-gas-station-delivery/3350062/ | 2022-08-31T19:39:04 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/firefighters-meet-baby-one-year-after-gas-station-delivery/3350062/ |
Foster care nonprofit opens new digital media center and sensory room for youth
A Wayne County-based nonprofit that runs a local charter school for students dealing with trauma has unveiled a new digital media center and sensory room.
The new Weaver Media Center inside the Fostering Leadership Academy on West Six Mile in Redford includes a "Zen Den" sensory room, Promethean boards, collaborative style furnishings, and a 70-inch television that was funded by a $100,000 donation from a foundation that serves foster youth.
The Fostering Leadership Academy, a "trauma-informed" charter school, is run by the Methodist Children's Home Society Family of Services, a nonprofit that provides provides foster care, adoption and other services.
“At MCHS, we know that supporting youth in their time of greatest need will make a lifelong impact,” said Kevin Roach, CEO of MCHS, in a release Tuesday. “We continuously are looking for ways we can advocate for our community's most vulnerable youth and families, especially during years when education is so critical.”
The new media center also will include 100 laptops for students to use and special mural by Detroit artist Mike Han. The Fostering Leadership Academy serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
On Wednesday, MCHS and its partners planned to hold a special ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new media center for students and their families, as well as prospective families. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2022/08/31/foster-care-non-profit-opens-100-000-new-digital-media-center/7948743001/ | 2022-08-31T19:39:07 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2022/08/31/foster-care-non-profit-opens-100-000-new-digital-media-center/7948743001/ |
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Aboite Road is to close between Yoder and South County Line roads from 8 a.m. Thursday to 2:30 p.m. Friday during crossover-pipe replacement and ditch work, the Allen County Highway Department said today.
Aboite Road section to close Thursday, Friday
- The Journal Gazette | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/aboite-road-section-to-close-thursday-friday/article_9a4994c4-295a-11ed-bf88-df2e66a2bc59.html | 2022-08-31T19:42:08 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/aboite-road-section-to-close-thursday-friday/article_9a4994c4-295a-11ed-bf88-df2e66a2bc59.html |
With a snip of oversized scissors, student Anjenique Weeks made it official Wednesday – the newest venture from the Fort Wayne Community Schools Career Academy culinary arts program was in business.
Instructor Ann Applegate and Superintendent Mark Daniel stood on either side of Weeks for Barr Street Bistro's ceremonial ribbon cutting and helped lead the ensuing applause in the FWCS Career Academy at Anthis cafeteria.
Open to the public, the downtown student-run eatery sells menu items including soups, salads and sandwiches. On Wednesday, a chalkboard easel near the ordering counter advertised sausage gravy and biscuits as the student feature.
"We have a bunch of high schoolers that are basically running their own restaurant," student Jessica Crockett said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/fort-wayne-community-schools-celebrates-launch-of-student-run-eatery/article_0cc07d1e-2939-11ed-a818-3be52f256c33.html | 2022-08-31T19:42:09 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/fort-wayne-community-schools-celebrates-launch-of-student-run-eatery/article_0cc07d1e-2939-11ed-a818-3be52f256c33.html |
Kenosha County Sheriff's deputies investigate the scene of a fatal crash at Highway S and 88th Avenue (Highway H) Tuesday night. A motorcyclist was killed in the crash that was reported at 6:46 p.m., according to sheriff's authorities.
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Kenosha County Sheriff's deputies hold up a sheet in front of a motorcycle as they investigate the scene of a fatal crash at Highway S and 88th Avenue (Highway H) Tuesday night. A motorcyclist was killed in the crash that was reported at 6:46 p.m., according to sheriff's authorities.
SOMERS — A motorcyclist was killed in a two-vehicle crash that occurred near the intersection of highways S and H (88th Avenue) Tuesday night.
Multiple Kenosha County Sheriff's Department squads and Somers Fire Department rescue units responded to the scene of the crash that was reported at 6:46 p.m., according to Lt. Tom Gilley of the Sheriff's Department. Gilley said the motorcyclist, an adult male, had died at the scene.
Initial reports indicated that a blue Honda Accord that was traveling eastbound on Highway S was struck on the passenger side by a westbound 2018 Harley Davidson motorcycle as the Honda attempted to turn north onto Highway H.
According to deputies on scene, the driver and sole occupant of the Honda sustained minor injuries and was transported to an area hospital by Somers rescue. Lifesaving measures were attempted on the motorcycle operator but were unsuccessful. He was pronounced dead at the scene. His name was being withheld pending proper notification, authorities said.
Early police radio traffic indicated that a Flight For Life helicopter was initially called, but the call was terminated after the injured motorcyclist did not respond to CPR.
Another motorcyclist that was traveling with the involved motorcycle was struck by a piece of debris from the crash and was also transported to an area hospital with minor injuries.
