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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — While the state of California is in its third year of drought, the Sacramento City Council has approved the sale of up to $5 million worth of water from the Sacramento and American Rivers.
Carlos Eliason, spokesperson for the City of Sacramento Department of Utilities, said there is about 16,500 acre feet of surface water on our rivers. The city council approved to drop the 10,000 acre feet of input, or about 3.26 billion gallons of water, and divert it to state contractors and the Santa Clara Valley Water District.
"This water transfer is a way to be able to benefit both sides. We get to reinvest in our programs as well as provide water for areas that have a little bit more water scarcity," Eliason said.
While the rest of the state is in dire need of water, the Sacramento Valley and the Central Sierra was hit hard with atmospheric rivers this water year. The biggest ones being in October and December.
Rather than using surface water, the Sacramento area will be utilizing ground water. Sacramento utilities said they hope to use funds to help with more groundwater basin infrastructure for future drought conditions.
While the sale was approved by the city council, it still has to be authorized by the California Department of Water Resources.
WATCH ALSO: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/sacramento-water-sale/103-ac850eb2-3b06-4ad6-bfd7-930125497c8c | 2022-06-03T06:54:25 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/sacramento-water-sale/103-ac850eb2-3b06-4ad6-bfd7-930125497c8c |
Dan Ridenour: Let the Muncie Redevelopment Commission do its job and invest in the city
This June, the Muncie Redevelopment Committee wants to apply for a bond that will pay for beautification, street improvement, and parks. The projects will largely benefit the south side of town and build on the momentum we have gained over the last two and a half years. I personally believe that the Southside and Muncie Central are worth investing in — and it’s time to keep our foot on the gas.
So what does the MRC do, and why should we apply for a bond? Think of it this way: A bond is like a mortgage. Imagine that you save wisely, improve your credit, and can afford payments on your dream home — why would you wait?
This is exactly what we have done with the MRC. Since I took office, we have cut more than $6.5 million in MRC debt. That means it’s time to invest in long-term improvements — especially since more than 27% of the bond will be matched by a READI grant and a DNR grant. We could claim more than $830,000 if we act now.
MRC projects include City View Homes, which is currently building 93 residences. This will increase tax revenue for South Central, Industry, Thomas Park Avondale, Forest Park, Old West End and Southside neighborhoods. Riverbend Flats will bring 60 new apartments to the Blaine Southeast neighborhood, so more families can live in quality, affordable homes.
I believe that the best time to move forward is when you already have momentum. This bond will bring more green space to Thomas Park Avondale. It will beautify the Southway Plaza, and improve Walnut Street near Muncie Central. It will provide $600,000 for parks, which means you can call your city council representative to make sure the money goes towards your neighborhood park.
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How is this funded? MRC money comes from property taxes, and has a separate budget from other city spending. This is governed by five commissioners, who are appointed by myself and by city council. The MRC needs city council approval in order to apply for this bond. Our city council president has said he would prefer to take things one project at a time and pay in cash. This means we would lose $830,000 in matching funds, and it would take five years to complete these projects.
It is easy to delay progress but we must consider those who live in a neighborhood with sub-standard parks, roads and housing. When your child doesn’t have a safe sidewalk to bike on or an ADA accessible park, five years is too long to wait. These projects have a real impact on real people, and we have received letters of support from both the Southside and McKinley Neighborhood Associations.
Families in the Southside have waited long enough. Muncie has momentum, and it’s time to invest in our future. Contact your city council members and tell them to vote “Yes” for the MRC bond on June 6, 2022. Let the MRC continue to do its job.
Dan Ridenour is the mayor of Muncie. | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/06/02/dan-ridenour-let-muncie-redevelopment-commission-do-its-job/7488921001/ | 2022-06-03T07:17:40 | 1 | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/06/02/dan-ridenour-let-muncie-redevelopment-commission-do-its-job/7488921001/ |
A former New York City elections official admitted to having an intern and another subordinate perform "physical fitness assessments" — which included wrestling holds and body part measurements — in order to help them get jobs, according to court documents.
Steven Richman, the former general counsel of the NYC Board of Elections (BOE), pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of official misconduct in connection with the unauthorized exercise of his official duties, both of which were misdemeanors.
The city's Department of Investigation, working with the Manhattan district attorney's office, began investigating Richman in 2020, after receiving an anonymous complaint regarding inappropriate behavior he had with interns.
Richman was responsible for overseeing the legal interns and other staff at BOE in his position, according to the plea allocution. In summer 2017, he convinced an intern that he could help them get a job working security at political events — so long as the intern could pass a "physical fitness assessment," which he would administer.
That "assessment" took place after business hours in BOE offices, and involved measuring the intern's body parts, placing the intern in wrestling holds and then having the intern in-turn place him in wrestling holds, the plea allocution revealed. It was repeated several times afterward as well.
Despite what he told the intern, Richman had no intention of helping the individual get a job, nor did he take any steps to do so.
In a separate incident in Aug. 2020, Richman told another individual that he could use his position as general counsel to secure a job as a security guard, once again pending an "assessment." Richman and the individual went to BOE offices on Aug. 16, and after completing and interview and paperwork, Richman again performed the "assessment," involving similar actions, according to the plea deal.
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In the 2020 incident, Richman took photos of the individual, but once again did not make any effort to secure them a job.
"This defendant exploited his position of authority with the BOE when he conditioned potential future job prospects for an intern he supervised, and another individual to whom he offered potential employment, on meeting improper demands to gratify his own personal interests," said DOI Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber. "This conduct is not only outrageous and shameful; it is criminal."
As part of the plea deal, Richman was given an unconditional discharge, and will be required to report his conviction to the state supreme court.
Richman was employed by the BOE from Jan. 1999 until he resigned amid the investigation in Jan. 2021. At that time, Richman was receiving a salary of nearly $194,000.
Attorney information for Richman was not immediately available. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ex-nyc-elections-official-allegedly-had-workers-do-physical-assessments-to-get-jobs/3718403/ | 2022-06-03T08:03:52 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ex-nyc-elections-official-allegedly-had-workers-do-physical-assessments-to-get-jobs/3718403/ |
Police identified a 19-year-old man who went missing in the ocean off the beach in Wildwood, New Jersey, earlier this week.
On Tuesday at 4:10 p.m., Wildwood Police received a 911 call for swimmers in distress near the beach along Andrews Avenue.
Police arrived at the scene and spotted two swimmers about 100 to 200 yards from the shore. Responding Wildwood firefighters rescued the two swimmers. They also learned a third swimmer managed to exit the water before they arrived.
A fourth swimmer, identified as 19-year-old Alfred WIlliams of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, was still missing however.
Firefighters re-entered the water and began searching for Williams while Wildwood Police detectives and members of the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office interviewed a witness and the two swimmers who were rescued.
North Wildwood Police, Wildwood Crest Police, North Wildwood firefighters, the U.S. Coast Guard, the New Jersey State Police Marine Division and several off-duty lifeguards also joined the search.
After an extensive search effort, the rescuers were unable to find Williams. Wildwood Police said Thursday that the investigation has become a recovery mission.
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"The Wildwood Police & Fire Departments and other assisting agencies would like to offer our heartfelt condolences to Alfred's family and friends," a Wildwood Police spokesperson wrote. "The public is reminded that they should only enter the ocean when lifeguards are on duty!"
No lifeguards are available on the beach during the week, according to Wildwood Fire Department Chief Ernie Troiano III. Troiano warned people to never swim in the water if no lifeguards are available. He also advised anyone caught in a rip current to swim parallel to the ocean, not towards the shore.
"Whether you're a good swimmer or not, if the beach is not guarded, do not go into the ocean," Troiano said. "You want to get your feet wet? You want to go maybe up to your knees? That's it." | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/police-id-19-year-old-man-who-went-missing-off-wildwood-beach/3717760/ | 2022-06-03T09:35:15 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/police-id-19-year-old-man-who-went-missing-off-wildwood-beach/3717760/ |
Sippo Lake Park story walk connects families with nature, reading
PERRY TWP. – Stark County families can explore nature and read stories thanks to the newest addition to Sippo Lake Park.
A permanent Trail Tales story walk will open Saturday at Stark Library's Perry Sippo Branch and Stark Parks' Exploration Gateway. The grand opening will take place from 10 a.m. to noon and offer food and activities.
The story walk features pages of a deconstructed children's book displayed at markers throughout the trail. Children and families can follow the story as they venture along the trail.
It is a joint effort between Stark Library and Stark Parks.
"We really want to bring the partnership together and bring reading to kids who might not otherwise pick up a book," Stark Library Communications Director Stephanie Cargill said.
Stark Library received a $38,000 American Rescue Plan grant to establish the trail.
What is the story walk at Sippo Lake Park?
Cargill said the library has wanted to put a permanent story walk for years. North Canton Public Library had installed a StoryWalk at Dogwood Park in the spring.
"We are great partners (with Stark Parks)," Cargill said. "Obviously we share a building out of Sippo Lake, and we do programming together all the time. We had some grant funds available to us through the state of Ohio and thought, 'Wow, we could maybe get this.'"
The story walk is on the trail between the playground and Exploration Gateway. It includes 20 installations that each contain book pages, along with different activities created by Stark Library or Stark Parks staff that correlate with the story.
"Some of them are just physical activities like 'Jump up and down like the character in this book did' or 'Look around and see what you see when you're reading this story. Other things are identifying creatures,'" Cargill said.
Amanda Perry, education programmer with Stark Parks, said the stories on display will be geared toward elementary-level readers and will change periodically. The first book will be "There's a Hole in the Log at the Bottom of the Lake" by Loren Long.
Perry said the story walk will have Braille plates so blind and visually impaired individuals can engage with it. Stark Library and Stark Parks are working with a Cincinnati-based organization to make these plates.
"We're hoping that all ages, all abilities will be able to take advantage of this and get out in the parks," she said.
Cargill said it's exciting to see the story walk finally come to fruition.
"Kids learn better when they're active," she said. "That's proven by many, many studies. And they can be active and going from each page to the next and feel like they're really in the story."
Summer reading programs in Stark County
Here's a sampling of some summer reading programs in Stark County:
North Canton Public Library
The library will offer summer reading programs for all ages through July 30.
- Children ages two through sixth grade will earn a ticket for every hour they read and will be entered for a chance to win prizes. Winners will be selected after July 30.
The library has a community goal of 250,000 minutes of children's reading. If the community reaches the goal, Friends of the Library, the Rotary Club of North Canton and Daystar Autosphere will donate $1,750 to both the North Canton Cares Pantry and the Stark County Pet Food Pantry.
- Middle schoolers and teens entering grades six through 12 will receive a scratch off ticket for every book they finish for a chance to win prizes, such as candy, gift cards and ice cream coupons. Middle school level, YA and adult books, fiction and nonfiction, e-books, audiobooks and graphic novels qualify.
Readers will also receive an entry for a grand prize drawing of a Nintendo Switch, $190 in gift cards to local stores or a Kindle 7 Fire for every book they read.
- Adults can earn entries for grand prize baskets for each book they read.
For more information, contact North Canton Public Library at (330) 499-4712.
Rodman Public Library
Rodman's summer reading program runs through July 30 for all ages.
- Children ages 12 and under will receive a treasure map. They will color in a circle on the map for every 15 minutes of reading. After they fill in 24 circles, or six hours of reading, they can bring the map to the library to earn a raffle entry for one of 10 prizes, including gifts, a playset, karaoke system, Lego set, Kindle and scooter.
- Children ages 12 to 18 will earn entries for grand prizes and a summer reading-themed prize for every 20 hours they read and record on a reading log. The grand prize drawings will include a Nintendo Switch, a $50 Amazon gift card or a $50 GameStop gift card.
- Adults who sign up for summer reading in person will receive one entry for a weekly drawing of a bag filled with goodies, including a $25 Amazon gift card for any checkout transaction of library items.
Tickets from one week will not be added to the next week’s drawing. They will be entered into a grand prize drawing for a $100 Amazon gift card instead.
Adults who register in the program online will receive one ticket for a weekly drawing for a $25 Amazon gift card for every book they read. The online program will also have its own grand prize drawing for a $100 Amazon gift card.
For more information, call (330) 821-2665
Massillon Public Library
Massillonwill kick off its summer reading program on June 6 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the main library's auditorium with a children's event. Children as old as entering sixth grade can stop by to pick up a reading log, play games, make a craft, adopt a stuffed animal and learn about this year's summer reading programs.
Programs, contests and activities will be available for all ages this summer, both online and in person at all branches. Summer reading runs through July 30.
For more information, contact Massillon Public Library at (330) 832-9831.
Reach Paige at 330-580-8577 or pmbennett@gannett.com, or on Twitter at @paigembenn. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2022/06/03/sippo-lake-park-story-walk-set-open-saturday-stark-parks-stark-county-district-library/9798257002/ | 2022-06-03T09:53:25 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2022/06/03/sippo-lake-park-story-walk-set-open-saturday-stark-parks-stark-county-district-library/9798257002/ |
TUPELO • Local nonprofit Wear It Well will hit a crucial milestone this month.
The organization will host a celebration for its fifth year of operation on Monday, June 13, with an open house and block party. The event is from 10 a.m. to noon at The Charles and Ruth Morris Home, located at 826 West Jefferson Street in Tupelo. The free event is open to the public and will provide food, activities and giveaways.
Founder Katina Holland said she feels blessed to see her organization’s growth over the years.
The agency began with makeovers for cancer patients and trauma survivors, but now includes programs focused on the whole being, including health awareness and job readiness.
These days, the nonprofit hosts after-school tutoring and youth programs on anti-bullying, suicide prevention, self-confidence, diversity and teaching life skills. The Repeat Boutique provides new or gently used clothing, shoes and accessories to those in need. All programs are free.
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“We’re very excited about celebrating five years,” Holland said. “(Support from) the community, our donors, our sponsors, partners, have just literally made Wear It Well grow into something that’s beyond anything that I could have ever imagined.”
The celebration kicks off June 13 in honor of the organization’s anniversary day and the birthday of Holland’s grandmother, the late-Leona Givhan Davis. Holland credits her as an inspiration for the organization.
The Leona Givhan Davis Memorial Scholarship was created in her honor to provide financial assistance to a high school senior or non-traditional student in Lee, Pontotoc or Union counties who exemplifies a servant attitude and demeanor. This year’s scholarship recipients will be awarded during the celebration.
The open house is a chance for the community to see the progress Wear It Well has made, if they are in need of its services, or become inspired to partner or donate.
The nonprofit grew from a mobile operation to a brick-and-mortar location in 2020.
“They can literally see the results of how it’s been utilized,” Holland said.
Fundraiser at D'Cracked Egg
Later, D’Cracked Egg in Tupelo will host a fundraiser for Wear It Well from 4 to 7 p.m.
Wear It Well is not currently in need of clothing donations, but D’Cracked Egg is encouraging donations of backpacks, purses, lotions, fuzzy socks, throw blankets, make up, bath bombs, personal hygiene products, pens, pencils, journals, notebooks, hand sanitizer, loose leaf paper and money. | https://www.djournal.com/news/local/wear-it-well-to-mark-fifth-anniversary-with-june-13-event/article_352dc6a2-d2f7-5b01-a0e5-4740f1d76391.html | 2022-06-03T10:14:50 | 0 | https://www.djournal.com/news/local/wear-it-well-to-mark-fifth-anniversary-with-june-13-event/article_352dc6a2-d2f7-5b01-a0e5-4740f1d76391.html |
Peoria's riverfront fireworks display will return this year. Here are the details
The Red, White and Boom fireworks display will return for the first time since 2019.
Beginning at 9:30 p.m. July 4, some 2,000 shells per minute will be launched from a barge in the middle of the Illinois River, with the fireworks explosions choreographed to music on seven Midwest Communications radio stations.
It is billed as the Peoria area’s largest event, attracting an estimated 200,000 people to the Peoria and East Peoria riverfronts.
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This year's Red, White and Boom — the 34th presentation of the event — will have a special emphasis on military, first responders and health care workers.
Due to COVID concerns, the event wasn't held in 2020 or 2021.
The event is going on as planned this year, according to Mike Wild, vice president and general manager of Midwest Communications. "We absolutely still plan to hold the event," he said.
Midwest Communications organizes the event in conjunction with the Peoria Park District.
In case of rain or wind that prohibits the fireworks from being launched on July 4, the display will be held at 9:30 p.m. July 5.
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UnityPoint Health Red White and Boom brought home by Adam Merrick Real Estate is free. Entertainment will precede the fireworks launch, and vendors will be on hand. More information can be found at redwhiteandboom.us. | https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/local/2022/06/03/peoria-fireworks-red-white-and-boom-display-returns-riverfront/7486135001/ | 2022-06-03T10:33:40 | 1 | https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/local/2022/06/03/peoria-fireworks-red-white-and-boom-display-returns-riverfront/7486135001/ |
Which famous figures have visited RI's Kingston Village? Amy Russo follows their footsteps
George Washington slept around. Well, not in that way, but so goes the national joke about the many places he laid his head in the new nation. Kingston is among them.
Standing near the doorway of the Tavern Hall Club, former Rhode Island Supreme Court Justice Gil Indeglia gestures toward a room with a pool table where Washington is said to have eaten dinner in March 1781 on his way to meet Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, who commanded French forces during the Revolutionary War. Legend has it that the president-to-be also got a shave down the street the next day. Some 220 years later, locals reenacted the visit, complete with Washington galloping in on horseback.
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Here, in this tiny South Kingstown village, there is no shortage of pride.
Indeglia, having traded his robe for khakis and a button-down shirt, points out the sites on a village tour, which he’s been leading for about five years. Tourists, having filed into the clubhouse, observe a portrait over the fireplace. Washington wasn’t the only famed figure to set foot in this place. Austrian opera singer Pauline Lucca fled from New York to Rhode Island in 1872 on the advice of her lawyers amid a nasty divorce, stopping in the club, where she left behind her picture and insisted that the building be named in her honor.
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As Indeglia puts it, “she had quite an ego.”
For some, Kingston may simply be a gateway to the University of Rhode Island campus that sits at its edge, but the 1½-square-mile plot boasts more than its fair share of movers and shakers — or at least their short visits. So its nickname, “Little Rest,” is no surprise.
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But there are varying theories about how it got that moniker. One: Since it had been the seat of Washington County, which once held one of Rhode Island’s five state houses, everyone passed through at some point for a little rest. Another: There was little rest to be had with the village’s constant activity. And another: No one rested due to the town’s many taverns.
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Among them was a watering hole allegedly visited by Benjamin Franklin, who upon walking in was unable to find a seat. If you buy the tall tale, here’s how it goes:
“Has anyone ever seen a horse eat oysters?” he asked the crowd.
“No,” the patrons replied.
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“Well, there’s one right outside,” Franklin said.
Immediately, the tavern cleared out and Franklin got his seat.
Believe it or not, this spot for a little rest has a lot of history.
Providence Journal staff writer Amy Russo, a transplanted New Yorker, is looking for new ways to experience her adopted state. If you have suggestions for this column, email her at amrusso@providencejournal.com. | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/03/rhode-island-kingston-village-uri-famous-figures-george-washington-amys-rhode/7453691001/ | 2022-06-03T11:01:35 | 1 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/03/rhode-island-kingston-village-uri-famous-figures-george-washington-amys-rhode/7453691001/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Blue Plum Festival returns to downtown Johnson City for the first time since 2019.
The festival will feature a little bit of everything from live music to a wellness area, silent disco and kid zone.
The footprint spans across downtown, from Founders Park to King Commons. 17 different live music acts will take the stage at both the Mountain Roots Amphitheater Stage in Founders Park and the Ballad Health Main Stage situated next to the Founders Park Pavilion. Vendors will be stationed within the pavilion. Both beer and food vendors can be found around the pavilion.
If you’re looking to get active or get centered, you can find the Rollerdance Tri-Cities Dance Party in King Commons along with the Wellness Area where you can get a massage, take a Tai Chi class, run or compete in a variety of fitness challenges.
Organizers advise bringing your own chair or blankets to spread out across the two parks and to enjoy the performances.
For more information on music lineups and activities, you can visit the Blue Plum website. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/blue-plum-festival-returns-to-downtown-johnson-city/ | 2022-06-03T11:05:56 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/blue-plum-festival-returns-to-downtown-johnson-city/ |
A fifth person has tested positive for what is presumed to be monkeypox in New York City, city health officials said late Thursday night.
That makes three new cases in less than 36 hours for a previously rare disease that is now spreading so quickly, top global health officials say they don't know if it's "too late to contain."
As of Thursday afternoon, the CDC said there were 21 confirmed cases nationwide from the recent outbreak. That's more than double in a week.
Globally, the World Health Organization has identified infections from the current outbreak in at least 12 countries.
The WHO says so far, there is no link between this outbreak and travel to countries where the virus is already endemic.
"We don't really know whether it's too late to contain. What WHO and all member states are trying to do is prevent onward spread," Dr. Rosamund Lewis, the WHO's monkeypox technical lead, said during a news conference in Geneva on Wednesday.
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Monkeypox was first discovered in 1958, when outbreaks occurred in colonies of monkeys kept for research -- resulting in its name. (What you need to know about monkeypox.)
The first case in a human was reported in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which still has the majority of infections. Other African countries where it has been found: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo and Sierra Leone.
Human symptoms of monkeypox are similar to but milder than the symptoms of smallpox, the CDC says. It presents itself as a flu-like illness accompanied by lymph-node swelling and rash on the face and body.
Monkeypox starts off with fever, headache, muscle aches, and exhaustion. Monkeypox also causes lymph nodes to swell, something that smallpox does not. The incubation period is usually 7−14 days but can range from 5−21 days.
The CDC is urging healthcare providers in the U.S. to be alert for patients who have rashes consistent with monkeypox, regardless of whether they have traveled or have specific risks for monkeypox. See more information from the travel notice here. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/another-nyc-monkeypox-case-brings-total-to-5-who-says-might-be-too-late-to-contain/3718560/ | 2022-06-03T11:06:27 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/another-nyc-monkeypox-case-brings-total-to-5-who-says-might-be-too-late-to-contain/3718560/ |
A Queens high school teacher was arrested Thursday night for allegedly groping a female student last week and sending suggestive texts to another student.
Shannon Hall, 31, faces charges of endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated harassment. Authorities would not identify the high school where he teaches.
Hall allegedly touched a student's breast area and sent the texts to the other student on May 25,
His arrest came just hours after a Connecticut teacher was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a teen student and sending inappropriate texts to others.
Copyright NBC New York | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/queens-hs-teacher-arrested-for-allegedly-groping-student-sending-suggestive-texts/3718544/ | 2022-06-03T11:06:34 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/queens-hs-teacher-arrested-for-allegedly-groping-student-sending-suggestive-texts/3718544/ |
SCRANTON, Pa. — With the renewed debate over guns happening locally and nationally, we set out to answer two questions.
First, what's the current process to legally buy a gun in Pennsylvania?
Second, what checks are in place to make sure the buyer is fit to own a weapon?
We went to a business in Lackawanna County to find out.
David Russell is the Sales Manager at Roll Call, a gun shop and shooting range in Scranton.
A former Marine, Russell said he asks each customer if this is their first time buying a gun, getting a feel for their interests and walking them through the store's selection.
"Once we agree on a gun, we will have to start taking some information, which starts with a Pennsylvania driver's license or a Pennsylvania ID," he said. "Those are the only two valid forms that are acceptable in the state of Pennsylvania."
Customers over 18 years old and interested in a rifle or semi-automatic weapon must first fill out a form from the U.S. Department of Justice. Roll Call then runs each customer through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System or NICS.
"That process does a background check to make sure that someone is legally viable to own a firearm in the state of Pennsylvania and that they do not have any criminal background," Russell said.
When filling out the background check form from the DOJ, applicants are asked a series of questions.
"[Are you] the actual buyer of the firearm. Are you under indictment for a felony? Have you ever been convicted? Are you an unlawful user of medical marijuana? Are you a fugitive from justice? Have you ever been committed to a mental institution? Have you ever been discharged under other than honorable conditions? Are you an illegal alien unlawfully in the United States?" Russell said. "Those type of things they need to watch out for, and that's what they're going to double-check. If any of those answer are wrong, we stop taking the paperwork. "
You must be at least 21 years old to buy a pistol, and it requires an additional form, the Pennsylvania Instant Check System.
"The pistol form actually accesses the same method through Pennsylvania, and it checks for any criminal background," Russell said. "As long as all those pass, you can have your firearm same-day as long as it's paid in full. If it does not pass; no firearm."
Though it's not required by law, Russell said Roll Call offers customers free training and an introduction to any weapon they buy.
"Safety, how to hold the weapon, what not to point the weapon at," he said. "We also provide them with information and a lock for their gun. Number one, locked to keep it locked up, so if there's any kids in the house, and a youth safety act form so that if there are any kids in the house, you should know the process, you should take if there are any kids."
Russell said if a customer fails a background check, the store is not told why. Customers can contest the decision through NICS, but the sale stops.
Russell said the store also reserves the right to refuse a sale at any point in the process and has in the past.
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DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. — When you dial 911, you expect an ambulance to be on its way.
“The reality is, we’re struggling every day to meet those expectations because of funding issues," said Donald Kunst, director of Susquehanna Township EMS in Dauphin County.
For agencies like Susquehanna Township EMS, that financial crisis is only getting worse.
They can’t turn patients away and if they transport someone with Medicaid, the reimbursements don’t cut it.
“In today’s environment, at $6.00 a gallon and a 30-gallon tank in one of my ambulances, that’s $180," explained Kunst. "Before we fill up that truck, in a way, we’re almost potentially losing money.”
State Representative Martin Causer of McKean, Potter, and Cameron Counties, is one of several Pennsylvania lawmakers hoping a new piece of bipartisan legislation will help.
“We’ve only increased Medicaid reimbursements for them twice in 20 years," said Rep. Causer. "The last time was in 2018 and I sponsored legislation then.”
House Bill 2434 would increase Medicaid reimbursements for both basic and advanced life support services.
It would give a ten percent premium for "super rural" areas as well.
These regions are designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.
The bill would also boost reimbursements for mileage.
Currently EMS agencies are only paid back $2.00 per mile and they have to travel at least 20 miles before that happens.
“My legislation would require them to be reimbursed for every loaded mile they transport a patient at a rate of $4.00 a mile which would help them significantly," said Rep. Causer.
Kunst applauds the proposal and hopes to see it pass.
But he says more needs to be done.
“When we’ve seen cost increases go up four times in the last year and there’s things we can’t even get to provide service to you, that is a major problem," said Kunst.
House Bill 2434 was unanimously voted out of committee and is now under consideration in the House.
Rep. Causer hopes it will be considered as part of the state budget process this month. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/new-legislation-aims-to-help-ems-agencies-susquehanna-township-ems-martin-causer-medicaid-reimbursements/521-75ac0b7d-8780-4020-b856-9f57253f37b2 | 2022-06-03T11:20:37 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/new-legislation-aims-to-help-ems-agencies-susquehanna-township-ems-martin-causer-medicaid-reimbursements/521-75ac0b7d-8780-4020-b856-9f57253f37b2 |
100 years ago
June 3, 1922: A special election will be held within 45 days on abandoning the commission form of government in Bloomington and returning to the aldermanic form. The city council told its corporate counsel to withdraw objections against a recently filed petition of residents calling for the election. There were 2,754 names on the petition.
75 years ago
June 3, 1947: Coleman R. Griffith, provost of the University of Illinois, spoke at the Illinois State Normal University commencement ceremony for 137 graduates. “The fault with the world is not that too many people have too much education,” he told the audience. “Rather, not enough people have enough education.”
50 years ago
June 3, 1972: Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie may break off a series of debates with his Democratic opponent, Dan Walker. “If we are not going to educate people through these so-called debates, there isn’t much point in continuing them,” he told reporters at a press conference, during which he also discussed his administration’s proposal to increase school aid by $90 million.
25 years ago
June 3, 1997: Schools in Illinois will get $330 million more than last year, but area educators said that doesn’t make up for the failure of a legislative package to reform the state’s education funding. Republican Gov. Jim Edgar proposed a 25% income-tax increase to help resolve inequities, but this and many other ideas were shelved.
Compiled by Pantagraph staff | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-bloomington-to-hold-election-on-returning-to-aldermanic-government/article_9992af28-e055-11ec-9de4-671b245e3b87.html | 2022-06-03T11:22:16 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-bloomington-to-hold-election-on-returning-to-aldermanic-government/article_9992af28-e055-11ec-9de4-671b245e3b87.html |
ORLANDO, Fla. – A fire broke out at a Red Robin restaurant in Orlando, damaging the building.
The Orlando Fire Department responded to the restaurant on South Semoran Boulevard in Lee Vista Promenade around 5 p.m. Thursday.
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Video shows when crews arrived, there was smoke coming out of the doors and windows of the building.
The department said the fire damaged the outside and inside of Red Robin.
There were no reported injuries in the fire.
The cause remains under investigation.
Around 5pm today, crews responded to a fire at this commercial business on S. Semoran Blvd. No injuries. Fire damage on the exterior/interior. Cause under investigation. pic.twitter.com/Bqd93RlLbm
— Orlando Fire Dept (@OrlandoFireDept) June 3, 2022 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/03/fire-damages-red-robin-restaurant-in-orlando/ | 2022-06-03T11:29:17 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/03/fire-damages-red-robin-restaurant-in-orlando/ |
Lost but not forgotten: Beaver Island plane crash victims' legacy lives on
BEAVER ISLAND — On Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021, husband and wife Adam Kendall and Kate Leese Kendall lost their lives in a commercial plane crash on Beaver Island.
It was a flight they had taken dozens of times since moving to the remote island 30 miles northwest of Charlevoix to start a vineyard on an old farm five miles from the lone town of Saint James, according to family members. The vineyard was a final stop for the couple who had embarked six years earlier on a wandering lifestyle in a refurbished airstream in search of new horizons, as reported in their obituary.
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Adam and Kate were two of four people who died in the plane crash. The pilot, William Julian, and real estate agent Mike Perdue of Gaylord also perished. The only survivor was Perdue’s 11-year-old daughter, saved by the shield her father’s body provided as he embraced her during impact.
The couple’s two dogs, Frank the Basset hound and Baker the Bernese mountain dog, also died that day.
In the sixth months since the accident, the Federal Aviation Administration has yet to identify the cause of the accident, as the families of the victims continue to try to make sense of what happened.
Adam and Kate were returning to Beaver Island to tend to their new vineyard — 2,100 grape roots they had recently planted “into the fine limestone soil of Beaver Island.”
Kate’s mother, Chris Leese, remembers the last conversation she had with her daughter on the phone as she was getting on the airplane.
“Kate was telling me how she and Adam had to remove the plastic covering the vines,” Chris recalled.
Soon after the accident, when Chris and her husband and Kate’s father, Alan, were able to get to the island (via ferry boat), she became consumed with the idea that the plastic had to be removed from the vines in Kate and Adam’s vineyard. It was the last thing her daughter had said to her and something inside her had to finish this task.
In a show of community support, more than 50 volunteers from across the island met the Leese and Kendall families at the vineyard that day. They all took the plastic off the plants.
