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YORK COUNTY, Pa. — UPDATE (7:15 p.m.): State Police have cancelled the Amber Alert after two-year-old Mya Campbell was located safely.
Authorities say that she is at a Philadelphia area hospital being checked, but was not found injured.
It is unknown where McKenzie is, but the stolen Subaru was located with Campbell around 6:30 p.m. in Philadelphia, police said at a press conference on Sunday evening.
Authorities said that McKenzie had a former residence in the Philadelphia area, and that may have been why she was traveling to that region.
PREVIOUSLY: Pennsylvania State Police have issued an Amber Alert in a search for a missing two-year-old girl.
Mya Campbell, 2, was last seen on June 5 at 3:23 p.m. at the Royal Farms gas station on Concord Road in Springettsbury Township.
According to State Police, Campbell was in the back seat of a silver 2005 Suzuki XL7 when Maria McKenzie stole the vehicle from the parking lot of the gas station.
McKenzie, 27, is believed to be driving the vehicle that has a Pa. registration "LXG5500."
Campbell is described as standing 2'4" tall and weighing 25 pounds. She has brown hair, brown eyes, and was last seen wearing a green, pink, and yellow polka dot dress.
McKenzie is described as standing 5'6" tall and weighing 100 pounds. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. McKenzie was last seen wearing a brown jacket.
Anyone with information about this abduction is asked to contact police by calling 911.
You can also anonymously contact the Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers Toll Free at 1-800-4PA-TIPS (8477).
This is a developing story. FOX43 will provide more updates as they become available. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/amber-alert-missing-girl-york-county-pennsylvania-state-police/521-c032aa3b-2e26-4d5d-bc01-7e14154aa92e | 2022-06-06T00:29:03 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/amber-alert-missing-girl-york-county-pennsylvania-state-police/521-c032aa3b-2e26-4d5d-bc01-7e14154aa92e |
Idaho native Shirley Law was serving with the Navy in Norfolk, Virginia, when she heard World War II had ended.
Law, who was born in 1924 and grew up in Homedale, enlisted when she was 20 years old. At the time, women couldn’t go overseas.
“I remember going downtown in Norfolk and the streets were crowded and everybody was celebrating,” Law said. “It was a lot of fun.”
The Idaho Press spoke to female veterans in the Treasure Valley ahead of the 78th anniversary of D-Day on June 6. One of them was Law, 96, who served in the Second World War.
Law first went to training in New York City. She was transferred to Cedar Falls, Iowa, for more training and then went to Norfolk. In 1946, she was discharged. She moved back to Idaho and married a man who served in the Air Force. She currently calls Boise home.
“I really felt important working in the Navy,” Law said. “I enjoyed it and I met a lot of interesting people.”
She’s not the only female veteran with Treasure Valley ties who served at a time when it was rare for women to be in the armed forces.
Another Idaho woman, Judith Eighmy, was born the same year D-Day occurred. Eighmy also served in the Navy, but from 1964 to 1969.
She was born in Michigan in 1944, grew up in Carlsbad, New Mexico, and now lives in Meridian. She moved here 17 years ago to help out her daughter after her daughter’s husband was deployed and the couple’s first son was born.
Eighmy initially joined because she needed money or she was going to have to drop out of school. The Army and Navy were both looking for nurses, and had programs to help pay for college.
As soon as she got her registered nurse credentials, Eighmy went to Newport, Rhode Island. There, she trained and was commissioned as an ensign. After Newport, she went to work at a Navy hospital in Oakland, California.
“The Vietnam war was ramping up,” Eighmy said. “There were so many amputations … and you always think about what is their life going to be like after?”
The Bay Area was a hotbed of opposition to the war. But as a woman, it was easier to hide her involvement.
“Nobody thought you could ever have been there,” she said.
Then, Eighmy requested to go to a hospital ship off the coast of Vietnam.
“I really wanted to go. It was like an adventure and I also wanted to continue taking care of these young soldiers and sailors and Marines,” Eighmy said. “I was really honored to get to go.”
On the ship, wounded and sick soldiers came aboard, almost all by helicopter. If the ship was in a port, the patients could come by boat. Eighmy took care of some Vietnamese civilians when she could.
It was challenging to serve as a woman, Eighmy said.
“In those days, women tolerated things that they don’t tolerate anymore. We kind of normalized certain bad behavior on the part of the males,” Eighmy said. “You didn’t like it, but you tolerated it because you didn’t think there was any other way it could be.”
After the war, Eighmy left the military. Women at the time couldn’t serve and have children and Eighmy thought a family was something she wanted.
She remained a nurse, but only worked bedside for a year.
“It was just very hard to go back to a hospital when you’d been in the military and when you’d been in a war. In a war you do whatever is necessary,” Eighmy said. “When you come back to the United States, there’s a lot of concern for this rule, that rule, this law, that law.”
Overall, though, Eighmy loved her time in the Navy.
“It was a great adventure. It was also a test,” she said. “I was always testing myself to see what I’m made of.”
The Warhawk Air Museum in Nampa, where Peg McCown and her husband Don both volunteer, has plenty of military history.
Peg McCown is originally from Glendora, California. She was born in 1950 and joined the Navy at age 18. She had an uncle she admired in the Navy and her sister saw some literature in the post office about joining the Navy and got it for her.
She went to boot camp in Cambridge, Maryland, enduring a tough winter for an L.A. girl.
“I was nervous,” McCown said. “I’d never left home before.”
After boot camp, she was stationed in Pensacola, Florida. Then, doubting whether or not to continue, she went home for three months and decided the Navy was what she wanted. McCown moved to Memphis, Tennessee, and became an aviation supply specialist. She moved all over the country, from San Diego to North Island.
In North Island, her husband retired from the Navy. McCown went out because she was going to be shipped overseas.
They went to Austin, where she re-affiliated with the Navy. The couple then moved to Colorado, where McCown worked at Buckley Airfield. Later they moved to Point Mugu and then Dallas, where she retired.
“You don’t form really solid relationships because you know you’re not going to be there,” McCown said.
Their latest move brought them to Nampa.
In the Navy, McCown said there were catcalls and whistles, but she ignored them and they didn’t bother her. She had wanted to be an aircraft mechanic, but that job was closed to women. Still, a lot of jobs have opened up to women, which she said is very nice.
“I can’t say it was a negative experience as a female,” McCown said. “After a while, you do your job.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/female-veterans-reflect-on-their-experiences-ahead-of-d-day/article_8280043d-c847-5c2d-a222-b375af2d623e.html | 2022-06-06T00:37:20 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/female-veterans-reflect-on-their-experiences-ahead-of-d-day/article_8280043d-c847-5c2d-a222-b375af2d623e.html |
Originally published June 2 on IdahoEdNews.org.
Last week’s deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, sent shockwaves across the country, and the tragedy’s impacts on Idaho’s schools and its students are a conversation set to play out over summer break, and beyond.
“We’re still learning what happened,” said Guy Bliesner, a regional analyst for Idaho’s school safety and security program, which reviews and recommends safety protocols at Idaho’s public K-12 campuses.
Bliesner’s not wrong. Emerging details have added to, and occasionally altered, the shooting’s “shifting portrait” amid the fallout, the New York Times reported Wednesday.
And the massacre at Robb Elementary School, which left 19 elementary students and two educators dead, happened on the cusp of summer break, leaving classrooms across Idaho and the country empty for the coming months — and leaving decision-makers with a window of time to assess, and reassess, safety protocols.
Still, the massacre conjured an array of quick responses from state leaders last week, from Gov. Brad Little to Boise district trustee Beth Oppenheimer.
State superintendent nominees from both major political parties also weighed in.
“Mature and sensible Idahoans of all political persuasions know that we cannot continue accepting the vision of twitching bodies and headless children lying on classroom floors next to their bullet-ridden and bloody teacher,” Democratic candidate Terry Gilbert said in a statement. “When I am elected Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction, I will raise my voice to advocate for a ban on youth under 21 purchasing assault weapons or ammunition for such weapons.”
Gilbert’s Republican opponent also lamented the tragedy, but stopped short of calling for changes to gun laws — or mentioning guns at all.
“It’s a community problem. It’s a church problem. It’s a family problem,” said Debbie Critchfield. “We need answers that haven’t been thought of yet, and we need partners of every kind.”
Yet when it comes to shaping actual policy around school safety, decisions play out largely at the local level in Idaho, with local school boards.
And school safety has been on trustees’ radar for years. In 2018, schools across the state beefed up safety protocols amid a wave of threats after a shooting in Parkland, Fla., left 17 students dead and sent another harrowing pulse across the country.
Adjustments ranged from more stringent expulsion policies over threats from students to centralized access-control systems.
School safety concerns in Idaho boiled over against last year, when a 12-year-old student fired shots at Rigby Middle School, injuring two students and a janitor. No one died.
The constant threat has left schools across the country already “hardened” against shootings, Chalkbeat reported earlier this week.
One Idaho superintendent echoed the sentiment.
“In school districts across the state, including here, we have constructed security vestibules with bullet-resistant glass, cameras, buzz-in entryways, and have trained school resource officers in the hallways,” Jerome School District Superintendent Pat Charlton told EdNews.
Safety and security are already a high priority in the Idaho Falls School District, spokeswoman Margaret Wimborne stressed. “We are constantly reviewing our safety procedures, working closely with local law enforcement and making updates as needed.”
Shaping policies and approaches locally makes sense, since no two schools or districts are the same, said Bleisner. But the need for some statewide cohesion exists as well.
It’s one reason why the State Board of Education’s School Safety & Security Program developed, alongside law enforcement, fire departments and school personnel, a standardized approach schools can take during an emergency.
The plan helps first responders from various communities know what to expect at a school under duress, program director Mike Munger said. But it’s also designed to “fit within the unique context” of a school campus, according to the program’s website.
The program also includes a range of other resources for schools hoping to safeguard against violence, from state laws and rules to triennial, on-site school safety assessments to “identify areas of vulnerabilities” in facilities, “develop mitigations plans and assist in providing trainings” for staff and students.
For Munger, the program boils largely down to helping schools develop plans that effectively manage and mitigate threats and ensure people know what to do in an emergency.
For Bliesner, it’s about holding to those plans consistently. Schools should constantly ask, “Are we doing with fidelity what we’re supposed to be doing?” he said.
Munger acknowledged 29 recommendations the school safety program released for schools after the Rigby shooting, and said he and other analysts will watch the Uvalde news unfold closely for other possible lessons to be learned.
It’s all tricky terrain for schools to navigate, Charlton stressed. A school can have all the measures he mentioned above, “but that doesn’t necessarily prevent a student from bringing a gun to school in a backpack, so now you might only allow see-through backpacks” into buildings.
All the safety measures and looming concerns carry broader implications, Charlton added. “People still feel the calling to work with young people and help guide them toward a better life, but perhaps there is a certain amount of worry in the back of their minds about how safe they will be.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/uvalde-shooting-s-impacts-on-idaho-poised-to-play-out-over-summer-break-and-beyond/article_649ee071-acec-5969-a4f4-b5839e826d6f.html | 2022-06-06T00:37:27 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/uvalde-shooting-s-impacts-on-idaho-poised-to-play-out-over-summer-break-and-beyond/article_649ee071-acec-5969-a4f4-b5839e826d6f.html |
Southwestern Oregon Community College is offering free GED® and Adult Basic Education classes summer term 2022. These classes prepare individuals to take the GED® exam and update skills to enroll in college or career training programs. Students enrolled in these classes can build a pipeline to enter college, training programs, and jobs in high-demand career areas.
The college will have two options for GED® and Adult Basic Education classes next term:
1. Morning GED® Class – Tuesday through Thursday from 9am-12pm (Coos and Curry campuses)
2. Evening GED® Class – Tuesday through Thursday from 5pm – 8pm (Coos campus)
All classes will be live and in-person on the Coos Campus. The morning class will be live and in-person on the Brookings Campus. For students who cannot make it to either campus, the classes will be also offered via Zoom during all sessions.
Summer term starts June 20 and ends August 11. To register for orientation and classes, email Adult & Pre-College Education at apce@socc.edu or call 541-888-1593. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/southwestern-offers-free-ged-classes/article_228aee52-e28c-11ec-a772-574e81bb0b22.html | 2022-06-06T00:37:57 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/southwestern-offers-free-ged-classes/article_228aee52-e28c-11ec-a772-574e81bb0b22.html |
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – With the cost of food high, feeding the family is becoming harder than ever for some. Luckily, community members are stepping up to care for those who may be struggling.
“Blessing Boxes” are little pantries working towards solving a big problem.
A box was put up by Rachel Lawson and fellow Waverly Road Presbyterian church members about five or six years ago and ever since then the Kingsport community has kept it stocked.
“It’s not really a surprise that hunger is an issue, we know that homelessness is an issue, we know that drug use is an issue,” Lawson said. “It all goes hand in hand.”
For those dealing with food insecurity, the little pantry is an accessible and anonymous tool.
“We don’t want anybody to ever feel ashamed,” Lawson said. “We know it’s hard to ask for help, everybody thinks it’s hard to ask for help.”
The boxes have been popping up all around the community, especially outside of schools, like Hunter Elementary in Carter County.
School counselor Blair Adams said she hears often from those in need.
“Especially over the summer, they’re not getting school lunches and school breakfasts, so we’re even seeing a lot of Facebook posts recently about some of our parents needing help,” Adams said. “This is a great resource for them.”
The pantries need juice boxes and foods that require little preparation.
“You don’t even think about, some of these kids don’t even have a can opener,” Adams said. “So anything that they can get their hands on and eat without having somebody to prepare it for them is amazing.”
Adams and others are hoping the community continues to step up and provide like they have.
“It really is a blessing all the way around to everybody involved,” Lawson said. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tri-cities-food-pantries-provide-for-those-dealing-with-food-insecurity/ | 2022-06-06T00:38:40 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tri-cities-food-pantries-provide-for-those-dealing-with-food-insecurity/ |
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Pacific Northwest’s largest BIPOC market returned to Portland this weekend and with it, a chance for more than 100 vendors to come together with their businesses, performances and more.
The ninth year of the My People’s Market returned after two years of COVID shutdowns, bringing a chance to show the diversity of businesses and entrepreneurs in Portland.
“What I love about My People’s Market is this isn’t just access, this is an opportunity because access without support is not a meaningful opportunity,” said one vendor, Shiny Flanary with Scrapberry Farm. “It feels great to be among up and coming Black and Brown entrepreneurs doing what we do. I couldn’t ask for more.”
Vendors had the chance to showcase their works, with everything from food and drinks to apparel, books, beauty and even performances. Some who spoke with KOIN 6 News said it’s an opportunity to not only join fellow BIPOC entrepreneurs to share their passions and business, but also network with others.
“For BIPOC communities, it’s a chance for us to also tell our stories through the crafts and arts and designs and the things that we present and the people that we are,” said Pastor Renee Ward with Just Because Boutique, KOIN’s 2021 Remarkable Woman. “It’s a chance for all of us to connect.”
My People’s Market was held in the Workshop blocks between SE Taylor and Salmon and was sponsored by New Seasons and the Portland State School of Business. Organizers said it will remain in that central eastside location for the next two years.
“The community that we have here that we’ve created in this space, it’s an honor to be a part of it,” added vendor Greg Khng Soliven with Grate Company.
The three-day market also wrapped with a performance by Grammy-winning performer and Portland-native Esperanza Spalding. Organizers said it was great to have Spalding be a part of the event. | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/100-bipoc-vendors-gather-at-portlands-my-peoples-market/ | 2022-06-06T01:12:09 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/100-bipoc-vendors-gather-at-portlands-my-peoples-market/ |
WHITTIER, Calif. — An officer with Southern California's Whittier Police Department was killed in a weekend motorcycle crash while off duty, authorities said.
Lanell Whitfield died in the crash Saturday afternoon in the city of Lynwood, south of downtown Los Angeles, the department said in a statement.
"Officer Whitfield was a beloved partner and friend, and a dedicated protector of the community," the statement said.
Whitfield, who was in his 20s, became a Whittier police officer last October after working for the LA County Sheriff's Department, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday. He is survived by his parents, police said.
The sheriff's department is investigating the crash, the Times said.
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SOUTH BEND, Ind — The University of Notre Dame has made a small change to its more-than-century-old fight song that it hopes will make a big impact in celebrating the many women who have helped shape the university over the last five decades.
Notre Dame fans, do not fear. The university isn't tweaking the tune of its historic "Notre Dame Victory March" fight song, but it is adding a few words.
The lyrics previously said, “While her loyal sons are marching onward to victory.” Now, they say, “While her loyal sons and daughters march on to victory.”
The addition of "and daughters" was announced Thursday on the 50th anniversary of when women were first allowed to be admitted to Notre Dame. The anniversary coincides with the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination in educational programs and activities.
“On this occasion of the anniversary of the admission of undergraduate women in 1972, we celebrate the invaluable contributions of women as students and graduates," University President Rev. John Jenkins said while making the announcement.
Jenkins also announced the university will redesign the Main Circle, the ceremonial entrance to campus, in the coming months. He said the redesign will honor the profound impact women have had on the university.
"The re-imaging of the Main Circle will be a tribute at the heart of our campus to the ways in which these women have inspired, led and enriched us," Jenkins said.
The fight song was written in 1908 by Rev. Michael Shea and his brother John. The first public performance of the newly arranged song took place after Jenkins’ announcement at the gala dinner.
Going forward, “Notre Dame Victory March” will be sung as follows:
"Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame.
Wake up the echoes cheering her name.
Send a volley cheer on high.
Shake down the thunder from the sky.
What though the odds be great or small,
Old Notre Dame will win over all.
While her loyal sons and daughters
March on to victory."
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CROWN POINT — A Gary man admitted last week in a plea agreement he shot at another man in May 2021 in Lake Station and led a Hobart police officer on a pursuit in June 2021.
Noah K. Jackson, 24, pleaded guilty to attempted battery by means of a deadly weapon, a level 5 felony, and resisting law enforcement, a level 6 felony.
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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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CROWN POINT — An East Chicago man could face a four-year prison sentence after pleading guilty last week to illegally possessing a firearm, which he used to attempt to shoot a police officer in 2020.
Laron D. Mallette, 40, admitted to unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, a level 4 felony, and attempted battery by means of a deadly weapon, a level 5 felony.
If Lake Criminal Court Judge Salvador Vasquez accepts Mallette's plea agreement, he would sentence Mallette to concurrent terms of four years in prison for the firearms count and three years for attempted battery.
In exchange for Mallette's pleas, Lake County prosecutors agreed to dismiss several charges, including dealing in cocaine, possession of cocaine, criminal recklessness and two counts of resisting law enforcement.
According to charging documents, a woman riding in a tan SUV driven by Mallette on Oct. 2, 2020, told police he picked her up so she could get money from an ATM to buy drugs and fled when an East Chicago police officer attempted to stop him in the area of Chicago and Railroad avenues.
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The woman alleged she saw Mallette pull a gun from between his legs as he drove and fire it at an officer in the area of Chicago and Tod avenues. The city's ShotSpotter system indicated two gunshots in the same area at that time, records state.
Mallette crashed in the area of Chicago and Cline avenues. Police arrested him and the woman after a foot pursuit.
Officers found a bag of suspected drugs in her pants. She told police Mallette gave it to her as he ran from the crash.
Mallette initially claimed he was a backseat passenger in the SUV and had been picked up by a man he didn't really know, court records state.
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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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GARY — Several people were wounded in a shooting Sunday afternoon following a graduation ceremony for West Side Leadership Academy at the U.S. Steel Yard stadium, a city official said.
The gunfire broke out as more than 200 graduates and their families left the stadium following the ceremony.
None of those hurt in the shooting appeared to have life-threatening wounds, Gary Common Councilman Ron Brewer said.
Spent bullet casings could be seen in the street at the intersection of East Dunes Highway and Maryland Street, and crime scene tape stretched from an entrance to the ballpark to the east side of the facility.
Brewer said police took suspects into custody after the shooting.
"We had a very unfortunate incident after the graduation today," he said.
The stadium does not allow guns to be carried inside, he said.
Police asked residents to avoid the area while the investigation was ongoing.
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The Gary Community School Corp. had Lake County sheriff's police working security during the ceremony, Gary police Cmdr. Jack Hamady said.
Gary patrol officers helped secure the crime scene, and detectives and crime scene technicians also responded, he said.
Police planned to release more information as it became available.
Brian Lyter, team president for the Gary SouthShore RailCats, said the shooting was very unfortunate.
"It was a really nice celebration," he said. "They graduated 210 kids here today."
The stadium employs its own security during RailCats games, and there have been no incidents during baseball games, Lyter said.
The school district opted to hire its own security for Sunday's ceremony, he said.
Brewer said security should not be blamed for the shooting.
"It's sad it came to this," he said. "Somebody came here with the idea that this is what they wanted to do."
Brewer said he was told one of the suspects was among Sunday's graduates.
The councilman said the shooting reaffirmed his concerns about a new state law set to take effect July 1 that will allow Hoosiers age 18 and older who are not otherwise prohibited from possessing a firearm to carry a handgun in public without obtaining a state permit.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed House Enrolled Act 1296 into law in March despite strong opposition from numerous police agencies and prosecutors.
Brewer said he had nothing against the Second Amendment, but making it easier to carry guns was reason for pause.
"It's the wrong people carrying guns," he said.
Many young people don't have conflict resolution skills, and pulling a gun is their first choice, he said.
Brewer said he planned to work with the city's Law Department to propose an ordinance that would allow the city and businesses to ban firearms on their properties, if they choose.
The proposed ordinance would be drafted so it would not conflict with the new state law, he said.
Check back at nwi.com for updates to this story.
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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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HOUSTON — There was major drama at Lakewood Church on Sunday.
Pastor Joel Osteen's service was disrupted by abortion-rights activists who filmed the protest and posted videos on social media.
Three activists with Texas Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights stood up and shouted: "My body, my choice."
They stripped down to their underwear at the beginning of the service on Sunday morning.
They continued their chant as they were escorted out of the sanctuary.
Once outside, they joined about a dozen of their fellow activists in a demonstration.
It all comes as the United States Supreme Court is expected to officially rule on the constitutionality of Roe vs. Wade this month. A draft opinion, which leaked last month, shows that the High Court is ready to strike down the landmark decision which legalized abortion. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/abortion-rights-activists-interrupt-lakewood-church-service/285-3228a21e-9643-49ed-ab4f-7b969c86b12f | 2022-06-06T02:00:09 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/abortion-rights-activists-interrupt-lakewood-church-service/285-3228a21e-9643-49ed-ab4f-7b969c86b12f |
HOUSTON — Houston-area leaders will gather Monday evening for a rally and prayer vigil in an effort to bring detained WNBA star Brittney Griner home.
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee will be joined by Mayor Sylvester Turner and others outside of the Toyota Center, as it's been nearly four months since Griner was detained in Russia.
The rally will take place at 6 p.m. outside of the arena and feature special guests and music.
In May, Griner appeared for a brief hearing handcuffed, her dreadlocks covered in a red hoodie and her face held low. The judge prolonged her detention until mid-June for her drug possession trial.
Griner, 31, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was detained at the Moscow airport back in February after vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis were allegedly found in her luggage. If convicted, she could face a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
The Biden administration says the Houston native who played college ball at Baylor is being wrongfully detained. The WNBA and U.S. officials have worked toward her release without visible progress.
Griner can’t play with her WNBA colleagues. She can’t call them, either. But she can write them.
In one small bit of normalcy, Griner has been able to receive emails and letters from WNBA players during her detainment in Russia. Hundreds of emails have been sent by players to an account Griner’s agent set up to allow them to communicate with her.
It’s not easy: The emails are printed out and delivered sporadically in bunches to Griner by her lawyer after they are vetted by Russian officials. Griner doesn’t have access to the email account; she’ll either write a response on paper and her lawyers will take a photo of it or she’ll dictate a response if she doesn’t have any paper.
Los Angeles Sparks forward Amanda Zahui B. never thought she’d hear back from Griner when she sent an email to the Phoenix Mercury center a few months ago.
“When she responded to my second letter it blew me away,” Zahui B. said. “I was like she responded!! In my third letter, I was like ‘hey best friend, we are officially best friends now.’”
Like so many WNBA players, Zahui B. wanted Griner to know she was thinking about her as the two-time Olympic gold medalist remains, in the view of U.S. officials, wrongfully detained in Russia.
When Zahui B. got her first response from Griner it made her smile and she promised herself she would send more notes. And she has, sending them every few weeks. So have many other players.
“We just don’t want her to think she’s forgotten,” Liberty center Stefanie Dolson said.
It’s not just emails being sent to Griner; Diana Taurasi actually sent a hand-written letter to her Mercury and Olympic teammate.
Griner’s agent Lindsay Kagawa Colas said the letters have been a way for the 6-foot-9 center to stay connected to her WNBA family.