Authorities said the driver of the Honda was cooperative with the investigation. The crash resulted in extensive damage to both vehicles, which were towed from the scene. Traffic was re-routed from the intersection for several hours.
The public is encouraged to contact the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department with any information regarding the crash at 262-605-5100.
Kenosha County Sheriff's deputies investigate the scene of a fatal crash at Highway S and 88th Avenue (Highway H) Tuesday night. A motorcyclist was killed in the crash that was reported at 6:46 p.m., according to sheriff's authorities.
Kenosha County Sheriff's deputies hold up a sheet in front of a motorcycle as they investigate the scene of a fatal crash at Highway S and 88th Avenue (Highway H) Tuesday night. A motorcyclist was killed in the crash that was reported at 6:46 p.m., according to sheriff's authorities. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/update-watch-now-authorities-call-on-publics-help-with-investigation-of-tuesdays-fatal-crash-at/article_f9015cdc-28c8-11ed-b846-d77ee5fa5af0.html | 2022-08-31T19:43:20 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/update-watch-now-authorities-call-on-publics-help-with-investigation-of-tuesdays-fatal-crash-at/article_f9015cdc-28c8-11ed-b846-d77ee5fa5af0.html |
It's the end of an era for Downtown Kenosha's long-standing coffee shop.
HarborSide Common Grounds, 5159 Sixth Ave., closed its doors for good Wednesday after more than two decades in business.
The lakefront cafe owned by Bobbi Duczak celebrated its 22nd anniversary this month. On its final day in business Wednesday the cafe had a line out the door with many area residents waiting for their final Common Grounds beverage. Inside the more than 100-year-old building patrons took pictures of the shops eclectic art and furnishings.
Duczak announced plans to close at the end of August earlier this year. Like many small businesses, the cafe had struggled during the height of the pandemic and the challenges have continued.
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Duczak said it's been especially difficult obtaining ingredients for sandwiches and some blended beverages. The cafe also struggled to find workers in recent years.
In early 2021, Duczak called on area residents "to shop local, to buy local" because many small business owners like her had trouble competing with chain restaurants and big box retailers.
Still, Duczak said she loved operating the business and was there every day making sure things ran smoothly.
"It's bittersweet. It's nice to see all the people here. I'm going to miss it but yet it's time to not be here seven days a week," she said. "I have so many memories here. My staff kept me going. They are my kids. As long as they were here. it was like being at home."
Duczak she'll also continue to work at her cafeteria spot at Gateway Technical College’s Kenosha campus.
"I'm still going to be at my other location," she said. "Anybody can go there."
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Don Cress, a retired college professor, visited Common Grounds nearly every day for about a decade. He would read philosophy and history books while sipping coffee and chat with other frequent customers. He said he'll miss his favorite local cafe.
"We're am I going to go now?" Cress said. "The staff are very nice and the view, you can't beat it. It's a wonderful place for a lot of people that I know and would say hello to. You get to know people here. There's connections."
Felisha Pumela was in line Wednesday afternoon to get her last Common Grounds coffee.
"Me and my oldest would come here before he went to school ... four days a week," she said. "He would get hot tea and I would get my coffee for the day. We're going to have to find a new coffee place. I hope they open up another coffee shop here. It won't be the same but it would be better that this place becoming another office."
Bill and Kate Guida occupied a table in the cafe's study room Wednesday morning.
Kate Guida said "we've been coming here since they opened."
"We came with our kids all the time until they went away to college," she said. "When they came home it was tradition to always come here and take photos on the deck. It became nostalgic for us."
Bill Guida, a retired Kenosha News journalist, said Common Grounds had the best local view of Lake Michigan.
"There's no other place that has this view of the lake. There's no other place that has this and it made it unique. It has a certain homey feel to it," he said. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-harborside-common-grounds-closes-its-doors-after-22-years/article_4ef39636-2951-11ed-b189-cb7a7b4356ad.html | 2022-08-31T19:43:26 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-harborside-common-grounds-closes-its-doors-after-22-years/article_4ef39636-2951-11ed-b189-cb7a7b4356ad.html |
The Washington Park Velodrome ended its 2022 racing season Tuesday night.
Dozens of cyclists of all ages turned out for final night of racing at the historic velodrome, 1821 Washington Road. Dozens more onlookers watched the races from the hill overlooking the track.
Among Tuesday's events were juniors races competing in an event to determine who could cycle across the velodrome three times the slowest and without falling over or touching the concrete with a foot.
Women and men also competed in traditional speed and distance races.
Tuesday night had more "fun events than competitions" because it's the end of the season, said Art Hicks, chief referee. Hicks, called the 2022 season a success.
"It's been really, really good. I've been really happy to see the progress the riders have been making," he said. "We get new riders every season and they improve their skills.