More:Preliminary reports provide no cause for November plane crashes
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To this day, Beaver Island volunteers, family and friends are working to keep the couple’s vineyard going.
“Our biggest help is from Sid Burgess, he's been everything to us in monitoring, fixing, fencing, mowing, organizing men and projects ... everything,” said Chris.
They are also receiving consulting advice from Izabella Babinska and Derek Vogel, a husband and wife team who met Adam and Kate last year, and are starting Folklore Wines & Cider of Charlevoix. Vogel is also vine manager at Petoskey Farms vineyard.
“These are the other two key people we could never do this without, they are all the thinking, teaching and assessing the vines, planning the to-do list for the summer, helping us know what to purchase for trellis hardware including bulk pricing. They even delivered it on their truck to the island,” said Chris.
When speaking about the community assistance, Chris said, “Without these people there would be no hope of keeping the vineyard.”
As with all of the victims, the hole left in their absence is also felt in other ways.
Kate was recently honored with an award from the National Utility Alliance Group. In her other life, she had a decorated career in emergency management.
Alan and Chris received the first Kate Leese Excellence award posthumously for their late daughter last month. Kate was a Utility Public Service Alliance convention director and senior account manager of Culver Company.
“She was so many amazing things in this world,” Chris said.
Going forward, the national utility alliance group wants to inspire excellence in public safety with an annual award in honor of Kate Leese's “indelible commitment to saving lives through writing disaster management plans and instructing utility service providers, first responders and city officials how to enact the plans under stress.”
“Kate and Adam had so much to give to this world,” said Chris. “Why they were taken away from us I just don't understand." | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/2022/06/03/beaver-island-plane-crash-victims-adam-kendall-and-kate-leese-honored-after-death/7469326001/ | 2022-06-03T11:58:10 | 0 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/2022/06/03/beaver-island-plane-crash-victims-adam-kendall-and-kate-leese-honored-after-death/7469326001/ |
Little Traverse History Museum to open for season on June 9
PETOSKEY — The Little Traverse Historical Museum has announced it will be opening for its summer season on Thursday June 9.
The museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Admission is $3 for adults and free for children and museum members.
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There are several collections housed in the museum, including one dedicated to author Ernest Hemingway, who spent his summers and the winter of 1919-1920 in Petoskey. Recently, the museum acquired a piano that belonged to Hemingway’s mother, Grace Hall Hemingway, to add to the collection. There are also collections of vintage photographs and women’s suffrage in Petoskey.
On Aug. 19, the museum will host its annual Corn Roast.
More information can be found at the museum’s website or by calling (231) 347-2620. | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/2022/06/03/little-traverse-museum-open-addition-hemingway-collection/7471301001/ | 2022-06-03T11:58:16 | 0 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/2022/06/03/little-traverse-museum-open-addition-hemingway-collection/7471301001/ |
Culver's to pledge 50% of June 6 sales to tornado relief fund
GAYLORD — The Culver’s of Gaylord will donate 50 percent of the restaurant's sales on June 6 to the Otsego Community Foundation to aid the relief efforts for those affected by the devastating May 20 tornado in Gaylord.
Fifty percent of sales will be collected on every menu item sold from the time the restaurant opens until it closes on June 6. Other Culver’s restaurants across Michigan will be participating at different percentage levels as well.
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“We are happy we can support the aid relief and rebuilding efforts in Gaylord. We truly believe in neighbors supporting neighbors. Our hearts go out to everyone affected by this tornado,” said Bradley Johnson, owner-operator of Culver’s of Gaylord, in a statement. “Supporting communities in need is a part of Culver’s core values, we are proud to raise money to support these efforts.”
For those who can’t visit Culver’s on June 6, you can still help by visiting the Otsego Community Foundation website to make an online donation for tornado relief. The Otsego Community Foundation has created a Tornado Response Fund focusing on immediate relief, short-term recovery and long-term rebuilding. | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/gaylord/2022/06/03/culvers-pledge-50-june-6-sales-tornado-relief-fund/7483960001/ | 2022-06-03T11:58:22 | 1 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/gaylord/2022/06/03/culvers-pledge-50-june-6-sales-tornado-relief-fund/7483960001/ |
Step Back in Time: St. Mary school history includes a fire in 1960
In this installment of Step Back in Time, Chris Glosser looks back at the history of the St. Mary School in Gaylord.
GAYLORD — Msgr. Francis Kaminski has truly become a part of the history of Otsego County, and even more so, the history of St. Mary parish and schools.
History records indicate the community was first visited by Jesuit missionaries in about 1880. The Rev. Francis X. Szulak was responsible for the building of the community's first Catholic church in 1884. The frame structure was built on lots obtained from the Michigan Central Railroad.
While the Rev. Casmir Skory was pastor at St. Mary, the church, which stands on the corner of North Otsego Avenue and Mitchell Street, was constructed. The frame church building, which became known as the hall, was moved across the street, where the entrance of the high school is presently located.
In addition to erecting the brick church, Fr. Skory also oversaw the construction of the first school. The frame two-room schoolhouse had a second floor auditorium.
The old frame rectory was moved by Rev. Francis Kaczmarek in 1909. The building was remodeled and used as the convent for the Dominican Sisters, who began teaching in 1910. At that time, a new rectory, now used as law offices, was constructed next door to the church.
Modernization of the old frame schoolhouse occurred in 1924 when brick veneering was added and the entire building was remodeled about five years later when four more classrooms were added.
Fresh out of the seminary in February 1928, a newly ordained priest, the Rev. Francis T. Kaminski, was assigned as assistant pastor to the Rev. Simon Ponganis. Rev. Kaminski moved from St. Mary to St. Charles for two years and returned to Gaylord again in 1935.
When Msgr. Ponganis retired in 1936, Rev. Kaminski was made pastor of the Gaylord Parish. Under his guidance, the parish grew from 250 families in 1928 to more than 1,100 registered in 1977.
Rev. Kaminski directed the construction of the basement under the hall. There, card parties, feather parties, as well as other activities were conducted through the years to raise funds to support the schools.
Fire destroyed the sister's convent in 1939 and a new one was built in 1940.
In 1947, the basement under the brick church was modernized and used for several parish and civic activities. The church clock tower, as it stands today, is the result of rebuilding and electrification done to the tower in 1949. The bells of St. Mary can still be heard ringing every hour.
Built in 1954, the high school and gymnasium, which are used today, cost the parish more than $300,000.
Tragedy again struck the parish when fire destroyed the elementary school on Nov. 30, 1960. The Rev. Eugene Golas ran through the halls of the school alerting teachers to escort their classes outside. Students and staff escaped the burning building without harm. During 1961-62, the present St. Mary elementary school was constructed at a cost of $335,000. Since then portable classrooms have been added to house more students.
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Vanderbilt was founded in 1964 with Msgr. Kaminski as parish priest. Originally a store building was used as the parish hall. Later, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Nowak signed a title of the old Methodist Church over to the Catholic parish. Repairs and an addition have been made to the church since then.
Designated as the Diocese of Gaylord in 1971, the church on North Otsego Avenue and Mitchell Street served as St. Mary Cathedral. At that time Bishop Edmund C. Szoka was installed as head of the diocese.
Groundbreaking for the present cathedral on North Ohio Avenue took place in December 1974. From there, St. Mary our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cathedral, as it is seen today, was constructed and dedicated in a ceremony on July 25, 1976. A new rectory and parish halls were also built. | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/gaylord/2022/06/03/msgr-francis-kaminski-has-truly-become-part-history-otsego-county-and-even-more-so-history-st-mary-p/7451945001/ | 2022-06-03T11:58:22 | 1 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/gaylord/2022/06/03/msgr-francis-kaminski-has-truly-become-part-history-otsego-county-and-even-more-so-history-st-mary-p/7451945001/ |
Residents can safely dispose of household hazardous waste on Saturday
GAYLORD — A typical household can find it difficult to properly dispose of televisions, computers, scanners, cell phones and other electronic items.
The Otsego Conservation District will make it easy for Otsego County residents to get rid of many items by sponsoring a Household Hazardous Waste, Tire, and Electronics Waste Day from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday at the Otsego County Road Commission building at 669 W. McCoy Road.
Here is what they won't accept: ammunition, radioactive waste and building supplies. They will also not accept vacuums and small appliances like coffee makers, toasters, mixers, lamps, irons, blow dryers, and curling irons, said Patricia Osburn, a district manager with the conservation district.
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Household hazardous waste such as flammables, poisons, corrosives, oil, fuels, antifreeze, automotive liquids, solvents, acids, bases, fertilizers, pesticides, any household chemical product, oil-based paint and stains, paint thinner, asbestos-contaminated materials, propane cylinders, mercury, batteries, PCB-containing lamp ballasts, fluorescent bulbs and tubes, inks and printer cartridges, smoke detectors, and fire extinguishers will be accepted.
Osburn said tires can be a difficult item for many folks.
"This is a chance for everyone to remove tires from their yard," she said. "The maximum amount of tires a household can bring to the event is 15."
Residents can also drop off old televisions.
"There will be a $5 charge per television set," noted Osburn.
Modern latex paint is not eligible for the this event, said Osburn. Latex paints qualify as hazardous waste if they were manufactured before 1980 (may contain lead) and are labeled “mildew resistant” (contain pesticides) or labeled “wood preservative” (contain pesticides)
Meanwhile, Otsego County’s five drop-off locations are available for use by residents and offer recycling for many categories of recyclables:
- West—71 Hayes Tower Road, behind the Hayes Township Hall
- North—621 Garfield St., northeast of the Vanderbilt Village Hall
- Central—931 S. Otsego Ave., near the Merchandise Outlet
- South—247 Old State Road, across from the Otsego Lake Township Cemetery
- East—2932 Rock Road, at the Charlton-Chester-Dover Transfer Station
More information is available at this website. | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/gaylord/2022/06/03/residents-can-safely-dispose-household-hazardous-waste-saturday/7456264001/ | 2022-06-03T11:58:28 | 0 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/gaylord/2022/06/03/residents-can-safely-dispose-household-hazardous-waste-saturday/7456264001/ |
Oregon Coast Music Association is again sponsoring live music to accompany visitors to the Coos Art Museum during the Coos Bay Wine Walk on June 3. Musical duo Madi Barrena, keyboard, and Michael Somers, double bass, will provide a selection of jazz, Latin and American songbook arrangements for the event in the gallery of the museum. The two musicians recently re-located to the Coos Bay area after a career of performing at multiple venues in the San Francisco Bay area.
The OCMA sponsored duo is also scheduled to perform an interactive musical performance on June 19, highlighting four American composers and artists with substantial influence on the development of jazz and American popular music for the Juneteenth celebration at the Coos History Museum. Their Juneteenth program includes selections from Scott Joplin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Duke Ellington.
Representatives from OCMA will be available at CAM to discuss events of the 2-week Festival, July 16 through July 30. They will provide an opportunity to purchase or reserve tickets for those events. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/madi-barrena-and-michael-somers-provide-jazz-for-june-wine-walk-at-the-coos-art/article_7da78b14-e288-11ec-99a9-33d1b4b9a011.html | 2022-06-03T12:42:55 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/madi-barrena-and-michael-somers-provide-jazz-for-june-wine-walk-at-the-coos-art/article_7da78b14-e288-11ec-99a9-33d1b4b9a011.html |
The CREATE Center is creating fun summer programs.
First, on June 4, CREATE artists will be face painting as a fundraiser from noon to 4 p.m. The cost is $3 for small designs and $6 for full face. The artists will be located on Alder Street near the fire hall next to the Coquille Chess Club Squirt Gun Fun Zone.
Wednesdays, is cheer and tumbling with Melissa Hogan. The first class was June 1. Contact instructor Melissa Hogan to sign up and for details at 541 510-4218. Classes are $8 per week.
Chess club will continue through the summer on Wednesdays as well from 4 to 5:45 p.m. at the Coquille High School Library.
Coquille Oregon Battle of the Books Club for 6th through 8th grade and high school will be through Dr. Nancy Keller at 541 396-3855 or 541 290-8479. Between 12 to 16 books are assigned to read and participants get ready to compete for March regional competition where teams compete, answering questions based on the assigned books.
On June 20, the following programs will kick off for the summer:
Mondays and Fridays 1 to 4 p.m. Art Classes will be taught by Anastasia Savenko-Moore. Fee is $5 a class for all ages which cover art supplies and the instructor.
Music Club will be 1 to 4 p.m. Monday and Fridays with a self recording studio and learn out to post on Sound Club.
Bring your instrument/voice/musical talent. The center has a drum set and a few instruments for free use.
Monday evening will be karaoke from 6 to 8 p.m. Fee is $2 and the goal is to make this a weekly event for the summer if there is interest.
Nerf gun parties are available at the CREATE Center for $75 for 1.5 hours. You can decorate, bring the food and cake while the center supplies the tables, chairs, furniture boxes to hide in, Nerf guns, Nerf darts, safety glasses and a big open space to play in. Contact Keller at 541 396-3855 or drnancykeller@yahoo.com if interested.
The CREATE Center is looking for volunteers/classes/executive director. Grants are in progress and organizers want to rebuild this community program. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/the-create-center-has-big-summer-plans-in-coquille/article_1e2d67d4-e1d5-11ec-96d9-5b4e9839788f.html | 2022-06-03T12:43:01 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/the-create-center-has-big-summer-plans-in-coquille/article_1e2d67d4-e1d5-11ec-96d9-5b4e9839788f.html |
PERRY, Ga. — For some of us, it wouldn't be summertime without a little fishing, but you might be a little wishy-washy when it comes to handling bait and reeling in a bass.
The state has just the answer...
Gabriel Harris loves fishing so much he brought out his nephew Cameron Banks to the Go Fish Education Center in Perry.
They have a kids pond, and Michael Fulghum helps make sure it's stocked.
"I love fishing. I was born and raised fishing in the state of Georgia," he said with a big grin.
Fulghum gets to work around the hobby he loves and he figures more folks may take the bait for fishing since the state is offering two free fishing Saturdays in June -- this weekend (June 4) and the next (June 11).
It means you won't need a license to cast a line.
"We want people outside enjoying nature, catching fish, enjoying the sport and enjoying the tradition of fishing and carrying that on through future generations," he said.
There is another reason the Department of Natural Resources wants to reel you in.
If you have a good time Saturday and do plunk down the money to buy a license, it also funds the fish hatchery at the Go Fish Center.
"We have lake sturgeon, shoal bass... we also hatch out all of the state's walleye fry. We we shoot for over a million fry from these different species of fish and we stock those in state waters all the way from North Georgia to middle and south Georgia," explained Fulghum.
So go put yourself in a fishy situation. After all, it's an angle that's foolproof.
The free fishing weekend includes lakes, rivers, and even saltwater down on the coast.
If you do opt for a license, the state has many options ranging from a few bucks up to a few hundred dollars for a lifetime license. You can find more information here.
And, of course, if you want to show us your catch, you can text us a photo at 478-752-1309. Be sure to include your name and location in your message! | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/fish-for-free-this-saturday-and-next-saturday-bass-bream-catfish/93-7cf3f64e-145c-4df2-bafb-c69b950debdf | 2022-06-03T12:56:08 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/fish-for-free-this-saturday-and-next-saturday-bass-bream-catfish/93-7cf3f64e-145c-4df2-bafb-c69b950debdf |
ATLANTA — There's new relief coming for bottle-feeding mothers in Georgia. Thursday afternoon, the federally-funded Georgia Women, Infants, and Children Supplemental Nutritional Program (WIC) announced more than 50 additional infant formulas now covered and available to families in need.
This is in response to the nationwide shortage of baby formula. As of the week ending May 28, Georgia was the hardest-hit state, with the largest shortage compared to other states nationwide.
North Carolina State supply chain management professor Rob Handfield said it's because mothers in the Peach State rely heavily on subsidies provided by WIC.
“Georgia has a very high reliance on this, like almost 50%," he said. "The only states that have higher are Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas. The other thing is each state is designated a single manufacturer. So Georgia is designated Enfamil, which has a very small market share.”
A map put together by Bloomberg shows that, as of the week ending May 28, Georgia had an out-of-stock rate of 94.4%, while the national average at the time was 74%.
Just one week before, on the week ending May 21, Georgia's out-of-stock rate was at 74%, according to analytics company Datasembly.
“When people started hearing about it, people start hoarding, and that's why the numbers are going up so much," Handfield added.
On the week ending May 28, 10 states had out-of-stock rates of more than 90%, with Georgia at the highest percentage.
To help with that, WIC announced it's expansion of store-brand baby formulas that participants can buy amid the shortage.
In addition to Enfamil, that list now includes brands Parent’s Choice, Up and Up, Comforts and Always My Baby.
“The shortages are resulting in price increases, they might go up by 20 to 30% more. I think it's hurt some of those low-income families that are really reliant on baby formula more than others," Handfield added.
Georgia WIC has also made an update to its system to decrease the number of containers typically issued per voucher to assist participants in obtaining formula.
Handfield adds that during the pandemic, a lot of working mothers did not have access to the training needed early on when babies start learning how to breastfeed, driving a lot of these mothers to require baby formula.
To top it off, there is also a shortage of a lot of the raw materials needed for baby formula, including sunflower oil.
"A lot of sunflower oil comes from Ukraine, which, obviously, they're not producing and not exporting it as quickly. So, the cost of some of that sunflower oil is going up," he added. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/wic-expands-baby-formula-options/85-9f1d1570-f61b-4ee7-a7d1-eb08c8e83614 | 2022-06-03T12:56:15 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/wic-expands-baby-formula-options/85-9f1d1570-f61b-4ee7-a7d1-eb08c8e83614 |
OCALA, Fla. – Summer is a great time to get away and explore new places.
As an Insider, News 6 wants to send you on a summer getaway to the World Equestrian Center in Marion County. You can enter the contest through June 12.
The World Equestrian Center in Ocala sits on more than 380 acres and is the largest equestrian complex in the country, offering indoor and outdoor arenas and venues. But the WEC is no farm. It provides state-of-the-art equestrian facilities and arenas as well as shopping, dining and even a full-service spa.
Guests can enjoy nature trails, pool, splash pad, gym and a variety of other amenities at the Equestrian Center.
Now to what you came here for, the prize. By entering this contest you could win the following:
- 2-night stay at The Equestrian Hotel in a double king suite
- Breakfast for four daily at Stirrups fine-dining restaurant located inside the hotel
- VIP table for four to a Saturday night Grand Prix during the Summer Series
That’s a $2,200 value.
The Summer Series equestrian competition starts June 15 and ends Aug. 15.
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SAN ANTONIO — A suspect determined to get away from San Antonio police was shot by an officer early Friday morning on the southwest side.
Around 1:30 a.m., SAPD responded to War Horse Drive to a shots fired call. When officers arrived, they said a suspect in a stolen red vehicle backed into a police unit while trying to flee.
SAPD said an officer then shot at the suspect hitting them in their abdomen. That suspect was taken to the hospital for surgery.
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Sebastian Inlet sprouts hope for Florida manatees and other Indian River Lagoon life
SEBASTIAN INLET — Here, where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Indian River Lagoon, hope, in the form of new tufts of seagrass, is sprouting all around.
On a recent day, Don Deis snorkels through a crystal clear ocean-estuary mix, finding new signs of life among the blades that bud up here like alfalfa sprouts from the sun-glittered sandy bottom.
Between his fingers, Deis pinches thin strands of a once-rare grass. This so-called Johnson's grass lays lattice-like roots that are the groundwork for other seagrasses to take hold and reknit the Indian River Lagoon's food web, unraveled by decades of algae overfed by our sewage and fertilizers.
The stringy grass growing up here is telling. It's luring others, but not so fast.
"Mainly, it gives you an idea of what the recovery of seagrasses is going to be in the lagoon proper, and that they're going to recover very slowly," said Deis, the principal scientist for Atkins North America, which monitors seagrass for Sebastian Inlet District.
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"The shoals is a good place to go and snorkel around and see what seagrasses look like and what to expect in the future, probably the next 10 to 20 years, in the recovery of the lagoon," he said.
Because of the ocean water surging through the inlet, marine life stands a much greater chance of rebounding here than elsewhere in the 156-mile-long lagoon. The next closest inlet is Fort Pierce Inlet 30 miles to the south, then Port Canaveral 40 miles north, then Ponce Inlet another 70 miles north of there.
The ocean flushes out pollutants and other excesses that could blunt these early waves of seagrass recovery in Sebastian. The ripples of hope here portend better days for this estuary and economic stability for the five-counties along the lagoon, and beyond.
Economic studies show the region benefits from almost $10 billion in yearly economic output or value received from the lagoon, including almost $1 billion in annualized real estate value added for property located on or near the estuary.
Researchers estimate more than 2.5 million acres of seagrass remains in Florida's nearshore waters, which provide so-called "ecological services" worth more than $20 billion a year. Some economists think those dollars might be much higher.
Just 2½ acres of seagrass supports up to 100,000 fish, 100 million invertebrates like worms, clams and snails, and up to $10,000 in economic activity, according to the St. Johns River Water Management District.
That's why natural resource managers hope this small inlet harbors hints of how to replicate the success seeded here, and transplant nursery grown grass farther from man-made openings to the ocean such as this.
Deis finds starfish, bonnethead sharks, and more importantly, the occasional snook, tarpon and other sought-after fish that lures fishing enthusiasts to the same spots where seagrass has been transplanted successfully.
But Deis and other scientists worry, as in summer's past, that all it will take is one more bad algae bloom, and hopes could be dashed. The algae can smother most of the seagrass just as it finally sprouts new roots. Others fear not enough is being done to keep pesticides and other pollutants from killing the progress.
'They're sparse'
Despite the new shoots of hope, make no mistake: Marine life still starves here.
As shoal grass grows back to where it once belonged, so-called "manatee grass" barely grows along these shoal fringes inside the inlet, not enough to satiate sea cows. At least 1,101 manatees died in Florida last year, most from starvation, and more than 500 have perished this year.
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Deis and the firm he works for found shoal-wide seagrass coverage inside the inlet increased from 115 acres in 2020 to just over 123 acres last year. There might be even more now. But it's nowhere near enough.
"The seagrasses on the shoals, they're out there, but they're not very thick. They're sparse," he said.
Pollution and excess nitrogen and phosphorus from runoff, seepage from septic tank systems, sewage spills, fertilizers and other human sources choked out the manatee's main seagrass diet by fueling excess algae growth.
Last year, small islands in the lagoon in Brevard became mass manatee graves. The death toll grew so bad that in April of 2021, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared the die-off an Unusual Mortality Event.
It prompted the first-of-its kind pilot project to try to stave off further starvation by feeding manatees lettuce at the Florida Power & Light Co. plant in Port St. John this past winter.
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State biologists vowed to study what worked and didn't work with that pilot project. They also plan to watch the status of the lagoon's seagrass, especially in Brevard, to see if they'll have to feed manatees again next winter.
"That's one of the data points we'll be looking at this summer," Ron Mezich, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's imperiled species management section leader, said during a recent online update about the manatee die off.
"What we're hearing is that there's still good coverage of macroalgae. Anything that's using nutrients other than algal blooms is a good thing." Macroalgae is the stringy "drift algae" or larger leafy plants that lap up along lagoon banks and when in excess also can smother seagrass beds.
There are some reports of seagrass growing in multiple areas in Brevard, Mezich added. "It is very small, and it is not very dense. We continue to hope that algae blooms do not occur and water quality stays good throughout the growing season."
But nobody is under any illusions that the lagoon is anywhere near turning a corner or that the manatees are out of danger.
"We are going to lose manatees here because that's not enough food," Deis said matter of factly. "The problem is we could have an algae bloom at any time."
A clone recovers
In a way, hope hinges on an introduced species. Johnson's seagrass doesn't exactly belong here in the Indian River Lagoon but it has grown into a foundational species for the ecological recovery, biologists say.
In 1998, NOAA listed Johnson's seagrass as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act and designated critical habitat in April 2000.
Twenty-two years later, NOAA published a final rule to delist the species because new genetic data show it's not an unique species but a clone of an Indo-Pacific species, disqualifying it for listing under the Endangered Species Act and technically making it an invasive species introduced to Florida, possibly riding currents in from offshore seaweed lines. But it's one of the few invasive species with a positive streak.
Unlike other species of seagrass, Johnson's has no male plants or seeds but reproduces by cloning itself with pieces that drift away to pioneer new areas.
Deis was among those who asked Johnson's seagrass be taken off the federal "protected" species list. The delisting became effective on May 16.
"It came back across the shoals with a vengeance," Deis said of Sebastian Inlet. "They're an opportunistic species."
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While some seagrass has grown back inside the inlet, the shift in species means the botanical stage has been set for seagrass recovery but the current mix of species growing provide much less food for manatees and are just precursor species of what really needs to grow back to sustain the regional sea cow population.
Part of the problem is countless boaters who disregard the channel signage and stray into the seagrass shoals, carving prop trenches through the seagrass beds. Atkins, the firm Deis works for, inventories those prop scars, plugs them in so grass can grow back, and transplants channel grasses, using pitchforks and shovels.
Boats swing around a 'dogleg' curved channel the inlet district dredged to keep their props and hulls clear of the seagrass shoals.
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The underwater scene here along the shoals that fan out from Sebastian Inlet once showed football field-sized, lush grass beds now in some spots resembles a moonscape, with smatterings of seagrass sprouts. Bottom plants wilted away under the leaks and runoff from septic tanks, lawn fertilizers and unchecked coastal development's lush grass beds became mud flats.
An occasional snook or catfish scans the sparse seagrass bottom. A small school of finger mullet flash along an oyster-shell sandy bottom, among a straggling starfish here and there.
Meanwhile, local governments dump millions of gallons of raw sewage into the lagoon, as more than 100,000 septic tank systems on the lagoon watershed seep nitrogen and phosphorus to fuel excess algae that kills bottom grass in turn feeding more algae blooms in a vicious death spiral.
Studies by state agencies show that Indian River Lagoon lost 58% of its seagrass area since 2009, more than 46,000 acres, with 90% less grass coverage in most areas. Beginning around 2011, large continual blooms of phytoplankton chocked out the lagoon's seagrass.
To give the recovery a nudge, FWC plans to finish seven eelgrass restoration projects within the lagoon’s tributaries this year. But some have criticized whether the water quality is good enough yet for the seagrasses to survive.
The nonprofit Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida recently received a $1 million donation from one of the owners of the Boston Celtics that the group plans to use the gift to expand ongoing projects to restore the lagoon’s overall health by replanting eight acres of vegetation at six sites in the lagoon with promising water quality. At one such site, the Loxahatchee River, a tributary for the lagoon, 60,000 eelgrass plants were recently transplanted.
Some lagoon advocates have suggested for decades that inlets like the one in Sebastian should be widened to help increase flushing of the lagoon.
While far from a cure-all for the lagoon at large, researchers say drilling openings to the ocean could complement ongoing lagoon cleanup efforts in Brevard and Indian River counties. But those efforts are expensive and often controversial.
And openings to the ocean can only dilute so much, biologists say, the rest is up to us.
"This is never going to be a major inlet," Deis said of Sebastian Inlet. "It's just a small-boat inlet."
Thirty miles to the south, a much wider inlet in Fort Pierce also ushers in broader cleansing waves of hope. Slivers of new seagrass drift from there to Sebastian, or vise versa, taking root in between.
Deis sees seagrass holding its own from Sebastian inlet to Fort Pierce Inlet.
"We are in a positive direction," he said.
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Jim Waymer is an environment reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Waymer at 321-261-2603 or jwaymer@floridatoday.com. Or find him on Twitter: @JWayEnviro or on Facebook: www.facebook.com/jim.waymer
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Summer is here, and the time might be right to revisit the history of a storied Ohio manufacturer.
Airstream is announcing the opening of its Airstream Heritage Center, which opened to the public at Airstream headquarters, 1001 W. Pike St., Jackson Center, Wednesday.
The center features vintage Airstream models and a collection of “original artifacts that honor those who shaped the brand’s storied history,” the company said.
“The Heritage Center brings Airstream’s rich history to life in a museum space that highlights over 90 years of globetrotting adventures and cutting-edge innovation while celebrating the thousands of associates who have helped build Airstreams by hand since 1931,” Airstream said.
The center is housed in a 16,000 square-foot space outlining the story of Airstream, from its 1931 founding to well beyond.
The center has 15 vintage Airstreams, including a 1938 Clipper, which is an example of the first riveted aluminum model.
“For years we’ve been looking for the right way to celebrate our history, and our new Heritage Center is a testament to the products that inspired generations of travelers, and the people who built this brand into an American icon,” said Bob Wheeler, Airstream president and chief executive. “The vintage models, mementos, journals, and films on display vividly illustrate how an Airstream is more than simply a recreational vehicle — it’s a vessel that holds the stories accumulated over years of travel and adventure.”
Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday, excluding holidays, at the Airstream headquarters, 1001 W. Pike St., Jackson Center, about an hour’s drive north of Dayton.
Admission is: Adults $5; seniors $3; military $2; children 12 and under: free.
With 1,200 Ohio employees, Airstream, Inc. is a subsidiary of Elkhart, Ind.-based Thor Industries, Inc.
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Getting exercise can have benefits beyond building strength and endurance.
Exercise classes can support your social and mental health, according to Kim Sheehan, the Senior Health and Wellness Director with the YMCA of Greater Dayton. That is especially true as you get older.
Sheehan talked to In Your Prime host Jana Collier, publisher of the Dayton Daily News, Springfield News-Sun and Journal-News, about how communities form around exercise classes at the YMCA.
“You are going to develop a lot of friendships,” Sheehan said.
If someone does not show up for a class, other members “will call them or text them and make sure they are OK and everything is going alright.”
Our In Your Prime series gives you information you can trust about managing your health and finances, Medicare options and living a fulfilled life in retirement and beyond.
The video above is just a portion of a program in which Collier sits down with local experts and leaders in their field to discuss the following subjects:
· Muna Jneidi, MD, Internal Medicine with Kettering Health: Bone health for women.
· Kristie Farkash, APRN-CNP with Kettering Health: Diabetes lifestyle tips
· Kim Sheehan, the Senior Health and Wellness Director with the YMCA of Greater Dayton: Creating a life of wellness as a senior.
Watch the full program below: | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/watch-feeling-lonely-as-you-age-joining-a-gym-can-help-local-expert-says/YUFRTEBP7VDPVFB7IW4S33HTG4/ | 2022-06-03T13:29:49 | 0 | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/watch-feeling-lonely-as-you-age-joining-a-gym-can-help-local-expert-says/YUFRTEBP7VDPVFB7IW4S33HTG4/ |
DALLAS — Two people were shot, and a 15-year-old died, after a shooting in southern Dallas early Friday morning, police said.
Officers responded around 12:30 a.m. to a fight Derek L. Geter Park, at 2322 Scotland Drive, near East Ledbetter Drive and Sunnyvale Street.
When they arrived, the park was empty, but they found blood and other evidence of a shooting, police said.
A hospital later notified police of two shooting victims who had arrived in private vehicles.