Some players just offer hopes and prayers for Griner’s release and say they are thinking about her. Others send Sudoku puzzles or more personal notes.
New York Liberty’s Sandy Brondello, who coached Griner in Phoenix for nine seasons, just found out about the chance to email her former player a few days ago.
“I’m going to tell her that I love her and that I’m thinking about her,” said an emotional Brondello. “That’s my girl, it’s terrible. She’s been there too long.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/brittney-griner-rally-prayer-vigil-toyota-center-houston-texas/285-cc489ac2-2d2d-4918-8070-7c4c5b55222f | 2022-06-06T02:00:15 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/brittney-griner-rally-prayer-vigil-toyota-center-houston-texas/285-cc489ac2-2d2d-4918-8070-7c4c5b55222f |
AUSTIN, Texas — The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health recently announced that it has awarded more than a million dollars in grants to ten nonprofit advocacy groups to expand mental health advocacy across the state.
The Austin-based foundation awarded a total of $1.4 million to groups so they can hire in-house policy fellows, the foundation said. The fellows will receive intensive training, education and experience in mental health advocacy and policy work.
Each fellow is provided with an experienced mentor. Fellows and mentors attend the Hogg Mental Health Policy Academy where they receive training and support.
Organizations in Austin, Waco, Houston, El Paso, Dallas and Elgin received grants.
“We’re looking forward to working with these amazing organizations to increase their capacity to impact mental health policy and support the well-being of all Texans,” said Alison Mohr Boleware, director of policy at the Hogg Foundation.
The grant program, called the Mental Health Policy Academy and Fellows, was first launched in 2010 and builds individual and organizational capacity to further mental health policy and advocacy work. In 2016, the initiative was expanded with the launch of the peer police fellows program.
“Our communities continue to face challenges related to the pandemic and the health care inequities it exposed,” said Dr. Octavio N. Martinez, Jr., executive director of the Hogg Foundation and senior associate vice president for diversity and community engagement at The University of Texas at Austin. “We all stand to benefit from the difficult and important work that these policy fellows will be doing.”
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AUSTIN, Texas — A TikTok video has gone viral after Reagan Caussey went paddle boarding in Lady Bird Lake. In the video, Caussey said she got swimmer's itch, also called cercarial dermatitis.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains it appears as a skin rash caused by an allergic reaction to certain microscopic parasites that infect some birds and mammals.
"It's (the rash) all over my body," Caussey explains in the TikTok video.
The CDC said swimmer's itch is more common during the summer months. Physician Guadalupe Zamora said when this parasite comes in contact with a person, it digs into the person's skin. He recommends you to do one thing after getting out of a body of water.
"You should be able to wash them off because it takes a bit to get into your skin," said Zamora. "They will try to burrow. They will try to get under your skin. But if you're able to get out, once you get out of the water just wash off. You'll be fine."
KVUE reached out to Austin's Watershed Protection Department and asked if it is safe to be in Lady Bird Lake.
"Lady Bird Lake continues to meet State of Texas contact recreation standards, which are based on bacteria levels," a spokesperson for the department said.
However, they do say when interacting with natural bodies of water, exposure to bacteria or parasites is always possible.
The CDC said these are common symptoms of swimmers itch:
- tingling, burning, or itching of the skin
- small reddish pimples
- small blisters
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AUSTIN, Texas — Major Republican donors, including some that have contributed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s campaigns, joined other conservative Texans in signing an open letter supporting congressional action to increase gun restrictions in response to the mass shooting in Uvalde that left 19 children and two teachers dead last week.
The letter, which is expected to run as a full-page ad in the Dallas Morning News on Sunday, endorses the creation of red flag laws, expanding background checks and raising the age to purchase a gun to 21. More than 250 self-declared gun enthusiasts signed it.
“Most law enforcement experts believe these measures would make a difference,” the letter reads. “And recent polls of fellow conservatives suggest that there is strong support for such gun-safety measures.”
The letter voices support for Texas’ senior senator, John Cornyn, who has been tapped to lead bipartisan negotiations in Congress over possible gun reform measures.
“We are grateful that our Senator John Cornyn is leading efforts to address the recent tragedies in Uvalde and elsewhere across our great Country,” the letter says. “He’s the right man to lead this bipartisan effort, as he has demonstrated throughout his career.”
In an interview with Politico, Cornyn stressed that he was not interested in “restricting the rights of law-abiding citizens under the Second Amendment,” but said it would be “embarrassing” if Uvalde didn’t spark Congress to reach some sort of bipartisan legislative response.
The letter was paid for by Todd Maclin, a former senior executive at J.P. Morgan Chase who now runs the Dallas-based finance firm Maclin Management. Maclin said he is a conservative gun owner who has been stirred to action by the shooting in Uvalde.
“These events have really motivated me and really gotten under my skin and encouraged me to support the effort that’s underway,” Maclin told The Texas Tribune. “I just felt like I needed to do something, and I also believe that there are reasonable things that can be done.”
He said he is still hearing from more conservative gun owners who are feeling a “great sense of urgency and a great need to support [Cornyn] as he does his best to address these issues.”
Maclin said the group is focusing on federal legislation, which he believes is the best avenue to passing gun safety laws and ensuring they are applied uniformly across the country. He declined to comment on the state response to the shooting or gun legislation, except to say that he hopes any federal plan led by Cornyn and passed with conservative support would be embraced by state governments.
Among the signatories are deep-pocketed Abbott supporters, including billionaires Robert Rowling, whose holding company owns Omni Hotels, and Ray L. Hunt, executive chairman of Hunt Consolidated Inc.
The contents of the letter are in line with policies Abbott and other party leaders, including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, have supported in the past — though not the ones they are endorsing now.
After the 2018 school shooting in Santa Fe, outside Houston, Abbott supported “red flag” laws, which would allow local officials to take someone’s guns away if a judge declares them to be a danger. He later dropped his support for the measure, citing a “coalescence” against it from his own party.
The next year, after back-to-back mass shootings in El Paso and Midland-Odessa, Patrick said he was “willing to take an arrow” from the National Rifle Association and support expanding background checks.
The next time the Legislature met, however, lawmakers instead passed a law that allows Texans to carry a handgun without a license or training.
This time, neither Patrick nor Abbott have expressed any support for tightening gun laws. They have instead offered suggestions that have ranged from expanding mental health services and minimizing the entrances to school buildings to doing surprise security checks.
On the federal level, both Cornyn and Sen. Ted Cruz have A+ ratings from the NRA and are top Senate recipients of gun industry donations. But they’ve taken differering tacks in response to the shooting in Uvalde.
Cruz said in the wake of the massacre that passing laws that restrict gun access “doesn’t work. It’s not effective. It doesn’t prevent crime.” But Cornyn has shown a willingness, now and in the past, to support some bipartisan gun legislation.
In the wake of the 2017 Sutherland Springs shooting outside San Antonio, Cornyn worked with Democratic colleagues to improve the background check system to prevent felons and domestic abusers from purchasing firearms.
He has also supported banning “bump stocks,” which allow semi automatic guns to fire faster, and shepherded into law a bill that funded the screening and treatment of offenders with mental illness.
After last week’s shooting, Cornyn has said he’s “not interested in making a political statement,” but is focused on making “the terrible events that occurred in Uvalde less likely in the future.”
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FORT SMITH, Ark — Police are looking for a woman who was reported missing in Fort Smith on Sunday, June 5.
According to the Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD), 43-year-old Shannon Woody was reported missing around 7 p.m. on Sunday.
A family member who reported her missing says they are concerned for her well-being.
Woody was last seen in the 9500 block of Painter Drive and is believed to be traveling in a gold 2005 Chevy Silverado two-door extended cab, according to FSPD.
If you have any information that can help locate her, you're asked to call 911 or FSPD at (479)-709-5000.
No further details have been released at this time.
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FORT WORTH, Texas — Three children and a woman have been hospitalized after a vehicle involved in a crash veered into a group of pedestrians Sunday evening, Fort Worth police said.
Police said they responded to the intersection of McCart Avenue and Sycamore School Road in the southern area of the city around 5:40 p.m. in regards to an accident involving pedestrians.
According to police, officers arrived and found two vehicles were involved in a crash and that one of the vehicles then veered into a nearby group.
Three children were transported to Cook Children's Medical Center and a woman was taken to an area hospital, according to police. Police said two of the children and the woman are in critical condition.
A clerk from a nearby gas station told WFAA he rushed over to help after hearing screams. He said he saw one child who was thrown from a stroller and two other children lying on the street.
The clerk said he believes the three children are under 5 years old.
One neighbor told WFAA she sees the woman, who is described as a grandmother, with the three children walking all the time.
"The grandmother walks down the street with the grandbabies. They go to the stores over here then they walk balk," neighbor Ross Sperry said.
Further details were not immediately released by police as the investigation continues. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/3-children-adult-injured-vehicle-veers-into-group-pedestrians-fort-worth/287-1502cd0f-cfdb-492a-a8bf-0af8f17e06b6 | 2022-06-06T02:35:00 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/3-children-adult-injured-vehicle-veers-into-group-pedestrians-fort-worth/287-1502cd0f-cfdb-492a-a8bf-0af8f17e06b6 |
DALLAS — After a two-year absence, the Dallas Pride Parade returned to Fair Park, where a 92-degree June day couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of thousands promising to continue "living out proud."
"It is a gorgeous day for a parade," said Troy Robertson at the parade with his friend, Lauren Declaire. "But it is hot," he laughed.
Despite the weather, thousands lined the two-hour parade route around the Cotton Bowl.
"I just love to be around people that are just comfortable and happy," said Robertson. "And everybody just wanting to be who they are and being accepted for who they are."
This is the first Dallas Pride Parade since 2019. COVID-19 gets the blame for that.
The parade, with the theme "live out proud," drew participants from across the country. Rae Yanis and Cheyenne White made the trip from Austin for their first Dallas Pride Parade.
"Not that long ago when I was growing up, you couldn't be, you couldn't be out," Yanis said. "You couldn't have a girlfriend. Small town Texas. So it's very freeing and just happy."
Makayla Gleason and Joshua Walters, both formerly from Baltimore, Maryland, admitted that their last pride parade experience was in Washington, D.C. in 2019 -- one that left them with fears about attending another.
"It was like a false active shooter report and everyone had to run," Gleason said of Capitol Pride 2019. "It took a lot for us to keep the anxiety down and just to be here. So we're like not afraid to be here."
"You see people like you everywhere. Everywhere you walk you see people like you," said Shay Griffin of Dallas. "It's like... you can be yourself. You can be who you want to be. Nothing but all smiles."
Smiles on a day to remind everyone that "Y'all means All" as one float proudly proclaimed.
Not just on a sweltering June day in Dallas, but every day of the year. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-pride-parade-returns-fair-park-live-out-proud/287-e17397ab-1014-441c-a1e7-ace97a9cf0cd | 2022-06-06T02:35:06 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-pride-parade-returns-fair-park-live-out-proud/287-e17397ab-1014-441c-a1e7-ace97a9cf0cd |
DALLAS — For years, North Texas has proven it's becoming a hub for esports and video games -- and not just for the U.S. The area is certainly garnering international attention.
If more proof is needed, look no farther than this weekend.
Not one, but two major gaming events were held in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex this weekend, which drew tens of thousands of fans to the area to celebrate video games and esports.
DreamHack
DreamHack, an international gaming brand that holds festivals around the world, had its first event in Dallas for the first time in three years, and the excitement over the return of large, in-person events was evident this weekend.
Crowds packed the Kay Bailey Hutchison Center, as fans had many options on their gaming plates such as live competitive matches and rows of tables filled with consoles and PCs for attendees to play against one another.
Organizers told WFAA that the event saw more than 33,000 attendees from 50 states and 29 countries over three days.
Championship matches of popular video games Rocket League and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive were featured at the convention, and fans were able to cheer on their favorite teams.
Colleges from North America and Europe took part in a Rocket League championship tournament at DreamHack. DFW was represented by the University of Texas at Arlington esports team.
With a brand that's so internationally known and has hosted its main events in Sweden and other countries, what brought DreamHack to Dallas? Shahin Zarrabi, vice president of strategy and growth for DreamHack, told WFAA that North Texas was just the right fit.
"Dallas loves gaming. So many gamers here, esports teams, organizations. We came here in 2019 for our first event in Dallas, coming from Austin before," Zarrabi said. "Dallas has shown us so much love, so it was a given for us to come back here."
After having to navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic and having to cancel 2020 and 2021 events, Zarrabi said he's glad DreamHack is back in Dallas and that it's becoming something more than just an esports event.
"We want to create a platform for everyone to come and connect, to explore, to be themselves. Everything gaming under one roof. That doesn’t mean you have to sit and play or watch someone else play," Zarrabi told WFAA. "It could be that you dress up as someone in a video game... or that you meet your favorite creators from online."
"We want to create that platform, that arena, for people to come and just be who they are and follow their passion," he added.
And of course, the city of Dallas is also seeing the rewards from the large gaming festival.
According to Zarrabi, the 2019 event in Dallas generated about $3.6 million for the city.
"I hope Dallas loves us as much as we love them," he said.
Overwatch League Kickoff Clash
And, about 20 minutes to the west of the Dallas convention center, another major esports event was happening at the same time.
Overwatch, a popular first-person shooter, was at the center of this event as the game's esports league held a $225,000 tournament -- the Overwatch League Kickoff Clash -- at Esports Stadium Arlington.
The Dallas Fuel, a team owned by Dallas-based organization Envy Gaming, was the host city, as professional teams from around the country and thousands of fans descended upon North Texas. This weekend's tournament was the first major in-person event of 2022 for the Overwatch League.
Geoff Moore, president of Envy Gaming, told WFAA that events like this are proof that the North Texas area is becoming a massive esports hub.
"It brings a lot of people who love [Overwatch] in from outside the state of Texas, from other cities in Texas to Arlington and the Dallas-Fort Worth area," Moore said. "It really is fulfilling the vision that the city of Arlington had when they invested in creating this venue that they would bring people from all over the country and even other countries to events like this based on what these people really have a pent up demand to see live and share with each other."
Organizers told WFAA over 4,000 fans attended the four-day event.
Back in March, Esports Stadium Arlington also hosted the first major 2022 event for the Call of Duty League, where thousands cheered from a sold-out crowd. Dallas' own OpTic Texas, which is a part of Envy Gaming, took home the grand prize in that event.
Organizers told WFAA about 75% of ticket buyers for that event were from outside the DFW area. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas-dfw-esports-gaming-dreamhack-overwatch-dallas-fuel/287-711c274f-2128-4c42-9669-93c519e3cff0 | 2022-06-06T02:35:13 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas-dfw-esports-gaming-dreamhack-overwatch-dallas-fuel/287-711c274f-2128-4c42-9669-93c519e3cff0 |
Wildfire caused by RV near Sedona causes I-17 southbound lane closure
Interstate 17's southbound lanes are now closed just north of State Route 179, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
The closure first went into effect just after 4 p.m. on Sunday and is due to a recreational vehicle fire that turned into a brush fire at milepost 303, which is four miles north of Sedona. As of 7 p.m. on Sunday, I-17 northbound is reopened at milepost 299. The left lane remains blocked.
Southbound lanes remain closed at this time, now at milepost 317.
Firefighters stopped progress of the blaze, known as the Watermelon Fire, near milepost 303, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Crews are now working toward containment of what is now a 25 to 30-acre wildfire on Coconino National Forest land.
Motorists are advised to expect delays and seek an alternate route. There is no estimated time to reopen the highway. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-traffic/2022/06/05/wildfire-caused-rv-near-sedona-causes-17-closure/7526842001/ | 2022-06-06T02:35:48 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-traffic/2022/06/05/wildfire-caused-rv-near-sedona-causes-17-closure/7526842001/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Two bicyclists rode their bikes from East Tennessee to North Carolina in an effort to raise $5,000 for Ukraine.
John Redmond and Steve Wheeler started at Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church in Johnson City, where they are members, and rode their bikes over 100 miles to Lake Junaluska in North Carolina.
While Redmond and Wheeler said their journey may be over, they’re still encouraging everyone to help those impacted by the tragedy in Ukraine.
“We finished this but the giving doesn’t have to stop so we’d be glad to have you all do more,” said Redmond.
“As long as Ukraine is under attack by Russia, the people of Ukraine are suffering, we need to continue to support them,” added Wheeler.
Funds raised will benefit Czech pastors who are housing refugees from Ukraine and transporting supplies to the victims of the war. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/bikers-ride-over-100-miles-to-raise-funds-for-ukraine/ | 2022-06-06T03:05:39 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/bikers-ride-over-100-miles-to-raise-funds-for-ukraine/ |
WEBER CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – According to the Weber City VFD, Weber City will have its first-ever Fourth of July celebration this year.
The event will be held from 5 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, July 2 at the old food City in Weber City, according to officials with the VFD.
Guests will be able to enjoy a car show, inflatables, fireworks and live entertainment.
The car show will include classic cars and jeeps, and there will be three different food trucks on-site.
Fireworks are expected to start at 9:15, or once it gets dark.
The event will be free and open to the public. The celebration will be sponsored by Scott Co. Telephone Co., Dean’s Tax Center, Pickin Parlor, Holston View United Methodist Church/ Comfort Keeper’s of Kingsport and the Town of Weber City. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/weber-city-set-to-hold-first-ever-july-4th-event/ | 2022-06-06T03:05:45 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/weber-city-set-to-hold-first-ever-july-4th-event/ |
Pin-in accident sends one to hospital
Christopher Walker
Wichita Falls Times Record News
Wichita Falls emergency responders worked the scene of pin-in accident on Midwestern Parkway Sunday afternoon.
According to police:
Around 2:30, a pickup truck was traveling west in the 2200 block of Midwestern Parkway when it lost control and crashed into a bridge over Holliday Creek, trapping the driver inside.
The fire department responded and cut the driver free from the truck. Sgt. Adam Maloney said he was transported to the hospital for minor injuries.
More:One injured in a late-night accident
No other injuries were reported, and a portion of Midwestern Parkway was closed until the scene was cleaned up. No other injuries were reported. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/06/05/pin-accident-sends-one-hospital/7524970001/ | 2022-06-06T03:15:27 | 0 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/06/05/pin-accident-sends-one-hospital/7524970001/ |
Arizona lottery numbers, June 5
Associated Press
These Arizona lotteries were drawn Sunday:
Pick 3
1-8-0
Fantasy 5
10-11-12-24-29
Triple Twist
04-06-07-26-34-42
Estimated jackpot: $355,000
Mega Millions
Estimated jackpot: $207 million
Powerball
Estimated jackpot: $198 million | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/06/05/arizona-lottery-numbers-june-5/7527201001/ | 2022-06-06T03:27:51 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/06/05/arizona-lottery-numbers-june-5/7527201001/ |
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Gary Common Councilman Ron Brewer, left, talks with a Gary police officer Sunday outside the U.S. Steel Yard, where several people were shot following a commencement ceremony for West Side Leadership Academy.
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A police officer walks near the U.S. Steel Yard on Sunday after a shooting wounded several people following a graduation ceremony at the stadium for West Side Leadership Academy.
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Police were responding Sunday afternoon to reports of a shooting outside the U.S. Steel Yard stadium following a graduation ceremony for West Side Leadership Academy.
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Gary police crime scene technicians document and collect spent bullet casings after a shooting Sunday outside the U.S. Steel Yard following a graduation ceremony for West Side Leadership Academy.
GARY — Two 19-year-olds were wounded in a shooting Sunday afternoon following a graduation ceremony for West Side Leadership Academy at the U.S. Steel Yard stadium, police said.
The gunfire broke out as more than 200 graduates and their families left the stadium following the commencement.
Gary police Cmdr. Jack Hamady said Lake County sheriff's police were working security during the ceremony.
Gary police initially were dispatched about 5:30 p.m. for a call about a fight but were told to disregard about 5:40 p.m., he said.
At 6:13 p.m., police received a call about shots fired. A minute later, there was a report of a man down in front of the stadium on East Fifth Avenue.
The 19-year-old Gary man suffered a gunshot wound to the chest, Hamady said.
At 6:16 p.m., a 19-year-old Gary woman with a gunshot wound to her ankle was located near a rib restaurant.
Lake County sheriff's police immediately took one person with a handgun into custody in front of the stadium, he said.
In total, three people were in custody, including two juveniles arrested by sheriff's police and a 20-year-old Hammond man, police said.
Spent bullet casings could be seen in the street at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Maryland Street, and crime scene tape stretched from an entrance to the ballpark to the southeast side of the facility.
As night fell, crime scene technicians could be seen documenting and collecting more than a dozen spent bullet casings within the taped-off area.
Gary Mayor Jerome Prince said city police and their law enforcement partners would use all available resources to get to the bottom of the shooting.
"It's infuriating to me to hear of violence and injuries on a special night for our young people and their families," Prince said. "I pray for a full and speedy recovery for anyone who was injured."
Whoever is responsible will be held fully accountable, he said.
"We will not cede our community to people who jeopardize our residents through their senseless, violent means," the mayor said.
Gary Common Councilman Ron Brewer, who talked with police outside the stadium, said none of those hurt in the shooting appeared to have life-threatening wounds.
The stadium does not allow guns to be carried inside, he said.
"We had a very unfortunate incident after the graduation today," Brewer said.
Brian Lyter, team president for the Gary SouthShore RailCats, said the shooting was very unfortunate.
"It was a really nice celebration," he said. "They graduated 210 kids here today."
The stadium employs its own security during RailCats games, and there have been no incidents during baseball games, Lyter said.
The school district opted to hire its own security for Sunday's ceremony, he said.
Brewer said security should not be blamed for the shooting.
"It's sad it came to this," he said. "Somebody came here with the idea that this is what they wanted to do."
Brewer said he was told one of the suspects was among Sunday's graduates.
The councilman said the shooting reaffirmed his concerns about a new state law set to take effect July 1 that will allow Hoosiers age 18 and older who are not otherwise prohibited from possessing a firearm to carry a handgun in public without obtaining a state permit.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed House Enrolled Act 1296 into law in March despite strong opposition from numerous police agencies and prosecutors.
Brewer said he had nothing against the Second Amendment, but making it easier to carry guns was reason for pause.
"It's the wrong people carrying guns," he said.
Many young people don't have conflict resolution skills, and pulling a gun is their first choice, he said.
Brewer said he planned to work with the city's Law Department to propose an ordinance that would allow the city and businesses to ban firearms on their properties, if they choose.
The proposed ordinance would be drafted so it would not conflict with the new state law, he said.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Gary detectives at 219-881-1210. To remain anonymous, call 866-CRIME-GP.
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Devonne Tyler
Age: 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204424
Arrest Date: May 24, 2022
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - DEALING - SCHEDULE I, II, OR III
Supporters of the plan said it's unconscionable the state of Indiana conditions the exercise of a constitutional right on the need to obtain a license from the state police before doing so.
Hoosier adults age 18 and up not otherwise prohibited from possessing a firearm will be entitled to carry a handgun in public without needing to obtain a state permit, beginning July 1.
Gary Common Councilman Ron Brewer, left, talks with a Gary police officer Sunday outside the U.S. Steel Yard, where several people were shot following a commencement ceremony for West Side Leadership Academy.
A police officer walks near the U.S. Steel Yard on Sunday after a shooting wounded several people following a graduation ceremony at the stadium for West Side Leadership Academy.
Police were responding Sunday afternoon to reports of a shooting outside the U.S. Steel Yard stadium following a graduation ceremony for West Side Leadership Academy.
Gary police crime scene technicians document and collect spent bullet casings after a shooting Sunday outside the U.S. Steel Yard following a graduation ceremony for West Side Leadership Academy. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/update-2-wounded-suspects-in-custody-after-shooting-following-graduation-ceremony/article_11b084fa-7a0c-5b3a-90eb-da7623213757.html | 2022-06-06T04:04:30 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/update-2-wounded-suspects-in-custody-after-shooting-following-graduation-ceremony/article_11b084fa-7a0c-5b3a-90eb-da7623213757.html |
FORT SMITH, Ark — Police are looking for a woman who was reported missing in Fort Smith on Sunday, June 5.
According to the Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD), 43-year-old Shannon Woody was reported missing around 7 p.m. on Sunday.
A family member who reported her missing says they are concerned for her well-being.
Woody was last seen in the 9500 block of Painter Drive and is believed to be traveling in a gold 2005 Chevy Silverado two-door extended cab, according to FSPD.
If you have any information that can help locate her, you're asked to call 911 or FSPD at (479)-709-5000.
No further details have been released at this time.
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Four residents of Seminole died Saturday evening when their vehicle collided with a trailer on US Highway 180, 12 miles west of Lamesa in Dawson County, according to the Department of Public Safety.