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"The pool of young riders between 9 and 12 years old has been growing every year. It's amazing to see their skills at the end of the season compared to when they started out."
Hicks said the velodrome has never been more popular with riders from southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. And their friends and families.
"We were very popular 15, 20 years ago and then it dropped off a little bit and we were closed for construction for a couple years," Hicks explained. "Then we were closed in 2020."
"It's really nice to see the numbers come back up. It's growing again, which is nice," he added.
Hicks also thanked the City of Kenosha for taking care of the park.
"I'm very pleased," he said. "We find the grass mowed, we find the velodrome cleaned off, we find trash emptied. We find tables put out. The city has been very, very good to us."
Reilly Fenters, a racer with Kenosha Velosport Cycling, said Tuesday was bittersweet.
"I'm sad a little bit and happy a little bit that the season is ending," Fenters said. "It's a lot of commitment every Tuesday since May, and our team practices three or four times a week. ... I really love the community of bikers and we're all very supportive of each other."
Tuesday night race director Chris Riva expressed similar sentiments.
"It's always bittersweet because you always want it to continue," she said. "We had a really good season this year. The rider numbers were up a lot, and even the crowd number were getting better."
She said the 2022 season included 14 weeks of racing. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-washington-park-velodrome-2022-racing-season-ends/article_cd0b68c4-295a-11ed-b5fa-2fdd4f395dfc.html | 2022-08-31T19:43:32 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-washington-park-velodrome-2022-racing-season-ends/article_cd0b68c4-295a-11ed-b5fa-2fdd4f395dfc.html |
LEWISTOWN, Pa. — Two Central Pennsylvania counties are getting ready to celebrate Goose Day next month.
You may ask yourself: What exactly is Goose Day?
According to local legend in Mifflin and Juniata counties, dining on goose on Sept. 29 ensures wealth and prosperity for the coming year.
Carried to the Juniata River Valley by an early settler, this local tradition has been observed in Mifflin and Juniata Counties for more than two centuries.
Residents in both counties continue to celebrate by dining on goose and by enjoying a diverse list of activities, sales, special food, and drink offerings that businesses across the two counties will be hosting.
The official list of events and goose dinners is released Thursday on the Juniata River Valley Visitors Bureau’s website.
The list features something for everyone thanks to the many local businesses who believe in the holiday’s ability to draw visitors, boost the local economy, and instill community pride.
The visitors’ bureau is encouraging everyone to call ahead to any restaurant to reserve their goose meal for September 29 before traveling.
“We publish the activity list almost a month before the celebrations begin so people can do a bit of research and plan their trip in advance,” said JRVVB executive director Jenny Landis in a press release. “And if you want to be certain to get your lucky goose, call ahead for a reservation.”
The visitors bureau said it has noticed a growing amount of visitors each year who stop by the office to learn more about the holiday.
This year, the bureau is encouraging guests to stop first at the Historic Courthouse in downtown Lewistown on Goose Day for some fun activities and guidance to find out what to do for fun.
The staff will have a prepared list of events and activities happening elsewhere that day to hand out to visitors.
“We will have some photo opportunities with our ‘Top Goose’ themed photo shoot, meet our 20’ tall Mr. Wiggles, and our front porch will be decorated for fall by At the Barnyard Corn Maze,” said Buffie Boyer, communications director for JRVVB. “Make a goosie craft, find out where to eat your lucky bird, and visit with the many Wild Geese art sculptures surrounding Monument Square.”
Seven new Wild Geese sculptures have landed so far this year. As the project, coordinated by Community Partnerships, continues to grow, the online Goose Tracker is updated as quickly as possible.
Find it at https://jrvvisitors.com/wild-geese-tracker/ or call 717-248-6713 for a paper copy.
A QR code has also been placed on each goose to help visitors navigate to all 25 geese.
Other Goose Day events to look forward to this year:
- Lewistown First Friday on Sept. 2nd is full of goose-themed fun including making your own goose t-shirts, pottery and crafts, a goose puzzle activity, and the “Top Goose” photo shoot.
- Two corn mazes will be hiding geese inside the maze for guests to find.
- Two local artists are hosting crafting events including a goose feather raku class and painting a gooseneck gourd birdhouse.
- Museum Day in the Juniata River Valley returns with 20 locations throughout Mifflin, Juniata, and Huntingdon Counties open for free on Sept. 24th.
- A limited edition line of Goose Day stickers is available at a few retailers, plus the third annual Goose Day postcard, designed by Aimee Hubley, can be purchased, and guaranteed to receive the official Goose Day postmark on the 29th.
- Returning this year is the Goose Day 5K Run, the Goose Day Road Rally and Goose Day Pumpkin Festival.
On Sept. 1, the official list of events, sales, promotions and roast goose dinners is released by the visitors bureau on its website at www.JRVVisitors.com and social media channels.