One of the victims, a 15-year-old, died. The other victim's age and condition was not available early Friday.
Police did not have more information about how the shooting happened. No arrests have been made.
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HAMMOND — Leon's Triathlon, a longtime area event honoring military and first-responders, will be held Sunday at Wolf Lake Memorial Park, 2324 Calumet Ave.
The opening ceremony starts at 7:30 a.m. and the event starts at 8 a.m.
The transition area for athletes is located in the heart of Wolf Lake Park adjacent to the Wolf Lake Pavilion.
Each participant has an area to store their gear and bike during the event.
The swim portion is held in Wolf Lake and there is a traffic-free bike course traversing the roadways south and east of Wolf Lake Park.
The run course utilizes an out-and-back design along the Wolf Lake Park pedestrian trail.
Leon's Triathlon, dubbed "America's Race," was started nearly 40 years ago by New Chicago native Leon Wolek.
Wolek's first triathlon was initiated in 1983 near Izaak Walton off Interstate 65 in Hobart and later moved to the Wolf Lake Memorial Park location in Hammond.
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Last June, the inaugural USA Triathlon Military and First Responders National Championships were held in Hammond to honor the service and sacrifice of members of the U.S. Armed Forces as well as police, fire and EMS personnel.
Leon's Triathlon partners with a variety of other local, state and national initiatives and organizations throughout the year to recognize and give back to military and first responders.
The event last year was held on June 6, on the 77th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, at Wolf Lake Memorial Park.
"People come from all over the U.S. and it's pretty humbling. The race is recognized across America as America's Race," Wolek said.
The upcoming sister race, an obstacle-course race, will be held on Sept. 11 at the Indiana Dunes National Park
To register for either event go to: www.leonstriathlon.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/leons-triathlon-set-sunday-at-wolf-lake/article_34930b08-9ad7-5f9a-a8de-6952f2072eb6.html | 2022-06-03T13:40:21 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/leons-triathlon-set-sunday-at-wolf-lake/article_34930b08-9ad7-5f9a-a8de-6952f2072eb6.html |
Jet Ski safety: What to know before taking to the water for summer fun
Riding a Jet Ski may offer a sense of freedom as the wind whips through your hair, but safety can quickly become an issue on the water.
A 20-year-old man died Monday, May 30, following a personal watercraft accident in Sinepuxent Bay. According to Natural Resources Police, two personal watercraft were traveling closely at a high rate of speed. The vessels collided, causing the victim and his personal watercraft to become airborne. He was unconscious when pulled from the water and later died, according to police.
The number of boats and personal watercraft rented out of Ocean City is extremely high, Julie Brown of Maryland's Natural Resource Police, previously told Delmarva Now, noting the guidelines and practices in place have kept many safe throughout the years.
However, injuries do happen.
In 2018, two rented personal watercraft collided at about 35 mph off Ocean City, leaving a Pennsylvania woman in critical condition with neck and head injuries. She was flown to Christiana Hospital where she underwent surgery. A negligent operation charge was issued by Maryland Natural Resources Police.
In 2016, an Ocean City woman was hospitalized after a collision between a powerboat and a personal watercraft in Assawoman Bay left her with severe lacerations to one leg and her back. She was airlifted to Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware.
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Vessel traffic in Ocean City normally picks up around Memorial Day and stays busy throughout the entire summer, Cpl. Antonio Deepree with the Maryland Natural Resources Police, said in a previous report. With so much activity on the water, DNR is also very busy during the summer responding to emergencies.
“We get a lot of personal watercraft calls, just operational negligent,” Deepree said. “We get a lot of definitely distress calls. You also get a lot of calls from people concerned about what's going on in the busier areas, because it may not look normal to someone that isn't accustomed to seeing it.”
Watercraft rental companies' websites tout "no experience necessary."
As with all boats, personal watercraft have no brakes, but they also have no reverse used for stopping forward momentum, according to the DNR website. Further, personal watercraft have no rudder or steering control once the engine is at idle.
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Rental boat operators and personal watercraft operators are not required to have an existing certificate. A certified guide accompanies renters in accordance with state law.
Rental companies are expected to provide a "rental vessels safety information sheet" to those looking to operate a rental boat, in addition to requiring certain signage, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
The company may then issue a 10-day boating safety certificate stating that the documents were read and understood by the renter.
Maryland regulations for personal watercraft
- Be at least 16 years of age to operate.
- Wear a U.S. Coast Guard approved life jacket.
- Carry a certificate of boater safety education if born on or after July 1, 1972.
- Maintain 6 knots or slower within 100 feet of another personal watercraft, vessel, shore, pier, piling, bridge structure, abutment or people in the water.
- Have personal watercraft equipped with an operating self-circling device or kill switch.
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Maryland restrictions on personal watercraft
Do not:
- Operate above idle speed in water less than 18 inches in depth.
- Operate between sunset and sunrise.
- Jump, or attempt jumping, the wake of another vessel within 100 feet of that vessel.
- Operate within 300 feet of people in the water or surf fishing activities in the Atlantic Ocean.
- Disturb waterfowl and wildlife.
- Operate in a reckless and/or negligent manner.
All registered personal watercraft must display a Maryland PWC Regulations Sticker on their craft. Fines up to $500 can be issues for violating these regulations.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — It's an exciting time for race fans in the Pacific Northwest with NASCAR's return to the region after more than 20 years. It's especially exciting for Darren Dilley, a local teacher from Hillsboro and amateur racer who has set to compete in the Xfinity Series at Portland International Raceway (PIR) on Saturday.
"I'm on cloud nine," he said at a pre-race party at Kenton Station on Saturday. "I really am. This is a great opportunity for us. Thirty-two years in the making."
Dilley has raced for more than 30 years and PIR is his home track. Even though he'll be in a different car on Saturday — in the No. 38 Ford for Ryan Sieg Racing — he believes his experience on this track will give him a competitive edge.
"We're very excited to represent the Northwest. We are going to give it our best shot. It's our first time in an Xfinity car," Dilley said. "We race rain or shine. There's definitely a rain line around there, so if you have some laps around there, you have the advantage."
Whether or not his team ends up in victory lane, Dilley hopes this even marks the first of many more NASCAR races to come to this region.
"I think [NASCAR is] going to move up this way and put up a Cup Series,
he said. "That's what they're doing right now. They're trying to dip their toe in to see if there is enough interest and I think this week will be a good showing, and I think that the crowds are coming from all over the Northwest to support it."
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As more people are heading to the beaches, one community on Long Island is taking action to keep swimmers safe...from sharks!
This is, because, it is during this time of year that sharks start coming into areas frequented by humans.
Just on Monday, beach patrols at Lido Beach said that there was a sighting of a shark not too far from Point Lookout, just north of the Loop Parkway Bridge. Jones Beach lifeguards say it was actually a fisherman who saw the 10-foot shark, very close to the shoreline, having some trouble finding its way. The fisherman apparently called local authorities in the town of Hempstead Bay, but by the time authorities arrived, the shark was able to swim away to open waters without any incident.
In recent years, organizations have been researching different types of sharks across this area and have found that some of the young ones tend to come into our region around this time of year, starting in May, and spend the entire summer swimming around.
Last year, several beaches on Long Island had to be closed after sharks were spotted near the shore. If that happens again, you will see red flags go up, alerting people of the presence of sharks in order to keep swimmers safe.
The town of Hempstead Bay will also deploy shark patrols Friday morning and give out tips to beachgoers through a mock rescue demonstration performed by lifeguards. The idea is to keep educating people as to what to do if they see a shark and what to do if an attack is to happen. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/how-one-li-community-is-keeping-swimmers-safe-after-recent-shark-sighting/3718644/ | 2022-06-03T14:09:10 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/how-one-li-community-is-keeping-swimmers-safe-after-recent-shark-sighting/3718644/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Andrew Duxbury, M.D., professor in the UAB Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, joined CBS 42 Morning News Friday to discuss tips for longevity and health.
You can watch the full interview in the video player above. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/uabs-dr-duxbury-joins-cbs-42-news-to-discuss-tips-for-longevity-and-health/ | 2022-06-03T14:18:57 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/uabs-dr-duxbury-joins-cbs-42-news-to-discuss-tips-for-longevity-and-health/ |
The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer:
The other day a relative of mine who lives in another city saw a woman outside the local school district office holding a sign saying, “No CRT.” My relative considered getting out of the vehicle to interview her, to see if she understood what CRT really was.
Critical race theory (CRT) is not an easy thing to wrap one’s head around. It’s a complicated conceptual framework, with origins lying in the legal discipline in the 1970s. It has since branched out to influence other disciplines, including mine. It is certainly not something that I can easily define in a 600-word column, but I’ll try my best.
CRT fundamentally acknowledges that this country was built using the labor of black slaves, and that fact cannot be erased, no matter how progressive we deem our own beliefs and practices, no matter how color blind we proclaim to be. CRT asserts that no one is color blind, and racism is as ordinary and mundane as summers in Tucson that top 100 degrees. I notice race, you notice race, and that simple fact informs our thoughts and behavior.
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And maybe those thoughts and behaviors are good, like “I’ll be nice and give this guy a fair interest rate,” or, as in my case recently, “I’ll let this student resubmit a paper so that she has a chance to earn an A.”
Or maybe they are bigoted, as in the scenario where my husband, who has a dark complexion, jokingly asked a customer why he was wearing such an enormous hat: “So that my skin doesn’t look like yours.”
CRT is something that tries to explain why Black people consistently pay more for cars, loans, and houses. It tries to explain why Black people have a lower average salary and life expectancy. It tries to explain why my Black friend tensed up when she drove past a police cruiser because she drove “such a nice car,” she once told me. The car here was a Toyota Highlander, lacking scrapes, dents, and other markers of poverty.
The important thing to note is that nobody is teaching this in our K-12 schools. As our new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson hinted in her confirmation hearings when she discussed encountering the subject in law school, our kids wouldn’t study it until college, though more probably, graduate school.
Now, CRT is something that can guide our thinking, meaning that it may guide books and other productions, like the book “Racist Baby” that Ted Cruz held up in the hopes of branding Jackson a liberal nut (she sat on the board of a school that included this book in its curriculum). Cruz’s question, “Are babies racist?” was a bit of demagoguery that it seems CRT writ large has been used to advance.
CRT may also guide the teaching philosophy of our kids’ teachers, and that is a good thing! We need more teachers informed by CRT! A teacher guided by this theory would be thoughtful, and present a diverse blend of reading materials and learning activities. Such a teacher wouldn’t neglect the subjects of science or math, but would subtly inform students that race is a socially constructed category and challenge them to work for real justice. Such a teacher would teach historical facts so as to avoid going back to dark chapters of history.
And had such a teacher touched the life of a certain white supremacist, he wouldn’t have driven to a predominantly black neighborhood in Buffalo in a racist fury and murdered 10 people. Ten people! With families and loved ones who are assuredly grieving in the familiar injustice this country has subjected people of color to. I can only imagine such grief.
Meanwhile, some people are up in arms over an acronym. To those people I say, wake up. CRT is not the enemy.
Kristen Hoggatt-Abader is a senior lecturer in the Writing Program and a third-year Ph.D. candidate in rhetoric and composition at the University of Arizona. More of her work can be found at khoggattabader.com. | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-critical-race-theory-and-the-buffalo-murders/article_d458df6e-dc82-11ec-b602-5b8d202bd907.html | 2022-06-03T14:26:09 | 0 | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-critical-race-theory-and-the-buffalo-murders/article_d458df6e-dc82-11ec-b602-5b8d202bd907.html |
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I’m proud to serve as a health care advocate, calling for solutions to enhance the quality of life and health care outcomes for people in every community.
As a cancer survivor, I know firsthand the critical nature of efficiently navigating your personal health care needs and the hard work of ensuring you receive timely, quality care that’s necessary to fight chronic illnesses like cancer.
I’ve seen how the public health crisis of the past two years has especially impacted people who are already struggling with chronic conditions. And perhaps most alarming is the fact that so many patients still do not receive the care they need or choose to forgo care, because they don’t have access to affordable health insurance.
From personal experience, I know the levels of stress having to worry about not only the uncertainty of my cancer treatments, but how I was going to be able to do that. We need to make access to affordable health care something we no longer have to worry about. We have that opportunity now in Arizona with the support of our representatives.
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Far too often, I’ve heard stories about people with potentially life-threatening conditions who are unable to afford the care they need. For me, I will never forget the mix of emotions I felt when I was undergoing treatment — stress, doubt, fear, sadness and uncertainty. It’s a battle every day to stay positive, which is a crucial part of recovery. Throughout my journey, I was shown so much kindness from so many doctors and nurses who took on my care — care only made available to me through health insurance.
This is why access to affordable health care is such a personal issue for me. Everyone should be able to receive the care they need, especially as we recover from the pandemic and people are still confronted with unexpected health challenges.
Thankfully, our lawmakers representing Arizona have an opportunity to help right now — by making sure health care subsidies are permanently available to thousands of Arizonans. It’s an urgent opportunity, because these subsidies are set to expire at the end of this year. Congress must act immediately to ensure that subsidies expanded in the American Rescue Plan Act last year are made permanent.
These insurance tax credits were introduced in the Affordable Care Act, which helped ease the financial burden on millions of Americans struggling to afford care. These tax credits were then expanded in the American Rescue Plan Act last year, offering new relief to nearly 90,000 of Arizona’s uninsured residents.
If lawmakers secure a permanent solution for these tax credits, thousands more uninsured Arizonans will be able to reap the benefits of greater access to affordable care.
Lawmakers must not let this opportunity slip away. They can’t simply put off these challenges for another few years. All Americans deserve the security of affordable health insurance — Congress must make subsidies permanent without delay as the year-end expiration date approaches.
I’m calling all Arizonans in Congress — especially Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, Sen. Mark Kelly, and Rep. Tom O’Halleran — to deliver better health care for all now by ensuring health insurance subsidies are protected for good. The time is now for lawmakers to make sure ARPA health insurance tax credits are made permanent.
I’m a warrior, and I will never stop advocating for quality care for all. Arizonans and countless other Americans cannot wait any longer for the assurance that affordable access to care is permanent — and within reach.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – A reward is being offered for information in the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old woman in Orange County.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday a reward up to $5,000 is being offered for any information that can lead to an arrest. Deputies responded to The Park at Highgate on North Powers Drive near Silver Star Road around 3 a.m. on Wednesday.
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The sheriff’s office said Raniyah A’shanti Gandy was found critically injured in her vehicle. Gandy was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead, deputies said.
On 6/1, 19-year-old Raniyah A'Shanti Gandy was shot and killed in a car at an apartment complex on Powers Dr. We urge anyone with any information to call @CrimelineFL at 800-423-8477. You can remain anonymous & receive a reward of up to $5,000.#PleaseShare #WeNeedYourHelp pic.twitter.com/5jx0kmY1Sr
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Sheriff’s officials said it was likely shots were fired from a vehicle.
Video from the scene showed bullet holes in the driver-side window of a car, with dozens of evidence markers nearby. Information about the suspected shooter and vehicle has not been released.
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TITUSVILLE, Fla. – Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump and the family of a man who was shot and killed by a Titusville police officer will hold a news conference Friday, days after the officer was arrested.
James Lowery, 40, was fatally shot in December by Officer Joshua Payne, one of multiple officers who responded to a 911 call reporting a man was attacking a woman along South Deleon Avenue, police said.
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The Brevard-Seminole State Attorney’s Office this week announced a manslaughter charge against Payne. He turned himself in to authorities on Wednesday.
Crump released the following statement after the announcement.
“We are encouraged by the State Attorney’s decision to file charges against Officer Payne for his deadly actions, but we will not stop fighting until there is a conviction. Officer Payne targeted, stalked, tased, and shot James in the back of the head despite the fact that he wasn’t involved in the case that was being investigated, wasn’t armed, and was in no way threatening the officer. Officer Payne’s actions, as laid out in black and white in the affidavit, were nothing short of criminal.
“Nothing will bring James back to his family and loved ones, but we can bring them a measure of justice by holding Officer Payne accountable. And today’s charges bring us one step closer.”
According to the state attorney’s office, Payne claimed Lowery looked similar to the suspect — though it was later determined Lowery was not even involved — and the officer attempted to question him. When Lowery ran away, Payne tried to stop him by using his Taser, but it was ineffective, the state attorney said.
Lowery climbed a fence and Payne pulled his gun out, a release said. Payne tried to climb the fence while holding his gun and Taser, firing his gun and Taser simultaneously and shooting Lowery in the back of the head, a report said.
News 6 checked Titusville Police Department’s policy on firearms and didn’t see any explicit language that specifically says whether officers can deploy both weapons simultaneously.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigated the shooting and turned over its evidence to the state attorney’s office on May 6.
After reviewing the evidence, the state attorney decided to pursue a manslaughter charge against the officer.
Lowery’s family and Crump will hold a news conference on Friday at 4 p.m. News 6 will stream it live at the top of this story.
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A 73-year-old who lives by himself on Protection Island lives a life few can imagine.
Marty Bluewater's parents purchased vacation property on the island 51 years ago. They planned to turn it into a huge development before it was designated as a wildlife refuge.
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A surgeon killed in a mass shooting in Tulsa, Okla., formerly worked at Swedish Medical Center, the hospital confirmed in a statement on Thursday.
"Dr. Preston Phillips, the surgeon so tragically killed yesterday in Tulsa, was on the medical staff at Swedish from 1998-2005 with Seattle Orthopedics," a spokesperson said.
Phillips, who performed back surgery on the gunman, was specifically targeted in the shooting. The gunman repeatedly called the medical clinic complaining of pain after his surgery. Tulsa Police said they have a letter written by the gunman indicating he planned to kill Phillips and anybody who got in his way. Read more
Outside of Saint James Cathedral, Father Michael Ryan called the recent wave of mass shootings an outrage.
“I am almost numb. One thing after another,” said Ryan.
On Thursday, a vigil and march were held in Seattle to honor those killed and to demand action.
“We have to get to the level of rage where we won’t just let another one pass by," said Ryan. Read more
A fugitive wanted for murder in the disappearance of a California woman was shot and killed by law enforcement in Kent Wednesday evening.
The Contra Costa District Attorney's Office filed murder charges on May 26 against Marshall Curtis Jones III, 27, in connection to the disappearance of Alexis Gabe, 24, a resident of Oakley, California.
Police said Jones was shot and killed by officers serving a murder warrant at a Kent apartment in the 3500 block of South 22nd Place. Read more
The Pierce County Council voted on a series of regulations designed to curb puppy mills.
The regulations forbid pet shops in unincorporated Pierce County to sell dogs younger than 8 weeks old and require pet stores to get their dogs from an organization licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
If the animal is bought from an individual, that person must be in compliance with the state’s laws on dog breeding. Read more
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Metro Phoenix cities turn to homeless courts to help people navigate the justice system
Mesa’s Community Court might appear like any other at first glance, with defendants appearing one by one before a judge dressed in a black robe.
But a closer look at their sentences reveals a key difference.
On one Wednesday afternoon, Judge John Tatz directs a woman to get a new birth certificate, Social Security card and ID, to attend weekly Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and to stay in regular contact with her “navigator,” or case manager. He tells the next person to sign up for food stamps and to stay in housing.
Tatz asks everyone who appears in the chamber to consider doing something to help the community before their next court date. But no one leaves here with a sentence to jail time or a requirement that they pay a fee as recompense for crimes that can range from trespassing and possession of drug paraphernalia to public intoxication.
“They’ll be told by the judge directly, ‘This is not a punitive court,’” said Stacey Good, an assistant city prosecutor in Mesa. “You’re not here to get in trouble. We’re not trying to punish you. What we want to do is help. We want to provide services and we want to help change your situation.’”
As Arizona’s homeless population has expanded in recent years, Mesa’s court is one of a growing number in the state that’s geared toward rehabilitation rather than punishment, with the ultimate goal of helping people on the streets move more effectively through the criminal justice system.
Each court approaches that aim differently. Some allow people experiencing homelessness to work off fines and fees that accumulate after they’ve been sentenced for a crime, while others — like Mesa’s — can dismiss cases altogether in exchange for participation in the program.
Critics argue that these types of programs are ineffective without simultaneous changes to policing that would address the criminalization of people experiencing homelessness. Phoenix police, for example, are under federal investigation for their treatment of people living on the streets.
Low graduation rates show the difficulties this population can face despite navigating courts built with them in mind. And even strong proponents of the courts concede that the programs are not a wholesale solution to homelessness.
But for people facing the prospect of fines and jail time that could make it more difficult to exit the streets or obtain employment, the courts can serve as a lifeline.
Jennifer Webber, 58, is one of the recent “graduates” of Mesa’s court. She had her trespassing citation dismissed late last year and said it’s a relief not to have the prospect of punishment shadowing her as she works to get into more permanent housing and make other changes in her life after about seven years on the streets.
“Before I started community court, the original sentence was that I could have had 30 days in jail and a $500 fine — and I have no income,” Webber said outside the courtroom, her hands still clutching the certificate the judge had handed her just moments before. “I kind of have stuff I have to go through before I can start working. I still have some things going on, you know?”
'Do you lock them up?’
Aside from Mesa’s court, which has been operating since 2018, there’s a similar program in Maricopa County with the ability to serve eligible defendants across the region and a city-specific program in Tucson.
In the past two years, at least two new courts for people experiencing homelessness have gotten off the ground in Arizona: one in Scottsdale and another in Chandler. A third is currently under development in the fast-growing city of Goodyear.
Goodyear’s program is expected to be the first of its kind in the West Valley, and is under development at a time when the number of people experiencing homelessness in the city has soared along with the municipality’s population. The number of unsheltered people in the community ballooned to 23 in 2020 from seven in 2017 — a 228% increase, according to an annual census count of the homeless.
In an effort to get ahead of the growing challenge, city leaders have turned to the homeless court concept, with a plan to model their new program — which should be up and running sometime later this year — after Mesa’s.
“We see the need to individualize justice,” Mayra Galindo, Goodyear’s presiding municipal court judge, said in explaining the decision to invest $300,000 in a court for veterans and the homeless. “In a flourishing city like this is — and it’s just growing at a neck break speed — if we do not pour the foundation where we can prepare for the needs of the community as it grows, we’re setting up ourselves for failure.”
While the move toward homeless courts in Arizona is relatively recent, the concept dates to 1989, when the nation’s first homeless court opened in San Diego, California, according to a 2017 report from the National Center for State Courts.
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Since then, at least nine other states around the country have embraced the model as part of an effort to address the barriers people experiencing homelessness often face when brought into the court system.
Challenges vary, but some people on the streets lack clothes that adhere to the traditional decorum requirements of a courtroom or transportation to get to the courthouse in the first place, the Maricopa County Regional Homeless Court notes on its website. Others face mental health challenges that can make it difficult to understand the legal system or may feel intimidated by the court process.
If they can overcome these barriers, they face others.
The fines and fees typically imposed in court can be insurmountable to some people on the streets, according to the American Bar Association — especially if they are facing multiple charges. And unpaid fines can quickly accumulate, making it more difficult for people to access “desperately needed services” like public benefits and mental health or substance abuse treatment.
Serving jail time can also make it harder for people to get into housing or get jobs that can help them become more stable, the association noted in an August resolution addressing homeless courts.
As its homeless population faced these challenges, Mesa realized a few years ago that its existing system was failing those on the streets.
“We would see homeless people come through and as prosecutors, we knew they were homeless,” said City Prosecutor Paul Hawkins. “But it was like, what do you do? If it's their, like, 15th or 20th case, you know, do you lock them up and when they get out they're just as homeless as when they went in? Or, do you not do anything and that looks like well, but they're committing these offenses but you're not doing anything?”
That’s when the city created its community court, which gives people experiencing homelessness who have charges for low-level and non-violent crimes the opportunity to get their cases dismissed if they agree to participate in services.
As part of that process, defendants are assigned a “navigator,” who meets with them outside of the courtroom and can help them obtain needed identification documents, housing vouchers and government benefits and find jobs. Sometimes navigators will even offer someone a ride so they can meet the court’s attendance requirements.
Audrey Sanders, a community navigator with the nonprofit Copa Health, said she provides people with a “smorgasbord of options and they choose what they would like to do.”
“Obviously, some things are mandated by court, such as substance use treatment and then getting their documents and stuff,” she said. “But a lot of times they have a lot of other little things that we do. Sometimes it's even like reconnecting them to family they haven't spoken to. We just try to basically remove any barriers to them moving forward.”
Defendants come back to court multiple times throughout to provide updates on their progress. And when Tatz thinks they are ready, he can dismiss their cases.
Good said the program usually takes anywhere from six months to a year to complete, a period during which she says defendants have the support they need to make real changes.
“When we have somebody that goes through the entire court process, we all see their accomplishments and they get a sense of accomplishment,” she said. “And you can see it in them and them being proud of themselves and what’s going on in their life. It’s really awesome to see.”
Webber, who spent more than 18 months working through homeless court, said the process felt rigorous at times, and she didn’t like the expectation that she had to come before the judge every month. She also worried that she wouldn’t ultimately make it through.
“It’s great; I didn't expect it today,” she said the day of her graduation. “I kept thinking, man, is this ever going to happen for me?”
But Webber said the program has overall been a positive force in her life. During the court process, her navigator helped her get into a hotel that had been converted into a temporary shelter for the homeless and has also been working to help her find a more permanent living situation.
‘Steps to find stability’
Not every case that goes through the court ends as a success story, though.
In 2021, Mesa’s court added 1,257 people to the docket. Just 114 of them graduated, according to data provided by the courts, or a 9% success rate. But of those who graduated, only seven have so far returned to Mesa’s community court with new cases within the calendar year.
In 2020 — a year in which the court system faced significant disruption amid the coronavirus pandemic — there were 782 people added to community court and 38 of them graduated. That’s a success rate of about 5%. Just three of those defendants ultimately returned to community court within the year after they graduated from the program.
Tatz said many defendants are filtered out of Mesa’s program because they either aren’t showing up or haven’t accomplished what they were asked to do by the court. Some of them aren’t ready to change their lives, he said, so a court that’s centered on that goal isn’t going to help them exit homelessness.
“If they're not ready, we’re not going to (be able to) help them.”
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But those who do graduate are better off, Tatz says. Many have found housing or are in some kind of shelter waiting for government-subsidized housing to open up. And they’re no longer burdened with the fear of fines and jail time for their cases in Mesa.
“They have taken advantage of the system,” he said of the program’s graduates. “They’ve either gotten themselves off the streets or they’ve gotten themselves substance abuse treatment, or they got themselves a job and found a place to stay. I mean, they've succeeded. That's why they graduated.”
In Maricopa County’s post-adjudication program — which turns fees and fines that have already been levied against members of the homeless population for low-level offenses into community restitution hours — some 1,780 people experiencing homelessness participated from 2013 to April 2022.
During that time period, they completed nearly 623,000 service hours, according to data provided by the program. Under the court’s rules, that can encompass anything from traditional community service, like picking up trash on the highway, to efforts that “foster the applicant’s path out of homelessness,” like studying for a GED diploma, taking parenting classes or meeting with a case worker, according to Karen Sadler, Maricopa County’s regional homeless court coordinator.
By the time people graduate, “they have taken a lot of steps to find stability and they’ve done just a lot of work and a lot of community service hours to take care of their fines and fees,” she said.
‘They might not be able to follow through’
While proponents of homeless courts point to the benefits of helping this population better access the judicial system, they also concede that it’s not a solution to the multifaceted problems that push people onto the streets and keep them there — from poverty to rising health care costs and unequal access to education.
And the programs aren’t without critics.
Elizabeth Venable, an organizer with The Fund for Empowerment, a Phoenix-based group that advocates for the rights of those on the streets, questions the benefits of these courts without corresponding changes to the way police approach the unhoused population.
The U.S. Justice Department announced last summer that it was launching an investigation into the Phoenix Police Department’s treatment of people experiencing homelessness amid complaints that officers had illegally seized people’s property during encampment sweeps. The probe, which was expected to last more than a year, is also investigating the department’s use of force and claims of discrimination against people experiencing homelessness.
Police working with people experiencing homelessness are often carrying out policies implemented at the city level — as was the case with the encampment cleanups, which had been unanimously approved by the Phoenix City Council. The National Low-Income Housing Coalition has found that city ordinances targeting people experiencing homelessness have “dramatically” increased across the United States over the last few years. And many people experiencing homelessness come to court as a result of citations for these so-called “lifestyle crimes,” like trespassing or loitering.
Until efforts to criminalize people experiencing homelessness end, Venable argues that homeless court programs simply apply a Band-Aid to a problem that originated elsewhere.
“I think many of the charges are illegitimate, so most of them shouldn’t be prosecuted in homeless court,” she said.
She thinks program funding would be better spent on housing for people experiencing homelessness and also worries that the barriers to going through homeless court are too high to help many people who need it.
“You have to be extremely compliant, and you only get to do it if you have proven various improvements to your life,” she said. “That’s very hard.”
Sadler, with the Maricopa County Regional Homeless Court, acknowledged the filtering of cases can be a real limitation of these types of programs — especially considering the number of people experiencing homelessness who face mental illness.
“We have these certain standards that individuals are going to have to meet,” she said. “And in some cases, those standards can mean that if it’s an individual who doesn’t have the cognitive or emotional ability to have a relationship with a case manager and to follow up and follow through with those case managers, they might not be able to follow through with our program.”
During the 2020 point in time count, nearly 1,000 people experiencing homelessness in the county self-identified as having a mental illness, or about one in eight people living on the streets.
While advocates for such programs acknowledge that these courts aren’t a solution for homelessness, and that some people will fall through the cracks, proponents still see their potential to help individual clients change their lives for the better.
And that’s a hope many people experiencing homelessness share, as well.
After he attended his first court session for a trespassing case in November, Rich Cragle, 47, noted that he has a long “rap sheet” that includes everything from “stealing bikes all the way up to stealing stuff out of a store.” Those court cases can make life more difficult, he said, for people who are trying to improve their circumstances.
“It gives them a harder life,” he said. “And not only that, they don’t get better.”
But he was optimistic that this court, with its different approach to justice and its focus on addressing the core challenges that keep people on the streets, would provide the help he needs to exit homelessness after nearly seven years.
“I hope so. I really do. My belief is I think it will,” he said outside of the courtroom. “They were nice to me and they were really explanatory to me. And I think I’m just going to sit back and see if they can’t help me this time.”
As of late May, Cragle was still active in the court system and scheduled to appear to provide an update on his progress.
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Phoenix police chief's last day still unknown as advocacy groups debate what or who should be next
A month has passed since Phoenix police Chief Jeri Williams announced she would be retiring, yet her last day on the job still hasn't been determined, according to city officials.
The date is dependent on city leadership's search for an external interim chief who, once selected, would be tasked with leading the Police Department through the ongoing investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, city spokesperson Dan Wilson told The Arizona Republic on Wednesday.
"Williams has committed to lead the department while city leadership identify the right individual to temporarily take the helm of the State's largest law enforcement agency," Wilson said.
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Wilson added that the hiring process for an external interim chief was underway and once hired, that person would not be the department's permanent chief, though City Manager Jeff Barton would have final say over both hires.