DPS reported that Marie Louise Dupree, 62, was driving a 2022 Nissan Versa westbound on US 180. Around 9:45 p.m., a 2001 Freightliner Columbia with a trailer “was stuck in the north barrow ditch of US 180 facing east after attempting a U-turn on the roadway,” according to a DPS report. The Freightliner’s trailer was across the westbound lane of US 180 blocking the lane.”
The Nissan Versa struck the right rear of Freightliner’s trailer in the westbound lane.
Dupree was pronounced dead at the scene as were Connie Garate Carroll, 78, and two minors – one a female 11-year-old and the other a 10-year-old male. All four were wearing their seatbelts, according to DPS. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/DPS-Four-Seminole-residents-die-in-collision-17221380.php | 2022-06-06T04:22:10 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/DPS-Four-Seminole-residents-die-in-collision-17221380.php |
The average gas price in Midland is now one of lowest in the state, according to AAA Texas.
The organization reported this weekend that the average in Midland increased to a record $4.38 a gallon on Sunday.
However, the price now trails the state average ($4.54) by 16 cents and trails only Lubbock ($4.31), San Angelo ($4.34), Odessa ($4.36) and Wichita Falls ($4.37) among the 27 larger metropolitan markets AAA Texas surveys. Midland’s average is even lower than Amarillo, which is typically the lowest or among the lowest in the state but came in at $4.41 on Sunday, according to AAA Texas.
One reason for the Permian Basin communities showing some of the lowest prices in the state is that they have raised their respective prices less during the past week, according to AAA Texas. In Midland, the average has increased 19 cents, which is more than San Angelo (18 cents), but less than Odessa (21 cents), Abilene (30 cents), Amarillo (26 cents) and Lubbock (31 cents). The average across the state is up 30 cents during the last seven days.
Drivers in Midland were paying $4.19 for regular unleaded one week ago, $3.95 on month ago and $2.98 one year ago.
The state average was $4.24 one week ago, $3.90 one month ago and $2.70 one year ago.
The national average on Sunday was $4.84, which is 46 cents higher than the average in Midland.
Lowest averages in Texas
(inside 27 of the largest metropolitan areas)
Lubbock $4.31
San Angelo $4.34
Odessa $4.36
Wichita Falls $4.37
Midland $4.38
State average $4.54
National $4.84 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Gas-price-in-Midland-is-fifth-lowest-in-Texas-17221017.php | 2022-06-06T04:22:16 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Gas-price-in-Midland-is-fifth-lowest-in-Texas-17221017.php |
Midland’s hottest day of the year is in the forecast, according to the National Weather Service.
The NWS reported on its website that a high temperature of 107 degrees is expected Tuesday and that the streak of 100-degree days could hit six and match the streak from May 14-19.
The NWS shows high temperatures on Monday through Saturday hitting 104 twice (including Monday), 102 (twice), 101 and 99 (on Thursday) – the lone day during that stretch without a triple-digit high temperature. The average high for June 6-13 is typically 94-95 degrees.
A high temperature of 107 degrees on Tuesday would be hotter than the high of 105 degrees on May 28. In fact, it would be the hottest day since Aug. 14, 2020 (when the high temperature reached 107 degrees).
The forecast doesn’t show a chance for rain through Saturday. The NWS has reported 1.67 inches at Midland International through four days this month. Still, the NWS shows the Midland’s rainfall through June 4 this year is 2.3 inches below normal. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/NWS-Midland-s-hottest-day-of-2022-is-coming-17220975.php | 2022-06-06T04:22:22 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/NWS-Midland-s-hottest-day-of-2022-is-coming-17220975.php |
AUSTIN, Texas — A TikTok video has gone viral after Reagan Caussey went paddle boarding in Lady Bird Lake. In the video, Caussey said she got swimmer's itch, also called cercarial dermatitis.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains it appears as a skin rash caused by an allergic reaction to certain microscopic parasites that infect some birds and mammals.
"It's (the rash) all over my body," Caussey explains in the TikTok video.
The CDC said swimmer's itch is more common during the summer months. Physician Guadalupe Zamora said when this parasite comes in contact with a person, it digs into the person's skin. He recommends you to do one thing after getting out of a body of water.
"You should be able to wash them off because it takes a bit to get into your skin," said Zamora. "They will try to burrow. They will try to get under your skin. But if you're able to get out, once you get out of the water just wash off. You'll be fine."
KVUE reached out to Austin's Watershed Protection Department and asked if it is safe to be in Lady Bird Lake.
"Lady Bird Lake continues to meet State of Texas contact recreation standards, which are based on bacteria levels," a spokesperson for the department said.
However, they do say when interacting with natural bodies of water, exposure to bacteria or parasites is always possible.
The CDC said these are common symptoms of swimmers itch:
- tingling, burning, or itching of the skin
- small reddish pimples
- small blisters
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HOUSTON — For weeks, the gun debate has again been front and center, and here in Houston, grassroots efforts are being made to change gun laws.
Still, for people like George and Calandrian Kemp, the loss of their son George Kemp Jr. to gun violence in 2013 will last a lifetime.
“George loved his horses. George wanted a family. He had his horses that he called his children. And so, he was just a lovable young man," Calandrian Kemp said.
Wearing orange, the color associated with the Wear Orange movement to end gun violence, their foundation “No Weapon 1 Life” is using equine therapy to help other families who’ve lost loved ones and are advocating for gun reform - like Paul Castro who lost his own son David to a shooting.
“We’re not trying to abolish guns. We are trying to increase awareness, put some rules back in place that used to be there, some common-sense rules and maybe put some new rules out there like red flag laws," Castro said.
And miles away in Bay Knoll Park, community members organized a march chanting, “Enough is enough!”
And they protested at the house of State Rep. Dennis Paul reading the names of the Uvalde victims.
John Cobarruvias said that the national backdrop of mass shootings is something elected officials need to act on in the form of stricter gun laws.
“It gets me very mad because people are dying and this has just got to stop,” Cobarruvias, who organized the protest, said.
The group hopes their signs will signal the change they’re looking for.
KHOU did reach out to the office of Paul but did not hear back. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/local-groups-denounce-gun-violence/285-53aa859d-c6e9-4487-bcfc-90aa822dafa7 | 2022-06-06T04:23:52 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/local-groups-denounce-gun-violence/285-53aa859d-c6e9-4487-bcfc-90aa822dafa7 |
Pavement repairs planned this week will shut down on and off ramps at the Interstate 80 Waverly interchange for overnight hours.
On Tuesday, crews will close eastbound ramps beginning at 8 p.m. The ramps are to reopen at 7 on Wednesday morning.
Work will shift to westbound ramps on Wednesday evening.
When access points at the Waverly interchange are closed, traffic will be directed to the 56th Street or Greenwood interchanges.
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Yuliia Iziumova (left) hugs her mother Oksana Iziumova Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at the Lincoln Airport. It was the first time they'd been together in more than three years. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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Lincoln High's Javon Leuty celebrates his win in the Class A boys 110-meter hurdles Thursday, May 19, 2022, at Omaha Burke Stadium. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
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Lincoln East's Belinda Rademacher reacts after defeating Lincoln Southeast's Camilla Ibrahimova (not pictured) in the No. 1 singles championship at the Class A girls state tennis meet Friday, May 20, 2022, at Koch Tennis Center in Omaha. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Exterior of a Ford TRIPI-Motor 5-AT, seen on Thursday, May 5, 2022. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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Lincoln Southwest players celebrate the goal by Jillian Lane (third from left) with Lincoln East's Page Monson reacting in the background during the second half of a Class A girls state soccer first-round match, Monday, May 9, 2022, at Morrison Stadium in Omaha. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
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Lincoln East's Jesse Chartier (left) embraces with teammate Kayma Carpenter after losing to Lincoln Southwest in a Class A girls state soccer first-round match, Monday, May 9, 2022, at Morrison Stadium in Omaha.
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Juju Tyner (center, in green) holds a sign in support of Roe vs. Wade as she joined others in a pro-abortion rights rally on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, on the north steps of the Capitol. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
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Midland’s Matt Ross dives but misses the ball hit by a Doane hitter during a GPAC Tournament game Friday, May 6, 2022, in Crete. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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Lincoln East players celebrate as they see the district championship plaque after defeating Omaha Westside during the District A-4 baseball final at Den Hartog Field, Saturday, May 7, 2022. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Lincoln East’s Paige Poppe (13) and Columbus’ Liberty Larsen battle to head the ball during the girls A-5 district championship game, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at Seacrest Field. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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CONYERS, Ga. — The Atlanta hip-hop community is mourning the sudden and violent death of one of its up-and-coming rap artists.
The Rockdale County Sheriff's Office said rapper Trouble, whose real name is Mariel Orr, was shot and killed early Sunday morning at a Conyers apartment complex.
The sheriff's office spokesperson said the suspect is on the run and could be in Atlanta or Jonesboro areas.
This comes as the community is grieving the unexpected loss of the rapper at just 34 years old.
“They just told me, they didn’t want to enter where I stayed at my residence. They wanted me to come around the back," Loki Blanchett said.
Blanchett lives in the complex and came home to a swarm of police cars around 3:30 a.m. Sunday.
“As I’m going up the back, I realize that they said they’re trying to revive somebody," Blanchett said.
Blanchett, a huge rap fan, found out later in the day that paramedics were trying to revive him in the same building he lives in.
"It was very shocking because to be honest with you, we don’t have that type of situations or issues that happen in this particular neighborhood. So, to find out you have a local celebrity that’s inside your residential area, and this is what happened it him, it was very traumatizing," Blanchett said.
The local celebrity was Atlanta-based rapper Trouble.
“Mr. Mariel Orr, which is the victim, was visiting a female friend at the complex, and Mr. Jamichael Jones did know the female, and it was a domestic situation," Rockdale County Sheriff's Office Deputy Jedidia Canty said.
The sheriff's office said Trouble was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Arrest warrants have been filed for 33-year-old Jamichael Jones on felony murder, home invasion, and aggravated assault charges.
Back in 2019, Trouble told 11Alive he wanted to use his troubled past to build a positive future for the community.
"Somebody brought it to my attention yesterday, like 'Man, you went from making the news for problems, like, far from what you going against right now,'" he said.
“I know that there are a lot of people that are really upset right now and are brokenhearted about the situation," Canty said.
Blanchett is stunned and heartbroken this happened so close to home.
“I hate that situation happened the way it did. My heart and my condolences really go out to the family," Blanchett said. "I’m just going to be honest. I feel it was a situation he didn’t know too much about, and he just kind of walked into it.”
Anyone who knows where the suspect may be is asked to contact the Rockdale County Sheriff's Office. Investigators said this is an isolated incident and domestic-related because the victim and suspect knew the same woman.
This is the latest death in the rap community. Atlanta rapper Lil Keed died last month. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/neighbors-shocked-rapper-trouble-murder-atlanta/85-cf6a00e1-91fd-4028-bacd-106b9e01d1af | 2022-06-06T04:54:48 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/neighbors-shocked-rapper-trouble-murder-atlanta/85-cf6a00e1-91fd-4028-bacd-106b9e01d1af |
AUSTIN, Texas — National Cancer Survivor's Day happens every first Sunday of June. It's a celebration of life for survivors and supporters.
Kristen Malone's journey with breast cancer began in 2019.
"I never thought I would get cancer. Cancer is not in my family. It was not something that I ever considered," Malone said. "It was right before Christmas. It was quite terrifying."
Malone had to get surgery, underwent chemotherapy, and about nine months after her diagnosis she became cancer-free.
"It's amazing to be on the other side now. It was a long journey and it was day by day, but now I don't think about it anymore," Malone said.
Dr. Christal Murray, a hematologist and oncologist at Baylor Scott & White said Malone's early detection played a key role.
"Her prognosis overall is much better than it would have been had it had been found in a later stage," Murray said.
In the last decade, a lot has changed when it comes to cancer treatment, according to Murray. That's why she said it's important to not miss any screenings.
"I think the beautiful thing about sharing somebody's story like Kristen's story, is that we get to see her on the other side of all of the surgery and chemotherapy and radiation," Murray said.
Malone said although she had a lot of ups and downs, it wasn't as terrifying as she thought it would be. During her darkest moments, she relied on her family.
"There's no way I could have done it without my support system at all. They were amazing," Malone said.
Now Malone joins thousands of other cancer survivors. She said she celebrated being cancer-free every day.
"Survivors are everywhere, and just because you get cancer doesn't mean that's the end," Malone said, "you will get through it. It's amazing."
Malone said her outlook on life has changed. Now she tries to slow down and enjoy the little things in life. This year for her 50th birthday she booked a trip to cage dive with Great White sharks. Malone said she is trying to live her life to the fullest.
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EAGLE, Idaho — In 2014, Jack Bevans of Eagle was struggling to read the print in books. He was just 7 years old.
His mom Tiffany Hranac took him to the doctor, and he went in for an MRI. That's when doctors discovered a large and rare brain tumor called craniopharyngioma. He had surgery two days later to remove it, and sadly his optic nerves were so damaged, and he lost most of his vision.
"In 2016, the chemotherapy and other treatments weren't working and his tumor was becoming very large again," Jack's mom told KTVB. "I called St. Jude on the advice of a Facebook group for families of individuals with this rare brain tumor. Jack and I flew to Memphis about a week later."
Jack was really fortunate to be accepted as a patient at St. Jude Children's Hospital.
"I think I was there for almost 6 months," said Jack Bevan.
Through all of his health challenges, the staff at St. Jude kept his spirits high. He still remembers all the top notch treatment and care he had.
"Oh gosh, I met a lot of people too many to count," said Bevan. "Yeah, they are really nice there."
By the end of 2016, Jack's tumor had shrunk so much it was barely visible on the MRI. Since then there has been no tumor growth, which is miraculous for such an aggressive tumor.
Jack is now 15-years-old, he is legally blind and uses a cane. He has some other challenges, but they don't hold him back. He goes to Eagle High School, and he's on the track team. Jack is living his best life!
"I'm doing really good," Jack told us. "I've gotten a lot stronger."
Jack's mom is so incredibly grateful for the care her son received in Memphis at St. Jude. Words can't truly describe it.
"We are forever grateful to St. Jude for saving our son and allowing him to grow up, when the path forward was looking pretty bleak," said Hranac. "Overall, Jack is an absolutely amazing young man, and he is loved by everyone he meets and his future is very bright!"
Jack has been a part of KTVB's St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway for years now. He is thrilled to see the Treasure Valley supporting St. Jude in such a meaningful way.
"I want to say thank you to all of you for donating, I think St. Jude is an amazing place for people who have cancer. You know, they have taken care of me and I'm just really grateful for what they do there."
Jack also has a message for the staff at St Jude, all these years later.
"I would say thank you very much for saving my life, thank you for everything."
If you bought a ticket for our 20222 St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway, you are part of the hospital's incredible mission to treat children with childhood cancer free of charge. This year, the tickets sold out in under four hours. This community raised 2.27 million dollars for St. Jude. On Sunday night, June 5th, KTVB announced the winner of the Dream Home in Star.
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Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer reports the following leases:
Evergreen Enterprises of Virginia LLC
- subleased the former Best Products Building, 117,138 square feet of industrial space at 14174 N. Washington Highway in Ashland. Isaac DeRegibus handled the lease negotiations on behalf of the tenant.
Cherry Bekaert LLP
- renewed its lease of the Williams Mullen Center, 13,437 square feet of office space at 200 S. 10th St. in Richmond. Dean Meyer and Mac Wilson handled the lease negotiations on behalf of the landlord.
Chesterfield Havok Youth Sports Inc
- . renewed its lease of the Oak Lake Business Center, 6,910 square feet of industrial space at 2900-48 Oak Lake Blvd. in Chesterfield. R. Scott Douglas, SIOR and Gregg Beck handled the lease negotiations on behalf of the landlord.
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- renewed its lease of 5,317 square feet of retail space at 3811 Gaskins Road in Henrico. Evan Magrill and Dean Meyer handled the lease negotiations on behalf of the landlord.
Unsprung Upholstery Co.
- renewed its lease of 2,941 square feet of retail space at the Hub Shopping Center, 6945 Lakeside Ave. in Henrico. Richard L. Thalhimer handled the lease negotiations on behalf of the landlord.
JuJu Bee’s LLC
- renewed its lease of 2,500 square feet of retail space at Lakeside Towne Center, 6920 Lakeside Ave. in Henrico. Richard L. Thalhimer handled the lease negotiations on behalf of the landlord.
Centerville Imports Inc.
- renewed its lease of 2,096 square feet of office space at 12934-A Plaza Drive in Goochland County. Michael A. Shaia handled the lease negotiations on behalf of the landlord.
Vectors Research Management LLC
- leased 2,068 square feet of office space at West Broad Village III, 11131 W. Broad St. in Henrico. Dean Meyer and Mac Wilson handled the lease negotiations on behalf of the landlord.
Sunshine Health Massage LLC
- leased 1,222 square feet of retail space at the Midlothian Center, 101-271 Wadsworth Way in Chesterfield. James Ashby IV and Richard L. Thalhimer handled the lease negotiations on behalf of the landlord. | https://richmond.com/business/local/commercial-real-estate-highlights-evergreen-enterprises-subleases-former-best-products-building/article_b190b62f-ccdb-5024-9bea-eb2a46f03917.html | 2022-06-06T05:41:48 | 1 | https://richmond.com/business/local/commercial-real-estate-highlights-evergreen-enterprises-subleases-former-best-products-building/article_b190b62f-ccdb-5024-9bea-eb2a46f03917.html |
HOUSTON — There was major drama at Lakewood Church on Sunday.
Pastor Joel Osteen's service was disrupted by abortion-rights activists who filmed the protest and posted videos on social media.
Three activists with Texas Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights stood up and shouted: "My body, my choice."
They stripped down to their underwear at the beginning of the service on Sunday morning.
They continued their chant as they were escorted out of the sanctuary.
Once outside, they joined about a dozen of their fellow activists in a demonstration.
It all comes as the United States Supreme Court is expected to officially rule on the constitutionality of Roe vs. Wade this month. A draft opinion, which leaked last month, shows that the High Court is ready to strike down the landmark decision which legalized abortion. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/abortion-rights-activists-interrupt-lakewood-church-service/285-3228a21e-9643-49ed-ab4f-7b969c86b12f | 2022-06-06T05:52:33 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/abortion-rights-activists-interrupt-lakewood-church-service/285-3228a21e-9643-49ed-ab4f-7b969c86b12f |
March 7, 1930 - June 1, 2022
PORTAGE, IN - Bernice Frances Herbach (nee Kondra), age 92, of Portage and formerly of Hobart, passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2022. She was born on March 7, 1930 in Calumet City, IL to the late John and Stephanie Kondra. She was a member of the Polish American Social Club of Pasco County, FL, St. Bridget Catholic Church, VFW Auxiliary Hobart, and the St. Anne Confraternity of Christian Mothers.
Bernice was preceded in death by her loving husband, Andrew Herbach; and seven sisters; and a brother. She is survived by daughter, Elyse Goff of Portage; son, Andrew Herbach of Palm Springs, California; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. at REES FUNERAL HOME, Hobart Chapel, 600 West Old Ridge Road, Hobart. Mass of Christian Burial will take place at noon on June 8, 2022 at St. Bridget Catholic Church, 107 Main Street, Hobart. She will be laid to rest at Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens in Schererville. For more information, please call (219) 942-2109. Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.reesfuneralhomes.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/bernice-frances-herbach-nee-kondra/article_47f097ec-8ea6-5db3-978e-879258620c34.html | 2022-06-06T06:06:32 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/bernice-frances-herbach-nee-kondra/article_47f097ec-8ea6-5db3-978e-879258620c34.html |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After decades of fighting farmers in court over how much water they can take out of California's rivers and streams, some state lawmakers want to try something different: use taxpayer money to buy out farmers.
A proposal in the state Senate would spend up to $1.5 billion to buy "senior water rights" that allow farmers to take as much water as needed from the state's rivers and streams to grow their crops. If state officials owned those rights, they could leave the water in the rivers to benefit endangered species of salmon and other fish.
California has been mired in drought for most of the last two decades, prompting intense scrutiny of the state's complex water system and how it might be modified to ensure steady supplies during exceptionally dry periods — including a separate state proposal that would pay farmers to grow fewer crops to save water.
Current readings show about 98% of the state has severe drought conditions as California heads into summer months that rarely produce any significant precipitation. Many areas have begun restricting water use for homeowners, largely by reducing outdoor use such as lawn irrigation. And farmers have had their allocation from the two major state-owned water systems reduced — in some cases down to zero.
Legally, all of the water in California is the property of the government. But farmers have "water rights" that let them take water for agriculture. Farmers have used those rights — governed by a complicated system based on seniority and other factors — to turn California's Central Valley into an agricultural powerhouse that provides much of the nation's fruits, nuts and vegetables.
But siphoning off all that water also has disrupted the fragile ecosystem of the San Joaquin/Sacramento river delta, the largest estuary on the West Coast and home to endangered salmon and other fish. Environmental groups and farmers have battled for years over state and federal rules governing just how much water can be diverted for agriculture, which uses far more water than any other sector of the economy.
Now, with California having a record budget surplus of nearly $100 billion, Democrats in the state Senate have proposed using up to $1.5 billion to buy senior water rights — by either buying the land associated with the rights, buying just the right itself, or putting an easement on the land that requires the water to be used for fish and other fauna and flora.
The proposal is part of budget negotiations between lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration that should wrap up by the end of this month.
"It's like we're taking a page from corporate America and we're buying back stock," said state Sen. Bob Wieckowski, a Democrat who represents the San Francisco Bay Area and is chair of a budget subcommittee overseeing environmental spending.
While $1.5 billion sounds like a lot of money, it wouldn't buy that much water. Regulators measure water by "acre foot," defined as enough water to cover 1 acre (0.4 hectares) of land to a depth of 1 foot (30 centimeters). That's the equivalent of 325,851 gallons (1.2 million liters).
A typical household uses 1 acre foot of water each year. Farmers collectively use up to 35 million acre feet of water each year, according to the Water Education Foundation.
The $1.5 billion would be enough to buy about 200,000 acre feet of water, based on an average price of $7,500 per acre foot, according to Tom Birmingham, general manager of Westlands Water District, the largest agricultural water district in the country.
Still, Birmingham says the idea "makes an awful lot of sense" because "it is a means by which conflict can be avoided."
Right now, the only way to get more water flowing in rivers and streams is to get state and federal regulators to change the rules. They can do that by requiring more water be left in rivers and streams, but that means less water for farmers. Those rule changes often prompt lawsuits, which can take a decade or longer to resolve, said Lester Snow, a former secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency and regional director of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
"We need a way to take much quicker action. And I think acquiring water rights for that purpose is one of the ways to do that," he said. "With climate change, we just don't have that kind of time."
For this to work, farmers would have to voluntarily sell their valuable water rights — something Birmingham says shouldn't be a problem. Lots of farmers try to sell their water rights to Westlands Water District every year, Birmingham said.
"For many farmers ... their children simply are not interested in continuing to farm," Birmingham said.
But state Sen. Brian Dahle, a republican running for governor whose family has been farming in California for 92 years, said the only reason farmers would be willing to sell is because state officials are driving them out of business with burdensome regulations.
"This makes my blood boil. It's ridiculous," Dahle told his colleagues during a legislative hearing on the proposal. "You are forcing them into a corner where they have no other option."
John McManus, executive director of the Golden State Salmon Association, said as with any legislative proposal "the devil will be in the details." He said he'd want to see rules that make sure any additional water purchased by the state will remain in the rivers and not be removed by someone else with water rights farther downstream.
But he is hopeful the program will work because he said there are about six native fish species that are "on life support right now because we don't have enough water flowing through the Delta."
"So anything that can be done to address that problem is appreciated," he said.
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The Waterford early education nonprofit has scheduled a signup in Bismarck this Saturday for its Waterford Upstart program.
The in-home program for 4-year-olds preparing for kindergarten is offered free through a partnership with the state. The average Waterford Upstart graduate enters kindergarten reading at nearly a first-grade level, according to the state Department of Public Instruction.
The Saturday registration event is from 12-6 p.m. at Super Slide Amusement Park, 500 Riverside Park Road.
Nearly 1,800 North Dakota families have participated in the program. For more information, go to https://www.nd.gov/dpi/waterford-upstart or https://www.waterford.org/upstart/pre-qualify, or call 888-982-9898. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/education/waterford-upstart-signup-event-set-in-bismarck/article_89205c68-e29d-11ec-989e-5fb2da064ede.html | 2022-06-06T07:35:21 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/education/waterford-upstart-signup-event-set-in-bismarck/article_89205c68-e29d-11ec-989e-5fb2da064ede.html |
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — In an effort to expand dental care across East Tennessee, a university is teaming up with local non-profits to host a two-day free dental clinic in Kingsport.
Lincoln Memorial University College of Dental Medicine (LMU-CDM) teamed up with Appalachian Miles for Smiles and Health Wagon to host the free dental clinic Monday, June 6 and Tuesday, June 7 at the Kingsport Farmers Market.