Hardcopies of the list will be available at the Visitors Center in the Historic Courthouse, 1 W. Market St., Lewistown, during office hours and by calling the office at (717) 248-6713.
Ongoing details about Goose Day can be found on the Goose Day in the Juniata River Valley Facebook page. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/juniata-county/goose-day-mifflin-juniata-counties/521-bb08e9b9-8a02-424f-9db1-8bb793afc39d | 2022-08-31T19:45:54 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/juniata-county/goose-day-mifflin-juniata-counties/521-bb08e9b9-8a02-424f-9db1-8bb793afc39d |
LANCASTER, Pa. — Lancaster Police are investigating three separate shootings that occurred over a two-day span in the city.
A total of three people were injured in the incidents. Two of the shootings occurred Monday, while the third occurred Tuesday night, according to police.
The first incident occurred at 3:15 p.m. in the 200 block of S. Ann St., police say. Responding officers located a male victim suffering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. The victim was treated at the scene and later taken to an area hospital for further care, according to police.
The second incident occurred Monday at 6:04 p.m. in the area of South Ann and Chesapeake streets, according to police. A male victim was later dropped off at a local medical facility for treatment of a non-life-threatening gunshot injury, police say.
The third incident happened at about 9:52 p.m., Tuesday at the intersection of 2nd and Pearl streets, according to police. A female victim sustained a non-life-threatening injury and was taken to a local hospital for treatment, police say.
All three incidents remain under investigation. Anyone who witnessed the shooting incidents or has knowledge of what happened is asked to contact the Lancaster City Bureau of Police at (717) 735-3300 or Lancaster City-County Crimes Stoppers at 1-800-322-1913.
You can also submit an anonymous tip online. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county/3-separate-shootings-investigation-lancaster-police/521-213238ab-1a48-4074-a85b-b6da7fa00710 | 2022-08-31T19:46:00 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county/3-separate-shootings-investigation-lancaster-police/521-213238ab-1a48-4074-a85b-b6da7fa00710 |
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Supreme Court upheld the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Inc.'s decision in firing a Cathedral High School teacher for being in a same-sex marriage.
In Wednesday's ruling, the court determined Joshua Payne-Elliott's dismissal under Trial Rule 12(B)(1), which allows dismissal for "[l]ack of jurisdiction over the subject matter." However, the court then justified Payne-Elliott's dismissal under Trial Rule 12(B)(6), which tests the legal sufficiency of the plaintiff’s claim, not the facts supporting it.
Cathedral fired Payne-Elliott from his teaching position in June 2019 after the archdiocese ordered all Catholic schools under its purview to enforce a morality clause barring employees from same-sex marriages. Payne-Elliott married Layton Payne-Elliott, a teacher at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, in 2017.
Payne-Elliott's lawsuit alleged the Archdiocese illegally interfered with his contract and employment at Cathedral. He contends he was offered a new contract in May 2019 and then terminated in June 2019 as a result of his same-sex marriage. Payne-Elliott had been a teacher at Cathedral High School for 13 years, teaching foreign language and social studies.
Payne-Elliott said the archdiocese put pressure on the school to fire him. He then settled with the school over his employment discrimination claims and filed a lawsuit against the archdiocese.
The Archdiocese of Indianapolis responded at the time with a statement explaining its position:
"In the Archdiocese of Indianapolis’ Catholic schools, all teachers, school leaders and guidance counselors are ministers and witnesses of the faith, who are expected to uphold the teachings of the Church in their daily lives, both in and out of school. Religious liberty, which is a hallmark of the U.S. Constitution and has been tested in the U.S. Supreme Court, acknowledges that religious organizations may define what conduct is not acceptable and contrary to the teachings of its religion, for its school leaders, guidance counselors, teachers and other ministers of the faith."
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FISHERS, Ind. — Fishers police are investigating after a man and a woman were found dead in a home Wednesday morning.
Fishers police were called to Cumberland Place Village, a neighborhood on Forsythia Lane near 141st Street and Cumberland Road, after a caller threatened suicide.
When officers arrived, they tried to contact the residents but got no answer.
That's when officers went into the home and discovered two people's bodies.
Detectives and crime scene technicians are collecting evidence and talking to witnesses.
Based on the evidence at the scene and the information obtained thus far, Fishers police said that detectives believe the two people who died are the only people directly involved in this incident and there is no threat to the community.
Police have not identified the two people who died or said if foul play is suspected.
Anyone with information about this case is being asked to call Det. Robbie Ruble at 317-595-3319. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/man-woman-found-dead-fishers-indiana-home/531-8db06cb4-39db-4d3f-be55-22c794ff186d | 2022-08-31T19:47:19 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/man-woman-found-dead-fishers-indiana-home/531-8db06cb4-39db-4d3f-be55-22c794ff186d |
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