After the Department of Justice completes its investigation into the Police Department, a nationwide search for a permanent police chief would be conducted, according to Wilson. The DOJ investigation, launched last August, centers on various claims of excessive force, discrimination and abuse by Phoenix police.
Similar federal investigations typically take years to complete.
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Wilson said the hiring process for a permanent Phoenix police chief would include "multiple opportunities for community involvement."
Several local advocacy groups agree with the need for involvement, telling The Republic that community input needs to be a large part of the selection process.
"This is something that's going to drastically and tangibly, like physically, affect our communities," said Jacob Raiford, a community leader with the W.E. Rising Project. He noted that simply changing leaders wouldn't fix what many community members view as deeper problems at the Phoenix Police Department.
"I don't even want to use the term reform anymore because it's been co-opted to mean things like what we're seeing with Jeri Williams leaving and replacing her with someone who's going to uphold the status quo," Raiford said, adding that structural change at the city level needs to occur.
"I would like to see a department that recognizes that the Police Department cannot be the end-all, be-all universal resource," he continued. "It needs to allocate a lot of the responsibilities of victimless, nonviolent dispatches to an entirely new department, such as NOCAP for instance."
Some of the groups viewed Williams' decision to retire as a means of absolving herself from matters that arose under her leadership.
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"Jeri Williams' retirement isn't surprising, and it is nothing to celebrate," said Shalae Flores, a spokesperson for Poder in Action. "It is just a way to escape accountability for five years of violence, corruption and national embarrassment.
"Williams took credit for the changes that community members and organizers fought for, things she fought against every step of the way," Flores continued. "She is leaving behind a legacy of violence, fearmongering and failed attempts at reform."
Instead of investing in the system of policing, Poder in Action believes the city should instead invest in other resources like violence interrupter programs, Flores said.
"There is no police chief in this country who can 'fix' policing in Phoenix," Flores said. "Because (Phoenix Mayor Kate) Gallego and city leadership have been unwilling to take action against the violence and unaccountability of the department, Phoenix residents will continue to be subjected to violence, racial profiling, and lack of needed resources. If a new chief is to be chosen, they must be prepared to reduce the scale and scope of the department."
But any potential candidates for police chief should come from outside the department, said Kenneth Smith, leader of the Unity Collective. He noted there are a couple of good officers at the agency but said they likely didn't have the ranking to become chief.
"They need to find someone from out of state," Smith said. "Somebody who cleans house and gets people in who actually care about serving the community and understanding the cultural significance of not punishing people by shooting them but to actually appropriately serve the community."
Reach the reporter at chelsea.curtis@arizonarepublic.com or follow her on Twitter @curtis_chels.
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A 27-year-old Mexican national has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for acting as a go-between for the distribution of methamphetamine from inside a Nebraska prison.
In a press release, acting United States Attorney Steven Russell said United States Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Irving Cervantes Rodriguez for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of pure methamphetamine.
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced Wednesday in Omaha.
In July 2019, investigators with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension began investigating Cervantes Rodriguez, who was serving a five to 15-year sentence for a 2017 meth case out of Seward County.
Russell said investigators became aware that Cervantes was communicating via smuggled phones, and an undercover agent was introduced to Cervantes.
The agent spoke to Cervantes over the phone and as a result, two transactions were arranged. The first occurred on July 18, 2019, and the second on Aug. 7, 2019. In total, the undercover agent was able to purchase 1.73 kilograms of pure methamphetamine through deals arranged by Cervantes.
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This case was investigated by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Lancaster County's biggest drug seizures
I-80 bust turned up $100K, led to 1,830 pounds of drugs, sheriff’s captain says
The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office says it found $103,194 in suspected drug money and arrested a 25-year-old North Carolina man in a traffic stop on Interstate 80 west of Lincoln shortly before 10 a.m. Friday.
Capt. Ben Houchin said Brandon Montoya, of Charlotte, was stopped in a westbound Toyota Tundra for following too closely and driving on the shoulder. During the stop, Houchin said, the deputy developed suspicions Montoya was involved in illegal activity. A search turned up the money, which was sealed and in a suitcase, and a ledger.
Houchin said deputies reached out to law enforcement in Charlotte, where Montoya lives and rents a storage unit, believing that there was a strong possibility they would find a large amount of narcotics there.
He said the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department took the information, got search warrants and found 1,290 pounds of marijuana and THC edibles in Montoya's storage unit and at his home, tens of thousands of empty and loaded bottles of THC oil, marijuana cigar tubes and THC vape cartridges, 10 pounds of THC wax, 40 pounds of marijuana, packing materials, a 9mm Glock handgun and $90,000 in cash.
Houchin said the drugs added up to 1,831 pounds.
Pair accused of hauling 645 pounds of pot on I-80 through Lincoln area
Two men remained at the Lancaster County jail Thursday, a day after prosecutors charged them in connection with 645 pounds of marijuana found in their rental truck.
Brandon Arrington, 30, of McDonough, Georgia, and Edward Babb of Houston both are facing four felonies: two counts of possession with intent to deliver and two counts of no drug tax stamp.
In an affidavit for their arrests, a Lancaster County Sheriff's deputy said he stopped a GMC Penske rental truck with Virginia plates Tuesday after seeing its passenger side tires cross onto the shoulder of Interstate 80 near the Lincoln Airport exit.
During the traffic stop, the deputy became suspicious the men were involved in criminal activity.
They both denied a request to search the truck, but the deputy deployed his police dog around it after seeing what he believed to be marijuana residue on the floorboard.
The search turned up 645 pounds of marijuana and 4.74 pounds of THC vapor pens in the truck's cargo area inside cardboard boxes wrapped in plastic wrap, according to court records.
On Wednesday, at their first court appearances on the charges, Lancaster County Judge Matt Acton set their bonds at $250,000.
515 pounds of marijuana
$1 million in vacuum-sealed bags
$500K of meth
300 pounds of marijuana
55 pounds of cocaine
$235K in cake mix cans
250 pounds of marijuana in fake compartment
218 pounds of marijuana
214 pounds of marijuana
145 pounds of marijuana
116 pounds of marijuana
110 pounds of marijuana, shatter
Lancaster County deputies find 109 lbs of pot in I-80 traffic stop
A California woman was arrested Friday morning after Lancaster County sheriff's deputies found more 100 pounds of marijuana in her vehicle during a traffic stop.
At about 9:30 a.m., Pakou J. Yang, 37, of Oroville, was pulled over on Interstate 80 about three miles east of the Pleasant Dale interchange for following another vehicle too closely.
During the stop, a deputy determined the 2018 Nissan that Yang was driving was a one-way rental, which the deputy described in court records as a common sign of drug trafficking. She also became "extremely nervous" while being questioned by the deputy.
Deputies searched the vehicle after a drug-sniffing dog indicated the presence of drugs. They found 109.5 pounds of vacuum-sealed marijuana in the trunk, according to court records.
Yang was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver and no drug tax stamp. She remained in jail Friday on $50,000 bail.
Lincoln drug bust nets an estimated $125K in pills, pot, LSD and mushrooms
Investigators with the Lincoln/Lancaster Narcotics Task Force carried a search warrant into a home on the 2800 block of North Third Street on Friday, and they carried out a lot more.
They found more than 4 pounds of marijuana, nearly 3 pounds of psilocybin mushrooms, 3,604 oxycodone pills, 1,281 Alprazolam pills, 855 hits of LSD, 209 THC syringes, nearly $2,300 in cash and four firearms.
The drugs had an estimated street value of about $125,000, Lincoln Police Officer Erin Spilker said Tuesday.
The seizure started just before 9 a.m., when investigators visited the home on a tip that someone was selling drugs out of it, she said.
They contacted three men: 22-year-old Gustav Rockey, his roommate and a 20-year-old visitor.
The visitor had an outstanding warrant — and THC wax in his wallet — and was arrested. Rockey and his roommate each turned over a glass pipe and bags of marijuana and were allowed to leave.
Investigators then applied for the search warrant and found the drugs, guns and cash in the home.
They found Rockey three days later near First Street and Cornhusker Highway and arrested him on three counts of suspicion of possession of drugs with intent to deliver, possession of money while violating a drug law and possession of a firearm with a drug law violation.
They’re still searching for others who live in the house, Spilker said.
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100 pounds of marijuana
Father and son arrested in cocaine bust, Lincoln police say
A father and son were arrested Thursday by the Lancaster County Narcotics Unit after investigators found 6.8 pounds of cocaine, a pound of marijuana and almost $4,000 in cash at an apartment complex near Capitol Beach.
Police arrested Russell Rucks Sr., 50, and Russell Rucks Jr., 28, on suspicion of possession of cocaine with intent to deliver and money during a drug violation.
Officer Erin Spilker said the Lincoln/Lancaster County Narcotics Task Force served a search warrant at the apartment where both live at 500 Surfside Drive as part of an ongoing drug investigation.
Investigators had been looking for the elder Rucks and ended up arresting both men prior to the warrant being served. Spilker said Rucks Sr. had 8.9 grams of cocaine and over $1,600 cash in his pocket.
She said the search at the apartment turned up drugs throughout the apartment they shared.
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$30,000 worth of drugs
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Following two straight years of cuts at Lincoln Public Schools, modest budget growth appears on the horizon as the district prepares to open two new schools this fall.
That's according to early projections for the 2022-2023 general fund budget, which show a more stable year ahead in which departments were not asked to make cuts. There are new expenses, however, that the district will have to account for, including salary hikes for teachers and opening new schools.
An estimated $5 million is needed to bring Lincoln Northwest High School and Robinson Elementary into operation this fall. Some of that money will also fund startup costs at Standing Bear High School, which will open a year later.
Although details are still preliminary, LPS is expecting to see about a $10 million increase in available revenue to $487 million next year based largely on 3.4% growth in property values across the district.
Last year, a total revaluation of property in Lancaster County drastically bolstered revenue by $32 million. The district opted to funnel $15.2 million into its cash reserve, funds it uses to manage year-to-year revenue swings.
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The district is expected to dip slightly into those savings this year, although not as much as it did two years ago when it drew out $14 million.
State aid, the district's other main revenue source, is forecast to drop slightly from $116 million to $114 million, continuing a trend of reduced allocations since it peaked in 2018-19 at $146.7 million.
As state aid plummeted and the pandemic created volatility, LPS asked departments to slash their budgets by about 5% over the last two years to keep total spending relatively flat. Last year, the district's budget grew by only 0.5%.
The district did not ask departments to make cuts this time around, but that doesn't mean reductions are out of the question. Some individual schools may experience staff reductions based on factors such as enrollment.
"We are going to be able to support a modest-growth budget this next year, which is important because we have the pressure from the salary and benefit increases and then we also have the new schools to open," said Liz Standish, associate superintendent for business affairs.
About $19 million is expected to be needed for salary and benefit increases after teachers negotiated a 4.11% increase.
Meanwhile, about $5 million is needed to open Robinson and Northwest this year as well as to pay for some planning expenses at Standing Bear.
New schools always have a two-year startup budget: the planning year before a school opens and then the year it becomes operational.
The startup budget typically pays for supplies, equipment and the salaries of the school's administrative team. Last year, LPS set aside $2.7 million for Northwest and $530,000 for Robinson.
LPS uses a points system based on enrollment and other factors to allocate staffing across the district, including the two schools set to open this fall.
Just how many new employees are needed will be outlined in the proposed budget when it's released later this month. The staffing needs at Northwest may be lower than originally expected since the school will not have a senior class in its first year.
New schools are accounted for in the state-aid formula, which calculates a district's needs and resources to determine allocations. LPS will receive about $3.7 million for opening new schools.
Board member Kathy Danek, who chairs the finance committee, said the forecast shows a less volatile budget year ahead.
While pandemic volatility is diminishing, Danek is carefully watching enrollment trends and how the district transitions out of using its millions in coronavirus relief money.
About $61.4 million was distributed to LPS in a final wave of COVID aid last year, but it must be spent by Sept. 30, 2024. While the pool of money is separate from the general fund, it's helped keep LPS operating smoothly, Danek said.
Board president Don Mayhew, who also serves on the finance committee, said the big challenge for the district is when valuations go up, state aid goes down.
"It's a really flawed system not to have predictable state-aid numbers," he said.
Enrollment, a major component of the state-aid calculation, increased slightly at LPS last year following pandemic-induced declines, but it's unclear if that trend will continue.
Officials also plan on reinstating some funding that was cut in recent years, including about $3.5 million for operational needs, like technology and curriculum purchases.
The more stable budget picture may be good news for students hoping to participate in bowling and girls wrestling. LPS said it would review the viability of adding the two sports recently sanctioned by the NSAA, but it remains unclear if there is indeed room for them in the budget.
The proposed budget for the 2022-23 school year is expected to be unveiled at a work session before the board's regular meeting June 28.
Class Acts: Honoring top graduates from Lincoln and Nebraska parochial schools
Adelyn Eskens
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: French Club president. Regents scholarship. 33 ACT. Never gotten a demerit. Owning a very cute cat.
My future: University of Nebraska at Omaha, Journalism and Media Communication.
Parent(s): Mike and Kari Eskens.
Joe Staab
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: 4.0 GPA. Varsity football captain. NSAA all-state all-academic football team. State track qualifier. 2x HAC all-academic football team.
My future: UNL, Biochemistry.
Parent(s): Curt and Lisa Staab.
Benedict Ringer
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: 4.0 for 7 Semesters. Regent Scholar. 4 Time Cor Jesu Recipient at SHAS. Varsity Soccer Starter. Holy Week Missions in Chicago for 3 years.
My future: UNL, Engineering.
Parent(s): Wayne and Mary Ringer.
Kevin M. Pynes
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Lead in school musicals "Crazy for You" and "Pirates of Penzance." 3rd place State Academic Decathlon 2020. Casted as Davy in "Newsies" at Pinewood. Extreme Quarteting winner two years.
My future: Hillsdale College, Experimental Physics.
Parent(s): Dominic and Mary Pynes.
Thomas Kistler
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: ACT of 33. Gold Honor Roll for 4 years. Regents Scholarship to UNL. Writing Resource Center Tutor. Volunteer at Villa Marie School.
My future: UNL, Physical Therapy.
Parent(s): Mark and Erin Kistler.
Harrison Johs
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Rube Goldberg Winner. 34 ACT. Soccer Letter. Regents Scholarship. Academic All-State.
My future: UNL, computer science.
Parent(s): Blaine and Gail Johs.
Kenton Brass
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: 32 ACT. Regents Scholarship to UNL. National Honor Society. Student Council for all 4 years. 4.0 for 6 semesters.
My future: UNL, Business.
Parent(s): Stacy Brass and the late Matt Brass.
Jakob Robert Schmit
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: 4.0 for High School Career. National Honors Society. NCPA Academic All-State. Creighton Pre-Professional Medical Scholar Program. Creighton Honors Program.
My future: Creighton University, Psychology and Hospital Administration and Policy (pre-med track).
Parent(s): Lee and Cori Schmit.
Max Z. Ivanov
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: State Qualifier Cross Country. Varsity Track. 34 ACT. Medalist in Academic Decathlon Nationals. 4.0 GPA.
My future: South Dakota School of Mines, Computer Science.
Parent(s): Lynette Ivanov.
Alexa J. McInerney
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Outstanding Senior in Mathematics. Knights of Columbus Honor Graduate. 4.0 for Seven Semesters. Regents Scholarship Recipient (UNO, UNL). 33 ACT.
My future: University of Nebraska at Omaha, Psychology.
Parent(s): Lisa and Allen McInerney.
Abigail Vacek
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: 35 ACT. Academic all-state cross country and soccer. National Honor Society and Student Council member. Honor Roll (4 years). Varsity soccer starter (4 years).
My future: UNL, Biology.
Parent(s): Kim and Craig Vacek.
Minh H. Vu
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: 32 ACT. 4.0 GPA all of high school. Admitted into Raikes School. National Honor Society. Regents Scholarship.
My future: UNL, economics through the Raikes School of Computer Science and Management.
Parent(s): Hai Vu and Dung Huynh.
Kyle Phi Nguyen
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Outstanding Student in AP Physics. National Honor Society. American Math Competitions. Pius X Varsity Boys Soccer. UNL Regents Scholarship.
My future: UNL, Chemical Engineering/Pre-med.
Parent(s): Khoa and Nghia Nguyen.
Cadence Watson
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Regents Scholarship at UNL. National Honors Society. 4.0 GPA for 7 Semesters. Regional Qualifier in IEA. Knights of Columbus Honor Graduate.
My future: UNL, Integrated Science.
Parent(s): Tobin and Lori Watson.
Jacob Bellmyer
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Meeting and getting to know wonderful people. National Honor Society. Spanish Class film project Best Actor. Rube Goldberg Machine Contest 3rd Place. Making finals at every Show Choir competition.
My future: Nebraska Wesleyan University, Biochemistry.
Parent(s): Jaime and Adriene Bellmyer.
Elijah Gueret
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: National Honor Society. UNL Regents Scholarship. Lettered in Mock Trial. Gold Honor Roll 7 semesters. Machines Contest 3rd Place Winner.
My future: UNL, Computer Science.
Parent(s): Travis and Mary Gueret.
Kat Tvrdy
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Girls State Delegate. 4-time Cross Country Letter Winner. 4-time Athletic All-State Recipient. 7 semesters 4.0 GPA. 4 Years on Honor Roll.
My future: South Dakota School of Mines, Biomedical Engineering.
Parent(s): Doug and Melissa Tvrdy.
Parker Thomas Koos
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Lettered in Cross Country three years. Lettered in Academic Decathlon two years. National Honors Society. Officer in Pius X Students for Life. UNO Regents Scholarship.
My future: University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Parent(s): Russell Koos and Kara Foster.
Marianne E. Cunningham
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Academic Decathlon State Champion. Academic Decathlon Nationals Silver Medal. Pius Players Artistic Designer, House Manager. AP Environmental Science and American Government Outstanding Student.
My future: St. Olaf College, Sociology & Spanish.
Parent(s): Staci and Nathaniel Cunningham.
Alison Konz
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Gold Honor Roll, 7 semesters. Math Club. Campus Ministry. Trap. National Honors Society.
My future: UNL, Engineering.
Parent(s): Dan and Nikki Konz.
Thomas M. Greisen
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Honor roll. Academic Scholarships. National Honor Society. 32 ACT. Athletic performances.
My future: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Mechanical Engineering.
Parent(s): Ward and Jeanne Greisen.
Nam Q. Ninh
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: Maintaining 4.0 GPA. Captain of varsity soccer team. UNL Regents and UNO Scott Scholar. National Honor Society President. USAFA Falcon Foundation Scholarship.
My future: Air Force Academy to become a Cybersecurity officer
Parent(s): Nga Vu and Hieu Ninh.
Gage Campbell
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: National Honors Society member. 4.0 GPA. Regents Scholarship to UNL. Two-time Young Lions honors jazz band member. Pius X musicianship award.
My future: UNL, Biochemistry.
Parent(s): Carl and Lisa Campbell.
Genevieve Seeman
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: UNL Regents Scholarship. 3rd-Degree Black Belt. National Honor Society member. Presidential Service Award. 4.0 Student.
My future: UNL, Nutrition, Exercise and Health Science.
Parent(s): Merle and Donna Seeman.
Tyler Kerkman
Lincoln Pius X
My Top 5: All-City Football Junior and Senior Year. Academic all-conference Football. 4.0 GPA. State Track Participant. 3 Year Varsity Letter Football.
My future: UNL, Jeffery S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management
Parent(s): Jeremie and Jaime Kerkman.
Veda Stoll
Parkview Christian
My Top 5: CNA program at TCA. Academic scholarship to WSC, PSC and UNL. Varsity volleyball starter all 4 years. Student Council. HOSA.
My future: Southeast Community College, nursing (then transfer to UNMC).
Parent(s): Lance Stoll.
Sadye Joy Daniell
Lincoln Christian
My Top 5: Regents Scholarship at UNL. Nebraska Business Honors Academy at UNL. Mentoring younger students. Individual bronze medal, 2021 State Cross Country. State Cross Country Team Runner-up.
My future: UNL, Business Administration.
Parent(s): Scott and Amber Daniell.
Megan Carthel
Lincoln Christian
My Top 5: Graduating top of class. National Merit Commended Scholar. Class B All-State Wind Ensemble for alto saxophone. 2 National Spanish Exam Bronze Medals. National Honor Society.
My future: Hillsdale College, Pre-Medicine.
Parent(s): Jason and Elizabeth Carthel.
Cameron J. Herrera
Lincoln Christian
My Top 5: Qualifying and Competing at State Cross Country. Qualifying for Probe 2 at UNL. Class C State Marching Band champions. Academic All-State. Varsity Basketball Athlete.
My future: UNL, Computer Science.
Parent(s): Andres and Lori Herrera.
Sarah Cunningham
Lincoln Christian
My Top 5: Admission into the Jeffrey S. Raikes School. Co-president of Lincoln Christian NHS. 2nd in class. 31 ACT. 28 transferable credits going into college.
My future: UNL, Computer science with minor in business and math.
Parent(s): Jason Cunningham and Tammy Lamprecht.
Ethan Berrier
Lincoln Christian
My Top 5: Basketball and Football captain. 33 ACT score. All-Conference Basketball. All-Conference Academic. 4.165.
My future: Nebraska Wesleyan University, biochemistry.
Parent(s): Brian and Christi Berrier.
Timothy G. Backhus
Nebraska Lutheran
My Top 5: ACT of 35. Two-time Concordia Honor Band. Lead and major parts in Plays (9th, 10th, 12th). State Quiz Bowl Championship Team. Nebraska HS Theater Academy Showcase.
My future: Gap Year, Employment at BASF Research Facility.
Parent(s): Richard and Karyn Backhus.
Katelynn Oxley
Lincoln Lutheran
My Top 5: State volleyball champion. State basketball runner-up. 4.0 GPA. State track qualifier. National Honor Society.
My future: DePaul University, undecided and will play volleyball.
Parent(s): Laurie and Doug Oxley.
Aden Zager
Lincoln Lutheran
My Top 5: All-conference for football. Academic All-State Junior and Senior year. Math student of the year. Ranked 1st in my class. Team captain in Football, Basketball and Soccer.
My future: Marquette University, Biomedical Engineering with emphasis in Biomechanics.
Ben Vogt
Nebraska Lutheran
My Top 5: National Merit Scholarship Finalist. Alabama Academic Scholarship. National Honor Society. Quiz bowl State champs. Knight Award Basketball & Football.
My future: University of Alabama, Pre-Law Political Science.
Parent(s): Joe and Karen Vogt.
Emily Lauren Holle
Lincoln Lutheran
My Top 5: UNL Regents Scholarship. National Honor Society. High Honor Roll, 8 Semesters. 34 ACT. LL Rotary Student Leadership Award.
My future: UNL, Mechanical Engineering.
Parent(s): Doug and Tammie Holle.
Aaron Koepsell
Nebraska Lutheran
My Top 5: National Honor Society. State Quiz Bowl Championship Team. Academic All-State Basketball. High Honor Roll, four years. Menard's Family Business Research Fellow Award.
My future: Creighton University, Business.
Parent(s): Kelly and Tammy Koepsell.
Kay Nicole Prigge
Nebraska Lutheran
My Top 5: Co-Valedictorian. National Honor Society. Student Body Vice President. State Quiz Bowl Champion. Honor Roll.
My future: Martin Luther College, Elementary Education.
Parent(s): Rex and Amy Prigge.
Carson Oerman
Lincoln Lutheran
My Top 5: Regents Scholarship UNL. All-Conference Baseball. Academic All-State for Basketball and Baseball. 32 on ACT. National Honors Society.
My future: Pre-Physical Therapy at UNL.
Parent(s): Chris and Melissa Oerman.
Sophia Jennelle Helwig
Nebraska Lutheran
My Top 5: Valedictorian. Defensive basketball record holder. State Quiz Bowl Champions. High Honor Roll. Class President.
My future: University of Nebraska at Omaha, architectural engineering.
Parent(s): Steve and Carrie Helwig.
Emma Grace Bermeo
College View Academy
My Top 5: Union College Tournament Basketball Champions. Dean's List at The Career Academy. 36 College Credits. 33 ACT. Campus Ministries Praise Team Leader & member 4 yrs.
My future: Union College, Computer Science for Web Design.
Parent(s): Staci Layman.
Zoe Sorter
College View Academy
My Top 5: 4 years of basketball. Completion of College Algebra & Trigonometry.
My future: Union College, Biomedical Science, Pre-Vet.
Parent(s): Shawn and Missy Sorter.
Benjamin Lyons
Aquinas
My Top 5: Wrote and received Governor's Excellence Award. NHS and Student Council Leadership. Honor Roll all 4 years of high school. County 4-H Citizenship Award recipient. Accepted into UNL's Ecoleaders Learning Community.
My future: UNL, Environmental Studies.
Parent(s): Galen and Lisa Lyons.
Ella Maria Moravec
Aquinas
My Top 5: Valedictorian. Highest GPA in High School. National Honor Society President. Wayne State Math Competition Medalist. Pre-calculus Student of the Year.
My future: Nebraska Wesleyan University, Nursing (Nurse Anesthesia).
Parent(s): Michael and Laura Moravec.
Aubrey Novacek
Aquinas
My Top 5: Bausch and Lomb Science Award. Academic All-State Award in Volleyball. Back to Back One-Act State Champions. National Honor Society Member. All-Conference for 3 years.
My future: Benedictine College.
Parent(s): Jim and Connie Novacek.
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SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco’s progressive district attorney, elected on a platform of reducing incarceration, faces a recall election driven by a pandemic in which brutal attacks against Asian seniors and viral footage of smash-and-grab robberies tested residents’ famously liberal political bent.
Recall proponents say Chesa Boudin is inexperienced and ideologically inflexible, often seeking to avoid charging criminals and siding with offenders over victims. His prosecutors are not permitted to seek cash bail, try juveniles as adults or seek longer sentences for perpetrators with gang affiliations.
The June 7 recall has pitted Democrat against Democrat in this city of not quite 900,000 people where reports of burglary and motor theft are up from 2017, but overall reported crime is down. Recall proponents have raised more than $7 million — double what his supporters have collected — with funding from the real estate industry and a conservative billionaire.
Boudin's supporters say his platform is in line with voters who approved measures to reduce sentences. They say conservative interests have exploited high-profile tragedies to make everything Boudin’s fault when crime rates are much higher in districts with traditional law-and-order prosecutors.
Political experts, and Boudin himself, say he's bearing the brunt of general angst.
San Francisco residents have long accepted a middling public school system, homeless encampments and open drug dealing as part of city life. But the pandemic amped up dissatisfaction as schools remained closed to in-person instruction while city and police officials appeared indifferent to graffiti and vandalism.
“Part of it is a tremendous amount of understandable frustration and anxiety that people have felt in the context of COVID, uncertainty about the direction our country’s headed, anger at the Trump administration and misinformation that administration fueled on everything from public safety to vaccines,” Boudin told The Associated Press.
The vote also comes at a time when recalls are increasingly being used in California, said Joshua Spivak, a recall expert who is with the Hugh L. Carey Institute for Government Reform at Wagner College in New York City.
Gov. Gavin Newsom easily survived a recall in September, but three members of the San Francisco school board were ousted in February.
“Boudin was elected in a very, very close race,” Spivak said. “He’s somebody who was kind of a perfect target for a recall challenge.”
Boudin's office has been locked in open battle with San Francisco police, which accused his office of withholding evidence in a case against an officer. Boudin says police often fail to bring thorough cases to the DA's office for prosecution, making arrests in just 5% of cases. He made headlines when he disclosed that police had used DNA collected from a rape to arrest the victim in an unrelated property crime.
He is backed by the San Francisco Democratic Party and most of the 11-member Board of Supervisors. Mayor London Breed, however, has declined to take a position on the recall, highlighting political divisions in a Democratic city where leaders embrace immigrant and gay rights but have fought over police accountability and cracking down on drug dealing.
Boudin, 41, had never worked as a prosecutor when in November 2019, he eked out a 51% win over the more moderate candidate backed by the mayor.
Many were captivated by his personal story. Boudin was a baby when his parents, left-wing Weather Underground radicals, served as drivers in a botched 1981 robbery that left two police officers and a security guard dead. They were sentenced to decades in prison.
On the campaign trail, he spoke of the pain of stepping through metal detectors to hug his parents and vowed to reform a system that tears apart families. Kathy Boudin was released on parole in 2003 and died of cancer in May. David Gilbert was granted parole in October.
The honeymoon period in office was short-lived.
An allegedly intoxicated parolee driving a stolen car hit and killed two pedestrians on the final day of 2020. Critics say the driver had been arrested multiple times that year and should have been in jail, but Boudin’s office had declined to press charges for burglary, drug possession and car theft. Instead, they referred him to state agents who didn't revoke his parole.
Boudin spokesperson Rachel Marshall said the case prompted the DA's office “to begin charging parole violations ourselves rather than relying on parole to do it."
Former prosecutor and recall supporter Brooke Jenkins said the office under the previous district attorney was progressive. But unlike Boudin, she said, George Gascón gave prosecutors discretion and allowed them to insist on onerous treatment programs as conditions of avoiding jail time.
“We are conditioning people to believe they can do whatever they want in San Francisco with no consequences,” Jenkins said. “I think San Francisco sees the need for a little bit more balance to social justice and criminal justice issues.”
Leanna Louie, a Democrat campaigning for the recall, said she was outraged Boudin's office released to home treatment a young man who viciously kicked an elderly Chinese man sitting on a walker, severely injuring him.
“I think everybody could do better. But this, this is the worst,” Louie said. “Chesa is probably the least helpful person in this whole process.”
Marshall said the defendant was jailed for about seven months at the request of the DA's office. His attorney then requested he be transferred to mental health diversion, which the judge granted, she said.
It's unfair to single out Boudin in a complicated system that relies on judges, police and social services to do their parts, his supporters say.
Rico Hamilton, a longtime advocate for ending street violence who was shot last year, was among Black, Asian American and Latino leaders at a recent news conference against the recall.
“We are the leaders of change,” Hamilton said. “And us saying that we don’t want Chesa is saying that we don’t want to change the system."
At a former tanning salon in the city’s gay-friendly Castro neighborhood that is Boudin's campaign headquarters, the district attorney expressed pride in what his office has achieved while in a pandemic that drastically cut access to treatment, counseling and courtrooms.
His office filed charges in 62% of arrests brought by San Francisco police in 2021, up from a low of 45% his first year and on par with years dating back to 2016, according to the office’s annual report. Reported crimes include burglary, robbery, vandalism and theft but not homicides, sexual assaults and domestic violence.
At the same time, his office expanded the percentage of defendants who successfully completed diversion programs, some of which are mandated by the state, to avoid incarceration. In May, he announced a new Asian American Pacific Islander victim services unit.
Last year, Boudin sued manufacturers and shippers of ghost guns, weapons popular with criminals made from parts bought online. His office pursued assault and battery charges against an on-duty San Francisco police officer, although a jury acquitted him. While opponents have cited high turnover in his office, Boudin said he has no problem filling vacancies.