Miles for Smiles operates a mobile dental clinic that allows them to do free x-rays, extractions, fillings, and cleanings. Healthcare providers will perform a variety of services from basic cleanings to extractions that require sedation.
Dr. Denise Terese-Koch, DDS, is the Dean and Chief Academic Officer for LMU-CDM. Terese-Koch said 31 of 33 East Tennesee counties are healthcare deserts, meaning they do not have enough medical or dental providers for the population. She said lack of healthcare coverage and cost can also prevent people from seeking dental care.
Terese-Koch said untreated dental problems can cause further health problems and disrupt daily life.
“You can have cavities that untreated can lead to nerve problems,” said Terese-Koch. “Which cause tooth aches, abscessing… How can you be a productive member of society with it when you’re in pain all the time? We really see this in children, children that go to school that have toothaches. How can you function? How can you learn when when you’re in continual pain?”
This is part of a longterm effort to expand access to dental care across east Tennessee as LMU is opening a College of Dental Medicine in Knoxville this fall, pending accreditation. This will be the first dental college of medicine in East Tennessee in more than 100 years, according to Terese-Koch. The hope is to attract local students to the school and that they return to their communities to set up their own clinics.
“Our students will start seeing patients during their first semester, doing some radiographs, some basic examinations, some prophase,” said Terese-Koch. “We have some agreements with Headstart programs to serve 500 children here in the Tazewell area and we have an agreement with the Elgin Foundation to serve the students and children of East Tennessee that do not have access to care.”
The school plans to open a clinic on campus August 1. It will first be staffed by school faculty and then eventually students as they move through the program.
The clinic will begin at noon on Monday, June 6 following a press conference and continue at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, June 7. There is no cost associated with the clinic. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/organizers-prepare-for-free-dental-clinic-in-kingsport/ | 2022-06-06T09:06:34 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/organizers-prepare-for-free-dental-clinic-in-kingsport/ |
DETROIT, Ore. — Community groups and residents are pushing ahead with rebuilding efforts in areas devastated by Oregon's 2020 wildfires.
Detroit, near Detroit Lake, was one such town. It was largely destroyed in the Beachie Creek Fire.
"Very sad and tragic thing," said Michelle Warden, who lost her family home in Detroit. "I've lived in this community for 50 years."
The fire left people like her with few options. Some had to move. Others chose to rebuild. Charlie Carr aims to help.
"Most people know how to buy a house, but not build one," said Carr, president of NW Rebuild Project, a nonprofit group of volunteer architects who came together to help Oregon wildfire victims.
"My thought was, three months after that, where are these people going to be?" Carr said. "They still don't have a home."
The nonprofit helps provide custom home designs, building tips, and help navigating grants and other funding options to reduce construction costs.
Michelle Mueller is one of the architects and designers who helps run NW Rebuild. She said building a home is challenging, especially for people who have gone through disaster and trauma.
"To add that on top just seemed unfair," Mueller said. "We believe in service and helping people."
"These guys have full-time jobs and do this on the weekends and evenings, and they do it because they care," Warden said.
After about 16 months of collaboration with NW Rebuild, the Warden family received keys last weekend to their newly rebuilt home.
Client families have to come up with construction costs, but those costs are drastically reduced by the work NW Rebuild puts in.
"I'm just ecstatic, honestly, just so grateful," Warden said. "These are the most wonderful human beings I've met in my life."
As the Wardens settle into their new home, other signs of life are showing in Detroit as well. Saturday, community organizations celebrated the grand opening of a new community center.
"I'm hopeful, really hopeful," Warden said. "We now have a place for our kids to come home to or our grandkids to come home to."
NW Rebuild takes donations online and is seeking architects and designers willing to donate time and skills to ongoing wildfire recovery efforts. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/wildfire/detroit-family-rebuilt-home/283-70a9e468-e99f-4427-9ec4-1b10c144e872 | 2022-06-06T09:53:43 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/wildfire/detroit-family-rebuilt-home/283-70a9e468-e99f-4427-9ec4-1b10c144e872 |
Gasoline demand in Ohio declined year-over-year in March for the first time since early 2021, according to state tax data, and some experts believe this suggests that people started changing their driving behaviors due to record-high prices at the pump.
“When we saw the modest increases, we didn’t see a change in purchasing habits,” said Kara Hitchens, spokesperson for AAA Cincinnati, Miami Valley & Northwest Ohio. “Now that we are breaking records, people are — and we suggested — taking measures to conserve fuel such as combining trips and getting your car serviced to (run) efficiently.”
Gas sales across the state dropped sharply early in the pandemic, after state leaders issued a stay-at-home order in late March 2020 and a large number of people cut back on business and leisure activities, many places shut down or limited operations and droves of Ohioans began to work from home.
In April 2020, consumers purchased about 264.2 million gallons of gas from sellers across the state, which was a decrease of nearly 158 million gallons from April of 2019 (-37%), according to motor fuel tax liability data from the Ohio Department of Taxation.
Between March 2020 and February 2021, gasoline sales decreased year-over-year for 12 consecutive months, state tax data show.
But sales finally began to rebound in March 2021, and demand then grew from year-ago levels for 12 consecutive months.
This growth ended in March, when suppliers sold 1.1 million fewer gallons of gas than they did a year earlier (-0.3%).
Gas sales in the state still remain significantly lower than pre-pandemic levels.
Credit: JIM NOELKER
Credit: JIM NOELKER
Gas prices started to creep up when the Russia-Ukraine conflict began in February, and prices started breaking records not long after, said Hitchens, with AAA.
“Our analysts say we have seen an average 65% increase since last year,” Kitchens said. “It is not unique to Ohio or Dayton. All 50 states saw percentage increases that range from a low of 61.3% in Massachusetts to a national high of 72.1% in Hawaii.”
On Friday, regular unleaded gas was being sold at some stores in the area for $4.79 per gallon.
“It’s outrageous,” said Alfonzo Walker, a Trotwood resident who filled up his vehicle at a gas station in Dayton on Friday. “I never thought I’d see it like this.”
Walker said he hits the road pretty much every day, but he may try to stay home a little more often because of fuel costs, especially if prices continue their upward climb.
He said he doesn’t think prices will cause him to cancel his regular weekend travel plans, to places like Cincinnati, Newport and Covington, Kentucky.
“It does mess with my budget, because I’m on a fixed income,” he said.
Credit: JIM NOELKER
Credit: JIM NOELKER
After two tough years of COVID, many Americans want to get out and travel and enjoy leisure activities this summer, and high prices may not deter them, said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, which tracks gas prices.
Gas demand is relatively inelastic — which means price changes have little impact on demand — because much of the U.S. is very car-centric and people have to get behind the wheel to get to work, shop, attend appointments and make lots of other kinds of trips, he said.
But people have a breaking point, and the big question is how high do prices have to rise to get there, De Haan said.
High fuel prices may be causing some people to take fewer trips or they may try to drive more efficiently, such as by slowing down, he said, but more dramatic changes in driving behaviors could come if gas hits the $5 or $6 mark, which experts think is likely and possible, respectively.
People may get “sticker shock” if gas hits and exceeds $5 per gallon, because they have never seen that before, De Haan said.
A February survey by AAA found that nearly 60% of Americans said they would change their driving behaviors if the cost of gas rose to $4 per gallon and three-quarters said they would adjust their lifestyles if gas reached $5 per gallon.
Gas on average tends to be a fairly small household expense, accounting for less than 3.5% of Ohioans’ household costs, according to 2018 data from a study by the U.S. Department of Energy.
But fuel can consume a significantly larger share of lower-income households’ earnings, and experts say it is one expense that is out of many people’s control, since often they don’t have a reliable alternative way to get around.
Dustin Shepherd, 36, of Miamisburg, said he is taking fewer trips and doesn’t go out as much, like during lunch hours at work, because of high prices at the pump.
Shepherd said he used to deliver food as a DoorDash driver, but rising fuel costs have made the work less profitable and attractive.
Shepherd said he is filling up his car two to three times per week, and his visit to a Dayton gas station on Friday cost $55.
“But at some point, what else can you change?” he asked. “You can look at your daily habits, and decide if a trip is necessary, but my job isn’t going to pay me more just because gas prices went up.”
“I just got to make sure I’m cutting down on the unnecessary trips,” he said.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — If there's one thing 18-year-old Jonathan Watson knows, it's cars.
"He developed this sense. We would just be driving you asked him about a car kind of car it is and he can tell you. I don't even know what kind of cars they are," said Katesha Dilley, Jonathan's mother.
Jonathan graduated from Ruby Van Meter School in 2022. To celebrate, he got a party he'll never forget. Over 70 car owners came out to Glad Tidings Assembly of God church in Des Moines to show the young gearhead their rides. The idea began with just a few family friends, but things grew pretty quickly as posts spread on social media.
"The turnout has been amazing. I have cried at least twice. The longer we stand here, the more cars we see coming in, and the lot's pretty much full," Butler said.
The man of the hour even gave out prizes to his favorite cars. Joe Kline got top honors; he's been competing in car shows for 5 years now. He's won awards before, but the ribbon he received from Jonathan is a hard one to top.
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"I thought at first my brothers put him up to a joke or something because there's a lot of other really nice cars here. But this was his pick, so I'll always cherish this award," Kline said.
There's one other thing that made the show so special for Jonathan and his family. Jonathan has a chromosomal duplication disorder; the effects resemble autism.
That means he'll never be able to get behind the wheel himself. But getting to meet dozens of proud car owners and see what they've got under the hood—that's priceless.
"To be able to provide this for him is just...I don't even have the words for it. It's amazing. So he's enjoying it. He's probably gonna talk about it forever," Butler.
Aside from just giving Jonathan a special day, donations were collected at the car show for the STRIVE program, which provides job training and other resources for local young adults with special needs. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/car-owners-come-together-to-give-des-moines-teen-a-one-of-a-kind-graduation-party-vehicles-special-needs/524-2a5a70ac-8f90-476d-855d-ea9df908af6b | 2022-06-06T10:03:42 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/car-owners-come-together-to-give-des-moines-teen-a-one-of-a-kind-graduation-party-vehicles-special-needs/524-2a5a70ac-8f90-476d-855d-ea9df908af6b |
Mayoral candidates say they'd continue Elorza's Great Streets initiative. Here's why.
Cycling advocates rejoice: Whoever takes the mantle of Providence's next mayor will take the baton on the incumbent's urban trail network, or so the candidates say.
At an event last week promoting his "Great Streets" initiative, Mayor Jorge Elorza vowed to back "the person that most supports" the plan. Maybe that was a joke, but this paper decided to poll them all anyway.
What's an urban trail?: Why Elorza is planning a whole network of them around Providence
'Great Streets' initiative:Providence to begin construction on Broad Street, adding new bike lanes
Nirva LaFortune
City Councilwoman Nirva LaFortune appears heavily invested in this work, having collaborated already with the city to envision a redesign of North Main Street, perhaps with added bike lanes and a rapid transit system.
For LaFortune, who often speaks about getting around the city on foot as a runner, it's personal. She's a cyclist, too.
"I bike everywhere. I have stories of biking with my kids and my daughter carrying her violin in the back," she said, chuckling. "And the reality is that a lot of our streets are not safe, are not multi-modal, and I think what this initiative does is to prioritize making every street in Providence safe for all commuters whether you’re driving a car, you’re riding a bus, you’re riding your bike, you’re driving a private vehicle, you’re walking, you’re running."
What's happening on North Main?:A potentially major redesign with bike lanes, rapid transit and new housing
LaFortune said she "would definitely build upon this Great Streets initiative," and was the only candidate interviewed who provided a list of new locations where the program could be expanded or safety improvements could be made, including Olney Street, Camp Street and Blackstone Boulevard.
"I have a lot of constituents who use various forms of transportation," LaFortune said. "And as a mom, as someone who has a kid who all last year, all last summer he was riding his bike to work from Providence to East Providence, and as someone who has experienced not having a car, I would make sure that Providence is accessible to all people."
Gonzalo Cuervo
Gonzalo Cuervo also offered Elorza's Great Streets plan a positive review, noting that it "was developed in collaboration with the community and I think it should continue to be implemented in collaboration with the community."
"The Great Streets plan is not complete, and in my administration, I would look to continue that work and obviously continue to work closely in consultation with the communities that are impacted by these changes," Cuervo said.
However, he doesn't think communication got off to a solid start in the beginning. Cuervo didn't offer specifics about a particular project, but stated that "it seemed like the administration was not doing such a great job of community engagement, and that caused some friction, and obviously that’s a critical piece for any that’s going to impact the way people get around."
Over time, while Elorza's bike paths and trails have seen community support, they've also seen a handful of opponents.
In 2019, the city had to dismantle a two-way bike lane on Eaton Street – one of Great Streets' first projects – after blowback from residents and City Council members. The total expense rocketed to $127,500, the undoing of the lanes costing more than their construction.
What happened on Eaton?:A plan for a bike path goes awry
In a more recent episode, Elorza's administration went to battle with the state over South Water Street, where the city expanded a bike lane and removed a vehicular traffic lane. Eventually, having nearly completed the lane by the time the state launched its challenge, the city won.
Cuervo, a cyclist, indicated that rather than planning roads for auto alternatives after the fact, it should be top of mind.
"For years we have been such a car-centric society that multi-modal transportation has been an afterthought," he said.
Also worth noting: When Cuervo served as chief of staff to former Mayor Angel Taveras, he helped to launch Cyclovia Providence, a car-free event that opened streets to cyclists, skaters, runners and others.
As for where Great Streets could go next, Cuervo said he will need time to think, noting that parts of the city's urban trail network still require connecting.
"There are always going to be opportunities to connect some of these trails because due to traffic patterns and the width of the street and a lot of other considerations, there are parts where these trails kind of break off," Cuervo said. "And I think it would be important, once this plan is complete, to review what are those areas and what are the options that exist to connect some of those pieces that appear to be kind of isolated or broken off."
Brett Smiley
Brett Smiley described the safety of Providence's streets as "a work in progress" with "plenty of work left to do."
"I think balance is absolutely the right word," Smiley said. "Real cities have safe places for cycle, walk and drive, and there’s no reason that we can’t have the same. I’m full of optimism that we can all share the road in a way that supports and embraces multiple modes of transportation."
Smiley expressed a desire to continue Elorza's Great Streets work, including collaborating with transportation equity and safe streets advocates, such as the Providence Streets Coalition. He was not willing to provide a list of areas that could be ideal for expanding urban trails.
"I think it provides the right framework and it has the right goals," he said of the mayor's plan. "There’s still a lot of open questions in the initiative about what do we prioritize next and what’s worthy of funding, and so that’s the work that’s left ahead."
However, Smiley added that he feels construction should be done "in a way that makes sense so that we’re not promptly ripping it up again, which happens all too often."
Like Cuervo, Smiley hinted at the need for adequate communications surrounding the city's work.
"Nobody likes feeling like they were surprised," he said. "Nobody likes feeling like it happened overnight or that it was done over their objections." | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/06/mayoral-candidates-would-continue-providence-great-streets-initiative-urban-trails/7488840001/ | 2022-06-06T10:37:59 | 0 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/06/mayoral-candidates-would-continue-providence-great-streets-initiative-urban-trails/7488840001/ |
Veterans Voice: Catching up on noteworthy news and RI events for vets
Having written this column for five months now, a couple of things have become clear.
First, there are far more stories to tell than there is space in which to publish them!
Next, a number of newsworthy items have fallen by the wayside because they were too long to be included as an event or calendar item, and too short to be a column. Finally, we have also missed out on reporting short blurbs about individual achievements or activities.
Starting with today’s column we are going to try to fix that.
From now on, the first column of each month will be dedicated to catching up on such newsworthy material. It will also include an expanded calendar of events and activities, looking forward several weeks at a time.
The calendar listings in the rest of the columns each month will be limited to events taking place that coming week.
So let’s get to it!
North Providence High School adds Air Force JROTC program
North Providence High School will soon join the ranks of schools with a Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program. In a story first reported by Nicole Dotzenrod of the Valley Breeze, the Air Force has confirmed the establishment of the program, which will be set up this summer.
According to Wayne Talbot, this culminates an effort that began when he was named assistant principal 12 years ago. His efforts received a boost when Charles Pollock, a military veteran, was elected to the School Committee and became a strong advocate for the initiative.
The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard each operate their own version of a JROTC program for high-school students. The Air Force program operates in more than 870 high schools worldwide, with more than 125,000 cadets enrolled. There is one other Air Force unit in Rhode Island; it is at Woonsocket High School.
JROTC cadets are not under any obligation to join the military, and those involved insist it is not a military preparation class. According to Col. Steve M. Smith, director of the Army JROTC, only about 20% of all JROTC participants go on to join the Armed Forces. However, anyone who completes three years will earn a certificate of completion and will be eligible to enter the military at a higher rank and pay grade should they choose to enlist.
Col. Johnny R. McGonigal heads the Air Force Junior ROTC program worldwide. He emphasizes that the program “is designed to educate and train high-school cadets in citizenship, promote community service, instill personal responsibility, character and self-discipline.”
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Aspen Dental to provide free care to veterans
On Saturday, Aspen Dental’s eighth annual Day of Service, some 500 Aspen locations nationwide will open their doors to provide no-cost dental care for veterans, According to a company news release. Aspen Dental teams will focus that day on treating the most urgent dental needs.
Veterans can call (844) 277-3646 to find a location and schedule an appointment; advance appointments are required. Aspen offices in Rhode Island are in Johnston, North Smithfield and Warwick. As of Friday, appointments were still available.
As most veterans know, dental care is difficult to come by through the Veterans Administration. They are not eligible for dental benefits unless they are 100% disabled, have a service-related mouth injury, or were a prisoner of war.
Aspen reports that it has donated more than $23 million in dentistry services since 2014 to more than 30,000 United States military veterans and people in need.
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Women Veterans Day
Sunday, June 12 is Women Veterans Day, an initiative to honor women who have served in our military and to recognize the unique challenges they have faced. Eleven states have passed legislation or issued proclamations formalizing local acknowledgment. The states include New York and New Jersey, although no New England states have signed on yet.
Resolutions have been introduced in Congress to have June 12 officially recognized as "Women Veterans Appreciation Day."
The purpose of the resolution is to address "the disparities in care, recognition and benefits that our women veterans receive" and to "highlight the growing presence of women in the Armed Forces and the National Guard; and pay respect to women veterans for their dutiful military service."
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Company A, 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry deployment ceremony
On Memorial Day morning, dignitaries, families and friends gathered in the hangar of the Army Aviation Support Facility at Quonset to say goodbye to the 99 members of A/1/182 who are deploying to the Mideast.
Gov. Dan McKee, U.S. Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos, Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea and Treasurer Seth Magaziner were all on hand to wish the departing soldiers well.
Veterans Affairs Director Kasim Yarn, Adjutant Gen. Christopher Callahan, Land Component Cmdr. Andrew Chevalier, Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Wong and Command Chief Warrant Officer Thomas McNulty also participated.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars provided doughnuts and coffee, while the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve group manned an information table.
The Rhode Island Commandery of the Military Order of Foreign Wars also was on hand. That organization (of which I am a part) has “adopted” Company A, and will work to support the unit’s Family Resource Group while the service members are overseas.
Veteran interview day at Narragansett High School
Some 100 students in the Junior History Project spent the morning of May 27 listening to veterans and learning what it is like to serve. Most of these youngsters had no immediate family who have been in the military, so it was an eye-opening experience for them.
Teacher Dave Cannon coordinated the project, whose purpose is to offer high schoolers insight into what these men and women have done for their country — and also about the work many of them continue to do to support fellow veterans.
The students heard from three Vietnam veterans, who answered questions about Agent Orange and the negative reception they received upon returning home. Veterans of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan also participated. Two were female veterans, one of whom served as a combat medic.
The veteran participation was coordinated by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 152, North Kingstown.
Providence Clemente Veterans' Initiative graduation
On May 26, the Providence Clemente Veterans’ Initiative (PCVI) held a virtual commencement ceremony. Approximately 60 people joined in to celebrate the graduation of 11 scholar-veterans.
The program began in 2019; faculty from UMass-Dartmouth, URI and the Rhode Island School of Design teach the course.
“We use history, philosophy, art, literature and theater to explore the experience of military service and homecoming, from the ancient Greeks to the present,” said Mark Santow, chairman of the history department at UMass-Dartmouth, who directs the program.
This year’s graduates are a diverse group. Navy, Army and Marines Corps veterans, enlisted, NCOs and officers; they served in Vietnam, Bosnia, Desert Storm and the post-9/11 conflicts.
“Some spent only a year or two in the military, while others made it a multi-decade career,” said Santow. “Some went to college, while others didn’t.”
Funded by grants, the initiative serves veterans from Rhode Island and nearby Massachusetts, and all materials are provided free. Graduates are eligible to earn up to six credits from Bard College, which are transferable to any university in the country.
The fifth year of the program will start in mid-September.
Classes are on Zoom Monday/Thursday nights, 6 to 8 p.m. It's free, and all vets are welcome, regardless of rank, discharge status, education or deployment. To apply, visit pvdvets.org, or email Santow at pvdclementevets@gmail.com
Rhode Island Gold Star Families Memorial Monument dedication
On May 15, some 155 Gold Star families from World War II, Vietnam, Beirut and the Global War on Terror participated in this dedication.
More than 500 guests witnessed the unveiling of the Rhode Island Gold Star Families Memorial Monument. The entire state leadership attended, along with the state’s congressional delegation.
Vella-Wilkinson receives Verrazano Day 'Person of the Year' award
Rep. Camille F.J. Vella-Wilkinson, D-Warwick, is the first female veteran to be named Verrazano Day “Person of the Year” in the 60-year history of the award. A retired naval officer, she was honored May 21.
“Representative Vella-Wilkinson was nominated by the Italian American War Veterans for her unwavering support of all veterans and her community,” said John Cianci, chairman of the Department of Rhode Island Italian American War Veterans.
“I nominated her for all she does for women veterans,” said Linda D’Andrea Peck, a Gulf War-era veteran who is veteran service officer for the Town of Burrillville. “She understands the challenges women veterans continue to face and has never turned her back on any of us.”
Calendar
Saturday, Rhode Island National Guard Retirees’ Association monthly meeting, Schofield Armory, 705 New London Ave., Cranston, guest speaker to be determined. 9 a.m., coffee, 10 a.m. meeting.
Sunday, First annual rib cook-off, Sgt. Adam S. Deciccio Warwick Memorial Post 272 VFW, 840 West Shore Rd., Warwick. 7 a.m. start, judging at 3 p.m. Contact Sal Capirchio (401) 261-3034, or Ray Denisewich at (401) 644-8066.
June 18, 9 a.m., learn to fly fish at Deer Creek Farm in Foster. Dare to Dream Ranch and DEM‘s aquatic resource education office offer a one-day course for veterans and families on how to tie flies and fly fish. All tying materials and fishing equipment provided. To register call Cyndi, (401) 871-2332. Vet Center eligibility required.
June 18, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., third annual Calling All Veterans Day; 2111 Plainfield Pike, Johnston (Plainfield Pike Flea Market, plenty of onsite parking.) Rhode Island Elder Info sponsors this event, which provides information and resources to help seniors remain independent and connected with the community. Email Deb@RIElderInfo.com or call (401) 585-0509.
June 25, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Battle Buddy Retreat, Dare to Dream Ranch, 12 Snagwood Rd., Foster. Exchange experiences, resources and tactics to live life to its fullest; archery, hiking, yoga, tai chi and equine therapy provided. Call Dare to Dream Ranch, (401) 919-2059.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday for Danielle Redlick, who’s accused of second-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the death of her husband, Michael Redlick, a University of Central Florida executive.
Michael Redlick’s body was found inside the couple’s Winter Park home in January 2019.
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Investigators said Danielle Redlick called 911 and initially told the dispatcher that her husband had a heart attack after they had an argument. She then changed her story and claimed Redlick stabbed himself, officials said.
“He was not OK last night. We had an altercation and he stabbed himself and I ran into the bathroom and then I came out and I tried to help him and I saw that he was lying blood,” Danielle Redlick said to 911 dispatcher.
Investigators said Redlick’s wounds were not self-inflicted, adding that Danielle Redlick tried to clean up the crime scene before calling 911 hours later.
Danielle Redlick, who pleaded not guilty, rejected an offer from prosecutors to plead guilty to manslaughter charges in 2020.
Jury selection is expected to run through Wednesday and the trial could go through next week.
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The latest North Dakota coronavirus news: kids and boosters, border hours, music camp and more.
Booster shots
U.S. regulators recently authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5-to-11-year-olds, and North Dakota's Health Department is encouraging parents to talk with their health care provider.
“Everyone ages 5 and older is recommended to receive COVID-19 vaccine to prevent severe illness, including hospitalization and death,” state Immunization Director Molly Howell said. “Immunity wanes with time and booster doses are needed to restore protection against severe disease.”