“There’s a playbook that Republicans and police unions across the country are using to attack criminal justice reform. They exploit tragedies to suggest that those tragedies are a result of reforms,” Boudin said. “They don’t do that in tough-on-crime jurisdictions where the exact same tragedies occur, with more frequency.”
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Get yourself a sweet treat this National Donut Day!
Dunkin' is offering a free classic donut with any drink purchase on Friday, June 3 to celebrate the day.
Guests can enjoy classic donut favorites, including the new Cornbread Donut, Boston Kreme, Glazed, Powdered, Jelly-Filled, and more. This special offer is available all day on National Donut Day, Friday, June 3, at participating Dunkin’ locations, while supplies last.
National Donut Day was originally established in 1938 by the Chicago Salvation Army to honor women who served donuts to soldiers during World War I. The holiday is traditionally celebrated on the first Friday of June.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – After the approval of increased Tennessee HOPE Scholarship funding by the Tennessee State Legislature and Governor Bill Lee, East Tennessee State University (ETSU) officials were happy to announce that paying tuition might be a little easier this fall.
According to a press release from ETSU, $85 million were added for use in the lottery-powered program. That increased funding means award amounts will increase up to $1,200 per person per year.
“This is wonderful news for our students,” said Dr. Sam Mayhew, associate vice president for Student Life and Enrollment at ETSU. “Students who receive the HOPE Scholarship have already put in tremendous work, and we are thrilled to see them receive additional funding.”
The changes break down as follows:
- Freshmen and Sophomores: $4,500 per year, an increase of $1,000.
- Juniors and Seniors: $5,700 per year, an increase of $1,200.
In addition, the ETSU Board of Trustees voted not to increase tuition or fees in the 2022-23 academic year in their April meeting as part of an effort to maintain low costs for students in the region.
“This increase in state scholarship funding, paired with our decision not to increase tuition for the coming academic year, means ETSU is an incredibly affordable choice,” said Mayhew.
To access those savings, however, ETSU officials urged students to file their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by July 1 to prevent delays.
“There are so many funding opportunities, including the HOPE scholarship, that will not be available to you without a completed FAFSA,” said Catherine Morgan, director of Financial Aid and Scholarships at ETSU. “We have trained staff who are ready to assist you.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/etsu-celebrates-increased-hope-scholarship-funding/ | 2022-06-03T15:39:52 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/etsu-celebrates-increased-hope-scholarship-funding/ |
Bismarck native and former Miss America Cara Mund has graduated from Harvard Law School.
Mund in 2018 became North Dakota's first national crown winner. She said her time as Miss America cemented her determination to be involved in public service and her desire to pursue a legal education. She graduated this spring with cum laude distinction.
She also received the 2022 Kristin P. Muniz Memorial Award, which recognizes a graduating student for numerous traits including a dedication to racial justice and equality, respect for human dignity, fairness, diversity and compassion.
Mund served as a teaching fellow, the executive editor of operations for the Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law, a team member of the HLS Mock Trial Association, an editor for the Harvard Journal on Legislation and the Harvard Journal of Law and Gender, and a member of the Women’s Law Association.
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She also served as a certified student attorney in North Dakota and Massachusetts. She was recognized at graduation for performing more than 1,000 hours of pro bono, or volunteer, legal work.
“This is just the launching pad for what I hope to accomplish next,” Mund said in a statement. “I am so proud to be a North Dakotan. I would have never become Miss America or a Harvard Law School graduate without the determination, courage, and character instilled in me by the incredible people of North Dakota."
Mund has served as the National Goodwill Ambassador for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, and has worked with the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the United Service Organizations.
In the last few weeks of her reign as Miss America, she drew national attention for criticizing the Miss America Organization, claiming she had been bullied and silenced by leadership. Board Chairwoman Gretchen Carlson later resigned. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck-native-former-miss-america-cara-mund-graduates-from-harvard-law-school/article_4c2c91ec-e33c-11ec-abdd-cbb4128655b6.html | 2022-06-03T15:39:52 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck-native-former-miss-america-cara-mund-graduates-from-harvard-law-school/article_4c2c91ec-e33c-11ec-abdd-cbb4128655b6.html |
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) — Washington County commissioners will meet Thursday to consider settling the county’s lawsuit against BrightRidge over a Bitcoin mine in Limestone.
A public notice says commissioners will meet at 5:30 p.m. to “consider potential settlement of litigation known generally as “Washington County, Tennessee v. BrightRidge and Red Dog Technologies.” The suit in Washington County Chancery Court seeks a shutdown of the mine for allegedly violating zoning regulations and operating without a permit.
Thursday’s meeting at the George P. Jaynes Justice Center will include an executive session, presumably with county attorney Allyson Wilkinson. Commissioners will deliberate in an open session about whether to accept the settlement.
A settlement approved by all parties could end a long-running dispute over the Red Dog Technologies operation adjacent to the Phipps substation in the New Salem community. Rows of metal buildings containing high-powered computer equipment there use massive amounts of electricity to solve complex mathematical equations — the objective being to make money by certifying transactions of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin and to “mine” new Bitcoins.
Fans that keep the computer equipment from overheating have produced high noise levels, which led to neighbors’ complaints starting around April 2021. Following several months of back and forth between BrightRidge, Red Dog and the county commission, commissioners sued in November. The lawsuit claims Red Dog’s operation constitutes an unapproved use in the A-3 (agriculture business) zoning district and that Red Dog didn’t get a permit prior to beginning operations in late 2020.
In March, Chancellor John Rambo ruled the operation does violate zoning regulations, but BrightRidge and Red Dog attorneys were set to argue that it shouldn’t be forced to shut down anyway due to actions by the county prior to its startup. A full trial is currently set for July 11-13.
Craig Ponder lives near the mine. The pastor of New Salem Baptist Church said his first reaction to the potential settlement was anxiety.
“I’m afraid they’ll give a blind eye to our community if the commission settles and doesn’t (accomplish the mine’s shutdown),” Ponder said. “I don’t want them to feel like they’re backing down. That’s what I’m fearful of. A little bit of angst I guess about the whole thing. You don’t know what to expect. It’s like waiting for the next shoe to fall.”
The shoe could fall on favorable ground, though. If the settlement ended up including a shutdown of the mine’s operation at its New Salem location, Ponder said residents would likely be very happy.
“We’ve always wanted that to happen,” Ponder said. “And that would be the ideal outcome. Prayerfully, that’s what a lot of folks here are hoping for. I hate to be so heavy-handed and say that’s the only settlement that we would accept. We have to accept it, but we don’t have to like it.”
Ponder said the operation remains a topic of conversation in the surrounding community “all the time.”
“Just the other night my wife and I were outside and depending on the humidity, depending on how hot it is, those things you can still hear them. They still rumble rumble rumble. It’s become, I hate to say it, almost a part of life now and it’s not gone away. It’s still a very real problem.”
This is a developing story. Stay with News Channel 11 and WJHL.com for updates. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/washington-county-to-consider-settlement-in-bitcoin-mine-lawsuit/ | 2022-06-03T15:39:57 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/washington-county-to-consider-settlement-in-bitcoin-mine-lawsuit/ |
A 43-year-old man who stabbed three people, including a police officer, all after a dispute on a subway train after being asked to remove his bag from a seat a rider could sit down was sentenced to 14 years behind bars, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office announced Friday.
Ronald Cundiff was sentenced after being convicted on Feb. 22 on one count of assault in the first degree, two counts of assault in the second degree, one count of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and one count of assault in the third degree, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. said. Cundiff was also sentenced to five years of post-release supervision.
Cundiff's charges and subsequent sentence from an incident that took place on July 30, 2019. According to the district attorney, it was that day at around 7:15 p.m., when a 55-year-old man asked Cundiff to take his bag down from a seat on a downtown A train so he could sit. Allegedly, when Cundiff did not answer, the man picked up his bag and tried to remove it from the seat. Cundiff, subsequently, took out a knife and stabbed the man in his upper torso, piercing his spleen. Cundiff fled the subway at the Canal Street station while the man who was stabbed flagged down NYPD officers.
When the responding officers tried to stop Cundiff at the corner of Bowery and Canal streets, he stabbed one of the officers in the shoulder as well as a good Samaritan who tried to stop him.
Cundiff was arrested at Bowery and Canal Street, and the knife was recovered from the ground a few feet away from him.
The subway rider who was initially attacked had to have his spleen surgically removed due to the stabbing, according to the district attorney's office.
“The subway is the backbone of our city, and we will hold accountable anyone who attacks their fellow straphangers,” Bragg said in a statement. “Not only did Ronald Cundiff stab a rider who was looking for a seat, he also stabbed a good Samaritan and a police officer who tried to stop him. I thank the jury for its service, and the prosecutors who secured this conviction and sentence through their hard work and dedication.” | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-gets-prison-sentence-for-triple-stabbing-after-nyc-subway-seat-dispute/3718894/ | 2022-06-03T15:40:21 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-gets-prison-sentence-for-triple-stabbing-after-nyc-subway-seat-dispute/3718894/ |
YORK COUNTY, Pa. — Police are searching for a missing teen in York County.
Genevieve Adams, 14, is missing from her home in York Township and may have ran away, according to York County Regional Police.
Investigators believe she could still be in the area.
Anyone who sees her or has information on her whereabouts is asked to contact police at (717) 741-1259, call 911, or submit a tip online. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/missing-teen-genevieve-adams-york-township/521-dc5bbc53-c73f-4edc-9946-39d89ff8ec9a | 2022-06-03T15:45:35 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/missing-teen-genevieve-adams-york-township/521-dc5bbc53-c73f-4edc-9946-39d89ff8ec9a |
YORK, Pa. — The City of York on Friday announced there will be several downtown street closures this weekend due to the National Street Rods Association Parade, First Friday events, and outdoor dining.
On Friday, the National Street Rods Association Parade will be held from noon to 1 p.m. The route begins at the York Fairgrounds, travels onto Market Street from Gate 4, continues east on Market to Broad Street, north on Broad to Philadelphia Street, west to Carlisle Avenue, and north on Carlisle back to Gate 9 at Maryland Avenue.
York City Police officers will be stationed around the parade route for traffic control, the city said.
Friday night, First Friday events will close Beaver Street between Philadelphia and King streets from 4-9 p.m., the city said. Market St. will remain open for eastbound traffic.
On Saturday, George Street Dining will close George St. between Philadelphia St. and North St. from 1-11 pm., the city added. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county/york-city-street-closures-planned/521-6d2b1bee-f51f-4a07-9d46-41ca2b658f96 | 2022-06-03T15:45:42 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county/york-city-street-closures-planned/521-6d2b1bee-f51f-4a07-9d46-41ca2b658f96 |
For years state wildlife officials have struggled to keep ahead of weeds choking the ecosystem at Indian Lake, the popular recreation and fishing destination at Russells Point in Logan County.
In an Ohio bill passed this week, $750,000 has been approved to provide funding for weed harvesting operations at Indian Lake.
State Senator Steve Huffman, R-Tipp City said he worked with Senate President Matt Huffman to get the funding provision added to House Bill 377.
“Today’s bill is a another significant investment in cleaning up our waterways so that Ohio families can enjoy our beautiful natural resources,” said Steve Huffman. “We will make whatever commitment is necessary to ensure our water is clear and clean for generations to come.”
The Huffmans previously worked together to secure $500,000 for the weed harvesting operation by attaching that funding as an amendment to House Bill 175 in April.
Gary Jones welcomed he news, but worries it may be too late.
“Have you seen the lake lately? It’s the worst I’ve ever seen it. You can barely run your boat in the lake. The weeds just choke out your motor,” Jones, a Dayton-area fisherman, said.
“It’s made fishing there terrible.”
The state also rolled out Wednesday its $3.5 billion capital budget, which lawmakers call an investment in Ohio’s infrastructure and local community projects. Every two years, lawmakers approve the capital budget to help fund improvements to public services and facilities across the state.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, who signed House Bill 687 Wednesday, said the projects outlined in the bill “will make a tremendous impact and continue job growth in our state.”
“House Bill 687 also creates a significant and historic investment into our state parks, which are true gems which can be enjoyed by all Ohioans and those who support our tourism industry,” he said.
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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A Brevard County judge sided with prosecutors Friday, denying bond for a mother who is accused in the death of her 3-year-old son.
Erica Dotson, 28, was in court for a bond hearing, nearly a year after she and Joshua Manns, 25, were indicted by a grand jury in the death of Jameson Nance.
Investigators said Dotson left the boy in Manns’ care at a home in West Melbourne on the morning of June 11 when she went to work. She told officers that she spoke with Manns around 6 p.m. and had a brief conversation about possibly going to look at a puppy after work, according to an affidavit. At that time, the boy was already dead, police said.
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The mother said she then spoke with Manns again about an hour later and he advised her not to drive, adding that the 3-year-old was “not good,” records show. Police said Manns eventually told the mother that the boy had drowned. The mother rushed home while calling 911, records show. The dispatcher made contact with Manns in an effort to provide CPR instructions to him, but the 25-year-old stated that he was no longer in the area, according to investigators.
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When police arrived, they said they observed the boy’s face was swollen and had obvious signs of trauma. They also said they found several open containers of children’s Tylenol and cold compresses which appeared to show that someone tried to treat the child at home.
Investigators said they also found a note from Manns which claimed he had a seizure while giving the boy a bath and went unconscious, adding that when he came to the child was floating in the tub. The note also said he tried CPR but that “nothing worked.”
An autopsy later determined that the child had been abused for at least three weeks prior to his death, according to the affidavit. The medical examiner said there were significant signs of hemorrhaging and bruising that were in various states of healing, according to police. Officers said the autopsy also revealed the child had a broken rib, a broken tooth, damage to his esophagus and at least seven stab wounds to the head, at least three of which showed signs of healing. Records show there were no signs of drowning.
Manns was arrested in Georgia on June 29 after a manhunt.
Dotson was arrested on July 13. Police believe she knew the abuse was taking place and did nothing to protect the child.
An affidavit detailing the evidence against the mother included texts between Dotson and Manns about the 3-year-old. The text exchanges included phrases like “F’him,” as well as “he’s being a jerk” and “sorry he’s being suck (sic) a (expletive)” when referring to the victim.
Investigators said they believed that Dotson and Manns had discussed stories about how to explain certain injuries, however, officers said their statements and the evidence from text exchanges do not line up.
Both Manns and Dotson face charges of first-degree felony murder, aggravated child abuse and neglect of a child with great bodily harm.
No trial date has been set.
Prosecutors plan to push for the death penalty if the couple is convicted. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/03/brevard-county-judge-denies-bond-for-mother-charged-in-3-year-olds-death/ | 2022-06-03T16:03:00 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/03/brevard-county-judge-denies-bond-for-mother-charged-in-3-year-olds-death/ |
OCALA, Fla. – Summer is a great time to explore new attractions and family activities close to home.
The “Horse Capital of the World,” Ocala, is celebrating the anniversary of The World Equestrian Center opening.
The World Equestrian Center at 1750 Northwest 8th Avenue sits on more than 380 acres and is the largest equestrian complex in the country, offering indoor and outdoor arenas and venues.
But the WEC is no farm. It provides state-of-the-art equestrian facilities and arenas as well as shopping, dining and even a full-service spa.
The Equestrian Hotel sits at the center of the property, and it’s luxurious from the moment you walk into the lobby.
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From the rooms to the restaurants there are chandeliers hanging from the ceilings and you can’t help but notice the fun portraits of animals covering the walls.
“We have a lot of fun amenities beyond just the horse show and competition which is fun to watch. We’ve got over 27 full-time shopping outlets here at the venue and we’ve got eight restaurants. Anything from quick-serve restaurants, grab-and-go or you can sit down and have a gourmet dinner,” said Justin Garner, WEC director of hospitality operations.
One of their fine-dining restaurants has an outdoor eating area that looks onto Grand Outdoor Arena. For those on a budget, you can access the outdoor arena seating area and walk the property for free.
“It’s a unique opportunity in Central Florida to come out and watch these shows live. It’s great entertainment,” Garner said. “We’ve got everything from barrel racing, Western Pleasure, Arabians. It’s an amazing facility.”
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If you’re looking for a staycation, this may be a good option with things to do for the entire family. You can sit around the grand outdoor arena and watch the summer series that includes several weeks of horse competitions with riders from all over the world.
“These athletes, both the riders and horses, are amazing to watch especially out here under the lights in the grand arena. Free admission for this venue. We’ve got great food and beverage. It’s really a great night out, especially over the summer,” Garner said.
If you want to relax, you can head to the Calluna Spa which includes a full-service salon located inside the hotel.
For those steamy summer days, you can hang out by the pool or join the kids on the splash pad.
Speaking of kids, you can stop by the bakery for some fresh handmade treats and then visit Mr. Pickles and Sailor Bear Toy Shoppe.
“There’s a little bit of everything here and some unique items, like a 15-foot giraffe,” Garner said. “Kids don’t get that toy store experience. Everybody buys their things online, so when they were developing the hotel, they wanted to create a space where kids can be kids and where adults can be kids.”
How do you get the 15-foot giraffe home if you decide to buy it? We’re not sure. That may be a story for another day. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/03/horse-around-for-free-at-the-world-equestrian-center-in-ocala/ | 2022-06-03T16:03:05 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/03/horse-around-for-free-at-the-world-equestrian-center-in-ocala/ |
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A suspected DUI driver accused of swerving recklessly on Interstate 4 was taken into custody Thursday with the help of the Volusia County sheriff, deputies said.
The sheriff’s office said Cody Deel, 33, was driving on I-4 Thursday afternoon near mile marker 127 in Daytona Beach.
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According to the sheriff’s office, drivers called 911 to report Deel swerving several times in a minivan, almost hitting a guard rail and then going back into traffic. Among the drivers witnessing this was Sheriff Mike Chitwood, who told deputies he followed the vehicle for about two miles.
Other drivers slowed down and created a rolling roadblock to avoid the minivan, the sheriff’s office said.
Chitwood said he was finally able to pull Deel over, then waited for deputies to arrive.
Thank you all who called in a reckless driver on I-4 yesterday! @SheriffChitwood saw the van swerving. Other drivers slowed down and created a rolling roadblock. Nice job! Cody Deel (DOB 10/24/88) was taken to jail for DUI and refusing to submit to a breath test w/ prior refusal. pic.twitter.com/A8mfEAZFi2
— Volusia Sheriff (@VolusiaSheriff) June 3, 2022
Bodycam video shows one of the deputies meeting Chitwood after stopping Deel and having Deel take a field sobriety test with Chitwood present. Deel told deputies he had not had any alcohol to drink, but the sheriff’s office said he had slurred speech and trouble with balance tests.
Deputies said Deel refused to submit to an alcohol breath test. According to the sheriff’s office, Deel had previously refused to take a breath test in 2007.
Deel was arrested and taken to Volusia County jail for driving under the influence and for refusing to submit to a breath test with a prior refusal. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/03/volusia-county-sheriff-catches-arrests-reckless-dui-driver-on-i-4-deputies-say/ | 2022-06-03T16:03:05 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/03/volusia-county-sheriff-catches-arrests-reckless-dui-driver-on-i-4-deputies-say/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – A woman was arrested at a Universal Orlando resort after she pulled the hotel’s fire alarm and attacked two employees, according to Orlando police.
Police were called to Cabana Bay Beach Resort, 6550 Adventure Way, on Monday after reports of a woman — Kristi Swartz, 36 — causing a disturbance.
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Two employees, one of them a security guard, told investigators guests were complaining about Swartz harassing them, according to the arrest affidavit. The two men said they found Swartz and asked for her room key, according to police, but the woman said she did not have one and ran away.
As the two workers pursued her, Swartz pulled the resort’s fire alarm, records show. Shortly thereafter, the workers were able to corral Swartz and were trying to walk her out of the building, but she managed to slap the security guard in the face, knocking his glasses off, according to the affidavit.
Once outside, Swartz then stepped on the other worker’s foot and shoved him, police said.
When questioned, the woman said she didn’t anything and just wanted to go to sleep, records show.
Swartz is facing charges of battery on a uniformed security officer, battery and false alarm of fire. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/03/woman-arrested-after-pulling-resorts-fire-alarm-attacking-workers-orange-county-deputies-say/ | 2022-06-03T16:03:11 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/03/woman-arrested-after-pulling-resorts-fire-alarm-attacking-workers-orange-county-deputies-say/ |
TITUSVILLE, Fla. – A 22-year-old man was arrested on allegations of shooting a woman late Thursday in Titusville, police said.
Titusville police said Alteric Johnson was arrested on a charge of attempted murder.
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According to police, officers were called around 11:15 p.m. to Willow Street, where a woman was found with non-life-threatening injuries. She was taken to a hospital for treatment, police said.
Johnson was taken into custody and later arrested.
Johnson, who’s being held without bond, is scheduled to appear before a judge on Saturday.
No other details have been released.
TPD responded to a report of a shooting @ approx. 11:15 PM Thursday, June 2, 2022 @ 300 block of Willow St. Adult female victim was transported to a local hospital w/ life-threatening injuries & adult male taken into custody. Ongoing investigation & more detail will be released.
— Titusville Police FL (@TitusvillePD) June 3, 2022 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/03/woman-shot-in-titusville-man-faces-attempted-murder-charge/ | 2022-06-03T16:03:19 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/03/woman-shot-in-titusville-man-faces-attempted-murder-charge/ |
EATONTON, Ga. — Lawyers for a Georgia prisoner on trial for murdering two prison guards admit that Ricky Dubose killed the pair aboard a prison bus but say an abuse-filled childhood left him mentally ill.
“Ricky Dubose is guilty and intellectually disabled,” defense attorney Gabrielle Amber Pittman said in an opening statement. “Ricky Dubose is guilty and mentally ill. We are asking you to find Ricky guilty and intellectually disabled.”
The trial of Dubose began Wednesday in Eatonton, news outlets report. He could be executed if convicted in the fatal shooting of Sgt. Christopher Monica and Sgt. Curtis Billue while escaping from a prison transfer bus southeast of Atlanta in June 2017.
Dubose and Donnie Rowe escaped together and were arrested in Tennessee days later. Rowe was convicted last year of murder in the guards' death. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole by a judge after jurors could not achieve the unanimity required to recommend a death sentence in Georgia.
Dubose is accused of firing the gun that killed the officers after he and Rowe slipped out of handcuffs and burst through an unlocked gate. Prosecutors say Dubose grabbed one of the officers’ pistols and shot Monica, the guard, and then Billue, the driver, both in the head. Security cameras on the bus recorded the violent escape and roughly 30 other prisoners witnessed the killings.
Prosecutors disagree with the defense on Dubose's mental capacity, and the lawyers have argued over psychologist reports expected to be presented during trial. Jurors were chosen in coastal Brunswick over a period of more than three weeks and bused to Eatonton because of extensive pretrial publicity. The trial could last weeks.
District Attorney T. Wright Barksdale III described Dubose as “a predator” and “an intelligent, calculated criminal,” whose actions were swift and decisive.
“Retrieves a Glock 9, loads it, shoots Christopher Monica, shoots Curtis Billue, kicks a window out of the bus, all of that ladies and gentlemen takes a mere 40 seconds,” Barksdale said.
If jurors find Dubose “guilty but with intellectual disability” or “guilty but mentally ill," Dubose would not be subject to the death penalty.
“No matter what the state may allege,” Pittman told the jury, “Ricky Dubose wasn’t a criminal genius who was planning and plotting an escape in the weeks leading up to the crime.”
Officials say Dubose and Rowe stole at least three different cars while on the run, broke into a home, tied up the couple who lived there and hid out. Barksdale said Dubose asked the woman detained in the Tennessee home for makeup to disguise facial tattoos that include devil-like horns.
Pittman said Dubose followed Rowe “into making serious, terrible decisions with tragic consequences."
Dubose, 29, was serving a 20-year sentence for a 2015 armed robbery and assault in Elbert County when he escaped. He had been in prison earlier, as well. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/georgia-prisoner-killed-guards-lawyers-say-mentally-ill/85-7cec6cf3-efe2-43ba-a359-5e9f81f67fec | 2022-06-03T16:03:25 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/georgia-prisoner-killed-guards-lawyers-say-mentally-ill/85-7cec6cf3-efe2-43ba-a359-5e9f81f67fec |
TOWN OF LEE, N.Y. – A fire destroyed a home on Meyers Road in the town of Lee Thursday night.
One adult and three children lived in the home. Fire officials say no injuries were reported.
Fire crews were called to the scene around 8:40 p.m.
Multiple fire departments responded including Lee Center, Taberg, Western and Lake Delta.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/home-destroyed-by-fire-in-town-of-lee-no-one-injured/article_3f69d5ee-e343-11ec-9405-43769c04f8a0.html | 2022-06-03T16:07:27 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/home-destroyed-by-fire-in-town-of-lee-no-one-injured/article_3f69d5ee-e343-11ec-9405-43769c04f8a0.html |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Brand new attractions are open and waiting for you at Alabama Adventure and Splash Adventure, including a new rollercoaster.
Many renovations were made in the off-season for guests to have an enjoyable experience this summer.
Alex Ramsey, marketing director for Alabama Adventure and Splash Adventure, said this was the biggest investment made at the parks since 2014.
“We got the Cheddar Chase rollercoaster that will be opening will soon, we got Coco Island which is a new water park attraction that’s going to be opening on Monday,” Ramsey said. “We put over a million dollars into Rampage refurbishing, re-tracking it, and reprofiling it making it run better than before, so a lot has happened this offseason to make this park the best it ever been.”
Guests are excited about the new attractions and looking forward to spending the summer at the park.
“We love all the free slides, the free drinks, the free tubes,” guest April Arterberry said. “My kids have a blast at the kiddy area where parents can sit down and watch them without worrying where they’re at. We can’t wait for the new place to open up in the kiddy park with all the slides and Tiki hunt.”
The park is open seven days a week until mid-August and will close on Labor Day weekend. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/alabama-adventure-and-splash-adventure-welcomes-back-guests-this-summer/ | 2022-06-03T16:16:26 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/alabama-adventure-and-splash-adventure-welcomes-back-guests-this-summer/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Birmingham residents may have noticed an odd billboard on University Boulevard downtown. The billboard, located between the Retina Specialists of Alabama and an EasyMoney office, simply reads “Birds Aren’t Real.”
The billboard is connected to Birds Aren’t Real, a movement with an unusual message. The organization’s website states they believe that “the U.S. Government genocided over 12 Billion birds from 1959-2001, and replaced these birds with surveillance drone replicas.”
“That’s why we see them charging on power lines,” said Peter McIndoe, founder and public face of the group. “That’s why bird poop falls on your car more than the ground. They’re tracking your car.”
However, in interviews with The New York Times and CBS’ 60 Minutes, McIndoe admitted that the movement, which began in 2017, is both a parody and response to conspiracy theorists and misinformation.
“So it’s taking this concept of misinformation and almost building a little safe space to come together within it and laugh at it, rather than be scared by it,” McIndoe told “60 Minutes” during a segment last month. “And accept the lunacy of it all and be a bird truther for a moment in time when everything’s so crazy.”
McIndoe, who continued his “Birds Aren’t Real” conspiracy theorist persona during his interview with CBS 42, said the billboard was not erected by his team and was likely the work of a private citizen.
“The people who put up this billboard are not affiliated with us officially on paper,” he said. “But they’re affiliated with us in our hearts and our souls and our minds.”
McIndoe also encourages Birmingham residents to do their own research on the movement.
“Don’t just look at the billboard and see that it says ‘Birds aren’t real’ and say, ‘Oh, I don’t believe in birds now’,” McIndoe said. “Because then you’ll just be making the same mistake you made the first time when you thought the birds were real.”
When asked about the organization’s end goal, McIndoe stated it clearly.
“We want [the birds] deprogrammed,” McIndoe said. “We want the eventual repopulation of real birds in the American skies and we want the surveillance to go away completely, and we are done asking politely.”
McIndoe said he plans to continue to reach others throughout the county through rallies, which are to be announced soon on their Instagram page.
“We have a few rallies coming up this summer,” McIndoe said. “[And] we may be coming to Birmingham.”
McIndoe encourages Birmingham residents who are interested in learning more about the Birds Aren’t Real movement to visit their website here. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/birds-arent-real-billboard-spotted-in-birmingham/ | 2022-06-03T16:16:32 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/birds-arent-real-billboard-spotted-in-birmingham/ |
White Mountain Apache police officer killed, another injured after traffic stop on tribal land
A White Mountain Apache police officer was killed and another injured after a shooting on tribal land Thursday evening that also left the suspect dead, according to a news release from the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office.
The incident began just after 7 p.m. Thursday when a White Mountain Apache police officer stopped a vehicle on East Fork Road in Whiteriver, the release said. It's unclear why the vehicle was stopped.
Then, an altercation took place between the officer and the car's driver, which led to the officer being fatally shot, the news release said. It's unclear why the altercation occurred or if anyone else was in the vehicle at the time.
The suspect, who was not identified by officials as of Friday, fled the scene in the officer’s vehicle and other White Mountain Apache police officers chased the suspect, the news release said.
They traveled through a remote area of tribal land to the Hawley Lake area where a “gun battle” between the suspect and police occurred, according to the news release.
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One of the officers was shot and the suspect was also killed, the news release said. The officer was ultimately flown to a hospital in Phoenix for treatment, according to the news release.
Neither of the police officers were identified as of Friday.
Several law enforcement agencies, including the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office, provided assistance to the White Mountain Apache Police Department on Thursday evening, according to the news release. The Sheriff’s Office was also requested by the White Mountain Apache Tribe to release details about the shooting, the news release said.
The incident was being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Phoenix.
No further details were provided.
Reach the reporter at chelsea.curtis@arizonarepublic.com or follow her on Twitter @curtis_chels.
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Here are the road closures Arizona drivers will face starting this weekend
Arizona drivers will face a number of road closures on interstates 10 and 17 starting Friday that could impact their travel plans.
Restrictions on eastbound I-10
According to the Arizona Department of Transportation, Interstate 10 will be restricted between SR 143 and SR 51 in both directions from Friday through Monday due to bridge work in the I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project.
"Crews will achieve a significant project milestone as they set the first girders over the I-10 for new bridges at 48th Street. They also plan to complete utility work," ADOT said in a statement.
Eastbound I-10 will close between SR 51 and SR 143 from 10 p.m. on Friday until midnight on Saturday. The on-ramps between 3rd and 40th streets on eastbound I-10 will be closed, as well as the ramp from southbound SR 143 to eastbound I-10. Other ramps that will be closed according to ADOT are:
- Southbound I-17 on-ramps at 7th Avenue and 7th Street.
- Westbound Loop 202, or Red Mountain Freeway, ramp to eastbound I-10.
- Southbound SR 51 on-ramp at McDowell Road.
- The ramp from southbound SR 51 to eastbound I-10.
- The ramp from southbound I-17 to eastbound I-10.
Restrictions on westbound I-10
From 10 p.m. on Friday through midnight on Saturday, westbound I-10 will be reduced to two lanes between SR 143 and 24th Street. The Superstition Freeway, or westbound US 60, HOV ramp to westbound I-10 will also be closed during this timeframe.
From Saturday at midnight until 4 a.m. Monday westbound I-10 will be closed between SR 143 and I-17. These ramps will also be closed:
- Westbound I-10 on-ramps between Elliot Road and 32nd Street.
- Westbound US 60, or Superstition Freeway, on-ramp at Mill Avenue.
- Westbound US 60 HOV ramp to westbound I-10.
Possible detours for closures on I-10
ADOT advises the following detours for drivers for closures on eastbound I-10:
Drivers can continue east on Loop 202 to Loop 101, or Price Freeway, go south on Loop 101 to US 60 and travel west to enter eastbound I-10.
Restrictions on westbound I-17
The Arizona Department of Transportation is warning motorists that westbound lanes of Greenway Road on Interstate 17 will be closed between 29th and 25th avenues starting on Friday and through late June. Eastbound traffic will be closed for several weekends as well.
During westbound closure, the Interstate 17 southbound off-ramp and on- and off-ramps at Greenway Road will be closed starting at 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.
ADOT says drivers can use the 19th or 35th avenues to Bell road as a detour.
Additionally, eastbound traffic on Greenway road between 25th and 29th avenues, all I-17 on- and off-ramps at Greenway Road and the north- and southbound I-17 frontage roads between Greenway and Thunderbird roads will be closed for the next three weekends at the following times:
- 9 p.m. Friday, June 3, to 5 a.m. Tuesday, June 7
- 9 p.m. Friday, June 10, to 5 a.m. Monday, June 13
- 9 p.m. Friday, June 17 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 20
ADOT urges drivers to slow down and be extra cautious when construction workers are present.
Reach the reporter Perry Vandell at 602-444-2474 or perry.vandell@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @PerryVandell.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A popular Portland shopping event celebrating diversity returns this weekend!
My People’s Market starts Friday night, and is known to be the largest BIPOC market in the Pacific Northwest.
Amanda park with Prosper Portland and Alshiref Eskander, owner of Amity Artisan Goods in downtown Portland joined AM Extra to share more about the event. | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/largest-bipoc-market-in-pnw-returns-to-portland-this-weekend/ | 2022-06-03T16:43:23 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/largest-bipoc-market-in-pnw-returns-to-portland-this-weekend/ |
HAMMOND — Police broke the windows of a Hammond woman's vehicle, deployed a chemical agent and arrested her after she threatened a Lake County judge, according to Indiana State Police.
The Indiana State Police Criminal Investigation Division learned of reported threats made against a Lake County Juvenile Court Judge on Wednesday. An investigation identified 57-year-old Dorothy King as the suspect and a warrant was issued for her arrest.
ISP said King threatened to harm a judge as well as other staff and attorneys that work in the Lake County Juvenile Court.
At about 5 p.m. on Wednesday, State Police found King sitting in a parked vehicle on Carroll Street in Hammond. King tried to drive away, but Hammond Police and ISP used their squad cars to block her.
The officers deflated all four of King's tires. King still refused to exit the vehicle and became "agitated," according to ISP. Officers then broke the windows of her vehicle and deployed a chemical agent.
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After the chemical agent was used, King exited the vehicle and was arrested by Hammond police. According to state police, she has been charged with three counts of intimidation, a level six felony and one count of intimation, a level five felony.
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Devonne Tyler
Booking Number(s): 2204424
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - DEALING - SCHEDULE I, II, OR III
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Isaiah Watkins
Booking Number(s): 2204441
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kirk Struven
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204437
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ken Taylor
Booking Number(s): 2204445
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Henry Patterson III
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204451
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Thomas Philpot II
Booking Number(s): 2204427
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth Smith
Booking Number(s): 2204456
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kerri Olson
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204419
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Henry Meadows III
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204416
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dontrell Lewis
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204443
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andraya Mathis
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204420
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Luke McCormick
Booking Number(s): 2204436
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
LaMarc Hall
Booking Number(s): 2204426
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Allie Hassan
Residence: Orland Hills, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204434
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: CASINO GAMBLING VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sharonia Jelks
Booking Number(s): 2204440
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tracey Getter
Booking Number(s): 2204418
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jordan Fletcher
Residence: North Judson, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204421
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Highest Offense Class: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Offense Description: Felony
Michael Dillard
Booking Number(s): 2204422
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cristian Anaya
Booking Number(s): 2204425
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jasper Brewer
Booking Number(s): 2204438
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Karen Church
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204457
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Garrett Abromitis
Booking Number(s): 2204452
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - BODILY WASTE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Starr Tillis
Booking Number(s): 2204407
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Moose
Booking Number(s): 2204381
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - FORCIBLY RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alex Moreno
Booking Number(s): 2204393
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Miguel Payan
Booking Number(s): 2204408
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: OWI; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanors
Christopher Stewart
Booking Number(s): 2204384
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Patrick Thule
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204380
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Arlin Mejia Santamaria
Residence: Bowling Green, KY
Booking Number(s): 2204396
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Melinda Massey
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204379
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jose Maldonado Collado
Booking Number(s): 2204403
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jakeem Johnson
Residence: Blue Island, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204414
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brian Lindley
Booking Number(s): 2204397
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Gleeson
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204402
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Albert Hendon
Booking Number(s): 2204388
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Zolinda Diaz
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204401
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Arthur Ford III
Booking Number(s): 2204382
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Harry Bernstein
Booking Number(s): 2204410
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ray Weems Jr.
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204347
Arrest Date: May 22, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jerry Stokes Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204349
Arrest Date: May 22, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Limmie Lockhart III
Booking Number(s): 2204365
Arrest Date: May 22, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeffery Morgan Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204377
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Christopher Schweitzer
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204356
Arrest Date: May 22, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Darrin Slaughter
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204352
Arrest Date: May 22, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Enedelia Hernandez
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204369
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Hudson Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204348
Arrest Date: May 22, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Laiza Gonzalez
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204371
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Crystal Fantasia
Booking Number(s): 2204350
Arrest Date: May 22, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jovanni Garza
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204366
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devonne Tyler
Booking Number(s): 2204424
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - DEALING - SCHEDULE I, II, OR III
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Isaiah Watkins
Booking Number(s): 2204441
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kirk Struven
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204437
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ken Taylor
Booking Number(s): 2204445
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Henry Patterson III
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204451
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Thomas Philpot II
Booking Number(s): 2204427
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth Smith
Booking Number(s): 2204456
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kerri Olson
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204419
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Henry Meadows III
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204416
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dontrell Lewis
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204443
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andraya Mathis
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204420
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Luke McCormick
Booking Number(s): 2204436
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
LaMarc Hall
Booking Number(s): 2204426
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Allie Hassan
Residence: Orland Hills, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204434
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: CASINO GAMBLING VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sharonia Jelks
Booking Number(s): 2204440
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tracey Getter
Booking Number(s): 2204418
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jordan Fletcher
Residence: North Judson, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204421
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Highest Offense Class: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Offense Description: Felony
Michael Dillard
Booking Number(s): 2204422
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cristian Anaya
Booking Number(s): 2204425
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jasper Brewer
Booking Number(s): 2204438
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Karen Church
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204457
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Garrett Abromitis
Booking Number(s): 2204452
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - BODILY WASTE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Starr Tillis
Booking Number(s): 2204407
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Moose
Booking Number(s): 2204381
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - FORCIBLY RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alex Moreno
Booking Number(s): 2204393
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Miguel Payan
Booking Number(s): 2204408
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: OWI; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanors
Christopher Stewart
Booking Number(s): 2204384
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Patrick Thule
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204380
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Arlin Mejia Santamaria
Residence: Bowling Green, KY
Booking Number(s): 2204396
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Melinda Massey
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204379
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jose Maldonado Collado
Booking Number(s): 2204403
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jakeem Johnson
Residence: Blue Island, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204414
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brian Lindley
Booking Number(s): 2204397
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Gleeson
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204402
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Albert Hendon
Booking Number(s): 2204388
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Zolinda Diaz
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204401
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Arthur Ford III
Booking Number(s): 2204382
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Harry Bernstein
Booking Number(s): 2204410
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ray Weems Jr.
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204347
Arrest Date: May 22, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jerry Stokes Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204349
Arrest Date: May 22, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Limmie Lockhart III
Booking Number(s): 2204365
Arrest Date: May 22, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeffery Morgan Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204377
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Christopher Schweitzer
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204356
Arrest Date: May 22, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Darrin Slaughter
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204352
Arrest Date: May 22, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Enedelia Hernandez
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204369
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Hudson Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204348
Arrest Date: May 22, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Laiza Gonzalez
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204371
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Crystal Fantasia
Booking Number(s): 2204350
Arrest Date: May 22, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jovanni Garza
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204366
Arrest Date: May 23, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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Seven Region students have been named to the Spring Dean's Honor List at the University of Evansville.
They are Benjamin Patterson of Valparaiso, studying Statistical and Data Sciences and Mathematics; Madison Donofrio of Crown Point, studying Exercise Science; Cara Hand of Hammond, studying Exercise Science and Public Health; Francesco Komyatte of Highland, studying Exercise Science; Nicholas Gushrowski of Michigan City, studying Civil Engineering and John Gerth of Valparaiso, studying Management and Marketing
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Work will be focused on the intersection of 70th Street and Carger Lane, just north of the ongoing South Beltway construction project. Traffic on Saltillo Road will not be disrupted during construction, but expect more traffic on 56th and 84th streets while 70th Street is closed.
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The 24-year-old man who police arrested Thursday after a three-hour standoff in central Lincoln was wanted for his alleged role in a Lancaster County shooting last week, the sheriff's office said.
Members of the Lancaster County Tactical Response Unit found Jesse Salamanca hiding in the basement of a residence near 13th and D streets around 5:40 p.m. Thursday, more than three hours after he had barricaded himself in the home, Capt. John Vik said.
Deputies had been seeking Salamanca for five days after he allegedly fired rounds into a home near Northwest 27th Street and U.S. 34 on Saturday, Vik said.
Vik said the shooting, just north of Lincoln's city limit, stemmed from a nondescript dispute between two parties. No one was injured in the weekend shooting or Thursday's standoff.
Authorities located Salamanca near 13th and D streets and initially tried to contact him around 2:15 p.m. Thursday, but those attempts were unsuccessful, prompting the deployment of the Tactical Response Unit, Vik said.
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The 24-year-old was arrested on suspicion of unlawful discharge of a gun into an occupied dwelling, possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person, use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony, terroristic threats and possession of a controlled substance.
He was taken to the Lancaster County Jail.
Vik said the sheriff's office is seeking one additional suspect involved in Saturday's shooting, but investigators believe Salamanca is the only one who fired shots.
Tom Casady's list of the 10 most infamous crimes in Lincoln history
Crimes of the times
This is simply one man’s perspective from the early 21st century (first written in 2010). I had to make a decision about crimes that occurred at locations that are inside the city today, but were outside our corporate limits at the time they occurred. I chose the latter.
Before beginning, though, I have to deal with three crimes that stand apart: the murders of three police officers in Lincoln. I’m not quite sure how to place them in a list. They all had huge impacts on the community, and on the police department in particular. Because these are my colleagues, I deal with them separately and in chronological order.
Patrolman Marion Francis Marshall
Shot in the shadow of the new Nebraska State Capital, Gov. Charles Bryan came to his aid and summoned additional help.
Lt. Frank Soukup
Marion Marshall was technically not a Lincoln police officer, so Lt. Soukup was actually the first Lincoln police officer killed on duty. One of his colleagues who was present at the motel and involved in the gunbattle, Paul Jacobsen, went on to enjoy a long career and command rank at LPD, influencing many young charges (like me) and leaving his mark on the culture of the agency.
Lt. Paul Whitehead
In the space of a few months, three LPD officers died in the line of duty. Frank Soukup had been murdered, and George Welter had died in a motorcycle crash. Paul Whitehead's partner, Paul Merritt, went on to command rank, and like Paul Jacobsen left an indelible mark at LPD and the community.
No. 1: Starkweather
The subject of several thinly disguised movie plots and a Springsteen album, the Starkweather murders are clearly the most infamous crime in Lincoln’s history — so far. One of the first mass murderers of the mass media age, six of Charles Starkweather’s 11 victims were killed inside the city of Lincoln, and the first was just on the outskirts of town. I didn’t live in Lincoln at the time, but my wife was a first-grader at Riley Elementary School and has vivid memories of the city gripped by fear in the days between the discovery of the Bartlett murders and Starkweather’s capture in Wyoming.
The case caused quite an uproar. There was intense criticism of the police department and sheriff’s office for not capturing Starkweather earlier in the week after the discovery of the Bartletts' bodies. Ultimately, Mayor Bennett Martin and the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners retained a retired FBI agent, Harold G. Robinson, to investigate the performance of local law enforcement. His report essentially exonerated the local law officers and made a few vanilla recommendations for improving inter-agency communication and training.
Now I know that many readers are mumbling to themselves “how obvious.” Hold your horses, though. It’s not quite as obvious as you might think. I had two experiences that drove this fact home to me. The first was a visit by a small group of journalism students. Only one member of the class had any idea, and her idea was pretty vague. You need to remember that the Starkweather murders were in 1957 and 1958 — before the parents of many college students were even born.
The second experience was a visit by a Cub Scout den. I was giving the kids a tour of the police station one evening. We were in the front lobby waiting for everyone to arrive. As I entertained the boys, I told the moms and dads that they might enjoy looking in the corner of the Sheriff’s Office display case to see the contents of Starkweather’s wallet — discovered a couple of years ago locked up in the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office safe. After a few minutes, one of the confused fathers asked me who Starkweather was, and why it was significant.
No. 2: Lincoln National Bank
On the morning of Sept. 17, 1930, a dark blue Buick carrying six men pulled up in front of the Lincoln National Bank at the northwest corner of 12th and O streets. Five of the men entered the bank, while a sixth stood outside by the Buick, cradling a machine gun. Observing the unusual events, a passerby called the police. The officer who responded, Forrest Shappaugh, was casually instructed by the machine-gun-toting lookout to just keep going, which he wisely did. Returning with reinforcements, he found that the robbers had already made good on their getaway, netting $2.7 million in cash and negotiable securities.
Ultimately, three of the six suspects were arrested. Tommy O’Connor and Howard Lee were convicted and sentenced. Jack Britt was tried twice but not convicted by a hung jury. Gus Winkeler, a member of Al Capone’s gang, winged a deal with County Attorney Max Towle to avoid prosecution in exchange for orchestrating the recovery of $600,000 in bearer bonds. The following year, Winkeler was murdered in Chicago, the victim of a gangland slaying. The final two robbers were never identified.
The Lincoln National Bank robbery stood as the largest cash bank robbery in the United States for many decades. It precipitated major changes at the Lincoln Police Department. Chief Peter Johnstone was rapidly “retired” after the robbery, the department’s fleet was upgraded to add the first official patrol cars, the full force was armed and a shotgun squad was organized. Forty-four years later when I was hired at LPD, the echo of the Lincoln National Bank robbery was still evident in daily bank opening details, and in the Thomspon submachine guns and Reising rifles that detectives grabbed whenever the robbery alarm sounded at headquarters.
No. 3: The Last Posse
My first inkling about this crime came when I was the chief deputy sheriff. One of my interns, a young man named Ron Boden (who became a veteran deputy sheriff), had been doing some research on Lancaster County’s only known lynching, in 1884. I came across a reference in the biography of the sheriff at the time, Sam Melick, to the murder of the Nebraska Penitentiary warden and subsequent prison break. Melick had been appointed interim warden after the murder and instituted several reforms.
Several years later, a colleague, Sgt. Geoff Marti, loaned me a great book, Gale Christianson’s "Last Posse," that told the story of the 1912 prison break in gory, haunting and glorious detail.
To make a long story short, convict Shorty Gray and his co-conspirators shot and killed Warden James Delahunty, a deputy warden and a guard on Wednesday, March 13, 1912. They then made their break — right into the teeth of a brutal Nebraska spring blizzard. Over the course to the next few days, a posse pursued. During the pursuit, the escapees carjacked a young farmer with his team and wagon. As the posse closed in, a gunfight broke out and the hostage was shot and killed in the exchange, along with two of the three escapees.
There was plenty of anger among the locals in the Gretna-Springfield vicinity about the death of their native son, and a controversy raged over the law enforcement tactics that brought about his demise. Lancaster County Sheriff Gus Hyers was not unsullied by the inquiry, although it appears from my prospect a century later that the fog of war led to the tragedy.
Christianson, a professor of history at Indiana State University who died earlier this year, notes the following on the flyleaf:
“For anyone living west of the Mississippi in 1912, the biggest news that fateful year was a violent escape from the Nebraska state penitentiary planned and carried out by a trio of notorious robbers and safe blowers.”
Bigger news on half the continent than the sinking of the Titanic during the same year would certainly qualify this murder-escape as one of the most infamous Lincoln crimes in history.
No. 4: Rock Island wreck
The Aug. 10, 1894, wreck of a Rock Island train on the southwest outskirts of Lincoln was almost lost in the mist of time until it was resurrected in the public consciousness by author Joel Williams, who came across the story while conducting research for his historical novel, "Barrelhouse Boys."
The wreck was determined to be the result of sabotage to the tracks, perhaps an attempt to derail the train as a prelude to robbery. Eleven people died in the crash and ensuing fire, making this a mass murder, to be sure. G.W. Davis was arrested and convicted of the crime but later received a full pardon. The story was told in greater detail earlier this year by the Lincoln Journal Star.
A historical marker is along the Rock Island Trail in Wilderness Park, accessible only by foot or bike from the nearest trail access points about a half-mile away at Old Cheney Road on the north, or 14th Street on the south.
Here’s the big question that remains unanswered: Was there really significant evidence to prove that George Washington Davis committed the crime, or was he just a convenient scapegoat? The fact that he received a gubernatorial pardon 10 years later leads me to believe that the evidence must have been unusually weak. If he was railroaded, then my second question is this: who really pried loose the tracks with the 40-pound crowbar found at the scene?
No. 5: Commonwealth
On Nov. 1, 1983, the doors to Nebraska’s largest industrial savings and loan company were closed and Commonwealth was declared insolvent. The 6,700 depositors with $65 million at stake would never be fully compensated for their loss, ultimately receiving about 59 cents on the dollar for their deposits, which they all mistakenly believed were insured up to $30,000 through the Nebraska Depository Insurance Guaranty Corporation, which was essentially an insurance pool with assets of only $3 million.
The case dominated Nebraska news for months. The investigation ultimately led to the conviction of three members of the prominent Lincoln family that owned the institution, the resignation of the director of the State Department of Banking and the impeachment of the Nebraska attorney general and the suspension of his license to practice law. State and federal litigation arising from the failure of Commonwealth drug on for years.
At the Lincoln Police Department, the Commonwealth failure led to the formation of a specialized white-collar crime detail, now known as the Technical Investigations Unit. At the time, municipal police departments in the United States had virtually no capacity for investigating financial crime and fraud of this magnitude, and we quickly became well known for our expertise in this area. The early experience served LPD very well in the ensuring years.
No. 6: Candice Harms
Candi Harms never came home from visiting her boyfriend on Sept. 22, 1992. Her parents reported her as a missing person the following morning, and her car was found abandoned in a cornfield north of Lincoln later in the day. Weeks went by before her remains were found southeast of Lincoln.
Scott Barney and Roger Bjorklund were convicted in her abduction and murder. Barney is in prison serving a life term. Bjorklund died in prison in 2001. Intense media attention surrounded the lengthy trial of Roger Bjorklund, for which a jury was brought in from Cheyenne County as an alternative to a change of venue. I have no doubt that the trial was a life-changing event for a group of good citizens from Sidney, who did their civic duty.
I was the Lancaster County sheriff at the time, involved both in the investigation and in the trial security. It was at about this time that the cellular telephone was becoming a consumer product, and I have often thought that this brutal crime probably spurred a lot of purchases. During my career, this is probably the second-most-prominent Lincoln crime in terms of the sheer volume of media coverage.
No. 7: Jon Simpson and Jacob Surber
A parent’s worst nightmare unfolded in September 1975 when these two boys, ages 12 and 13, failed to return from the Nebraska State Fair. The boys were the victims of abduction and murder. The case was similar to a string of other murders of young boys in the Midwest, and many thought that these cases were related -- the work of a serial killer. Although an arrest was made in the case here in Lincoln, the charges were eventually dismissed. William Guatney was released and has since died.
No. 8: John Sheedy
Saloon and gambling house owner John Sheedy was gunned down outside his home at 1211 P St. in January 1891. The case of Sheedy, prominent in Lincoln’s demiworld, became the talk of the town when his wife, Mary, and her alleged lover and accomplice, Monday McFarland, were arrested. Both were acquitted at trial. The Sheedy murder is chronicled in a great interactive multimedia website, Gilded Age Plains City, an online version that builds upon an article published in 2001 by Timothy Mahoney of the University of Nebraska.
No. 9: Patricia McGarry and Catherine Brooks
The bodies of these two friends were found in a Northeast Lincoln duplex in August 1977. Their murderer, Robert E. Williams, was the subject of a massive Midwest manhunt during the following week. Before his capture, he committed a third murder in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, and raped, shot and left for dead a victim who survived in Minnesota. He is the last man to be executed in Nebraska, sent to the electric chair in 1997.
No. 10: Judge William M. Morning
District Court Judge William Morning was murdered in February 1924. He was shot on the bench by an unhappy litigant in a divorce case. His court reporter, Minor Bacon, was also shot, but a notebook in his breast pocket deflected the bullet and saved his life.
Many other crimes
Choosing Lincoln's 10 most infamous crimes was a challenge. Although the top two were easy, the picture quickly became clouded. We tend, of course, to forget our history rather quickly. Many of the crimes I felt were among the most significant are barely remembered today, if not completely forgotten.
Some readers will take issue with my list. In choosing 10, here are the others I considered, in no particular order. They are all murders:
-- Mary O'Shea
-- Nancy Parker
-- Charles Mulholland
-- Victoria Lamm and Janet Mesner
-- Martina McMenamin
-- Regina Bos (presumably murdered)
-- Patty Webb
-- Marianne Mitzner
I also thought about the five murder-suicides in which a mother or father killed multiple family members before taking their own life. Though tragic, these crimes did not command the same kind of attention as the others, perhaps because there was no lengthy investigation, no tantalizing whodunit, no stranger-killer, nor any of the details that come out in the coverage of a major trial.
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Just one day after Bay Area Hospital announced it was closing its behavioral health department, Waterfall Community Health Center said it was working to meet the growing need for mental health counseling in the community.
Lance Nelson, chief innovation office with Waterfall, said Waterfall was working to create a mental health cooperative model in an effort to coordinate care and hopefully bring new providers to the community.
Nelson said the announcement was not a direct result of Bay Area Hospital’s decision, but when the hospital made its announcement, Waterfall sped up plans to unite mental health providers in the community.
“Although Waterfall has always been in the business of searching for ways to provide better mental health care for Coos County, recent decisions impacting the delivery of mental health services in our area of service have solidified our resolve to do more,” Nelson said.
Waterfall is bringing on Dr. Robert Gerber, the current medical director of Bay Area Hospital’s Acute Psychiatric Unit. Gerber will be transitioning to become the full-time psychiatry program manager at Waterfall, and his No. 1 priority will be to bring more psychiatric providers into the co-op.
“We had offered him a part-time contract two weeks ago,” Nelson said. “He didn’t learn about this until about two hours before the rest of us.”
Nelson said when Gerber informed Waterfall that he would be available full-time, they quickly changed plans, hiring Gerber to lead the co-op effort.
“Our hope is that by centralizing as many providers as possible into a sort of ‘mental health hub’ will make services more efficient and increase provider satisfaction as they gain more colleagues to rely on for consultation and shared responsibilities,” Gerber said.
Nelson said the co-op will bring mental health providers together, those who work with Waterfall and those who don’t, to centralize services and community efforts.
“What the goal is, is we centralize services as much as possible,” Nelson said. “We hire Waterfall employees, full-time, part-time, exempt and non-exempt. We’re also offering space to people want to participate but want to keep their offices. You don’t have to work for Waterfall full time, and you don’t have to work for Waterfall at all.”
Nelson said starting the co-op will open the door for new doctors, nurses and counselors to begin working in Coos Bay. He explained that in Gerber’s role at the hospital, he had several young clinicians work with him. Many wanted to stay in Coos Bay, but the challenge and expense of opening a private practice forced most to leave for bigger cities, where they could join existing practices.
“Part of the thing we hear from psychiatry providers is in small communities like this, there’s not a lot of opportunity to collaborate,” Nelson said. “So if we create this central hub, that will be an opportunity to attract providers. We’re trying to make it more attractive to people to come out.”
Beginning July 1, the co-op will open at the Waterfall clinic in North Bend, although services will be available at all Waterfall offices.
“This is a short-term solution to give us about a year, and we’ll probably need to expand,” Nelson said. “The next 12 to 18 months, we’ll keep this in our facility, but we’ll need to find some office space.”
Nelson said the effort to expand services in the community is due to a huge need for mental health services.
“The need has always been great,” he said. “All the agencies that provide mental health services are always looking for providers because the need is more than we can handle.”
On average, Nelson said it takes a new patient four to six weeks to see a therapist and four to six month to see a psychiatrist in Coos County.
“I have a need for four mental health counselors that I’ve had open for years,” Nelson said. “I’m constantly recruiting providers. The need is great. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/waterfall-forms-co-op-to-expand-mental-health-services/article_33e42826-e287-11ec-8796-2754ed589341.html | 2022-06-03T16:51:07 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/waterfall-forms-co-op-to-expand-mental-health-services/article_33e42826-e287-11ec-8796-2754ed589341.html |
The various flood mitigation projects related to the Museum Fire scar are on track to be completed before monsoon season, according to updates presented to the Flagstaff City Council during Tuesday's meeting.
With the exception of one project, all others were reported to be proceeding at a timely rate, with expected completion by July 1 or earlier. There are also upcoming volunteer events through which community members may contribute to mitigation and monsoon preparation efforts.
Here’s a breakdown:
Finances
The City of Flagstaff’s financial focus group has been meeting weekly and is creating processes to “track expenses related to flood mitigation preparations and potential response” as they are charged to the city’s stormwater fund, said management services director Rick Tadder.
“That’s where we’re going to charge a majority of things to," Tadder said.
They’ve been “primarily focused on pre-monsoon action,” Tadder adeed, and have identified the need for city investment of up to $350,000 in preparation costs.
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The hope is that it will be at least several years before the city experiences flooding similar to that which occurred in 2021, but Tadder said they are already planning financially in the event that 2022 brings more flooding. The focus group is also working to identify further funding sources.
Equipment
Thanks to funds from the Department of Forestry and Fire Management, the city of Flagstaff has been able to order new equipment for flood management and response.
Development engineer Gary Miller reported that the city had received delivery of four digital portable message boards, three light plants, and traffic barricades (including 1,100 road cones). They are expecting delivery of a Combo vac truck for culvert cleaning by the end of August. They have also ordered a mini excavator and trailer, two vehicle mounted signboards, 200,000 empty sand bags, and a manual sandbag machine, but the timeline of delivery for these items is uncertain.
Dortha Crossing
The Dortha Crossing project includes a box culvert and some open-channel construction.
Contractor Tiffany Construction “has been moving quickly out in the field,” said Christine Cameron, capital improvements project manager. The open channel grading between Cedar and Dortha is “about half done,” with pouring of shotcrete scheduled for the week of June 20.
For the box culvert, “shoring is in place,” Cameron said, the floor was poured Tuesday and walls are expected to be poured the week of June 13.
The “lid” of the box culvert is likely to be installed the first week of July. In total the Dortha Crossing project is estimated to come in at a cost of about $2.6 million.
Killip retention basins
The Killip School retention basin project is “in its final leg of development,” said Scott Overton, public works director.
Both basin fields are at their “final grade” and the weir structure is being completed. Fencing went in on Tuesday, and landscaping elements such as trees are “coming soon.”
The project did incur some “cost overruns” due to rock work and unanticipated utility work, Overton said, but overall “the project looks very good.”
It is in position to be completed early potentially — by the third week of June.
Killip inlet at Ponderosa Park
The inlet structure at Ponderosa Park will allow flood management to “take full advantage of the Killip retention basins,” said Miller.
This project is being funded by Environmental Infrastructure grant money — about $1.5 million worth — but the city is having “a hard time getting a response” from the granting agency about when this money will become available. The inlet structure project is still moving ahead, with the city working alongside to parks department to figure out a conveyance structure design that “works with the rest of the park and what the park was intended for.” Next steps include removing park equipment that is no longer in use and removing barriers that are currently being stored in the park.
Route 66 channel / FUTS crossing
Sediment and debris from the flooding a year ago have been fully removed from the channel between Route 66 and the BNSF railway, reported Ed Shanks, stormwater manager. A Flagstaff Urban Trail System crossing has also been repaired using a 2019 FEMA pre-disaster grant.
“Just to give you some idea of the speed of FEMA, we were awarded that grant in 2019,” Shanks said. “We got the funding this year.”
On-forest mitigation
Mitigation and watershed restoration on the Coconino National Forest is “progressing very well,” said Lucinda Andreani, deputy county manager.
Alluvial fan work on the West tributary is expected to be completed by July 1. The “Paradise Fan” closer to Paradise Street is expected to be completed “probably by the end of next week.”
A small portion of the main tributary has also been restored, but a “significant” portion of that tributary has been closed to construction due to seasonal protections of Mexican spotted owl habitat.
“The remainder will be constructed this coming fall” when restrictions are lifted, Andreani said.
Mitigation within Mount Elden Estates, which includes construction of low-water crossings and grade control, is “85%” complete and “expected to be done in the next two to three weeks.” In the area known as the “40-acre parcel”, grade control and alluvial fan work is set to be completed by the end of next week.
Parkway sediment basins
The Parkway sediment basin project is “moving” though won’t be delivered by July 1. From the beginning, the project has been challenged by complex legal jurisdictions in the proposed area.
“Next month, I'm hopeful we’ll have a little more information on the Parkway basins,” Overton said.
Flood warning siren system
Installation of the flood warning siren systems broke ground on Tuesday, and residents can expect to see “poles going up this week,” Overton said. The systems have been transitioned to rely on solar power.
Onsite testing is expected to occur in the next few weeks, and county emergency management is in the process of integrating siren software into the county emergency notification system.
Upcoming events
There are two upcoming volunteer events on Saturday and June 18 that will be primarily geared around helping residents refresh sandbags in their neighborhoods. The city has also opened a service request line at (928)-213-2102, open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday where residents can request assistance refreshing sandbag walls. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/museum-fire-flood-mitigation-on-track-for-monsoon-season/article_9f4440de-e2bd-11ec-9fbb-d77192163a5e.html | 2022-06-03T16:52:03 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/museum-fire-flood-mitigation-on-track-for-monsoon-season/article_9f4440de-e2bd-11ec-9fbb-d77192163a5e.html |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When tenants of the Harlow Apartments in Arden-Arcade reached out to ABC10 about abnormally high water bills, we started asking questions and got results.