Federal data shows that North Dakota continues to have some of the worst COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country, though the state's rate for booster shots for people 12 and older -- 44.8% -- is close to the national rate of 48.6%.
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Border hours
Gov. Doug Burgum recently spoke with U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus about hours at the Canada border.
Burgum has been pressing the agency to restore pre-pandemic hours of operation at several ports of entry where hours were reduced in April 2020 at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. He had sent a letter in April and requested a meeting with Customs officials.
"Our estimate is that we’ve probably lost close to $300 million of tourism business,” Burgum said during the video conference call last Wednesday.
The governor said Magnus indicated his agency is open to discussing crossing hours and has been assessing crossing traffic volumes.
Magnus is a former police chief in Fargo.
Music camp
The International Music Camp is returning to the International Peace Garden north of Dunseith for the first time in two years for a full season of summer programming.
The camp the past two summers has been providing alternate summer programming due to the coronavirus pandemic and travel restrictions at the U.S.-Canada border. This year the camp is welcoming back American and Canadian campers, faculty and staff.
“It has been tough being away from our summer camp home for the past two summers,” Camp Director Christine Baumann said. “We look forward to returning to this beautiful setting in 2022 and welcoming back the campers, faculty and staff that breathe so much life into this place.”
The International Music Camp also is reviving its Old Time Fiddle and Bluegrass Workshop and Contest, this Thursday through Saturday, and its free Festival of the Arts Concert Series on Friday nights through June and July. The series kicks off this Friday.
For more details go to https://internationalmusiccamp.com/ or camp social media pages.
Testing and vaccines
A comprehensive list of free public COVID-19 testing offered in North Dakota can be found at health.nd.gov/covidtesting. That site also lists where free at-home test kits are being offered.
People can go to https://www.ndvax.org or call 866-207-2880 to see where COVID-19 vaccine is available near them.
County-level COVID-19 risks determined by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can be found at https://bit.ly/3Clifrq.
Guidance and resources for businesses are at https://bit.ly/3w0DpKj.
General information is at https://www.health.nd.gov/diseases-conditions/coronavirus. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/health/north-dakota-coronavirus-news-june-6-booster-shots-encouraged-for-younger-children/article_8780d378-e2a3-11ec-947e-579f8d565e56.html | 2022-06-06T11:25:44 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/health/north-dakota-coronavirus-news-june-6-booster-shots-encouraged-for-younger-children/article_8780d378-e2a3-11ec-947e-579f8d565e56.html |
It is a mostly clear and muggier morning across Central Alabama with a few showers and storms across Eastern Alabama. Temperatures are in the 60s and 70s.
We will have a hot and more humid day as an area of high pressure sits to the south and west of Alabama. The southerly high pressure will bring in the more humid air, and the one to the west will keep us hot. There will be a weak disturbance aloft moving into Georgia, and this could help set off a few showers and storms mainly along and east of I-65. High temperatures will be around 90°, and the heat index will be in the lower 90s.
Tonight, it will be partly cloudy and muggy with a slight chance for a shower or storm. Lows will be in the 60s and 70s.
Tuesday through Friday will be hot and humid, but we will have some relief each day from scattered showers and storms. The western area of high pressure will bring in northwest flow aloft. This will allow for some weak disturbances/waves aloft to move toward Alabama. It will also take any clusters of storms over the Plains states and send them toward us. Each day will be partly cloudy with spotty to scattered showers and storms. Some could be strong with gusty winds and heavy rain. High temperatures will be in the lower 90s. However, the higher humidity levels will make the heat index around 95-100° each day. If you must be outdoors, make sure you are hydrated and take frequent breaks.
Weekend Outlook: The area of high pressure will move to the west by Saturday. This will allow for a cold front to move into Alabama from the northwest. It will set off plenty of showers and storms starting in the morning and continuing into Saturday night. The rain will keep the high temperatures to only in the lower to mid 80s. The rain will come to an end on Sunday as the front moves toward the coast and falls apart. Expect a partly cloudy day with high temperatures in the mid to upper 80s.
Tracking the Tropics: Tropical Storm Alex is churning across the Western Atlantic. It will brush by Bermuda today, and track ENE out to sea as it merges with a cold front in the Central Atlantic.
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PORTLAND, Oregon — The recent warm weather may have you saying 'salud' — or 'cheers' — to the margarita, the unofficial drink of the summer. Portland Margarita Week runs June 6 to June 12. This year, 23 bars and restaurants are taking part, each with a unique and delicious twist on a margarita.
The money raised from every drink will be donated to build a vetted, nonprofit school in Guatemala. The goal this year is to raise $15,000.
Believed to have been invented in 1938 somewhere between Tijuana and Rosarito, Mexico, a margarita consists of tequila, orange liqueur and lime juice.
"I just love a margarita. That's usually what I drink when I go to a bar," said Sierra Kirk-Luebke.
She was behind the bar for years at Portland tiki institution, Hale Pele, before opening her own bar during the pandemic. It's called Cliff's, named after her grandfather-in-law, on Northeast Russell Street under the Wonder Ballroom.
"Every month, we pick a different charity and we pick a different spirit to focus on and we create a cocktail based around that," she said.
When she heard from a friend about Portland Margarita Week, it fit perfectly. Bars and restaurants are taking part in every quadrant of the city.
Brad Stephens, the chair of the Oregon Bartenders Guild, came up with the idea in 2021. He wanted to help get people excited for summer, and get them out of the house and onto a patio to help businesses struggling because of the pandemic.
With every margarita sold, $4 will go to build El Patojismo. It's an innovative community and technical school for kids in a hard-hit area of Guatemala. Leading tequila brands — including Herradurra, Patron, Cazadores, el Jimador and Ilegal Mezcal — will match the donations, along with each participating bar and restaurant.
El Patojismo is vetted, top-ranked and site-visit verified by the Global Giving organization. The nonprofit is also a winner of the CNN Hero award.
Stephens was happy to choose this year's nonprofit and tell them the news.
"When I told [founder] Juan Pablo that our goal was to raise $15,000, he lost his mind. He said, 'We can finish the school with that kind of money,'" Stephens said.
Margarita lovers who take part will get to enjoy spicy margaritas, sweet margaritas and others with a fruity twist.
Cliff's plans to serve up a drink called 'The Lost Weekend.' It includes elements of pineapple, Caribbean pineapple liqueur and el Jimador Blanco. They also have a house spiced chili syrup and their house chili salt rim. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-margarita-week-2022/283-ab087def-9186-4929-b199-8f10103d4a2c | 2022-06-06T12:30:09 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-margarita-week-2022/283-ab087def-9186-4929-b199-8f10103d4a2c |
ORLANDO, Fla. – As Florida gas prices reached yet another record, AAA says prices could soon jump closer to $5 a gallon.
The auto group said Florida on Sunday reached yet another record high -- $4.76 a gallon. The average one week ago was $4.57 per gallon.
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“Gasoline made very strong gains in the futures market last week. When that happens, we normally see retail prices rise. It can take days or a week for pump prices to reflect the change, but It wouldn’t be a surprise to see retailers raise their prices another 20 cents by Monday night,” AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins said in a release. “At this rate, it sure seems like there’s very little resistance to rising prices at the pump, and $5 a gallon is quickly becoming a very real possibility this summer.”
The national average also rose to $4.87 per gallon, jumping 25 cents compared to last week, according to AAA.
The OPEC+ group — OPEC nations plus Russia — announced on Thursday they would raise production by 648,000 barrels per day in July and August, offering some relief for a struggling global economy that’s been impacted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to the Associated Press.
OPEC resisting pressure from the White House to increase oil supply more quickly along with a European Union agreement to end most oil imports from Russia has pushed gas prices higher.
Ways to save on gasoline
- Combine errands to limit driving time.
- Shop around for the best gas prices in your community.
- Consider paying cash. Some retailers charge extra per gallon for customers who pay with a credit card.
- Remove excess weight in your vehicle.
- Drive conservatively. Aggressive acceleration and speeding reduces fuel economy. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/06/5-a-gallon-very-real-possibility-as-florida-gas-prices-break-another-record/ | 2022-06-06T12:32:12 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/06/5-a-gallon-very-real-possibility-as-florida-gas-prices-break-another-record/ |
After a five-year process that sharply divided South Whitehall and caused major upheaval in the township government, construction on Ridge Farms is due to begin in the next few months.
Preparation on the site has begun: Developer Kay Builders expects to finish clearing the area of trees and older buildings soon. It will break ground for Ridge Farms’ St. Luke’s medical office building in the next 60-90 days, Kay Builders President Richard Koze said.
From there, the project — which boasts walking-distance access to restaurants, shops, a plaza and outdoor trails on about 200 acres near Walbert Avenue and Cedar Crest Boulevard — will likely take another seven or eight years to complete, Koze said.
About 400 apartments and 480 homes are planned, he said.
Those who were opposed to the development, and expressed their anger in packed meetings, realize they’ll need to live with it.
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“[People] certainly were not happy about it,” resident David Burke said. “They were certainly concerned about the impending traffic that will result from it. I think they’re passively accepting it but certainly have their regrets.”
Burke is a founding member of South Whitehall Concerned Citizens, the group created because of the opposition, which he said keeps township residents informed about what happens at government meetings.
While opponents failed to get the development stopped, Burke said there was a victory in being able to get two SWCC members, Monica Hodges and Mike Wolk, on the South Whitehall Board of Commissioners in the 2019 and ‘21 elections.
Koze said traffic improvements, including the widening of roads and implementing of lights, will be part of the development in order to help the whole community and address residents’ concerns.
“There was a lot of negativity early on but it’s going to be what I call a cutting-edge, mixed-use development with really superior architectural design,” Koze said. “It’s the change that people don’t want, and that’s pretty normal. People have to see it to believe it.”
Randy Cope, the interim township manager for South Whitehall, said he didn’t want to share his opinion on the project. He instead acknowledged it has its pros and cons, as any project would, but met all the township’s requirements for approval.
“It’s obviously been a very controversial development,” he said. “As staff, it’s not really up to us to have opinions on what we think about it. We have a process in place that we follow.” | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-ridge-farms-update-20220606-zvlutmvq3vcjtoh55ehenqqhiy-story.html | 2022-06-06T12:37:05 | 0 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-ridge-farms-update-20220606-zvlutmvq3vcjtoh55ehenqqhiy-story.html |
DES MOINES, Iowa — If there's one thing 18-year-old Jonathan Watson knows, it's cars.
"He developed this sense. We would just be driving you asked him about a car kind of car it is and he can tell you. I don't even know what kind of cars they are," said Katesha Dilley, Jonathan's mother.
Jonathan graduated from Ruby Van Meter School in 2022. To celebrate, he got a party he'll never forget. Over 70 car owners came out to Glad Tidings Assembly of God church in Des Moines to show the young gearhead their rides. The idea began with just a few family friends, but things grew pretty quickly as posts spread on social media.
"The turnout has been amazing. I have cried at least twice. The longer we stand here, the more cars we see coming in, and the lot's pretty much full," Butler said.
The man of the hour even gave out prizes to his favorite cars. Joe Kline got top honors; he's been competing in car shows for 5 years now. He's won awards before, but the ribbon he received from Jonathan is a hard one to top.
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"I thought at first my brothers put him up to a joke or something because there's a lot of other really nice cars here. But this was his pick, so I'll always cherish this award," Kline said.
There's one other thing that made the show so special for Jonathan and his family. Jonathan has a chromosomal duplication disorder; the effects resemble autism.
That means he'll never be able to get behind the wheel himself. But getting to meet dozens of proud car owners and see what they've got under the hood—that's priceless.
"To be able to provide this for him is just...I don't even have the words for it. It's amazing. So he's enjoying it. He's probably gonna talk about it forever," Butler.
Aside from just giving Jonathan a special day, donations were collected at the car show for the STRIVE program, which provides job training and other resources for local young adults with special needs. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/car-owners-come-together-to-give-des-moines-teen-a-one-of-a-kind-graduation-party-vehicles-special-needs/524-2a5a70ac-8f90-476d-855d-ea9df908af6b | 2022-06-06T12:43:00 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/car-owners-come-together-to-give-des-moines-teen-a-one-of-a-kind-graduation-party-vehicles-special-needs/524-2a5a70ac-8f90-476d-855d-ea9df908af6b |
TRONA, Calif. — The United States Navy has identified the pilot killed in a Navy fighter jet crash on Friday in the Southern California desert.
The Navy said U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Richard Bullock was killed when his F/A-18E Super Hornet based at Naval Air Station Lemoore went down at about 2:30 p.m. in the area of Trona, an unincorporated Mojave Desert community in San Bernardino County.
Nobody on the ground was hurt.
Trona is about 236 miles (380 kilometers) southeast of the air station, which is in the Central Valley.
Lemoore is home to Commander Strike Fighter Wing Pacific and Commander Joint Strike Fighter Wing and hosts 16 operational Strike Fighter squadrons, according to its website.
In 2019, a Navy Super Hornet crashed in Death Valley National Park during a routine training mission, killing the pilot and slightly injuring seven park visitors who were struck by debris. They had gathered at a scenic overlook where aviation enthusiasts watch military pilots speeding low through a chasm dubbed Star Wars Canyon, officials said.
Last October, a Navy Super Hornet from Naval Air Station China Lake also crashed, and in 2020 another from Lemoore went down, both during training missions. The pilots safely ejected, one in a remote southern area of Death Valley National Park near the Nevada border and the other in the Mojave Desert.
The Associated Press contributed to this story. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/navy-identifies-pilot-killed-in-fighter-jet-crash/509-9653acae-4bb4-4886-953a-06c0a0da799d | 2022-06-06T12:43:06 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/navy-identifies-pilot-killed-in-fighter-jet-crash/509-9653acae-4bb4-4886-953a-06c0a0da799d |
NEW YORK (AP) — As a knot of journalists stood across from a mortuary witnessing a funeral for a child killed in the Uvalde school massacre, some people passing by didn’t disguise their anger.
“Y’all are the scum of the Earth,” said one woman, surveying the cameras.
When tragedy comes to town in the 21st century, the media follows, focusing the world’s eyes on a community during its most difficult hours. Columbine, Sandy Hook, now Uvalde, Texas — the list of places synonymous with horrible mass killings keeps growing.
Journalists are called upon to explain what happened, and sometimes to ask uncomfortable questions in places where many people want to be left alone to grieve. Is it possible to do it better, to co-exist within a moment no one wants to be part of?
Tempers have flared in Uvalde. One female journalist was told, “I hope your entire family dies in a massacre.” Some are threatened with arrest for trespassing while on public property. A group called “Guardians of the Children” blocked camera views, often with the encouragement of police.
Yet there are also people like Ben Gonzalez, who approached reporters near the mortuary after hearing the woman lash out to say that she doesn’t speak for everyone. “Thank you for documenting this tragedy,” he said. “We’ll look back at the photos you take and appreciate it.”
The shady courthouse square in Uvalde has been dotted by canopies erected by TV news crews. Journalists have been stationed at Robb Elementary School, where the shooting took place, near a makeshift memorial piled with flowers, stuffed animals and messages. At the local Starbucks, where many journalists go to work, tables are set aside for Uvalde residents.
These are the typical signs of the invasion of journalists that accompanies such events.
“I respect the wishes of people if they want me to leave,” said Guillermo Contreras, a senior writer at the San Antonio Express-News. “By the second day (after the shooting), the people were overwhelmed. The town has been overrun by reporters. There was pretty much nowhere you could go without running into the media.”
Like most colleagues, Contreras tries to be sensitive to what Uvalde’s people are enduring. He has a 10-year-old daughter at home.
“When you are at the epicenter of a situation like that, you really do need protection,” said Michele Gay, who lost her daughter Josephine in the Newtown school shooting a decade ago. “You are really not in a state of mind to be offering your feelings in front of the camera.”
Gay said she had no idea at the extent of attention given to the story until the state trooper assigned to protect her family drove them around town to see the memorials.
“At first, I was angry,” said Gay, co-founder and executive director of Safe and Sound Schools, an advocacy group. “It felt invasive. It felt hurtful … At the same time, there were members of the media who were so thoughtful, caring and compassionate.”
The sensitivity that most journalists try to bring to such assignments can be undermined by those who stick cameras in the faces of people crying, or ask a grieving parent how it feels. One parent who lost a child in Newtown saw someone outside her home with a camera peering into a window, said Monsignor Robert Weiss of the town’s St. Rose of Lima Parish.
In general, journalists do a poor job explaining what they do and a poor job putting themselves in the shoes of the people they are interviewing, many on the worst day of their lives, said Joy Mayer, a former journalism professor.
“It’s really valid for people in that community to feel overwhelmed and resentful,” said Mayer, the director of Trusting News, which helps members of the media improve their relationship with the public.
Kelly McBride, an expert on journalism ethics at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, advises news organizations to better prepare when assigned to these stories. Most interviews on the street indicate this work hasn’t been done; people in shock and trauma, she said, shouldn’t have to make an on-the-spot decision about dealing with a reporter.
She praised CNN for sensitively handling the interview of a young survivor of the shooting who smeared herself in the blood of a dead classmate to appear dead. CNN reported on what the girl said, but didn’t show her or play her voice.
Ana Rodriguez, who lost her daughter Maite in the shooting, sat at her dining room table to tell The Associated Press about how the girl aspired to become a marine biologist. She didn’t want her face to appear on camera to divert attention from her daughter.
Sometimes there’s little time to prepare. Tony Dokoupil of CBS News was told to get on a plane to Texas. Fast. Dokoupil said he tried to get away from the pack and knock on doors; in one case, he came upon someone close to a child who died who helped arrange an interview with her parents.
He found residents polite and respectful even when they didn’t want to talk. He was thanked by some people for being there and telling the stories.
Gay recommends journalists focus their attention on people who have lost their lives, not perpetrators. There has been a marked effort on the part of news organizations to minimize mentions of shooters, although Gay was concerned that she had seen more after Uvalde.
In Uvalde, questions raised about the police response to the shooting have lengthened the time the shooting has lingered in the news and increased hostility toward journalists. CNN used a tag team to stake out Pete Arredondo, the schools police chief who directed operations, and get an ambush interview.
“You have people who are supportive of law enforcement,” Contreras said. “It’s a small town; people know each other. All of a sudden people are pointing fingers at the officers you know, so there’s a division.”
For people in communities like Newtown and Uvalde in the immediate aftermath of these stories, the sheer repetitiveness is often wearing.
“If there’s been one interview out here there’s been 150,” said one downtown shopkeeper who, like many in Uvalde, didn’t want his name in a news story. “I mean, how many times can you interview people who don’t know nothing?”
There are some suggestions of what is known in the industry as a pool — where a handful of reporters ask questions of officials and report answers to a larger group. This is used most famously at the White House.
But McBride said this inevitably leads to less aggressive journalism. Most reporters are driven by the impulse to get things their competitors don’t. It was tried in a few instances in Uvalde and proved unsatisfying, Contreras said.
Things grew quieter in Uvalde by this past weekend. Only a television satellite truck remained at the Robb school, and just a handful of journalists were at the courthouse square Saturday as a Hawaiian group presented a giant lei and sang songs.
There’s no avoiding the shock an influx of journalists brings to a quiet community. Weiss recalls being swarmed by reporters after emerging from a meeting with parents. He didn’t know what to say. But in general, the Catholic monsignor said he found the press respectful and has come to understand the importance of its role.
“We needed to get the story out there and we needed to keep this story out there,” Weiss said. “Because in 10 years, what has changed? If anything, it has gotten worse.”
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Associated Press journalists Acacia Coronado, Jae C. Hong, Adriana Gomez Licon, Jay Reeves and Eliot Spagat in Uvalde, Texas, contributed to this report. | https://www.cbs42.com/local/can-journalists-and-grieving-communities-coexist-in-tragedy/ | 2022-06-06T12:49:36 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/can-journalists-and-grieving-communities-coexist-in-tragedy/ |
LONDON (AP) — Extinguish the beacons, take down the stage, roll up the bunting. The party’s over.
After four days of parades, street parties and a gala concert celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne, the Platinum Jubilee celebrations ended Sunday with a queen’s wave from Buckingham Palace and the crowds outside singing “God Save the Queen.”
But as the tributes to Elizabeth’s lifetime of service begin to fade, Britain is left with the reality that the second Elizabethan age is in its twilight.
The 96-year-old monarch, limited in recent months by what the palace calls “episodic mobility issues,” made only three brief public appearances during the Jubilee. Her son and heir, 73-year-old Prince Charles, stood in for her at other events.
“Inevitably, we’re going to lose her sometime. And so this will have been a sort of a tail end of a golden reign, won’t it?’’ historian and royal biographer Hugo Vickers told The Associated Press. “That’s why it’s got a little bit of hint of sadness, I find.”
That truth was the subtext of the weekend’s events as newspapers, TV screens and even the walls of the palace were filled with images of Elizabeth changing from a glamorous young queen in crown and diamonds to a global grandmother known for her omnipresent handbag and love of horses and corgis.
Elizabeth is the U.K.’s longest-serving monarch, the only sovereign most people have ever known.
That longevity has bred a deep affection for the queen. The question for the House of Windsor is whether the public will transfer those feelings to Charles when the time comes.
From the opening military review to the closing pageant outside the palace, the royal family sought to build a case for that continuity, underscoring the monarchy’s historic traditions and its role as a unifying institution that helps the country celebrate its successes and provides comfort during times of sorrow.
Charles was front and center throughout as he stood in for his mother.
Wearing a ceremonial scarlet tunic and bearskin hat, he reviewed the troops during the Queen’s Birthday Parade on Thursday. The next day, he was the last guest to enter St. Paul’s Cathedral and took his seat at the front of the church for a service of thanksgiving in honor of the queen. At Saturday’s star-studded concert in front of Buckingham Palace, he delivered the main tribute to the woman he addressed as, “Your Majesty, mummy.”
The royals know they have work to do. Over the past year, the monarchy has been buffeted by allegations of racism and bullying, a sex scandal involving Prince Andrew and demands that they apologize for Britain’s historic role in the enslavement of millions of Africans.
But if the Windsors wanted proof of the enduring popularity of all things royal, they need look no further than the tens of thousands who crammed the streets and parks around Buckingham Palace to cheer, wave the Union flag and say “Thank you, ma’am” over the past four days.
Demonstrations of public support are crucial to the monarchy’s survival, said royal historian Ed Owens.
“The Jubilee is defined not simply by the presence of the queen, but by many various other actors, and one of the key actors … is the British public,’’ said Owens, author of “The Family Firm: Monarchy, Mass Media and the British Public 1932-1953.” “All these events are playing to the British public … the jubilee is as much a celebration of the British people in the British nation as it is the queen herself.”
Since assuming the throne after the death of her father on Feb. 6, 1952, Elizabeth has been a symbol of stability as Britain negotiated the end of empire, the dawn of the information age and the mass migration that transformed the country into a multicultural society.
Throughout it all the queen has built a bond with the nation through a seemingly endless series of public appearance as she opened libraries, dedicated hospitals and bestowed honors on deserving citizens.
Actor and writer Stephen Fry captured this lifetime of service, carried out far away from the glittering state occasions and military parades that rivet the media’s attention, as he delivered his own tribute during Saturday evening’s Jubilee concert outside Buckingham Palace.
“How many local sewage works has her majesty opened with a bright smile? How many plaques unveiled? How many trees planted? How many ribbons cut, ships launched?” Fry asked, drawing a chuckle from the crowd. “How many prime ministers tolerated? For that alone, no admiration is high enough.”
While they would have like to see more of the queen, fans like Anne Middleton, 61, seemed to understand the limitations of her health issues.
Middleton, a human resources executive, traveled to London from her home in Wales for the long holiday weekend. Wearing red, white and blue nail polish and a dress covered in the Union and Welsh flags, she and her friends watched Saturday’s concert from camp chairs in St. James’s Park.
“We wanted to turn out and let her know that we’re there for her, too,’’ Middleton said. “Because she’s always been there for us.’’
The queen’s public appearances during the Jubilee were brief but symbolic, underscoring three pillars of her reign: a personal bond with the public, strong links to the armed forces and support for the Commonwealth, a group of 54 nations with former colonial ties to Britain.
On Thursday afternoon she joined other senior members of the royal family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch a flypast by 70 military aircraft and wave to supporters who filled the street below. Later, she took part in a beacon lighting ceremony at Windsor Palace, the culmination of event that spanned the Commonwealth.
The weekend concluded with another balcony appearance for the cheering crowds, this time accompanied only by Prince Charles and his wife and Prince William and his wife and children.
The message couldn’t have been clearer: Here is the present and the future of the monarchy.
Robert Lacey, a royal historian and adviser to the Netflix series “The Crown,” believes the royal family’s connection to the British public will endure.