With the turn of a faucet, tenant Angy Boss washes her hands before lunch, wondering why her May water bill was more than 11 times the flat rate of $35 that's written into her lease.
"We don't use that much water," Boss said. "I don't have $400 laying around to be put into a utility bill that I wasn't expecting."
That's a third of what she pays for rent now in a quiet two-bedroom, one-bathroom unit that doesn't have its own washer and dryer at the Harlow Apartment complex.
"It makes no sense," Boss said.
She's already received a second $400 water bill. This time, for the months of January through March.
"What if I have no other choice, and I don't want anything bad to go on my record," Boss said.
And she wasn't alone.
"No notice, no communication, then we were trying to contact management, she said 'oh, I don't have nothing to do with it' and no one at corporate was answering their phones," Leotha Leban, another Harlow Apartments tenant, said.
Leban said after living there for seven years, she knows these bills down to the penny.
"It's kind of like a blow to the chest because you know, after the covid and everything, like whose really got money or assets like that?" Leban said.
Nearly 90 tenants in the apartment complex received two of these surprise bills, ranging from $200 to $600 each.
ABC10 asked what changed between the flat rate and now paying $400, Leban said, the ownership. Last November, the complex transitioned from DJA Properties to Trion Living.
Before that transition, some tenants were given a notice from DJA back in July of 2021 of a change in tenancy, saying that the flat fee for utilities would be changed to "actual usage for your building, based on the square footage of your unit," noting that the tenant was responsible for 60 percent of actual usage and the complex owners for 40 percent.
"It's very frustrating because if they decide to kick us out, where can we go?" Leban said.
It wasn't until May 1st when tenants got the surprise bills, under new management.
"We don't even know where to go or where to get a resolution," Boss said.
That's when ABC10 started asking questions. While Trion Living never got back to ABC10, their new outsourced utility company Conservice did, providing a statement saying:
"After ABC10 brought this to our attention, we thoroughly investigated the bills initially sent to tenants. Unfortunately during the transition to the new billing method (and using new accounts from the utility provider), several errors/omissions were made. The new bills have been calculated and are being distributed to the tenants that are much more in line with expectations. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused the residents and will work with any resident financially impacted by the high bills."
Tenants still want to see more protections put into place so this doesn't happen again.
"There should be some kind of law or state law or something in the regulations to where this can't happen," Leban said.
An attorney for Conservice added the new bills and letters will be handed out by staff this week and for those who already paid these high bills, credits will be issued into their payment portal for use on future rent and other charges. Several tenants confirmed with ABC10 their accounts have already been updated.
If you feel like you might be in a similar situation with your utility company, you can file a public safety report with the California Public Utilities Commission here.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — 7-Eleven is opening its fifth Evolution Store in the metroplex, this one being located in Dallas on Preston and Alpha Roads.
Officials say the chain’s Evolution Store concept “boasts customizable beverage options, a premium cigar humidor and the latest digital innovations in addition to Laredo Taco Company® a popular south Texas restaurant concept known for its authentic flavors of the Texas and Mexico border.”
If you’re unfamiliar with the concept, but live in Dallas. If you have driven on Abrams Road near Skillman, there is a 7-Eleven across the street from Bahama Bucks. That one is an Evolution Store.
“The customer is getting the convenience they expect from 7-Eleven – coupled with a delicious restaurant-quality dining option and unique and innovative beverages,” Molly Long, 7-Eleven Vice President of Store Evolution and Design, said in a news release. “These lab stores give us an opportunity to test, learn and scale successes into our new store standards which ultimately allows us to continuously improve the experience for all our customers.”
The exact location for this new store is 13635 Preston Road. | https://cw33.com/news/local/7-eleven-opening-5th-evolution-store-in-dfw/ | 2022-06-03T17:07:46 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/7-eleven-opening-5th-evolution-store-in-dfw/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — If you need a cute pick-me-up for today, It’s National Donut Day! Don’t like donuts? How about adorable zoo animals?
Dallas Zoo has announced the addition of two new baby Emperor Tamarin twins and they are some of the cutest animals you will ever see.
“They were born on May 13 to new mom Lettie (pictured with them here), and experienced dad Roger,” zoo officials said in a tweet. You can see them at the Tamarin Treetops habitat soon. | https://cw33.com/news/local/cute-dallas-zoo-welcomes-new-baby-emperor-tamarin-monkey-twins-on-twitter/ | 2022-06-03T17:07:52 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/cute-dallas-zoo-welcomes-new-baby-emperor-tamarin-monkey-twins-on-twitter/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — In a series of tweets, the Dallas Mavericks are calling Texans to demand change from their local representatives in response to the heightened social issue of gun violence.
The topic of gun violence has permeated social circles recently with the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, followed by a shooting that killed five at a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
President Biden made a call to action to lawmakers, urging them to act in response to America’s immense history of mass shootings.
The Dallas Mavericks have now joined in on this discussion in a Twitter thread. The tweets included graphics with gun violence statistics followed by the words “Mavs take action!” The following statistics included:
“Guns are the leading cause of death for children and teens in America – more than car accidents, cancer or anything else.”
“Of all firearm deaths in nearly two dozen populous, high-income countries (Australia, France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) 82% occur in the U.S.”
“91% of children ages of 0-14 killed by firearms in the group of nations were from the U.S.”
“Each year, more than 39,000 people in the United States die as a result of gun violence, and tens of thousands more suffer non-fatal gun injuries.”
The Dallas Mavericks included a call to action in their thread with three ways people can take action for National Gun Violence Awareness Day:
- Wear Orang from June 3-5 and continue to spread awareness of gun violence facts
- Contact your local representative and demand change
- Donate your time or money to support the cause
To view their tweets yourself, click here. | https://cw33.com/news/local/dallas-mavericks-urging-people-to-contact-local-officials-regarding-gun-violence-wear-orange-from-june-3-5/ | 2022-06-03T17:07:58 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/dallas-mavericks-urging-people-to-contact-local-officials-regarding-gun-violence-wear-orange-from-june-3-5/ |
Admiring and envying the world’s biggest stars is easy to do on Instagram. From A-list movie stars and major musicians to pro ball players and comedians who landed their own sitcoms, there’s no shortage of evidence of just how good the good life is. They post pictures of themselves with other big shots on rooftop bars, at exclusive clubs, at backstage parties, and at restaurants where regular people can’t get a reservation.
But the vast majority of these celebrities were born and raised outside of Hollywood, finding their way to the bright lights and big money of superstardom from obscure beginnings in regular small towns or cities across the country.
Stacker compiled a list of actors that were born in Texas from IMDb’s most popular list. For each actor, we included a movie poster image from a film he is known for (all movie poster images from OMDb). Keep reading to see which favorite actors are from your home state.
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Jesse Plemons
– Born: Dallas, Texas (4/2/1988)
– Known for:
— Chuckie O’Brien in “The Irishman” (2019)
— Gary in “Game Night” (2018)
— Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy ‘Ordy’ Ord in “Battleship” (2012)
Tony Dalton
– Born: Laredo, Texas (2/13/1975)
– Known for:
— Lalo Salamanca in “Better Call Saul” (2018-2022)
— Roberto Ávila in “Sr. Ávila” (2013-2018)
— Lito’s Agent in “Sense8” (2016-2017)
Caleb Landry Jones
– Born: Garland, Texas (12/7/1989)
– Known for:
— Red Welby in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (2017)
— Cassidy in “X-Men: First Class” (2011)
— Andy in “Contraband” (2012)
Matthew McConaughey
– Born: Uvalde, Texas (11/4/1969)
– Known for:
— Ron Woodroof in “Dallas Buyers Club” (2013)
— Dallas in “Magic Mike” (2012)
— Killer Joe Cooper in “Killer Joe” (2011)
Kevin Alejandro
– Born: San Antonio, Texas (4/7/1976)
– Known for:
— Sebastian Blood in “Arrow” (2013-2014)
— Detective Nate Moretta in “Southland” (2009-2011)
— Director in “Bedtime Story” (2018)
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Owen Wilson
– Born: Dallas, Texas (11/18/1968)
– Known for:
— Eli Cash in “The Royal Tenenbaums” (2001)
— John Beckwith in “Wedding Crashers” (2005)
— Dignan in “Bottle Rocket” (1996)
Woody Harrelson
– Born: Midland, Texas (7/23/1961)
– Known for:
— Detective Marty Hart in “True Detective” (2014-2019)
— Larry Flynt in “The People vs. Larry Flynt” (1996)
— Mickey Knox in “Natural Born Killers” (1994)
Scoot McNairy
– Born: Dallas, Texas (11/11/1977)
– Known for:
— Joe Stafford in “Argo” (2012)
— Andrew Kaulder in “Monsters” (2010)
— Brown in “12 Years a Slave” (2013)
Ethan Hawke
– Born: Austin, Texas (11/6/1970)
– Known for:
— Jake in “Training Day” (2001)
— Jesse in “Before Sunrise” (1995)
— Jesse in “Before Midnight” (2013)
Henry Thomas
– Born: San Antonio, Texas (9/9/1971)
– Known for:
— Elliott in “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” (1982)
— Jack in “0.468055555555556” (2003)
— Samuel in “Legends of the Fall” (1994)
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Gil Birmingham
– Born: San Antonio, Texas (7/13/1953)
– Known for:
— Martin in “Wind River” (2017)
— Billy Black in “Twilight” (2008)
— Alberto Parker in “Hell or High Water” (2016)
Bill Paxton
– Born: Fort Worth, Texas (5/17/1955)
– Died: 2/25/2017
– Known for:
— Private Hudson in “Aliens” (1986)
— Dad Meiks in “Frailty” (2001)
— Fred Haise in “Apollo 13” (1995)
Patrick Swayze
– Born: Houston, Texas (8/18/1952)
– Died: 9/14/2009
– Known for:
— Johnny Castle in “Dirty Dancing” (1987)
— Dalton in “Road House” (1989)
— Sam Wheat in “Ghost” (1990)
Alan Tudyk
– Born: El Paso, Texas (3/16/1971)
– Known for:
— K-2SO in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (2016)
— Hoban ‘Wash’ Washburne in “Firefly” (2002-2003)
— Sonny in “I, Robot” (2004)
James Roday Rodriguez
– Born: San Antonio, Texas (4/4/1976)
– Known for:
— Shawn Spencer in “Psych” (2006-2014)
— News Co-Host #1 in “Gamer” (2009)
— Shawn Spencer in “Psych: The Movie” (2017)
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Jamie Foxx
– Born: Terrell, Texas (12/13/1967)
– Known for:
— Max in “Collateral” (2004)
— Ray Charles in “Ray” (2004)
— Django in “Django Unchained” (2012)
Jensen Ackles
– Born: Dallas, Texas (3/1/1978)
– Known for:
— Dean Winchester in “Supernatural” (2005-2020)
— Tom Hanniger in “My Bloody Valentine” (2009)
— Eric Brady in “Days of Our Lives” (1997-2000)
Dennis Quaid
– Born: Houston, Texas (4/9/1954)
– Known for:
— Jack Hall in “The Day After Tomorrow” (2004)
— Frank Whitaker in “Far from Heaven” (2002)
— Frank Sullivan in “Frequency” (2000)
Jake McDorman
– Born: Dallas, Texas (7/8/1986)
– Known for:
— Alan Shepard in “The Right Stuff” (2020)
— Nelson Gardner in “Watchmen” (2019)
— Jeff Suckler in “What We Do in the Shadows” (2019-2020)
Jim Parsons
– Born: Houston, Texas (3/24/1973)
– Known for:
— Sheldon Cooper in “The Big Bang Theory” (2006-2019)
— Tommy Boatwright in “The Normal Heart” (2014)
— Oh in “Home” (2015)
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William McNamara
– Born: Dallas, Texas (3/31/1965)
– Known for:
— Peter Foley in “Copycat” (1995)
— Teenage Billy Wyatt in “Stealing Home” (1988)
— Matthew Anderson in “Radio Inside” (1994)
Ryan Lee
– Born: Texas (10/4/1996)
– Known for:
— Cary in “Super 8” (2011)
— Champ in “Goosebumps” (2015)
— Andrew Myers in “Dimension 404” (2017)
Tommy Lee Jones
– Born: San Saba, Texas (9/15/1946)
– Known for:
— Samuel Gerard in “The Fugitive” (1993)
— Ed Tom Bell in “No Country for Old Men” (2007)
— George Briggs in “The Homesman” (2014)
Warren Kole
– Born: San Antonio, Texas (9/23/1977)
– Known for:
— Robert Stahl in “Shades of Blue” (2016-2018)
— Tim ‘Roderick’ Nelson in “The Following” (2013)
— Wes Mitchell in “Common Law” (2012)
Randy Quaid
– Born: Houston, Texas (10/1/1950)
– Known for:
— Joe Aguirre in “Brokeback Mountain” (2005)
— Russell Casse in “Independence Day” (1996)
— Ishmael in “Kingpin” (1996)
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Nick Jonas
– Born: Dallas, Texas (9/16/1992)
– Known for:
— Alex in “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” (2017)
— Bruno Gaido in “Midway” (2019)
— Nate in “Camp Rock” (2008)
Machine Gun Kelly
– Born: Houston, Texas (4/22/1990)
– Known for:
— Tommy Lee in “The Dirt” (2019)
— Ty in “Nerve” (2016)
— Jurgis in “Captive State” (2019)
Tye Sheridan
– Born: Elkhart, Texas (11/11/1996)
– Known for:
— Parzival in “Ready Player One” (2018)
— Ellis in “Mud” (2012)
— Scott Summers in “X-Men: Apocalypse” (2016)
Nicholas Gonzalez
– Born: San Antonio, Texas (1/3/1976)
– Known for:
— Dr. Neil Melendez in “The Good Doctor” (2017-2020)
— Agent Lopez in “Narcos” (2017)
— Alex Santiago in “Resurrection Blvd.” (2000-2002)
Jared Padalecki
– Born: San Antonio, Texas (7/19/1982)
– Known for:
— Sam Winchester in “Supernatural” (2005-2020)
— Wade in “House of Wax” (2005)
— Clay Miller in “Friday the 13th” (2009)
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Steve Howey
– Born: San Antonio, Texas (7/12/1977)
– Known for:
— Daniel in “Bride Wars” (2009)
— Marcus in “Something Borrowed” (2011)
— Weatherby in “DOA: Dead or Alive” (2006)
William Jackson Harper
– Born: Dallas, Texas (2/8/1980)
– Known for:
— Josh in “Midsommar” (2019)
— Chidi Anagonye in “The Good Place” (2016-2020)
— Everett in “Paterson” (2016)
Luke Wilson
– Born: Dallas, Texas (9/21/1971)
– Known for:
— Mitch in “Old School” (2003)
— Richie Tenenbaum in “The Royal Tenenbaums” (2001)
— David Fox in “Vacancy” (2007)
Marc Menchaca
– Born: San Angelo, Texas (10/10/1975)
– Known for:
— Russ Langmore in “Ozark” (2017-2018)
— Lauder Wakefield in “Homeland” (2011-2012)
— Johnny in “She’s Lost Control” (2014)
Forest Whitaker
– Born: Longview, Texas (7/15/1961)
– Known for:
— Idi Amin in “The Last King of Scotland” (2006)
— Cecil Gaines in “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” (2013)
— Zuri in “Black Panther” (2018)
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Peter MacNicol
– Born: Dallas, Texas (4/10/1954)
– Known for:
— Stingo in “Sophie’s Choice” 1982
— John Cage in “Ally McBeal” 1997-2002
James Jordan
– Born: Houston, Texas (3/14/1979)
– Known for:
— Livestock Agent Steve Hendon in “Yellowstone” (2019-2021)
— Ed in “Mayor of Kingstown” (2021)
— Pete Mickens in “Wind River” (2017)
Jon-Michael Ecker
– Born: San Marcos, Texas (3/16/1983)
– Known for:
— El Guero in “Queen of the South” (2016-2019)
— The Lion in “Narcos” (2015-2016)
— Max in “Firefly Lane” (2021)
Troy Baker
– Born: Dallas, Texas (4/1/1976)
– Known for:
— Joel in “The Last of Us” (2013)
— Booker DeWitt in “BioShock Infinite” (2013)
— Arkham Knight in “Batman: Arkham Knight” (2015)
Christian Kane
– Born: Dallas, Texas (6/27/1972)
– Known for:
— Peter Prentiss in “Just Married” (2003)
— Eliot Spencer in “Leverage” (2008-2012)
— Young Hub in “Secondhand Lions” (2003)
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Dallas Roberts
– Born: Houston, Texas (5/10/1970)
– Known for:
— Grayson Butterfield in “3:10 to Yuma” (2007)
— David Wayne in “Dallas Buyers Club” (2013)
— Sam Phillips in “Walk the Line” (2005)
Sean Faris
– Born: Houston, Texas (3/25/1982)
– Known for:
— Jake Tyler in “Never Back Down” (2008)
— William Beardsley in “Yours, Mine & Ours” (2005)
— Steve in “Sleepover” (2004)
Brigette Lundy-Paine
– Born: Dallas, Texas (8/10/1994)
– Known for:
— Billie in “Bill & Ted Face the Music” (2020)
— Maureen in “The Glass Castle” (2017)
— Braylin Student in “Irrational Man” (2015)
Rex Linn
– Born: Spearman, Texas (11/13/1956)
– Known for:
— Agent Whitney in “Rush Hour” (1998)
— Richard Travers in “Cliffhanger” (1993)
— Frank McLaury in “Wyatt Earp” (1994)
Dabney Coleman
– Born: Austin, Texas (1/3/1932)
– Known for:
— McKittrick in “WarGames” (1983)
— Nelson Fox in “You’ve Got Mail” (1998)
— Franklin Hart, Jr. in “9 to 5” (1980)
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Rip Torn
– Born: Temple, Texas (2/6/1931)
– Died: 7/9/2019
– Known for:
— Zed in “Men in Black” (1997)
— Jim Brody in “Freddy Got Fingered” (2001)
— Arthur in “The Larry Sanders Show” (1992-1998) | https://cw33.com/news/local/famous-actors-from-texas-2/ | 2022-06-03T17:08:04 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/famous-actors-from-texas-2/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — The Dallas Police Department is hosting Lunch with Dallas P.D.
This event will allow people to sit down and have lunch with Dallas police officers. Get to know your local law enforcement while eating great food.
The event will be at Lucky’s Tacos located at 9600 Lake June Road from noon to 1 p.m. | https://cw33.com/news/local/grab-some-tacos-have-lunch-with-dallas-police-officers-june-8/ | 2022-06-03T17:08:10 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/grab-some-tacos-have-lunch-with-dallas-police-officers-june-8/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Friday, June 3, is National Donut Day! Time to rejoice for this iconic morning staple.
To celebrate, Dunkin’ is giving away free donuts. If you purchase any beverage from Dunkin’ today, you will get one of the following donuts for free:
- Frosted
- Glazed
- Filled
- Sprinkled
‘The hardest part will be choosing which Dunkin’ sip you’ll enjoy that day, and which donut you’ll pair it with,’ officials said in a news release.
Dunkin’ officials also say the fun doesn’t stop there. If you are following them on Instagram or TikTok, officials say they will be posting special National Donut Day content ‘donut fans, celebrating the fun and excitement donuts uniquely inspire.’ | https://cw33.com/news/local/heres-how-you-can-get-a-free-donut-from-dunkin-on-national-donut-day/ | 2022-06-03T17:08:16 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/heres-how-you-can-get-a-free-donut-from-dunkin-on-national-donut-day/ |
The price of regular gasoline reached a record high on Thursday, June 2, hitting $4.71 per gallon. All 50 states now have average regular gas prices above $4.00 per gallon, according to AAA.
As prices continue to climb, President Biden acknowledged this week that there is little he can do to immediately alleviate this financial burden on Americans. However, there have been reports this week that the White House is considering a diplomatic visit to Saudi Arabia where Biden would meet with Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Saudi Arabia is the world’s largest oil exporter, making it likely that oil exports and ways to bring down gas prices in the U.S. would be a topic of discussion among the two leaders.
Tensions with Saudi Arabia, and Prince Mohammed specifically, have been high since the murder of U.S. journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. U.S. intelligence later revealved the Saudi crown prince approved Khashoggi’s murder.
Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Dallas, TX metro area and created free to use gas price widgets for every metro area using data from AAA. Gas prices are current as of June 2.
State gas tax data is from World Population Review. Three states—Connecticut, Georgia, and New York—have temporarily suspended gas taxes to defray costs for consumers while prices are up.
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Dallas by the numbers
– Gas current price: $4.44
— Texas average: $4.34
— Texas gas tax: $0.20 per gallon (#42 highest among all states)
– Week change: +$0.11 (+2.5%)
– Year change: +$1.69 (+61.5%)
– Historical expensive gas price: $4.44 (6/2/22)
– Diesel current price: $5.06
– Week change: -$0.06 (-1.2%)
– Year change: +$2.16 (+74.7%)
– Historical expensive diesel price: $5.31 (5/10/22)
Metros with the most expensive gas
#1. Napa, CA: $6.50
#2. San Francisco, CA: $6.49
#3. San Rafael, CA: $6.49
Metros with the least expensive gas
#1. Lawton, OK: $4.07
#2. Albany, GA: $4.10
#3. Warner Robins, GA: $4.11
States with the highest gas tax per gallon
#1. Pennsylvania: $0.59
#2. California: $0.53
#3. Washington: $0.52
States with the lowest gas tax per gallon
#1. Alaska: $0.0895
#2. Hawaii: $0.16
#3. Virginia: $0.162 | https://cw33.com/news/local/how-gas-prices-have-changed-in-dallas-in-the-last-week-5/ | 2022-06-03T17:08:22 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/how-gas-prices-have-changed-in-dallas-in-the-last-week-5/ |
The price of regular gasoline reached a record high on Thursday, June 2, hitting $4.71 per gallon. All 50 states now have average regular gas prices above $4.00 per gallon, according to AAA.
As prices continue to climb, President Biden acknowledged this week that there is little he can do to immediately alleviate this financial burden on Americans. However, there have been reports this week that the White House is considering a diplomatic visit to Saudi Arabia where Biden would meet with Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Saudi Arabia is the world’s largest oil exporter, making it likely that oil exports and ways to bring down gas prices in the U.S. would be a topic of discussion among the two leaders.
Tensions with Saudi Arabia, and Prince Mohammed specifically, have been high since the murder of U.S. journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. U.S. intelligence later revealved the Saudi crown prince approved Khashoggi’s murder.
Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area and created free to use gas price widgets for every metro area using data from AAA. Gas prices are current as of June 2.
State gas tax data is from World Population Review. Three states—Connecticut, Georgia, and New York—have temporarily suspended gas taxes to defray costs for consumers while prices are up.
You may also like: Free to use gas price widgets
Fort Worth by the numbers
– Gas current price: $4.44
— Texas average: $4.34
— Texas gas tax: $0.20 per gallon (#42 highest among all states)
– Week change: +$0.10 (+2.4%)
– Year change: +$1.71 (+62.4%)
– Historical expensive gas price: $4.44 (6/2/22)
– Diesel current price: $5.05
– Week change: -$0.06 (-1.2%)
– Year change: +$2.16 (+74.8%)
– Historical expensive diesel price: $5.31 (5/10/22)
Metros with the most expensive gas
#1. Napa, CA: $6.50
#2. San Francisco, CA: $6.49
#3. San Rafael, CA: $6.49
Metros with the least expensive gas
#1. Lawton, OK: $4.07
#2. Albany, GA: $4.10
#3. Warner Robins, GA: $4.11
States with the highest gas tax per gallon
#1. Pennsylvania: $0.59
#2. California: $0.53
#3. Washington: $0.52
States with the lowest gas tax per gallon
#1. Alaska: $0.0895
#2. Hawaii: $0.16
#3. Virginia: $0.162 | https://cw33.com/news/local/how-gas-prices-have-changed-in-fort-worth-in-the-last-week-5/ | 2022-06-03T17:08:28 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/how-gas-prices-have-changed-in-fort-worth-in-the-last-week-5/ |
After home prices climbed by a record-setting 16.9% nationwide in 2021, the market was met with another stunning statistic in April 2022: 11 American metros now have a median home sold price of more than $500,000. The half-million dollar average sale price metric comes from an OJO Labs survey of March home sales. Nationwide, the median sales price of a home reached $392,750 as of mid-April 2022.
In historically wealthy cities and those with more modest home prices, the trajectory is the same: Prices keep going up even as mortgage rates spike. Causes for the price jumps are mirrored across the country. A long-term housing shortage that began after the Great Recession was exacerbated by supply chain disruptions that made it harder to source construction material, which affected virtually all housing markets. Another factor that has driven up prices is the rise of investors that have entered the market. In many regions including Charlotte, North Carolina, investment firms are buying up huge swaths of single-family homes.
In smaller cities and towns, traditionally lower population numbers were met with a swell of households moving away from big cities during the coronavirus pandemic, driving competition up for housing. Record-low mortgage rates were another reason for an exploding number of buyers, although rising rates don’t seem to be doing much to slow bidding wars in many metros.
Real estate platform ZeroDown analyzed its data on home listings to determine the most expensive neighborhood in Dallas, based on homes sold between March 18, 2022 and April 18, 2022. Neighborhoods are ranked by the median home price per square foot.
Read on to see your city’s most expensive neighborhoods or see the national story which features neighborhoods in 20 metros here.
#10. Shorecrest
– Median Home Price: $684,883 ($494 per square foot)
– Median Rent: $1,449
– Population: 756
– Walk Score: 43
– Bike Score: 55
– Transit Score: 33
#9. Bluffview
– Median Home Price: $2,037,032 ($494 per square foot)
– Median Rent: $1,454
– Population: 2,429
– Walk Score: 36
– Bike Score: 48
– Transit Score: 33
#8. Mayflower Estates
– Median Home Price: $5,395,116 ($500 per square foot)
– Median Rent: $1,647
– Population: 567
– Walk Score: 4
– Bike Score: 37
– Transit Score: 22
#7. Devonshire
– Median Home Price: $1,821,197 ($502 per square foot)
– Median Rent: $2,247
– Population: 1,289
– Walk Score: 41
– Bike Score: 53
– Transit Score: 30
#6. Victory Park
– Median Home Price: $1,199,007 ($511 per square foot)
– Median Rent: $1,939
– Population: 5,174
– Walk Score: 85
– Bike Score: 77
– Transit Score: 68
#5. Greenway Parks
– Median Home Price: $2,197,881 ($562 per square foot)
– Median Rent: $1,692
– Population: 1,302
– Walk Score: 62
– Bike Score: 67
– Transit Score: 28
#4. Melshire Estates
– Median Home Price: $1,509,070 ($563 per square foot)
– Median Rent: $1,314
– Population: 2,135
– Walk Score: 57
– Bike Score: 61
– Transit Score: 37
#3. Forest Court
– Median Home Price: $2,949,082 ($604 per square foot)
– Median Rent: $2,016
– Population: 1,127
– Walk Score: 50
– Bike Score: 68
– Transit Score: 34
#2. Lobello
– Median Home Price: $2,873,394 ($772 per square foot)
– Median Rent: $1,647
– Population: 366
– Walk Score: 17
– Bike Score: 40
– Transit Score: 20
#1. Dallas Arts District
– Median Home Price: $2,197,881 ($919 per square foot)
– Median Rent: $1,556
– Population: 997
– Walk Score: 86
– Bike Score: 64
– Transit Score: 82
This story originally appeared on ZeroDown and was produced and distributed in partnership with Stacker Studio. | https://cw33.com/news/local/neighborhoods-in-dallas-with-the-most-expensive-home-sales/ | 2022-06-03T17:08:35 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/neighborhoods-in-dallas-with-the-most-expensive-home-sales/ |
After home prices climbed by a record-setting 16.9% nationwide in 2021, the market was met with another stunning statistic in April 2022: 11 American metros now have a median home sold price of more than $500,000. The half-million dollar average sale price metric comes from an OJO Labs survey of March home sales. Nationwide, the median sales price of a home reached $392,750 as of mid-April 2022.
In historically wealthy cities and those with more modest home prices, the trajectory is the same: Prices keep going up even as mortgage rates spike. Causes for the price jumps are mirrored across the country. A long-term housing shortage that began after the Great Recession was exacerbated by supply chain disruptions that made it harder to source construction material, which affected virtually all housing markets. Another factor that has driven up prices is the rise of investors that have entered the market. In many regions including Charlotte, North Carolina, investment firms are buying up huge swaths of single-family homes.
In smaller cities and towns, traditionally lower population numbers were met with a swell of households moving away from big cities during the coronavirus pandemic, driving competition up for housing. Record-low mortgage rates were another reason for an exploding number of buyers, although rising rates don’t seem to be doing much to slow bidding wars in many metros.
Real estate platform ZeroDown analyzed its data on home listings to determine the most expensive neighborhood in Fort Worth, based on homes sold between March 18, 2022 and April 18, 2022. Neighborhoods are ranked by the median home price per square foot.
Read on to see your city’s most expensive neighborhoods or see the national story which features neighborhoods in 20 metros here.
#10. South Ridge East
– Median Home Price: $330,051 ($334 per square foot)
– Median Rent: $999
– Population: 2,589
– Walk Score: 46
– Bike Score: 39
– Transit Score: 28
#9. Mira Vista
– Median Home Price: $1,485,117 ($340 per square foot)
– Median Rent: $1,223
– Population: 3,687
– Walk Score: 10
– Bike Score: 21
– Transit Score: 13
#8. Colonial Hills
– Median Home Price: $975,791 ($348 per square foot)
– Median Rent: $1,303
– Population: 1,831
– Walk Score: 12
– Bike Score: 8
– Transit Score: 20
#7. Paschal
– Median Home Price: $704,331 ($353 per square foot)
– Median Rent: $1,249
– Population: 1,887
– Walk Score: 66
– Bike Score: 62
– Transit Score: 32
#6. Montserrat
– Median Home Price: $1,449,899 ($363 per square foot)
– Median Rent: $1,523
– Population: 124
– Walk Score: 4
– Bike Score: 18
– Transit Score: not available
#5. Westcliff West
– Median Home Price: $1,349,175 ($370 per square foot)
– Median Rent: $1,282
– Population: 1,637
– Walk Score: 24
– Bike Score: 38
– Transit Score: 23
#4. Edward Ranch
– Median Home Price: $1,548,821 ($379 per square foot)
– Median Rent: $940
– Population: 1,622
– Walk Score: 14
– Bike Score: 57
– Transit Score: 23
#3. University West
– Median Home Price: $379,650 ($420 per square foot)
– Median Rent: $1,235
– Population: 1,306
– Walk Score: 46
– Bike Score: 54
– Transit Score: 22
#2. East Lake Worth
– Median Home Price: $724,331 ($424 per square foot)
– Median Rent: $1,002
– Population: 377
– Walk Score: 17
– Bike Score: 5
– Transit Score: 21
#1. Wellington Point
– Median Home Price: $2,867,653 ($1,500 per square foot)
– Median Rent: $1,212
– Population: 222
– Walk Score: 5
– Bike Score: 29
– Transit Score: not available
This story originally appeared on ZeroDown and was produced and distributed in partnership with Stacker Studio. | https://cw33.com/news/local/neighborhoods-in-fort-worth-with-the-most-expensive-home-sales/ | 2022-06-03T17:08:41 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/neighborhoods-in-fort-worth-with-the-most-expensive-home-sales/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Storm chances are expected to continue through Friday night in North Texas, according to the National Weather Service center in Fort Worth.
The center says a cluster of thunderstorms is approaching from the west during the Friday morning hours with areas west of I-35 having the highest chances for showers and thunderstorms. “Severe weather is not expected, but locally heavy rainfall will be a threat.”
Additional thunderstorms are expected to head into the region from the northwest late Friday night, which are also not expected to be severe. “Cooler weather will continue through Friday along with additional chances for showers and storms.”
“Isolated to scattered showers and storms will be possible on Saturday, but hot and dry weather will return Sunday through next week. With triple digit temperatures returning to portions of the area, be sure to practice heat safety if spending time outdoors!” | https://cw33.com/news/local/storm-chances-continue-for-dallas-north-texas-on-friday/ | 2022-06-03T17:08:47 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/storm-chances-continue-for-dallas-north-texas-on-friday/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Get the sunscreen and the AC ready to crank up North Texas, the summer heat is on its way!
The National Weather Service center in Fort Worth says it’s going to be a very hot week across the region and into Central Texas during the week of June 6-10. “Many locations will see temperatures soar into the triple digits.”
The work week will begin rain-free before storm chances return in the middle of the week and possibly continue into the weekend.
“It is shaping up to be a HOT week across North & Central TX next week. Many locations will see temperatures soar into the triple digits. Though the week will begin rain-free, rain/storm chances return mid-week and are likely to continue into the weekend.” | https://cw33.com/news/local/summer-temperatures-arriving-in-dallas-north-texas-2nd-week-of-june/ | 2022-06-03T17:08:53 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/summer-temperatures-arriving-in-dallas-north-texas-2nd-week-of-june/ |
New York City's mayor has found himself at odds with prominent LGBTQ groups at the start of Pride Month after a call to boycott Eric Adams' pride reception next week.
Four of the city's political LGBTQ groups issued the call Thursday, with demands that the mayor make changes to his administration in addition a number of city policies the groups call harmful to LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn, the Stonewall Democrats of New York City, the Lesbian and Gay Democractic Club of Queens and Equity New York signed the statement on the second day of Pride Month.
"Mayor Adams has tested the boundaries of the LGBTQ community to see where he can overstep - including who he can afford to disregard for the sake of his own interests," part of the statement read.
The first of five demands by the groups calls for the firing of Fernando Cabrera and Erick Salgado, two pastors with histories of anti-gay views the mayor hired since taking office. Additional demands include ending sweeps of homeless encampments and the use of solitary confinement in city jails.
The statement calls attention to the death of Layleen Polanco, a 27-year-old transgender woman who died of a seizure while in solitary confinement on Rikers Island in 2019.
Adams' spokesperson, Fabien Levy, gave a statement to the New York Daily News explaining the mayor's commitment to equality.
"We're excited to have already taken action to support priorities of the community and look forward to making additional announcement during Pride and in the months ahead. Our team is committed to serving all New Yorkers equally and fairly, regardless of who they love and how they identify, and is exited to host a Pride celebration at Grace Mansion next week," Levy said.
Adams recently denounced New York City Pride March's continued ban on uniformed cops marching in the annual parade. Organizers banned cops from marching in uniform last year following police violence at events the previous year. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/lgbtq-groups-declare-boycott-of-nyc-mayor-adams-pride-event/3719043/ | 2022-06-03T17:11:55 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/lgbtq-groups-declare-boycott-of-nyc-mayor-adams-pride-event/3719043/ |
Thunderstorms provided more rain relief for Midland in the early morning hours Friday.
While the National Weather Service recorded 0.61 inch between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. at Midland International, rain gauges across the city broke the 1-inch barrier. Many were between 1.4 inches and 1.54 inches, according to the CoCoRaHS Mapping System -- maps.cocorahs.org. The most was 1.54 inches in central and south Midland, which was a change from earlier in the week when north Midland received the most rain.
Rainfall totals from around the region included 1.52 inches in Hobbs, New Mexico; 1.15 inches in Gaines County (Seminole), 0.64 inch in Reagan County and 0.05 inch in Odessa, according to the National Weather Service.
What has happened in Midland is the creation of a rainy season compared to the previous nine months. The National Weather Service shows 1.41 inches already in June, which is double the total of the previous nine months and the most rain since July 2021.
The impact has been another drop in the drought index. In fact, the Texas A&M Forest Service reported Friday that its drought assessment system – the Keetch-Byram Drought Index -- showed another 45-point drop in Midland County on its 800-point scale.
That index, which helps determine forest fire potential, dropped this week from 679 early in the week to 596 Friday. There was an 83-point drop in Andrews County (to 538), a 63-point drop in Glasscock County (to 596) and a 68-point drop in Martin County (to 603).
Texas A&M Forest Service also reports that Midland County is no longer in the KBDI’s highest range (600-800, often associated with increased wildfire occurrence). Moving into the range of 400 to 600, according to the index means “Lower litter and duff layers contribute to fire intensity and will burn actively. Wildfire intensity begins to increase significantly. Larger fuels could burn or smolder for several days. This is often seen in late summer and early fall.”
Midland County Fire Marshal Justin Bunch has previously told the Reporter-Telegram that the county will not “enact a burn ban until our KBI is at or above 575.”
Rainfall totals
(according to maps.cocorahs.org)
Central Midland 1.54 inches
South of Midland 1.54 inches
Greenwood 1.5 inches
SH 349 Corridor 1.45 inches
Grasslands 1.45 inches
Northwest Midland 1.25 inches | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Rainy-season-continues-to-soak-Midland-17217710.php | 2022-06-03T17:14:51 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Rainy-season-continues-to-soak-Midland-17217710.php |
SAN ANTONIO — Bexar County officials, law enforcement, medical professionals and community groups came together Friday to discuss strategies to reduce gun violence.
The event took place at the Bexar County Courthouse Friday, June 3, at 11 a.m. The goal is to look at ways the county can be involved in initiatives aimed at tackling gun violence in the community.
Judge Nelson Wolff opened the news conference urging state leaders to take action on passing gun law reforms. His gave five categories he wanted to see happen including red flag laws, raising the age of purchasing assault rifles from 18 to 21, universal background checks, requiring a license to carry, and training that goes along with that license.
"If state leaders do not want to take action on gun violelnce, then call an election on these five issues and let the people’s voice be heard," Judge Wolff said.
You can see the full remarks in the video below:
This comes after the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two teachers were killed when a gunman entered Robb Elementary and began shooting with an AR-15 style rifle.
The incident has sparked outrage across the country and demands of action taken to reduce gun violence.
Sheriff Javier Salazar also spoke at the event, and echoed Judge Wolff's urging of state leaders to take action.
"Red flag laws are a must for starters," Sheriff Salazar said. He joined the call for Governor Abbott to call a special legislative session to address gun violence. So far, Governor Abbott has agreed only to call a special legislative committee, but there has been no word on a special session.
Sheriff Salazar also talked about responsible gun ownership and the ongoing problem of stolen guns falling into the hands of criminals.
"On a daily basis, our deputies are encountering guns that were stolen from lawful gun owners who may have gotten a bit careless with those guns," Sheriff Salazar said, urging gun owners to keep their weapons secure in their homes and cars. "Being a gun owner is a 24-hour a day endeavor."
Also speaking at the conference was Dr. Ronald Stewart, a trauma surgeon and Chair of Surgery at University Hospital and UT Health San Antonio, who was clearly affected by his experiences treating gunshot victims from the Uvalde shooting and the Sutherland Springs shooting.
"I can tell you that the injuries inflicted by the high volicity weapons such as the AR-15 is horrific. And to hear the words of the children is heartbreaking," Dr. Stewart said.
He sadly talked about the injuries inflicted by assault-style rifles that he has seen too often.
"With the wounds from a high volicity, rapid rate of fire firearm that was used in these tragedies, most of the patients do not survive to make it to a trauma center. We have to prevent these tragedies from happening," Dr. Stewart said.
Other officials and groups involved in the event include:
- Bexar County Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores, Precinct 1
- Bexar County Commissioner Justin Rodriguez, Precinct 2
- U.R. Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX)
- Bexar County Criminal District Attorney Joe Gonzales
- Representatives from San Antonio Moms Demand Action | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/reducing-gun-violence-local-officials-and-groups-discuss-strategies/273-6a1d371c-4323-4ecb-8055-0e4985709ff6 | 2022-06-03T17:17:08 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/reducing-gun-violence-local-officials-and-groups-discuss-strategies/273-6a1d371c-4323-4ecb-8055-0e4985709ff6 |
PIKEVILLE, KY (WOWK) – Five people were arrested Wednesday after police found illegal drugs and stolen property at a home in Pike County.
According to the Kentucky State Police, detectives and troopers conducted a search warrant Wednesday, June 1, at a home on Flora Street in the Coal Run community. Troopers say they began the investigation Monday, May 30, 2022 when KSP Post 9 security cameras captured people stealing from State Police property.
The KSP says the suspects in that theft are believed to be occupants of the home where the search warrant was conducted.
Troopers say while searching the home, they found stolen items and seized “quantities of methamphetamine.”
According to troopers, the investigation led detectives to another home in the Tram area of Floyd County, Kentucky. At that home, authorities found and seized several firearms, additional quantities of suspected methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana, as well as prescription medication, drug paraphernalia and more than $1,600 in cash.
Those arrested in the investigation include:
- Timothy Cecil, 59, of Pikeville, is charged with Possession of Controlled Substance 1st Degree (Methamphetamine) and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
- Aaron Caines, 28, of Betsy Layne, is charged with Possession of Controlled Substance 1st Degree (Methamphetamine) and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
- Tessa Belcher, 32, of Coal Run, is charged with Possession of Controlled Substance 1st Degree (Methamphetamine), Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Tampering with Physical Evidence.
- Rebecca Cecil, 38, of Pikeville, is charged with Theft by Unlawful Taking and Tampering with Physical Evidence.
- Joshua Habern, 39, of Pikeville, was arrested on a Parole Violation warrant.
All of the suspects arrested were taken to the Pike County Detention Center. Authorities say additional charges in the case are still pending.
Anyone with any information or drug tips can anonymously contact KSP at 606-433-7711. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/5-arrested-in-pike-county-drug-theft-investigation/ | 2022-06-03T17:23:53 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/5-arrested-in-pike-county-drug-theft-investigation/ |
IRONTON, OH (WOWK) – Following the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school that left 21 people dead, other state legislators are taking a second look at their laws restricting concealed firearms in schools.
An Ohio bill that would change the state’s current law regarding this matter has been approved in both the House and the Senate. It’s now being fast-tracked to Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk.
As the law stands right now, if a school district approves it, staff would have to go through 737 hours of required peace officer training.
However, House Bill 99 allows any adult in a public or private school to carry a concealed firearm in a school safety zone with reduced training.
Before this legislation was even discussed, the Rock Hill School District has been open on its stance regarding educators being armed. Signs have been placed on the front doors of school buildings making everyone aware some of the staff have firearms.
These signs read “By authorization of the Rock Hill Local School District superintendent, RHSLD staff is trained and armed. Any attempt to harm children or staff will be met with whatever force necessary to protect our students.”
We spoke with several school district parents asking one simple question, “Do you feel like your children are safe?” Many had the same answer.
“I sure do… I have no worries out there,” says Rock Hill School District parent Ben Mullins. Rock Hill School District grandparent Ed Primm also stated “I think that Rock Hill is doing a wonderful job on securing our kids.”
Other parents say they also believe there should be extensive gun safety training before firearms enter a school building, but they say the overall goal is to keep the staff and children safe.
We did reach out to the Rock Hill Schools for a comment on this recent bill but have not heard back yet. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/rock-hill-schools-lead-the-way-in-arming-staff-parents-feel-kids-are-protected/ | 2022-06-03T17:23:59 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/rock-hill-schools-lead-the-way-in-arming-staff-parents-feel-kids-are-protected/ |
PORTLAND, Oregon — Starting Monday, June 13, 2022 through Friday, June 17, 2022, you could win 2 tickets on IcelandAir!
Just watch KGW News at Sunrise for the Word of the Day. Get the word, then text it to us at 503-226-5088.
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You have to be at least 18 and a legal resident of Oregon or Washington.
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TULSA, Okla. — A surgeon killed in a shooting in Tulsa, Okla., formerly worked at Swedish Medical Center, the hospital confirmed in a statement on Thursday.
"Dr. Preston Phillips, the surgeon so tragically killed yesterday in Tulsa, was on the medical staff at Swedish from 1998-2005 with Seattle Orthopedics," a spokesperson said.
"It is a struggle to comprehend such a tragic loss. We hold all the victims, caregivers, family members and others directly affected in our hearts as these shootings are taking a terrible toll on all of us as a nation. Violence of any kind is always troubling, but this tragedy and loss hits especially close to home."
Phillips, who performed back surgery on the gunman, was specifically targeted in the shooting. The gunman repeatedly called the medical clinic complaining of pain after his surgery. Tulsa Police said they have a letter written by the gunman indicating he planned to kill Phillips and anybody who got in his way.
Dr. Stephanie Husen, receptionist Amanda Glenn and a patient William Love were also killed in the shooting.
The attack occurred on the campus of Saint Francis Health System in Tulsa. The chief identified the shooter as Michael Louis, 45, of Muskogee, Oklahoma. The gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Phillips was an orthopedic surgeon with an interest in spinal surgery and joint reconstruction, according to a profile on the clinic’s website. He once served as lead physician for Tulsa’s WNBA team before the franchise moved out of state, according to the Tulsa World. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/doctor-killed-in-tulsa-shooting-swedish-medical-center-seattle/281-25c2c8d4-a294-49bb-b447-8c4e35367564 | 2022-06-03T17:30:41 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/doctor-killed-in-tulsa-shooting-swedish-medical-center-seattle/281-25c2c8d4-a294-49bb-b447-8c4e35367564 |
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. — Life can be complicated when you live on a deserted island -- especially when your boat sank last winter.
“Well, that's the thing about living on the island,” said Marty Bluewater. “It is kind of a paradise, but if something goes wrong it can go real wrong.”
Bluewater lives a life few can imagine.
It’s a life of solitude and peace in one of the most pristine parts of the Northwest -let alone the country. But right now, he’s just worried about getting back home and getting a new boat put in the water.
"It's been really inconvenient, but Joe has saved the day by bringing us over in his boat," Bluewater said, referring to a friend giving him a ride back to the island paradise that he calls “Fantasy Island.”
Bluewater is 73 years old and lives by himself on Protection Island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. In fact, he’s the only person who lives on the island.
Fifty-one years ago, Bluewater and his parents paid $7,000 for a vacation property on Protection Island. It was supposed to be huge development with 1,000 homes, but in the 1980s environmentalists stepped in and requested the island be designated a National Wildlife Refuge.
Bluewater supported that position, but his family had already purchased the land.
After a long legal battle, the family was offered a settlement and the opportunity of a lifetime. He could stay on the island forever.
“They gave the option of ‘life use,'" Bluewater said with a wide grin. "At the time I thought, life use? Whatever that means I'll take it. The fact that I'd end up the only person here, I could've never dreamed that up in a million years.”
A retired Seattle Parks worker and Woodland Park Zoo manager, Bluewater spends his days far from the rat race of city life. He cuts driftwood to burn for heat. The closest thing to a traffic jam is a flock of seagulls on an unpaved road. After more than half a century here, he is one with nature.
“Now, I just feel like I'm another one of the creatures running around,” he said. “And the way I’ve built my cabin, it feels like my little nest."
Surrounded by soaring bald eagles, noisy seabirds and seals sunning themselves on rocks, the simple life is for Bluewater.
“The big thing was when we finally got a toilet in here,” Bluewater said. “To actually flush a toilet was a big, momentous time.”
Bluewater has no electricity. Everything runs on batteries or solar power.
“What I spend on double A and triple A batteries every year is ridiculous,” Bluewater said. “Thank God for Costco.”
Bluewater's water comes from a well powered by a generator.
Propane heats that water, providing him with one of his greatest indulgences.
“I can count maybe no more than twice that I've used the inside shower,” Bluewater said, pointing to an exposed outdoor shower he built on the deck of his cabin. “I come out here in the snow. Sometimes I'll come out here in the middle of a clear, starry night and take a shower just for the heck of it.”
If his boat isn't running, friends ferry Bluewater to the mainland for supplies.
Those friends have become a critical connection to the outside world.
“I don’t get lonely,” Bluewater said. “I've got so many friends that come and go, so when I'm here by myself it's because I want to be here by myself.”
But island life does carry its concerns. Last summer a fire broke out on the island that threatened all Bluewater has worked for.
The cause remains unknown.
“It got pretty close to my cabin which would have been a total disaster and broke my heart completely,” Bluewater said.
A few years ago, Bluewater slipped and broke his ankle.
“Fortunately, my cell phone worked, so I called some people and told them what happened," Bluewater said. "I was able to make my way to the mainland and they took me to the hospital. Had it been any worse I would have had to call the Coast Guard.”
Most concerning, however, is what he sees as a natural imbalance on the island. He believes eagles are threatening the seabird population.
“That's a problem for two reasons,” Bluewater said. “Number one because you don't want the seabirds to be endangered. Seventy percent of the seabirds in Puget Sound come here to nest. Also, they broke a lot of hearts and took away this land from a lot of people to preserve this as a seabird sanctuary. So, you can't let the eagles destroy that, as much as we all love eagles.”
Bluewater lets everyone know he's at home at his cabin when he flies three giant multi-colored flags off the south cliff of his property.
He is the proud protector of Protection Island and will be the last human to ever live there. When he dies the island becomes the property of the federal government.
“I probably care about this island more than anybody and that will never change,” Bluewater said, wiping away a tear. “This island is so important to me for so many reasons. It has been a giant part of my life. That’s beside the point that it’s just a beautiful place to be. It’s a special piece on the earth. I just feel blessed that somehow I got to be a big part of it." | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/protection-island-washington-lone-resident/281-dd466b30-7196-43ae-b6ec-8a927e2ef480 | 2022-06-03T17:30:43 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/protection-island-washington-lone-resident/281-dd466b30-7196-43ae-b6ec-8a927e2ef480 |
PORTLAND, Ore. — It’s a Rose Festival tradition: thousands will lace up their running shoes, and many will suit up in costume to run and walk the Starlight 5K on Saturday night, just ahead of the Starlight Parade.
The Starlight Run starts at 6 p.m. on Naito Parkway near the Salmon Street Springs fountain in downtown Portland. It’s an out and back course, meaning it turns around at Southwest 10th Avenue and Taylor Street. The course has changed a few times in the last few years. For many years, it started and finished at Lincoln High School.
The Starlight Parade starts around 7:30 p.m. Spectators, of course, will be trying to grab their spots early. The parade route closely resembles the run, though it continues west on Southwest Taylor Street, over Interstate 405, to the disband area near Southwest 15th & Taylor.
Southwest Naito Parkway will be closed at 10 a.m. on Saturday for set up. The parade route closes to traffic at 4 p.m. Some other major road closures include West Burnside Street and Southwest Broadway. Beginning as early as 5 p.m., the Southwest Naito onramp to the Hawthorne Bridge eastbound, the Morrison Bridge offramp to Southwest Naito, and the Morrison Bridge eastbound onramp from Naito will all be closed. The I-405 southbound on-ramp from Southwest Taylor Street will also be closed.
The parade ends around 10 p.m., but downtown traffic can be snarled for a while longer. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/rose-festival-starlight-run-parade-road-closures/283-5325c1ff-8390-46a2-a892-793c5ec3992c | 2022-06-03T17:30:43 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/rose-festival-starlight-run-parade-road-closures/283-5325c1ff-8390-46a2-a892-793c5ec3992c |
MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – On the same day that a Northeast Correctional Complex inmate was injured, a contracted employee was the victim of an inmate assault.
According to Tennessee Department of Correction Public Information Officer Robert Reburn, a contract employee of the prison was assaulted by an inmate on May 27. The assault reportedly occurred in the complex’s dining hall.
Reburn told News Channel 11 that the assaulted employee received non-life-threatening injuries as a result of the incident.
The assault is under investigation, and Reburn said there are charges pending against that inmate.
TDOC previously reported an incident involving multiple inmates that also occurred on May 27. One of those inmates was “physically assaulted” and treated for minor injuries, according to Reburn.
News Channel 11 has requested additional information from TDOC to determine which event occurred first and if the inmate who reportedly assaulted an employee was involved in both altercations.
This is a developing story. Stay with News Channel 11 and WJHL.com for updates. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tdoc-contract-employee-assaulted-by-necx-inmate-on-same-day-of-other-assault/ | 2022-06-03T17:32:56 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tdoc-contract-employee-assaulted-by-necx-inmate-on-same-day-of-other-assault/ |
(WJHL) – June 3 marks National Doughnut Day, and several bakeries and eateries are offering special deals on their treats. Below is a list of some of the doughnut deals you can snag in the Tri-Cities:
Daylight Donuts
Daylight Donuts in Johnson City is celebrating the tasty treat day by offering a free glazed doughnut to anyone who comes to the shop. No purchase is necessary to get that free doughnut.
Krispy Kreme
The national chain is letting customers get creative on National Doughnut Day. Anyone who visits a Krispy Kreme location may choose any flavor of doughnut and get one free.
Peggy Ann Bakery
While Johnson City’s Peggy Ann location may be gone, the original Greeneville location is still operating. The bakery is giving a free dozen doughnut holes with each purchase on June 3. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/where-to-find-deals-for-national-doughnut-day-in-the-tri-cities/ | 2022-06-03T17:32:56 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/where-to-find-deals-for-national-doughnut-day-in-the-tri-cities/ |
BLOOMINGTON — Now that the school year has wrapped up, students are free to go enjoy their summer. Bloomington-Normal’s libraries are hoping that their summer activities will include reading.
“It gives kids something to do to enrich their lives,” said Melissa Robinson, children’s services manager at the Bloomington Public Library.
Reading during the summer can help students avoid losing progress they made during the school year, Robinson said. Her counterpart at the Normal Public Library, Programming and Youth Services Manager Rhiannon Shoults, agreed.
“Continuing that reading over the summer does a lot to prevent that slide in academics,” she said.
Both libraries are using the “Read Beyond the Beaten Path” program offered by iREAD, a nonprofit created by the Illinois Library Association that provides a yearly summer reading program.
The two libraries have set up their programs with different goals for readers. Both programs are open to readers of all ages.
At NPL, the goal is to read for 42 days, the equivalent of six weeks, now through Aug. 1.
“That can be however you define it, so if you read for five minutes or if you read for five hours, it counts,” Shoults said.
BPL has different goals for kids, teens and adults, Robinson said. The goal for kids is to read 20 books from now through Aug. 1. Teens and adults have reading logs that resemble bingo cards, with different spots with mini-goals like “About a famous person,” “About a sport” or “Is set in Illinois.”
Pre-pandemic, each library tended to have around 3,500 people turn in reading logs each year, Robinson and Shoults said. More would sign up or pick up logs than turn them in, though, so it is hard to say exactly how many people were reading for the program.
Both libraries are offering prizes for finishing the reading goals, including vouchers to area businesses.
NPL will be using the online Beanstack app and website for readers to track their participation. Readers can also use a paper log that they can find on the website or at the library.
BPL is using physical logs, which can be found at the library or printed from the library's website.
Both libraries have other events planned throughout the summer as well. Full lists for both can be found on the libraries' websites.
At NPL, events include a visit from Sugar Grove Nature Center on June 17, Shoults said, which plays into the "Reading Beyond the Beaten Path" outdoorsy theme.
Holding events is a little more complicated for the Bloomington library this year, Robinson said.
“We usually like to have a lot of programs over the summer, but the library is under construction,” she said.
Instead, the library is planning some off-site programs that will not be affected by the construction. Some will be in cooperation with the McLean County Museum of History and the Downtown Bloomington Farmers Market.
BPL is planning events a month at a time due to the uncertainty of the construction season, Robinson said. The library also continues to offer curbside service and has the Bookmobile, providing other ways to engage with library services while avoiding the construction.
More information and reading logs can be found on the libraries’ websites at bloomingtonlibrary.org and normalpl.org. There is no cost to participate in either program.
Contact Connor Wood at (309)820-3240. Follow Connor on Twitter:@connorkwood | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/watch-now-summer-reading-programs-underway-at-bloomington-normal-libraries/article_8a697554-e1c7-11ec-a9df-776fa6387367.html | 2022-06-03T17:33:15 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/watch-now-summer-reading-programs-underway-at-bloomington-normal-libraries/article_8a697554-e1c7-11ec-a9df-776fa6387367.html |
ORLANDO, Fla. – What do Camping World Stadium and the performers taking over its stage come June 19 have in common? They’re all made out of hard rock and heavy metal.
Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Poison and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts are all heading to the Orlando venue for a 4:30 p.m. performance on June 19.
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The bands, previously slated to play the Orlando stadium in 2020, had to reschedule their tour due to COVID-19 and all tickets purchased for the previous date will be honored.
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ORLANDO, Fla – Orlando Brewing — which is being forced to leave its current, long-time location — has now announced it will be setting up shop in the City Beautiful’s tourist district.
“Well folks, it’s official! Our new home will be located at 5368 International Drive. We will begin to initiate the move later this month with our final day of business being July 4,” the brewery said in a Facebook post Thursday.
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The business is moving as its current location, 1301 Atlanta Ave., is being bought up by Orlando Health. That deal is closing on July 5, according to John Cheek, the owner of the brewery.
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The brewery is asking for volunteers to help with the move.
“Our whole brewery was built upon volunteerism,” Cheek said in March. “We’ve had all kinds of people helping to either paint things — paint walls and floors — clean things, and so we’re kind of built upon that model. One of the things that I’ve always told people is that, ‘Yeah, we don’t have a whole lot of money, but we got a whole lot of beer. And it’s good beer. Darn good.”
Cheek had been planning to move the operations of Orlando Brewing for about three years, but when the pandemic hit, those plans were waylaid and the company’s savings were pushed toward staying afloat.
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Cheek explained that the majority of his product went to area theme parks, hotels, resorts and restaurants. When the pandemic hit, most of that business dried up.
Despite that, the company has survived and has once again become sustainable, according to Cheek.
The business has also been taking donations through a GoFundMe page, hoping to collect $200,000 to help with moving costs. As of this report, the fundraiser has pulled in $12,750. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/03/orlando-brewing-announces-new-location-heres-where-it-moving-to/ | 2022-06-03T17:34:49 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/03/orlando-brewing-announces-new-location-heres-where-it-moving-to/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando police on Friday said two suspects were arrested in connection to a shooting that injured two people outside a Waffle House nearly two weeks ago.
Carrington Roberts, 30, was arrested May 22, the morning of the shooting, while DeMarco Antonio Harris, 23, was booked via warrant on Wednesday, records show.
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The incident, which occurred at a Waffle House located on Kirkman Road, began as an argument and left two people in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.
Roberts, facing a charge of fleeing and eluding law enforcement in a high-speed pursuit, was released May 23 on a $500 bond, according to Orange County Corrections.
Harris faces charges of attempted second-degree murder, aggravated assault with a firearm involving domestic violence, shooting into a building, possession of a firearm in commission of a felony and battery domestic violence, totaling a $57,500 bond amount.
According to an affidavit for Roberts’ arrest, an officer who responded to the Waffle House said he witnessed a number of people running away and a person in a Dodge Charger shooting at pedestrians in the restaurant’s parking lot. The officer followed the Dodge to an apartment complex on Walden Circle where it was soon parked.
The affidavit shows its driver, later identified as Roberts, began to pull away when the officer approached the car on foot.
Another officer monitoring traffic exiting Walden Circle attempted an investigatory stop after he observed Roberts turn onto Vineland Road, police said.
Roberts “immediately took flight,” accelerating the vehicle on that same road at speeds exceeding 100 mph and later pushing the needle past 140 mph on Kirkman Road, the affidavit said.
Roberts allegedly ran multiple red lights on Kirkman Road without hitting the brakes, weaved through lanes, forced traffic to make way, nearly struck at least one other vehicle and briefly lost control of the Dodge at one point, police said.
Officers could not keep up with Roberts and eventually lost sight of him, but an Orange County Sheriff’s Office helicopter followed the car as it made its way to Metrowest Boulevard. Roberts entered a pedestrian footpath, encountered vehicle bollards blocking his way and exited the car, police said,
Roberts ran into a residence on Willie Mays Parkway, where he was soon told to leave and detained. According to the affidavit, Roberts told police he placed a firearm under the grill of the Dodge, but denied all other involvement in the case.
Harris still remains in jail. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/03/shooting-outside-waffle-house-leads-to-high-speed-car-chase-2-arrests-orlando-police-say/ | 2022-06-03T17:34:55 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/03/shooting-outside-waffle-house-leads-to-high-speed-car-chase-2-arrests-orlando-police-say/ |
Artwork for the "Tupelo Shuffle" single by Swae Lee and Diplo, featuring Gary Clark Jr. and Austin Butler. The song is part of the soundtrack for the upcoming Elvis movie, releasing June 24, 2022.
Austin Butler and Tom Hanks pose for photographers upon arrival for the premiere of the film 'Elvis' in London Tuesday, May 31, 2022.
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Artwork for the "Tupelo Shuffle" single by Swae Lee and Diplo, featuring Gary Clark Jr. and Austin Butler. The song is part of the soundtrack for the upcoming Elvis movie, releasing June 24, 2022.
TUPELO • Tupelo natives Diplo and Swae Lee are paying homage to the All-America City's original hometown hero, Elvis Presley, with a song on the upcoming "Elvis" movie soundtrack titled "Tupelo Shuffle."
The song, which hit streaming services Friday, interpolates Elvis' "That's All Right" as performed in the film by Austin Butler, who plays Elvis Presley, and Gary Clark Jr., who plays Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup.
Diplo and Swae Lee are set to perform the song live for the first time at the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards, according to The Hollywood Reporter, representing Tupelo on a national stage.
The awards ceremony will be televised live on MTV on Sunday, June 5, at 7 p.m.
Baz Luhrmann's "Elvis" film will be released in theaters June 24. The soundtrack will be released the same day.
Northeast Mississippians will have an opportunity to be among the first to see the movie, with an early access fan screening June 21. All attendees will receive a special commemorative poster. | https://www.djournal.com/news/local/diplo-and-swae-lee-song-tupelo-shuffle-to-be-featured-on-elvis-movie-soundtrack/article_e249e473-0cd1-56a3-9fb1-157b92ceb8ec.html | 2022-06-03T17:38:22 | 0 | https://www.djournal.com/news/local/diplo-and-swae-lee-song-tupelo-shuffle-to-be-featured-on-elvis-movie-soundtrack/article_e249e473-0cd1-56a3-9fb1-157b92ceb8ec.html |
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