“There is a magic about royalty. If you don’t care to accept it, that’s up to you,” he said.
“But for many Brits, the magic moment (is) when the queen or Prince Charles … turn up in your neighborhood,” he said. “You are touched with a magic — which is no longer divine, but which represents the community — which says, ’You matter and you’re part of a bigger picture, a society, a community.’”
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John Tobia makes good on his vow to reduce advisory boards in Brevard County
After weeks of negotiations, Commissioner John Tobia fulfilled a vow he had made to himself when he first took office: He has made county government just the tiniest bit smaller.
Under Tobia's direction and guidance, the Brevard County Commission voted to consolidate several non-mandated library and parks and recreation advisory boards into a handful of larger ones, while also passing an ordinance placing all advisory boards under greater oversight.
The new policy regulates attendance of advisory board members, places a cap on the meetings allowed in a year, and restricts the amount of time they can request of staff for support.
“I am glad the board managed to get this done, and I am looking forward to moving on to other county issues,” Tobia said. “This allows for a small tax savings while allowing the advisory boards to operate more efficiently.”
In securing their passage, Tobia has achieved a milestone in his mission he claims to have embarked on since taking office to reduce the number of advisory boards within the county.
However, his measures amount to only a partial victory because he did not achieve his original goal — dissolving some advisory boards. Instead, he settled for their consolidation after realizing that was as far as his colleagues were willing to go.
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Why focus on Brevard's advisory boards?
The changes potentially reduces access for advisory boards to gain access to records, and may dampen their ability to conduct oversight. All to save just a few pennies on the dollar when all is said and done. In all, about $25,000 will be shaved off of the country's $1.6 billion budget — if even that.
Advisory boards are not new, especially in local government. Thousands of them have been established, especially in counties, as a way of soliciting opinions from the public. Many have expertise in a particular area, and whose opinions are sought after by commissioners, mayors, and municipal officials.
Their roles and influence will vary depending on the government using them. Some believe they have too much of an influence and are seeking redress by limiting their size, scope and purview.
"These folks are not elected, and that it is the elected representative who should be wielding the power, and the decision making, because they are those who are directly accountable," said Christopher Muro, an associate professor at Eastern Florida State College. "These are the biggest arguments against advisory boards."
Tobia embarked on this quest under the guise that it would save the county much larger sums of money. The question remains though if all the political maneuvering saved enough money in the county’s coffers to make it even worth it.
His most recent plan targeted several advisory boards specific to parks and recreation and libraries overseen by the county.
During an early February commission meeting, Tobia provided commissioners with a list of 69 advisory boards established by the county, 40 of which were not mandated either by state law or intergovernmental agreement, that he wanted decommissioned.
He claimed they cost Brevard more than $500,000 annually to maintain and that eliminating some of them could provide a savings, especially since the expenses are recurring.
Tobia provided a breakdown of the expenses for each board, but it is unclear how he arrived at the estimates.
Of all the commissioners, Tobia has been the most openly hostile to advisory boards, questioning their effectiveness and their utility for the county.
The conflict reached a climax at the commission meeting in late February when Peter Fusscus, a member of the Citizen Budget Review Committee, asked commissioners to allow alternates to ensure a quorum exists.
Tobia said the committee has not been effective, claiming they have not produced a single deliverable he can point to and focused on the ongoing expenses the county absorbs because of time staff spent supporting the committee.
“If this is not a target of government waste, I don’t know what is,” he said. “If this CRBC actually cared about waste, they would disband immediately themselves.”
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Fusscus argued however the commission has benefited from the recommendations they made, saving the county money on several projects they have researched.
His original proposal involved consolidating some advisory boards and pulling out of others entirely, but had to kill the idea after his colleagues refused to support it.
One of Tobia’s measures creates the South/Central Brevard Parks and Recreation Advisory Board comprised of the Cocoa West Recreation Complex Advisory Committee, the Central Area Merritt Island/Beaches Recreation Advisory Board, and the Parks and Recreation Department South Area Advisory Board.
Members of the recreation advisory committee will be the only body that will vote on matters related to the complex, but also have the authority to weigh in on matters related to the other boards.
A second measure also creates the South/Central Brevard Public Library Advisory Board. That body will be comprised of South Mainland/Micco Public Library Advisory Board, West Melbourne Public Library Advisory Board, Suntree/Viera Public Library Advisory Board, and Melbourne Beach Public Library Advisory Board.
The third resolution creates the North Brevard Library Advisory Board. That advisory committee is made up of the Port St. John Public Library Advisory Board, Mims/Scottsmoor Public Library Advisory Board, and Catherine Schweinsberg Rood Central Library Advisory Board.
Commissioners also passed an ordinance that applies to all non-mandated advisory boards. The first stipulation is that they can meet a maximum of four times per year unless additional meetings are approved by County Manager Frank Abbate.
Any member who misses two or more meetings may be dismissed unless they are excused by the commission.
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How much money will this save the county?
The chair of the advisory board, by majority vote, may make a request for staff support at $50 per hour for a maximum of $3,000 increased annually based on inflation.
Advisory boards will also submit an annual written report to the commission at the beginning of each fiscal year.
Several expressed their concerns regarding the updated regulation. Among them is Sandra Sullivan, a commission candidate for district 4, who disagreed with the mandate that staff support come from the board chair.
“That is going to slow down records request a lot,” she said. “They have to wait until another meeting, take a vote on it, so they can get records they want.”
Limiting their meeting frequencies, as well as their access to county resources, dampens their role in shaping the county’s future.
"The less frequent meetings is a way to curb their voice,” Muro said. "The advisory boards would have fewer opportunities to provide their advice to different agencies. With the fewer resources they have, it may be less attractive for people to serve on advisory boards. It may be harder to find people to fill those positions."
Just how much savings Tobia has been able to wring from his crusade is unclear. His original estimate is that advisory boards cost Brevard more than $500,000.
Much of that amount must remain, however. Part of the reason is that some of the boards listed are mandated by the state, or have intergovernmental agreements, and cannot be dissolved.
Tobia’s proposals only targeted the parks and recreation advisory boards, and the library boards. After reviewing his spreadsheet, those two groups cost the county a total of $25,000 each fiscal year, almost equally divided among the two.
That $25,000 in savings would only be reached had they all been eliminated. They weren’t eliminated, only consolidated, so the savings will be a fraction of that number. To place that in context, Brevard County's budget is more than $1.6 billion.
"Government is compromise,” Tobia said. “The more I have been in it, the more I realize that. This was a good compromise given the composition of the board.”
Even after passing the measures Tobia may not be done. He passed handouts to his fellow commissioners to solicit their opinions for which non-mandated advisory boards should be next on the chopping block.
He targeted any board in which any two commissioners indicated their willingness to see it dissolved. Those include the Arts in Public Places Advisory, Building and Construction Advisory, Historical Commission and the District 2 Canal Dredging Committee.
"It could just be an ideological dedication," Muro said. "Commissioner Tobia, when he finds an issue he is dedicated to, he doesn’t hold back. He goes after it. Whether he is the lone wolf or he is leading a consensus, he doesn’t take no for an answer."
Ralph Chapoco is government and politics watchdog reporter. You can reach Chapoco at rchapoco@floridatoday.com and follow him on Twitter @rchapoco. | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2022/06/06/brevard-county-commissioner-john-tobia-shrinks-local-government-saving-little-money/7490519001/ | 2022-06-06T13:10:56 | 0 | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2022/06/06/brevard-county-commissioner-john-tobia-shrinks-local-government-saving-little-money/7490519001/ |
June is Dairy Month. Since we’re living in the Dairy State, it’s your patriotic duty to consume as many dairy products as possible during Dairy Month. Sure, you could pour skim milk over your breakfast cereal and enjoy some plain Greek yogurt with fruit after lunch. But we prefer to celebrate Dairy Month in the most delicious way — and that means eating ice cream! And we’re pretty sure whipped cream is also a dairy product, so go ahead and build that sundae.
All aboard! Kenosha’s Downtown electric streetcars are running seven days a week again, offering wonderful lakefront views. The streetcars run 11:05 a.m. to 6:35 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10:35 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The fare is $1 for ages 13 and older and 50 cents for kids ages 5-12 (free for kids age 4 and younger). An all-day pass is $3.50.
Head to the Southwest Library, 7979 38th Ave., for an outdoor Family Storytime. From 6 to 6:30 p.m., participants will read stories and sing songs in the area on the north side of the parking lot. Bring a blanket or towel to sit on and enjoy socially distanced stories, rhymes, and songs. Admission is free.
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The Kenosha Public Museum has updated its Field Station. The children’s area on the first floor of the museum features art projects, science activities, a kid-size trading post and more. The museum, 5500 First Ave., is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday–Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. And while you’re at the museum, check out the Transparent Watercolor Society’s annual exhibit. Simply gorgeous!
Monday night music: Who says Monday night has to be a downer? Not the folks at Union Park Tavern. Start the work week with DJ, Ted Runnels and Trombone Dave. They perform their “not your normal DJ schtick” show — with a mix of blues, jazz, soul, and soul jazz — from 5 to 8 p.m. every Monday evening at the venue, 4520 Eighth Ave. in Kenosha. It almost makes Monday a day to look forward to … almost. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-events-for-monday-june-6/article_bc98bb54-e445-11ec-b01f-a3ade3382239.html | 2022-06-06T13:16:04 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-events-for-monday-june-6/article_bc98bb54-e445-11ec-b01f-a3ade3382239.html |
Name: Cooper Wood
School: Tremper High School
Parents: Ted and Sandra Wood of Pleasant Prairie
Most memorable high school moment: When I think of my time as a high schooler, I picture a collage of memories shared with my friends. The sunrises and sunsets. The nights spent driving aimlessly through Kenosha. The laughs and hugs. Memories I will always cherish and hold dear!
Most influential teacher: Nic Cicerale in Acting; The environment created in the classroom of Mr. Cicerale is one that inspires acceptance and growth. Ironically, his students are able to explore and understand themselves through the study of pretending to be others. This is wholly due to the incredible care and diligence that Cicerale approaches teaching with. His guidance as a director, teacher, and friend has been a vital part of the formation of the person I am today.
School activities/clubs: Environmental Club, Future Business Leaders of America, Key Club, Link Crew, National Honor Society, performing arts/theater, Renaissance Club, Madrigal Singer
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School offices held: Class of 2022 Vice President; Future Buisness Leaders of America President; National Honor Society Secretary; International Thespian Society Secretary and Bulletin Editor; Link Crew Cabinet Member
Honors, letters or awards: National Merit Scholarship Finalist; Regional and State Vocal Solo and Ensemble awards (Classical and Musical Theatre; Regional and State FBLA Awards (Client Service, Graphic Design, and Public Speaking)
Out-of-school activities/hobbies: Voice Lessons; knitting; completing the daily NYT mini crossword; reading; and enjoying what little free time I have with my friends!
College choice: Undecided
Intended major/field of study: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Role model: Julia Butterfly Hill
Three words that best describe my role model: Tenacious, intrepid, and radical.
What I hope to accomplish in my lifetime: I intend to continue to relish in the little joys of our world (and probably become incredibly famous along the way). | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-teen-for-june-6/article_2cfe0800-e2a6-11ec-9616-0717f2f4cde2.html | 2022-06-06T13:16:10 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-teen-for-june-6/article_2cfe0800-e2a6-11ec-9616-0717f2f4cde2.html |
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Another life was lost to what Philadelphia officials call the city’s “fire problem” late Sunday night. A man in his 70’s died when his apartment, which didn’t have working smoke detectors, caught fire, investigators said.
Firefighters said they couldn’t save the man inside the third-floor apartment at Sumac Street and Manayunk Avenue in Manayunk.
The fire department said they were called there shortly after 11 p.m. and arrived within three minutes, but a hoarding situation made fighting the fire challenging.
PFD Captain Derek Bowmer said he wants residents to remember to call 311 for smoke alarms and to have an escape plan.
“All the things we’ve been preaching,” Bowmer said. “The commissioner has talked about us having a ‘fire problem’ in the city, and we continue to have that. And the fire department will continue to fix that problem the best we can.”
A second person was taken to the hospital for unknown injuries. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/phillys-fire-problem-claims-another-life/3262127/ | 2022-06-06T13:16:48 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/phillys-fire-problem-claims-another-life/3262127/ |
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Alliance High School, MAC Trailer create Aviators sign
ALLIANCE – There's a new way for Alliance residents to show their Aviator pride.
A large Aviators sculpture has been installed at Alliance High School. The sign was made through a collaboration between MAC Trailer and the high school's welding program.
David Wade, director of employee relations at MAC Trailer, said the goal of the project was to create a sign around which students, families, visitors and community members can take pictures, similar to the script signs in Cleveland.
The project was months in the making.
Nick Cowles, director of operations at Alliance City Schools, pitched the idea to Alliance High School welding teachers Steve Fuson and Eric Peters. The district then contacted MAC Trailer, asking for help with materials and the final design.
MAC Trailer Vice President Dennis Postiy proposed the company collaborate with Alliance High School on the project.
Engineers, welders and fabricators from MAC Trailer helped with the effort. This included MAC Trailer employee Korryn Jackson, a graduate of Alliance High School's welding program.
"MAC also tasked already skilled employees, at least one already an AHS Weld School graduate, to weld the difficult areas, along with providing material and truck transportation of the project itself," Wade said.
After MAC employees were finished, they brought the sculpture to Alliance High School. Four students assisted Fuson and Peters in finishing the remaining welding.
The sign was put on display in May.
"For those students who helped create the sculpture, I think it gives them a sense of accomplishment and I think it will serve as a symbol of pride for all Aviators," Cowles said.
Wade said the project will serve as "a long-standing representation of the collaborative effort between local manufacturing that already has a strong relationship with the welding program students and the school."
Alliance City Schools Communication Liaison Cheyanne Gonzales said the district sees the project as a "great collaboration" between the high school welding program and MAC Trailer.
Reach Paige at 330-580-8577 or pmbennett@gannett.com, or on Twitter at @paigembenn. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2022/06/06/new-aviators-sculpture-display-alliance-high-school/9840089002/ | 2022-06-06T13:20:10 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2022/06/06/new-aviators-sculpture-display-alliance-high-school/9840089002/ |
Heartland Bank adds Kurt O’Connor as operational risk director
BLOOMINGTON — Heartland Bank and Trust Company has announced the hiring of Kurt O’Connor as operational risk director. In his role, O’Connor will oversee the bank’s operational risk management program, including information security, vendor, model risk, and enterprise risk management programs.
O’Connor is at the Hershey Road bank headquarters in Bloomington, reporting to Andrea Zurkamer, chief risk officer. With a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Carthage College, he brings 11 years of experience in the financial services industry, including several years of internal and external auditing background. He is seasoned in the areas of operational risk management, financial reporting, internal auditing, strategic planning, forecasting and product development. He is also a certified public accountant and a certified internal auditor.
O’Connor graduated locally from University High School. A passionate supporter of local youth sports, he is a current board member of Bloomington Normal Baseball Association and head coach for a BNBA Renegades baseball team, and in the past served as board member and team manager for FC Central Illinois Soccer Club. He is also member of St. John’s Lutheran Church. O’Connor was born, raised and lives in the Bloomington-Normal community with wife Courtney and kids Kendall and Brady.
“Over the last several years of my career, I have been able to strengthen my strategic and regulatory finance and internal control skills, along with expanding my leadership experience to diverse teams I led and really develop a passion for the business of banking. I am excited to utilize and share those skills and experiences gained through my new role at Heartland Bank,” said O’Connor.
Heartland Bank adds Tammy Grasch to treasury management team
BLOOMINGTON — Heartland Bank and Trust Company announces the hiring of Tammy Grasch as treasury services sales representative. Located at the 401 Hershey Road office in Bloomington, Grasch is responsible for overseeing treasury management client services and relationship growth throughout the bank’s southern footprint.
Tammy brings 42 years of banking, financial and customer service experience to the bank, working her way up through various positions. Originally from Chicago, Tammy and her husband Bob are relocating to the Bloomington area from Sandwich. She is interested in building long-lasting professional relationships through partnership and excellent customer service. She also looks forward to getting involved in community events.
Business Achievements are paid content. To submit an item, visit https://www.pantagraph.com/place_an_ad/achievement. | https://pantagraph.com/business/local/achievements/business-achievements-heartland-bank-adds-o-connor-grasch-to-team/article_72ee0022-dd0b-11ec-b5af-f7c65c27610d.html | 2022-06-06T13:25:20 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/business/local/achievements/business-achievements-heartland-bank-adds-o-connor-grasch-to-team/article_72ee0022-dd0b-11ec-b5af-f7c65c27610d.html |
100 years ago
June 6, 1922: Walter L. Halford, 17, died of what was believed to be consumption of alcohol. The New Holland teen had traveled with four companions to Lincoln, and according to them, he produced a bottle of "white mule" on the way home. He became unconscious after drinking most of it. The companions said they did not drink any alcohol and did not know where he got it.
75 years ago
June 6, 1947: The Rev. Alfred E. Cole, former pastor of the Park Methodist church, will start work June 15 a field representative for the Normal Baby Fold. This is the first time the Baby Fold has had a full-time field representative. His first project will be the $250,000 financial goal that will be used as a building fund for the institution.
50 years ago
June 6, 1972: Work on Normal's $492,716 underpass to link Vernon Avenue and Beaufort Street at the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad should be under way within three weeks. The city council awarded a contract for the underpass to West Construction Co., Bloomington. Action followed word that the Illinois State University board favored an agreement to reduce ISU land needed for the widening of Beaufort.
25 years ago
June 6, 1997: A car crashed into the Driver's License Examination Station in Bloomington. The 22-year-old driver had just picked up an Illinois identification card and was attempting to leave when she mistook forward for reverse. The driver was not physically injured but "suffered a major case of embarrassment" and declined to speak to the newspaper.
Compiled by Pantagraph staff | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-logan-county-teen-dies-of-alcohol-consumption/article_7edabb7e-e3ae-11ec-a566-678cbf11c909.html | 2022-06-06T13:25:39 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-logan-county-teen-dies-of-alcohol-consumption/article_7edabb7e-e3ae-11ec-a566-678cbf11c909.html |
Editor's note: The following editorial appeared in The Pantagraph on June 6, 1944, under the headline "The Liberation of Europe Begins." Nearly 160,000 troops from Britain, the United States, Canada and other nations landed in Normandy on that date, an invasion widely known as D-Day.
"According to plan."
The words had an ominous ring once, for they were used many times in the early days of the war by the German high command.
They have a different ring to our ears today, particularly coming from Prime Minister Churchill to describe United Nations landings on the coast of France.
"According to plan."
Certainly no endeavor has ever been more carefully planned, more publicized in advance, or more anxiously awaited than the invasion which now has been launched. To describe it as the greatest single military feat in history is to be entirely accurate.
When Hitler began his attack on France May 10, 1940, he told his armies that the fate of Germany for 1,000 years depended on the battle. He was wrong if he meant that victory would assure Germany's security for 1,000 years. But it can truly be said that the fate of Germany for many years will be decided in the battle which was joined in the early hours of today.
What that fate will be is a foregone conclusion in American minds. No matter what anxious hours lie ahead — and there will be many anxious ones — we know victory is certain in the end. There have been failures at Cassino, anxious hours of doubt at Anzio, heavy losses at Dieppe. An undertaking as gigantic as this new invasion cannot be conducted without such setbacks as these, and perhaps much greater ones. But the American homefront is wiser about war than it was a year ago. It is just as confident of victory but it knows the path is not a smooth one.
Every American heart goes out today to our fighting men stationed in England. For the soldiers and sailors and airmen, it is the hour toward which their training has pointed. To those who love them here at home, it is the hour of mixed apprehension and relief. These latter, the mothers, the fathers, the wives and sweethearts, should be included in the prayers which will go up today and in following days from American homes and churches.
Their trial will be a terrible one. They will not think of the invasion in terms of glory, or of military strategy, or historical significance, but in terms as simple as, "I wonder whether Jim is safe."
Confident of victory, as we are, awed in the presence of a historical event, and relieved that the necessary fighting has finally begun, let us nevertheless remember the anxious which lie ahead and show by our consideration that we understand the deep personal nature of the news to those with relatives in the fighting. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/d-day-in-the-pantagraph-archives-the-liberation-of-europe-begins/article_0c17b558-e4dd-11ec-ac06-afd0ad30f347.html | 2022-06-06T13:25:45 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/d-day-in-the-pantagraph-archives-the-liberation-of-europe-begins/article_0c17b558-e4dd-11ec-ac06-afd0ad30f347.html |
Q: I am a 74-year-old veteran with a 60% VA service-connected disability compensation rating. Due to my disability, I am having a very difficult time finding life insurance. Does the VA have a life insurance benefit?
A: While on active duty in the federal military you can enroll for SGLI (Servicemembers Group Life Insurance) which has a guaranteed option to convert the insurance coverage after you leave military service. A new VA life insurance policy for veterans of any level of disability rating is just six months away from launching. The VA will begin offering Veterans Affairs Life Insurance, or VALife, on Jan. 1, 2023, in line with a law passed last year, with applications opening that day. VALife will be open to all veterans 80 years old or younger who have a disability rating of 0 to 100%. Older veterans will also be eligible if they applied for VA disability compensation before age 81 but did not receive the disability rating until after turning 81, and if they apply for the life insurance within two years of getting the rating. VALife is what is known as guaranteed acceptance whole life insurance. No medical exams or health questions are required to be approved, with the VA saying the new plan will have fully automated online enrollment with instant approvals. VALife will offer beneficiaries payouts of up to $40,000, with lesser coverage available in increments of $10,000. Visit www.benefits.va.gov/insurance/ for more information.
DID YOU KNOW?
The McBarnes Building at 201 E. Grove St. in Bloomington celebrated its 100th birthday on Memorial Day. It is one of the most historic and architecturally stunning buildings in McLean County. It was built through the generosity of area farmer John McBarnes, who donated $150,000 to build the structure for grand opening in 1922. The McBarnes Building was dedicated as a tribute and in memory of those from McLean County who perished in the “Great War” (World War I). There is a huge, strikingly beautiful bronze sculpture/plaque inside the lobby area. The names of those from McLean County who died in WWI are eternally etched on the plaque and in the hearts of our community. One interesting fact is that the McBarnes Building was dedicated on the same Day in 1922 as the magnificent Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C.
WOMEN VETERANS STAND DOWN
A “stand down” for women veterans will be held Saturday, June 11, hosted by National Louis University and the University of Chicago. The event will be held at 4231 Progress Blvd., Unit 4 in Peru. Learn more about services and resources for women veterans at this stand down. The keynote speaker will be 39-year veteran of the Navy Dr. Martha Herb, EdD, LPC. She is a well-known speaker, counselor and consultant for various military and veterans organizations. Workshops will be held from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Focus will be on the needs of women veterans, including education, employment, health care, housing and legal services. Attendees may choose to attend both sessions. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Veterans who cannot attend in person can attend virtually online at www.Lasallecountyvac.comand. Click on the link to register for in-person or online-only, or call 815-433-1761 for more information.
Jerry Vogler is superintendent of the McLean County Veterans Assistance Commission. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/veterans-corner-va-life-insurance-mcbarnes-building-a-stand-down-for-women-veterans/article_612197ac-e1dc-11ec-9780-c3629e17a058.html | 2022-06-06T13:25:51 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/veterans-corner-va-life-insurance-mcbarnes-building-a-stand-down-for-women-veterans/article_612197ac-e1dc-11ec-9780-c3629e17a058.html |
SAN ANTONIO — Because of the dangerously hot temperatures, The City is opening cooling centers for families and their pets.
There are more than 30 centers located across San Antonio.
Adults 65 and older, young children and people with medical conditions, like heart disease, are at an increased risk on days like Monday where highs could reach the triple digits.
Make sure to drink plenty of water and call to check on your neighbor if you know they are at risk.
To see which centers are located near you, you can visit the San Antonio Office of Emergency Management's website here. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/cooling-centers-san-antonio-texas-near-me/273-282011b3-95a2-4d98-be31-0aa1f783cfb4 | 2022-06-06T13:31:12 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/cooling-centers-san-antonio-texas-near-me/273-282011b3-95a2-4d98-be31-0aa1f783cfb4 |
SAN ANTONIO — A woman was taken to a hospital in critical condition after a drive-by shooting on the city's southwest side.
The shooting happened around 3 a.m. on Monday in the 3200 block of Golden Avenue near Somerset Road.
The San Antonio Police Department said the woman, who is in her 30s, was standing outside a home with a group of people when someone drove by and opened fire.
The woman was reportedly shot in the head and shoulder. Authorities said they are looking for the driver of a white Nissan. No other details were provided.
More on KENS 5: | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/drive-by-shooting-southwest-san-antonio-woman-shot/273-c8957a1e-3e5b-4b7a-a890-d232116e9f1c | 2022-06-06T13:31:18 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/drive-by-shooting-southwest-san-antonio-woman-shot/273-c8957a1e-3e5b-4b7a-a890-d232116e9f1c |
SAN ANTONIO — As we get into the dog days of summer, there are several summer school meal programs around the San Antonio area.
Several of the programs kick off on Monday.
Comal Independent School District
They're offering free breakfast and lunch for kids at three campus locations beginning on Monday. Breakfast and lunch will be available Monday through Thursday at Morningside and Startzville elementary schools, with the exception at Danville Middle School, which transitions to Tuesday through Thursday, June 28 to July 26. To find a nearby site, text "food" to 877-877. Children must be present to get the food.
The San Antonio Independent School District
The district will hold their summer meals program through July 29 at a variety of locations. Breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m. while lunch is served at 11 a.m. For the location nearest you, you can call 210-554-2290 or just text the word "food" to 304-304.
Southside Independent School District
Kids can get breakfast between 8 and 9 a.m. while lunch is from noon to 1 p.m.
Families can pick up the meals at three spots in the district: Pearce Elementary, Losoya Middle School and Southside High School.
IDEA Public Schools
Anyone under the age of 18 can get free meals this summer at any IDEA campus between Monday and Friday.
IDEA Public Schools’ Child Nutrition Program is opening the opportunity to all kids, whether they are an IDEA student or not.
"It's part of IDEA’s commitment to local communities, thanks to the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Seamless Summer Option. The SSO was created to ensure that children, especially in low-income areas, continue to receive nutritious meals during summer," the press release says.
The summer meals will include breakfast and lunch and must be eaten in the cafeteria of any IDEA campus Monday through Friday, they said.
Breakfast will be served between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. and lunch will be served between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m.' | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/summer-meal-programs-students-san-antonio-texas-area-schools/273-fa0cee5c-8724-405e-9ff6-8e42c1ceb76d | 2022-06-06T13:31:24 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/summer-meal-programs-students-san-antonio-texas-area-schools/273-fa0cee5c-8724-405e-9ff6-8e42c1ceb76d |
The Native American Development Center in Bismarck is considering starting a business incubator for minority populations in the metro area.
The nonprofit is seeking to collect data from Native American business owners in the area as it explores solutions to barriers faced by Native entrepreneurs.
"Access to resources, like investment capital, professional networks, skilled employees and information technology is limited for Native American and minority populated entrepreneurs," center CEO Lorraine Davis said. "If we don't make them more available, financial inequities will further exacerbate the economic, health, education and family disparities in North Dakota communities."
If the feasibility study shows the need, the center will proceed with a business incubator that will offer programs and services to support Indigenous business community networking and collaboration.
"The results of the feasibility study will determine whether we would build it into the center or develop a free-standing facility," Davis said, adding that "the funding elements are a puzzle of private and public dollars."
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The online survey is open through June 30 and can be found at https://bit.ly/3zd2eo6.
People who want to participate in a focus group from 9:30-11:30 a.m. on June 27 can contact Davis at lorraine@ndnadc.org or 701-595-5181. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/tribal-news/bismarck-nonprofit-mulls-business-incubator-for-minorities-feasibility-study-underway/article_9e347fe6-e1dd-11ec-bee5-2b7092f47ba6.html | 2022-06-06T13:32:04 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/tribal-news/bismarck-nonprofit-mulls-business-incubator-for-minorities-feasibility-study-underway/article_9e347fe6-e1dd-11ec-bee5-2b7092f47ba6.html |
A 70-ton sand sculpture greeted visitors to the Singing Sands Sand Sculpting Festival at Washington Park in Michigan City this weekend. All the sculptures were destroyed at the end of the festival as a safety measure.
Doug Ross, The Times
Todd Pangborn, of Jamestown, New York, puts finishing touches on his sand sculpture Saturday at the Singing Sands Sand Sculpting Festival at Washington Park in Michigan City.
Doug Ross, The Times
Sand sculptor Bruce Peck, of Sarasota, Florida, works on his elephant sculpture.
MICHIGAN CITY — Professional sculptors turned sand and water, the two beach staples, into beautiful artworks during the inaugural Singing Sands Sand Sculpting Festival at Washington Park.
If you missed the festival, you’ve missed the artworks completely. They were destroyed at the end of the festival for children’s safety.
The Sand Lovers, based in Fort Myers, Florida, organized the festival for the city.
Bill Knight, one of the partners, said he got into the business when he stumbled across a sand sculpting event. “I had no idea you could make a living at it,” he said, but he and his wife, Marianne Knight, now travel the country and the Caribbean islands, primarily, to run festivals like the one here.
Each beach’s sand has different qualities. Michigan City is a great location for sand sculptures, he said. “We like to have super fine sand, and this is very fine sand.”
Lauri Tournoux, of Navarre, Ohio, is a tax commissioner by day but loves being a master sand sculptor. “I think it’s great. I’ve worked in varieties of sand over the years,” she said.
“If I lived here, I’d be parked on the other side of the dune every night,” she said while gesturing toward Lake Michigan. “Look at what we have here. We have it all.”
Her grandchildren enjoy visiting her home. “I have a 10-ton sand pit at home,” she said. At the festival here, she spent three days turning 11 tons of sand into “The Little Engine That Could.”
Tournoux enjoyed interacting with visitors as they watched her work. “Sand is relaxing for all ages,” she said. “We’ve had people out here with walkers.”
She was worried when an 85-year-old woman appeared to be teetering, concerned for both the woman and her sculpture, but as it turned out the woman was just bending over to remove her shoes.
Sand moves, which can frustrate sculptors. “This sand shifts. It should be called shifting sand,” she said. “It’s a rolling sand. It’s continual.”
Tournoux worked on her sculpture for a couple of hours Friday night. “I saturated it really good,” but in the morning she was surprised. “Where did it go?”
Disappointments have happened before. She told of when someone stumbled on the sprayer at the end of her hose while she was at lunch. When she returned, she watched her creation collapse. It was going to be a dragon, so she shifted directions and turned it into a dragon hatching from an egg while there was still time to do so before the competition ended.
In New England, Tournoux was working on a sculpture when a nor’easter blew in. “I never know wind could beat up your body. I had bruises,” she said.
Rain is another enemy of sand sculptors. “People leave when it rains, so that’s a bad word, rain,” she said.
The festival drew people from far and wide, Tournoux noted. “180 miles to see this. That says something,” she said. Visitors were making a weekend out of their trip to Michigan City.
“I hope they love it. I hope it (the festival) grows,” Tournoux said.
Thivya Braba, of Columbus, Indiana, brought her family after seeing a state tourism email that mentioned the festival.
“I feel blessed to see these kinds of sand sculptures,” she said.
Braba is amazed by the three days of effort to create the minute details. She admits to not having that kind of patience.
“It’s a kind of meditation. They can’t think of anything else,” Braba said.
Kelly Moore, of Niles, Michigan, was impressed by Tournoux’s work. “I love the perspective on it” with its storybook feel, Moore said.
The park, too, was worth the visit. “It’s such a nice environment. You’ve got the skyline, you’ve got the beaches.”
Bob and Gwen Eriks, of Crown Point, watched the sculptors at work. “We thought it was a good way to spend a Saturday afternoon,” Gwen said.
“I always wondered how they do it. I wonder how they keep it from collapsing,” Bob said.
The sculptors’ secret is a mixture of one part Elmer’s glue and nine parts water, Marianne Knight said. “They lightly spray it, and that just kind of keeps the outer layer in place.”
Knight pointed to the sand-sculpted rocks under the lighthouse in the 70-ton tribute to the festival’s sponsors. Sand was slowly seeping out from under the rocks.
Sculptor Scott Triplett, like some of the others, also works with snow as his medium. In fact, that’s how he began his sculpting career.
Triplett said he appreciates the support he gets from the small community of professional sculptors. If he runs into a snag, he can ask for advice. “It’s a family, and we’re really, really open about everything,” he said.
Sculptors can take one or two years to work on a design. Friday morning at the hotel, Triplett finished drawing his plan for the weekend’s sculptures.
Marianne Knight does corporate logos and other designs for clients. At the festivals run by The Sand Lovers, though, she’s too busy running the show to compete. She misses it.
The festivals are fun, but they have a bittersweet ending when the sculptures are demolished. “That’s one of the worst things, is when we take them down,” she said.
Doug Ross, an award-winning writer, has been covering Northwest Indiana for more than 35 years, including more than a quarter of a century at The Times.
Professional sand sculptors from across the world will fashion massive, intricate and eye-popping sand sculptures on the beach in Michigan City this weekend.
Redevelopment Commission attorney Alan Sirinek said it’s not certain whether Franklin will be made two-way. This study simply looks at the feasibility.
Professional sand sculptor Laurie Tournoux, of Navarre, Ohio, shares a laugh while talking about her creations, including "The Little Engine That Could," which she created this weekend at the inaugural Singing Sands Sand Sculpting Festival at Washington Park in Michigan City.
A 70-ton sand sculpture greeted visitors to the Singing Sands Sand Sculpting Festival at Washington Park in Michigan City this weekend. All the sculptures were destroyed at the end of the festival as a safety measure.
Todd Pangborn, of Jamestown, New York, puts finishing touches on his sand sculpture Saturday at the Singing Sands Sand Sculpting Festival at Washington Park in Michigan City.
Semi-pro sand sculptor Marcie Cowles, of Louisville, Ohio, works on a second giraffe for her Noah's Ark sculpture. Cowles credited fellow sculptor Laurie Tournoux for being a mentor. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/laporte/michigan-city/watch-now-sculptors-bring-sand-to-life-at-new-festival/article_3614fafd-58eb-5c35-8517-8d3006e28054.html | 2022-06-06T13:34:31 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/laporte/michigan-city/watch-now-sculptors-bring-sand-to-life-at-new-festival/article_3614fafd-58eb-5c35-8517-8d3006e28054.html |
SUMMERSVILLE, WV (WOWK) – A man who respected everyone and who always had a smile on his face was honored with a candlelight vigil at the Nicholas County Courthouse.
Hugs, tears, and even some laughs were shared as the community paused to show its collective support.
In the crowd was Deputy Tom Baker’s young neighbor Avery Walton. She is a neighbor, and her family shares a garden with Baker’s family.
“He always made a joke out of everything, and you never saw him not smiling, he always had the biggest smile on his face,” when asked what she will remember most about him she said, “definitely his smile, definitely, and he always had a good attitude about things.”
“He was just a good boy all around, he liked to farm, and he liked to do this, he liked to hunt, fish, he did it all,” John Walton said. He and his wife Kim brought the candles to the courthouse early Sunday evening to light in their neighbor’s honor.
Nicholas County Sheriff W.F. Nunley II also spoke to the crowd Sunday evening. He said that Deputy Baker was a man of deep faith.
“I don’t know anybody that couldn’t have a conversation with Tom and not like him. He always had a smile on his face, he was always joking around he always tried to treat people just the way he wanted to be treated,” he told 13 News.
Deputy Baker had been in law enforcement in some capacity most of his adult life. Though there were times he did venture to the private sector, something always brought him back to the badge.
He was an excellent man, he was an excellent friend to Nicholas County, you never saw him without a smile,” Nicholas County Commissioner Garett Cole told 13 News. “It’s just wrecked this community; this community has come out in great support of Deputy Baker.”
Deputy Baker leaves behind a wife and children, a large extended family, and many friends.
Funeral services for Deputy Baker will happen this Wednesday at the Summersville Armory. Visitation will begin at noon and end at 5 p.m. The funeral service will begin at 5 pm and will be followed by his burial. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/candlelight-vigil-held-for-deputy-tom-baker/ | 2022-06-06T13:38:52 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/candlelight-vigil-held-for-deputy-tom-baker/ |
SUMMERSVILLE, WV (WOWK) – Standing in the crowd at a candlelight vigil Sunday night at the Nicholas County Courthouse was a face many didn’t expect to see.
After just being shot in the leg a day and a half earlier Corporal Josh Ellison stood vigil with colleagues, family, friends, and strangers in honor of his fallen colleague Deputy Tom Baker.
Deputy Baker and Corporal Ellison were working together Friday night when the pair responded to a call in the Birch River area.
Both men were shot.
Deputy Baker’s injuries were fatal. Corporal Ellison was shot in the leg. He was rushed to WVU Summersville where he was treated and released.
Sunday night Corporal Ellison had lines of people waiting to shake his hand or give him a hug.
He told 13 News Anchor Amanda Barren that his fallen colleague was a great man and that he joyed the time he got to work with him.
“I got a lot of emotions going on but as for my leg it is healing up, but it’s a little sore, but I will get through it,” he said. “Everyone was amazed to see you here tonight, and at the procession today, what did it mean for you to be here,” Barren asked. “It meant a lot; Tom was a great man and he would have done it for me so I wanted to do it for him.”
Earlier in the day, Ellison took part in the procession that started in South Charleston and brought Baker’s body back to Summersville.
Countless police cars provided an escort. Several different groups of first responders also took part. Along Route 79 first responders lined overpasses to show support.
Corporal Ellison says that he has felt the prayers of the people and they have been a blessing. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/fallen-deputys-wounded-partner-stands-with-community-at-vigil/ | 2022-06-06T13:38:58 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/fallen-deputys-wounded-partner-stands-with-community-at-vigil/ |
TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — The Tarrant County Sherriff's Office confirmed that a deputy died after collapsing while responding to a call on Sunday afternoon.
Officials identified the deputy as Billy W. Scheets.
"It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of one of our own," the department posted in a news release on its Facebook page Sunday night.
According to the sheriff's office, Scheets was working on scene in northern Tarrant County when he passed out and became unresponsive. Another deputy started performing CPR before Scheets was rushed to the hospital, where he later died.
More information about his death was not released. Officials did not immediately release more information about Scheets' tenure with the department.
Many people from the sheriff's office and other agencies paid their respects at the hospital for hours, and then escorted him to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office, officials said.
"It was an unbelievable outpouring of kindness," the sheriff's office said in the release. "We are humbled by the overwhelming support of the community and surrounding agencies."
OTHER TARRANT COUNTY STORIES | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/tarrant-county/tarrant-county-texas-sheriff-deputy-billy-scheets-dies-medical-issue-line-of-duty/287-d0b89874-f70d-4fb9-9f44-3c7417f5e011 | 2022-06-06T13:40:24 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/tarrant-county/tarrant-county-texas-sheriff-deputy-billy-scheets-dies-medical-issue-line-of-duty/287-d0b89874-f70d-4fb9-9f44-3c7417f5e011 |
This is a busy time of year, what with summer just around the corner and we continue to work toward a pre-COVID community lifestyle. Although gas and airline ticket prices may put a bit of a dent in your “get away” plans. Also it’s about midyear, and an excellent time to evaluate how we are doing as individuals, our community and our economic future. Last Fall, our board of directors held its annual planning session and set our 2022 strategic objectives and focus areas. Let me share them with you to recognize what has been done and what our working expectations are for the remainder of 2022.
To ensure that business succeeds and thrives in the Bay Area and key community projects facilitated, the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce (BACC) is committed to the following priorities:
Create a strong local economy
Through supporting the retention and growth of existing local business, focusing on tourism opportunities, supporting industrial development in our area, facilitating new business wanting to relocate here & streamlining the state and local permitting process.
Promote the Community
Through using a positive area marketing message both internally and externally, promoting Oregon’s Adventure Coast, by collaborating with other agencies on product/area branding and by supporting the area’s visitor centers.
Provide Networking
Opportunities
The Chamber is the hub of information for business & community, utilizing events like Business after Hours, Wednesday Business Connection, the Economic Outlook Forum, the Chamber Awards Banquet and more, to spread that word, while providing time for businesses to connect.
Represent Business Issues
By advocating for business issues at all levels of government, continuing to research and take positions on issues important to business and community, and by strengthening lobbying efforts with the state.
Build a strong Chamber
Engage new & active members in our committee activities and events; provide a mentoring program to ensure their success and incorporate best practices from Chambers around the state to continue our growth and effectiveness into the future.
Our Focus Areas in 2022
• Chamber Teams—build a regular informational forum on team activities
• Communication—expanded use of social media, apps and outreach to our community
• Membership—create a Chamber 101 course and video to better tell our story to members and potential members.
• Advocacy—determine current business needs and craft a working response to address those at all levels
This is an ambitious set of objectives which can truly make a difference if we work at it together. So, how about it? We have a spot for you in the Chamber, come on down and join the team.
Remember our business is helping your business. And like us on Facebook.
(Timm Slater is executive director of the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. For more information on your Chamber, email timmslater@oregonsbayarea.org.) | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/the-chamber-minute-out-strategic-objectives/article_073f95c8-e1d6-11ec-9d19-a75d0e2fbfd5.html | 2022-06-06T13:41:20 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/the-chamber-minute-out-strategic-objectives/article_073f95c8-e1d6-11ec-9d19-a75d0e2fbfd5.html |
Here are 11 Volusia, Flagler projects Gov. Ron DeSantis cut from state budget
Gov. Ron DeSantis excised $3 billion Thursday from the record budget approved by lawmakers in March, and Volusia and Flagler counties — where he once served as a congressman — weren't spared.
Budget-signing day is a good news/bad news scenario for the lawmakers who sponsored projects and the community institutions that requested funds. Some key projects survived DeSantis' veto pen, including $25 million for an Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University research park building, $6.8 million for a new Flagler County parkway and $6 million for Daytona State College to construct a law enforcement training center at its DeLand campus.
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Here are 11 projects of note cut by DeSantis.
Volusia County Marine Science Center
Volusia County had proposed $1 million in improvements to its Marine Science Center in Ponce Inlet, specifically a Sea Turtle, Seabird and Manatee Education Building.
Florida Agricultural Museum
Flagler County's Florida Agricultural Museum accounted for two of the redlined line-items, totaling $6.5 million. The proposals included money for a welcome center and pioneer village where visitors could learn about agriculture of the past, present and future. "The ag center, we're a little disappointed about," Flagler County Commissioner Joe Mullins said Friday. "Certainly it will have its day and its purpose."
But Mullins said the county will be busy with two of the major projects that survived vetoes: $6.4 million for a septic-to-sewer conversion project on the barrier island, from State Road A1A to MalaCompra Road, and a new, $6.8 million road in Bunnell connecting State Road 100 to U.S. 1. Mullins said the road will spur projects including a government complex including a sheriff's station, Bunnell city offices and a library, in addition to space for industrial growth. "The city has been pushing that one for 12 years and couldn't get support," Mullins said. "We made a commitment that would be a focus."
Daytona State College
DSC had proposed establishing a pharmacy tech vocational program. College officials stated in their request that it was in response to community health leaders looking to "fill a gap in employment. Jobs in this area are expected to increase by over 15% over the next 8 years." Nearly $450,000 was cut.
Bethune-Cookman University
B-CU had requested $80,000 for a Bethune Center whose mission is to "promote the values exhibited by the life of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune in an effort to offer solutions to issues that plague our communities, nation and world." It would provide a space for research, exhibitions and performances with an aim of fostering civic engagement.
Daytona Beach Reuse Pump Station
Some $250,000 was cut from a plan to construct Pump Station 90, which is envisioned to distribute reclaimed water to areas of Daytona Beach that currently do not receive it. The city says the pump station would "make the reuse system more operational and effective, providing redundancy that will reduce discharge to the Halifax River."
Ormond Beach Reclaimed Water
A reclaimed water tank and transmission line in Ormond Beach were eliminated. The two projects totaled $850,000. They are designed to increase access to reclaimed water, reduce the need for potable water and reduce the discharge of wastewater effluent to the Intracoastal Waterway.
Spruce Creek dredging
Volusia County proposed the dredging of approximately 17,500 yards of sediment that has caused navigation through an existing railway bridge dangerous. The governor cut $545,000 in state funds for the project.
The sediment has caused other problems. Boaters have documented a stranded Atlantic bottlenose dolphin and other large marine life due to sediment and other materials plugging up the channel. County officials said the removal of muck will allow a natural flushing in and out of Strickland Bay.
Orange City Emergency Response Fire Station
Orange City, which uses an older mobile home on Harley Strickland Boulevard for a fire station, is looking to build anew and requested $500,000 in state funds for planning and design.
"We are very sad that the project was vetoed, but will work on developing a new strategy for funding facility development," City Manager Dale Arrington said in an email Friday. The mobile-home fire station "cannot be occupied during storm events requiring us to relocate station personnel to other stations during major storms," Arrington said. Also, it sits on land next to a city water plant that needs to be expanded.
Lake Helen City Hall
The 1916 Lake Helen City Hall has problems. The roof and windows leak and there's concern for mold. The city proposed replacing the roof and windows and got $180,000 in the state budget to cover costs. City officials say the replacements will secure the building and help the city save on electricity costs. DeSantis eliminated the funding.
New Smyrna Beach Woman's Club
This city-owned 1924 building's stabilization and restoration project has been under way, and New Smyrna Beach officials sought $500,000 to complete a second phase in order to use the facility for social events and public programs.
Daytona Beach Veterans Museum and Educational Center
A group of veterans and supporters are attempting to renovate the historic Cornelia Young Library in Daytona Beach for a Veterans Museum and Education Center. They requested $126,000 for the museum, which would house artifacts, photos and personal stories, be open five days a week and facilitate monthly meetings with presentations.
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At least one person was injured when bullets rained down on a bus stop in New York City late Sunday evening, authorities said.
Surveillance video from the block shows people standing around the stop scattering when shots rang out around 9:30 p.m. at a bus stop at 145th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
Police said a male suffered a gunshot wound in the leg, and is expected to survive.
It's still unclear if anyone at the bus stop was the intended target of the gunfire or if the city's latest act of gun violence was random.
Overnight, police said a person of interest had been taken into custody.
Copyright NBC New York | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/bullet-barrage-sends-riders-scattering-at-nyc-bus-stop/3721344/ | 2022-06-06T14:01:29 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/bullet-barrage-sends-riders-scattering-at-nyc-bus-stop/3721344/ |
The fourth and final suspect connected to a home invasion turned murder on Staten Island has finally been apprehended by police more than five months after the robbery group allegedly killed a 38-year-old man inside his house.
Police arrested DeAndre McClellan, 24, over the weekend in Alabama, where he was picked up by officials and extradited to New York City to face charges in the Dec. 16 slaying, the NYPD announced Monday.
The home invasion crew allegedly broke into Tamer Sharrawy's home on Hinton Street in the middle of the night and fatally shot the man in the shoulder, police have said.
The first arrests in the case came more than a month after Sharrawy's murder. Authorities arrested Kaitlyn Reuter, 35, and Nathaniel Morton, 40, at the end of January on charges of murder, robbery and criminal possession of a weapon.
A third suspect, Emmanuel Sullivan, was arrested nearly 10 days later and hit with similar charges. The 20-year-old Staten Island man was being held on Rikers Island until last week then DOC officials announced his death.
McClellan faces charges of murder, robbery and criminal possession of a machine gun, among other charges. Attorney information for the 24-year-old was not immediately known. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/staten-island-home-invasion-murder-suspect-arrested-in-alabama-5-months-later/3721354/ | 2022-06-06T14:01:35 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/staten-island-home-invasion-murder-suspect-arrested-in-alabama-5-months-later/3721354/ |
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is scheduled to sign a packet of gun reform bills into law on Monday, three weeks after 10 people were killed in a mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket.
New York's legislature passed legislation Thursday banning anyone under age 21 from buying or possessing a semi-automatic rifle, a major change to state firearm laws pushed through less than three weeks after an 18-year-old used one of the guns to kill 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo.
The Legislature spent Thursday evening debating the bill raising the age limit, which passed the Senate along party lines 43-20 and in the Assembly 102-47. The legislation, which also launches a licensing requirement, is the centerpiece of a package of gun control bills announced earlier this week by Democratic legislative leaders and Gov. Kathy Hochul. It's now set to head to Hochul's desk for her signature.
Hochul said that "we cannot keep living like this," as she called the scene outside a medical center in Tulsa one that is "all too familiar in this country." In that case, a gunman used a semi-automatic rifle to kill four people.
"We cannot be satisfied by New York's already tough gun laws. Shooting after shooting makes it clear that they must be even stronger to keep New Yorkers safe. This comprehensive package will close loopholes, give law enforcement the tools they need to prevent easy access to guns, and stop the sale of dangerous weapons to 18-year-olds," Hochul said. "I am grateful to Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins, Speaker Heastie, and our partners in the legislature, and I look forward to signing these bills into law."
New York already requires people to be 21 to possess a handgun. Younger people would still be allowed to have other types of rifles and shotguns, but the change in the law would restrict ownership of the type of fast-firing rifles used by the 18-year-old gunmen in the mass shootings in Buffalo and at a Texas elementary school.
Besides raising the legal purchase age to 21, the bill would also require anyone buying a semiautomatic rifle to get a license — something now only required for handguns.
Republicans chastised Democrats for pushing a more sweeping measure than Hochul originally pitched.
Sen. Gustavo Rivera, a Bronx Democrat, rebuffed Republicans who argued the bill will inconvenience gun owners and infringe Second Amendment rights: “It is meant to be a hassle to those folks who might want to get their hands quickly on something with which they could mass murder people."
Semiautomatic rifles automatically load each bullet after firing, although firing requires pulling the trigger for each round. That makes it possible for mass murderers to kill more people in a short amount of time.
The change would largely impact areas outside New York City, which already requires permits to possess, carry and purchase any type of firearm and prohibits most applicants under 21.
In the city, Mayor Eric Adams appointed a new gun czar to make a dent in violent crime by sending more advocates into neighborhoods. However, the appointment has faced criticism, as the man named to co-chair the city's new gun violence task force — longtime community activist Andrew Mitchell — was the subject of a past investigation that he used city funds to hire family members.
Adams defended naming Mitchell to the unpaid post.
"Hiring own family members? You beat me up when I wanted to hire my own brother!" Adams told reporters. "We are not looking for a nun, we're looking for someone not afraid to be in the streets and embrace our people."
For his part, Mitchell said "there was no criminality, no illegality, none of those things discovered" during the investigation. He also vowed to make a difference in gun-plagued neighborhoods as fast as he can, but wouldn't put a time frame on it.
Elsewhere in New York, people as young as 16 can possess long guns like rifles and shotguns without a license.
Sen. Alexis Weik, a Republican of Long Island, pointed out that an 18 year old could still travel to another state and buy a semi-automatic rifle.
Sen. Kevin Thomas, a Long Island Democrat and one of the bill's sponsors, replied, “Are you advocating for federal gun control? Because that what's needed."
New York would join a handful of states — including Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Vermont and Washington - that require buyers to be at least 21 instead of 18 to purchase some types of long guns. Similar legislation has been proposed in Utah.
California's attempt to raise the legal buying age for a semiautomatic weapons has been challenged in court.
On May 11, a U.S. Appeals court panel ruled 2-1 that the state’s ban on the sale of semiautomatic weapons to adults under 21 is unconstitutional. The two judges who ruled in the majority were part of Republican President Donald Trump’s wave of conservative-approved nominees that reshaped the famously liberal court.
The National Rifle Association is also challenging Florida's ban on the sale of rifles and other firearms to adults under age 21, which was passed in the wake of a 2018 shooting that killed 17 students and staff at a high school in Parkland.
Another bill set to pass in New York would require new guns to be equipped with microstamping technology, which would allow law enforcement investigators to more easily link weapons to fired bullets.
The state is also expected to pass legislation that would restrict the purchase of body armor and expand the list of people who can apply for an extreme risk protection order, a court order that can temporarily prohibit someone from purchasing or possessing a firearm if they are believed to be a danger to themselves or others. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/hochul-set-to-sign-ny-gun-control-bills-in-wake-of-buffalo-mass-shooting/3721598/ | 2022-06-06T14:01:41 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/hochul-set-to-sign-ny-gun-control-bills-in-wake-of-buffalo-mass-shooting/3721598/ |
A New Jersey man attempting to summit Denali, the high mountain peak in North America, died over the weekend just shy of reaching the top.
The National Park Service announced the death of Fernando Birman, of Stockton, who they said collapse Friday at 19,700 feet on Denali.
Mountain guides accompanying the 48-year-old attempted CPR, but officials said he never regained a pulse. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The cause of death has not been officially determined, but the park service said his death was consistent with "sudden cardiac arrest."
Birman's body was recovered from the mountain and taken to the State of Alaska medical examiner late Friday.
The climber was approximately 600 feet shy of reaching the peak, which stands at 20,310 feet. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nj-man-dies-during-summit-of-highest-peak-in-north-america/3721343/ | 2022-06-06T14:02:00 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nj-man-dies-during-summit-of-highest-peak-in-north-america/3721343/ |
OCALA, Fla. – A 14-year-old boy was injured Friday in a shooting outside an Ocala apartment complex, according to the police department.
Police said Monday that the boy was in stable condition.
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According to the Ocala Star-Banner, officers were called Friday night to the Laurel Park Apartments and found the teen suffering from a gunshot wound. The newspaper reported that shots were fired toward a vehicle the boy was in.
No arrests have been announced, and the shooting remains under investigation. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/06/14-year-old-boy-shot-near-ocala-apartment-complex/ | 2022-06-06T14:03:56 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/06/14-year-old-boy-shot-near-ocala-apartment-complex/ |
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – Disney Cruise Line is preparing to welcome its newest ship, the Disney Wish, to Central Florida later this month.
In order to make room at Port Canaveral, the company is shuffling some of its cruise ships around, including the Disney Dream.
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The ship arrived back at Port Canaveral Monday morning to disembark weekend cruise passengers before heading to its new port in Miami.
“The Disney Dream will be leaving us on June 6, and the Disney Dream has always called Port Canaveral home,” Capt. John Murray, Port Canaveral CEO, said during a commission meeting last month. “So, it’s heading down to Miami and next year, it’s going to Europe - so that ship probably won’t be back for a while. It’s been a long stay since she was delivered about 10 years ago.”
Following the ship’s time in Miami, Disney Cruise Line said in 2023 the Disney Dream will sail from Barcelona and Rome to picturesque ports of call throughout the Mediterranean, including a first-ever 7-night sailing to the Greek Isles with stops in the ever-popular ports of Santorini and Mykonos. Later that year, the ship will travel from Southampton and will feature cruises to a wealth of destinations including Spain, France, the British Isles, Norway and Iceland.
Construction of the Disney Dream began back in 2009. A year later, the ship was delivered to Disney Cruise Line.
Early in the morning on Jan. 4, 2011, the ship arrived to fanfare and fireworks at Port Canaveral.
Just a couple of weeks later on Jan. 26, 2011, the ship set sail on its maiden voyage from Central Florida. Since that time, the ship has taken millions of passengers on 3- and 4-night sailings to Disney’s Castaway Cay and Nassau.
At 1,115 feet, the Disney Dream is longer than the height of the Eiffel Tower in Paris and longer than the height of New York City’s Chrysler Building, making it one of the fleet’s bigger ships.
The Dream’s sister ship, the Disney Fantasy, will continue to call Port Canaveral home.
The Disney Wish is scheduled to arrive at the port on June 20 between the hours of 4 a.m. and 7 a.m. at cruise terminal 8 and 10.
The Disney Wish will be powered by liquified natural gas, or LNG, one of the cleanest-burning fuels available, officials said. At approximately 144,000 gross tons and 1,250 guest staterooms, the ship will be slightly larger than the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy.
When the Disney Wish sets sail this summer, it will be filled with innovative new experiences steeped in Disney storytelling, including the first-ever Disney attraction at sea, immersive dining experiences themed to “Frozen” and Marvel, and a high-end lounge set in the Star Wars galaxy. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/06/disney-dream-bids-farewell-to-port-canaveral-after-more-than-decade-in-service/ | 2022-06-06T14:04:03 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/06/disney-dream-bids-farewell-to-port-canaveral-after-more-than-decade-in-service/ |
ORMOND BEACH, Fla. – An Ormond Beach family gave Volusia County deputies an unexpected assist in arresting a man on a stolen Yamaha WaveRunner, according to the sheriff’s office.
The sheriff’s office posted body-camera video (see below) of the arrest Monday on Twitter.
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The video shows a deputy approaching a family on a dock, asking if they could take him and another deputy out on the water to nab the man on the stolen WaveRunner.
The family agreed and then offered deputies to borrow the boat on their own.
The video then cuts to the deputies approaching the man on the watercraft. In the video, the deputies draw their guns and order the man to swim over to them.
“I don’t know how to swim,” the man said in the video.
Just want to say THANK YOU to an Ormond Beach family who let our deputies interrupt their Sunday afternoon to apprehend a suspect on a stolen jet ski. (He was unable to get it started, and floated down the Intracoastal until deputies took him into custody) pic.twitter.com/NS8utl3t3z
— Volusia Sheriff (@VolusiaSheriff) June 6, 2022
“So, you’re gonna’ take a (WaveRunner) and you don’t know how to swim?” one of the deputies shouted back at the man.
The deputies are then seen in the video throwing the hapless accused thief a rope, pulling him onto their boat.
The bodycam video ends with deputies thanking the family for allowing them to use the boat.
Investigators have not given the name of the man arrested or said what charges he may face. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/06/i-dont-know-how-to-swim-video-shows-strange-arrest-on-volusia-waterway/ | 2022-06-06T14:04:09 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/06/i-dont-know-how-to-swim-video-shows-strange-arrest-on-volusia-waterway/ |
In a crash that was caught on video and witnessed by dozens of bystanders — 20 of whom required treatment at local hospitals — an internal memory component inside a 2010 Ford Taurus could play an important role in the investigation and potential prosecution stemming from last weekend's O Street crash.
The so-called black box inside the Taurus — and every car manufactured since the early 2000s — is a mechanism more accurately known as an airbag control module, which captures a three-to-five-second snapshot of data that can tell investigators exactly what happened in the lead-up to a crash, Nebraska State Patrol Lt. Brent Bockstadter said.
Bockstadter, the agency's crash reconstruction coordinator, said the module activates in events of sudden deceleration, tracking a handful of statistics, including steering positioning, revolutions per minute and, importantly, speed.
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The Lincoln Police Department notably used module data in its investigation of a 2018 crash that killed a UNL band member. In that instance, the data showed the man whose vehicle stuck another, killing 20-year-old trumpeter Tyler Butterfield, had been driving 92 mph three seconds before the crash, police said then.
Nearly four years later, the same type of data could be crucial, after the Taurus, driven by 18-year-old Kyvell Stark of Omaha, struck a Toyota as it turned north onto 52nd Street from O Street on May 29, killing Emily Siebenhor, 20, and her passenger, Edith Hermosillo, 22.
The impact sent both cars off the street and onto the sidewalk, hitting onlookers there for the traditional Memorial Day weekend cruise.
Some bystanders said the Taurus had been driving as fast as 100 mph in a 40 mph zone before the crash. In the crash report, police said Stark was speeding, but authorities have not yet said how fast he was driving.
"Eyewitness testimony is important, but eyewitness testimony also has to line up with what the physical evidence says and what the crash reconstruction says," said Bockstadter, a 26-year veteran of the State Patrol who spoke generally about crash reconstruction practices but did not specifically comment on the Lincoln crash.
"To pinpoint a speed," he said, "that's pretty difficult to the untrained eye."
The exact speed of the Taurus will carry weight if investigators turn the case over to the Lancaster County Attorney's Office for prosecution.
In 2018, prosecutors charged 30-year-old Waltrivelish Watson with felony motor vehicle homicide — normally a misdemeanor — in the crash that killed Butterfield. An exception in Nebraska's motor vehicle homicide statute allows prosecutors to enhance the charge if the state can prove the defendant drove with a disregard for safety, according to state law.
The difference in potential penalties for the two charges is up to 2 years of incarceration and $9,000 in fines. Watson was sentenced to two years in prison and had his license suspended for seven years.
Further complicating the investigation into last week's O Street crash is the alleged presence of THC in Stark's system. Police said in the crash report that Stark tested positive for marijuana, but proving the drug influenced him at the time of the crash is its own hurdle.
The car's speed, though, is not so hard to prove.
"That's definitely going to play in," County Attorney Pat Condon said of the control module data. "That's something that really is — we can pretty much say with certainty, 'This is how fast they were going' when we get that information, if we can obtain that information from the black box."
There are instances — often when vehicles are submerged in water or catch fire — when the control module data is corrupted or irretrievable, Bockstadter said. Additionally, the data may read inaccurately if a car is thrust airborne.
Stark's car rolled several times and landed upside-down after last weekend's crash, according to police. And Lincoln's Fire and Rescue chief told reporters that first responders initially put out several small fires upon arriving at the scene near 52nd and O streets, but it's unclear if fire burned near enough to the control module to affect the data.
Police Chief Teresa Ewins mentioned the "black box" at a news conference Monday as an ongoing part of the investigation, but it's unclear if the department has yet analyzed the data. No search warrant for the module had been filed in Lancaster County District Court as of Friday.
Asked if investigators had recovered data from the module, Lincoln Police Sgt. Chis Vollmer said department officials would address all available details at a news conference early this week.
With or without the data, Bockstadter said, traditional crash reconstruction methods — which include examination of tire marks and assessing impact damage, he said — along with video analysis, can help investigators determine impact speed.
"For lack of a better term, it has to pass the smell test," Bockstadter said of the data. "That the data that's reported here is consistent with what an officer generally sees ... with the amount of damage or injury level to the occupants. All that stuff has to come together."
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.
Reach the writer at 402-473-7223 or awegley@journalstar.com.
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How (and when) Muncie will celebrate Juneteenth
MUNCIE, Ind. — The Juneteenth Muncie 2022 celebration will be 3-9 p.m. June 18 at McCulloch Park.
“The Juneteenth holiday falls on Father’s Day this year, so we are celebrating a day early on June 18 to allow people to spend time with family on Sunday,” Dorica Watson, event co-chair, said in a release.
Everyone is invited to take canopies, seating and coolers to enjoy a day at the park, featuring free food 3-6 p.m., games, bands, spoken word, dancers, a DJ, giveaways, prizes and inflatables, as well as cornhole, Delaware County Championship Wrestling, a chess tournament and special musical guest Bashiri Asad, according to the Juneteenth Muncie Facebook page.
Vendors will offer food and merchandise, and community tables will be available. More information is available, including links to volunteer or donate, at juneteenthmuncie.com.
The rain date for the Juneteenth Muncie celebration will be July 9.
This year's Juneteenth celebration is a joint effort of the Juneteenth Muncie Committee and partnering organization Indiana Black Expo — Muncie Chapter. Shafer Leadership Academy is the presenting sponsor of the event.
Juneteenth is a holiday commemorating the end of slavery, marking the date of June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought news to Galveston, Texas, that the Civil War had ended and all enslaved people were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Musicians can sign up for next Cornerstone open mic night
MUNCIE — Cornerstone Center for the Arts, 520 E. Main St., will offer an open mic night featuring music, hip hop and the spoken word 6-9 p.m. June 24. There is a $5 cover charge.
Spots are open for performers for the June event. Anyone interested in performing should contact event promoter Jonathon Bennett at jbennett@cornerstonearts.org. “Cornerstone invites any local musicians, from amateur to experienced, to share their talent on our auditorium stage,” Bennett said in a release.
All proceeds go to support Cornerstone’s educational programs and supplies.
In May, the monthly event was altered to present a set program of performers in Cornerfest. The event was so successful that another Cornerfest will be presented at a future date, according to the release.
Information: cornerstonearts.org or 765-281-9503.
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Police to use Northside Middle School building for training on Monday, Tuesday
MUNCIE, Ind. — If you notice an increased police and first responder presence in the area of Northside Middle School on Monday and Tuesday, don't panic.
The Ball State University Police Department and other first responders will be conducting training at the school 8 a.m.-noon and 4-8 p.m. Monday, June 6, and again Tuesday, June 7, according to an announcement from Ball State. The last day of classes for Muncie schools was May 26.
Free concert at Cornerstone to feature gospel singer
MUNCIE – Award-winning gospel music recording artist Lynda Randle will perform at a 90-minute concert 6-7:30 p.m. July 15 at Cornerstone Center for the Arts, 520 E. Main St.
The concert is free to the public and is sponsored by The Church of God Restoration.
Randale has been performer in the Gaither Homecoming events and has been awarded GMA’s Dove Award for outstanding achievement in the gospel music industry, according to a release.
More:Grant to fund wheelchair lift at historic Cornerstone Center for the Arts
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A group of 35 current and former Dodge Traditional Magnet Middle School students visited Washington, D.C. for a few days last week — a trip that some students had been waiting to go on for nearly two years.
Chris Ryan, a Dodge teacher and the tour leader, said the trip is typically scheduled for seventh-grade students who wish to take part. But with the pandemic disrupting plans in 2020, some of the students had to wait two years to finally go on the trip.
That meant the tour group consisted of seventh-, eighth- and ninth-grade students, the latter having already transitioned out of Dodge Middle.
The group visited several famous spots including the Arlington National Cemetery, Smithsonian Museum and World War II Memorial. “We got some really good memories,” Ryan said.
Brenna Shupe, now a student at University High School, said she was initially unsure about going on the trip after she had already left Dodge Middle. But in the end, she said, she was able to appreciate much more than she would have at a younger age.
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“When I first signed up, I kind of saw it as just a way to hang out with friends,” she said. “But now that I didn’t really know anyone who was going on the trip, I saw it as a chance to see some of our history, which was really exciting, especially things that I had learned about.”
For seventh-grader Xaynen Dickson, the trip took place on the date originally scheduled for him. He said his favorite part was dining at a Medieval Times restaurant. But where he learned the most, he said, “was the last day, at the National Cathedral.”
The trip itself came with its own challenges, however, mainly involving transportation, as airlines across the nation struggled with staffing shortages and poor weather conditions.
On Thursday, the day the group of 35 students and 10 chaperones was supposed to be back in Tucson, the group was stranded at a hotel near Dallas after its flight to Arizona was canceled. “They’re all tapped out,” Ryan said that day. “Some are very, very homesick but some are like, ‘Hey, an extra day. Woohoo.’”
Luckily, Ryan said, they were able to secure seats on two flights Friday afternoon and make their way home.
In other education news
Liliana Jimenez, a junior at the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, received the first-place scholarship award of $2,500 from the Arizona District Optimists. The award was sponsored by the Tucson, Superior, Pueblo Gardens and Pueblo Optimist Clubs.
Lillian Salamah, a student at Walden Grove High School in Sahuarita, was selected as a National Youth Correspondent for the 2022 Washington Journalism and Media Conference July 10-15 at George Mason University. She was chosen based on academic accomplishments including excellence in journalism and media studies.
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A barrage of gunfire Friday night at a graduation party in a Chester neighborhood left six people shot, one fatally, Chesterfield County police said.
More than 50 shots were fired during the shootings in the area of Stepney and Weybridge roads around 10:21 p.m.
Taborri J. Carter, 20, of the 21100 block of Baileys Grove Drive in South Chesterfield, was given emergency aid by officers but died at the scene from his injuries, police said.
The five other shooting victims, all males, suffered injuries that do not appear to be life-threatening. Two females suffered non-firearm-related injuries when struck by a vehicle as they fled the scene, Chesterfield Police Major Brad Badgerow said.
He said police have identified four different calibers of shell casings at the scene.
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“Whether that means it was four people shooting, I can’t tell you that. But it looks like there were at least four different weapons that were firing.”
The party attracted revelers from Richmond and the Tri-Cities area. The gunfire-injured victims, ages 16-21, were from Chesterfield, Hopewell, Dinwiddie County and Prince George County. They left the scene and went to area hospitals or other locations before police arrived, Badgerow said.
Badgerow said his understanding was that the party was for a student at Thomas Dale High School, which is a couple of miles from the house. The department had received at least three complaints about loud music at the party, he said, but officers were busy responding to other calls, including a suicidal teenager, a motor vehicle accident, auto theft, a disturbance at a group home and a reported abduction. “But then, obviously, when the ‘shots fired’ came in is when we left the other stuff pretty quickly and showed up,” Badgerow said.
Police found out afterward that prior to the shootings, there were two separate “fights or disturbances” between females, he said. One was broken up, and then soon afterward, another fight started. “And then very shortly after that is when the shots fired call came in,” Badgerow said.
When asked if police could have done anything earlier in the night to prevent the party from getting out of control, he said: “I think if we had a crystal ball and we knew what was going on, then we might have been able to do something else. But under the circumstances, we need to go on the priority calls, and that’s what we did. And when this one became a priority, we were there.”
Chesterfield police are asking anyone with information about the shootings to contact the department at (804) 748-1251 or through Crime Solvers at (804) 748-0660 or the P3 Tips app.
“We know there are people out there who know what happened,” said Badgerow, adding that 50 to 100 people were at the party, many underage. “Parents, if you know that your kids were out last night and you’re not quite sure where they were or you’re a little suspicious about what might be going on, we’d like to ask for your help.
“Check with your kids. Engage with them. See what they were doing. And give us a call if you have any information that can help us with this.”
He also asked for people to send in any relevant cellphone video, security camera footage or Ring doorbell video.
Earlier, Badgerow had shown a screen grab of an Instagram invitation to the party, which had advertised a “jersey theme.” The invite billed the party as “NO DRAMA.” | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/chester-high-school-graduation-party-shooting-kills-man-injures-5/article_f0de5cd7-15c3-530a-8a13-b61fdc4fe70b.html | 2022-06-06T14:27:43 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/chester-high-school-graduation-party-shooting-kills-man-injures-5/article_f0de5cd7-15c3-530a-8a13-b61fdc4fe70b.html |
Richmond Fire crews pulled a body from the James River Monday morning in the area of Huguenot Flatwater, authorities confirmed.
The river-access at Huguenot Flatwater is blocked with police and fire vehicles. Police spokeswoman Tracy Walker said more information would be released later Monday.
Winstead, 23, of Henrico County, and Sarah E. Erway, 28, of Chesterfield County, went missing about 3:15 p.m. May 30. They plunged over Bosher’s Dam on paddleboards. They were among a group of 12 people on a float trip that started out at Watkins Landing in Powhatan County.
Their 10 companions, riding paddleboards or inflatable rafts, also plunged over the dam but were rescued or got to safety on their own.
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Forest Hill Ave.
In October 1951, workers constructed a section of Forest Hill Avenue in South Richmond. The segment sits between Westover Hills Boulevard and Prince Arthur Road.
In February 1953, Richmond Department of Utilities workers used a 65-foot hook-and-ladder firetruck to install new lights on Broad Street after attempts to secure other ladder equipment from private companies had failed.
In May 1954, Scoop sniffed around the pet food aisle at a grocery store in Richmond’s West End. The store offered a large selection of pet foods, a relatively new concept for the era. The accompanying article said: “Gone, apparently, are the days that Fido took the scraps from the table and liked them.”
In September 1942, members of Richmond Hotels Inc. donated typewriters to the War Production Board and the Office of War Information in response to an appeal for businesses to let the government have any machines they could spare.
In August 1981, children enjoyed outdoor recreation at Camp Happyland in the Richardsville area of Culpeper County, not far from Fredericksburg. The Salvation Army started the camp in the late 1950s to improve children’s health through exercise and proper nutrition.
In March 1971, a crowd estimated at several hundred waited outside City Council chambers at City Hall in downtown Richmond. Residents of the recently annexed Broad Rock area were protesting the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s proposal for low-rent public housing in the area.
In March 1969, a sign went up to mark the site of Henrico County’s first permanent designated library, on Laburnum Avenue near New Market Road. On hand were (from left) Varina District Supervisor Edwin Ragsdale, library board trustee Mrs. F.M. Vaughan, library assistant Virginia Liles and county libraries director David Rowland. The library opened in December 1970.
In June 1969, a Trappist monk at the Holy Cross Abbey near Berryville in Clarke County began his daily meditation. The monks spent their days balancing quiet prayer, spiritual reading and manual labor.
In June 1956, the Rev. Lawrence V. Bradley Jr. of Grove Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond and his secretary, Jean Bolton, got out the summertime heat beater: a simple cardboard fan. The pews were liberally stocked during the warm months because the church had no air conditioning.
In July 1959, the normally bustling downtown Richmond business district, including this stretch along Eighth and Main streets, was much quieter as motorists stayed home because of triple-digit heat.
In April 1966, Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp. officials oversaw manufacturing at a new plant in Chesterfield County. The facility produced millions of bags for supermarket chains and other clients on the East Coast. At the time, about 265 employees worked in two local company plants; the old factory at 13th and Canal streets in Richmond was open for limited operation until it was sold.
In March 1969, a sign went up to mark the site of Henrico County’s first permanent designated library, on Laburnum Avenue near New Market Road. The branch opened in December 1970. Posing with the sign were (from left) Varina District Supervisor Edwin Ragsdale, library board trustee Mrs. F.M. Vaughan, library assistant Virginia Liles and county libraries director David Rowland.
In August 1982, David Tidwell of Croaker posed with his girlfriend’s dog, Blazing Amber of Cinder, at the humorous “Norge Dog Station” at Norge Grocery on U.S. Route 60 west of Williamsburg. The sign had been put up seven years earlier, and the spot became a popular photo opportunity for visitors.
In March 1987, in preparation for new carpeting, the Dumbarton branch library in Henrico County had to remove about 80,000 books from shelves. About 50 people handled the first phase overnight — but restocking the shelves awaited.
This 1957 photo shows Collegiate School in the 1600 block of Monument Avenue in Richmond. The Town School elementary building was on the left and the high school on the right. In 1960, the Town School and the Country Day School merged, operating on the campus off River and Mooreland roads in Henrico County. It remains the location today.
In November 1970, a Richmond officer rode his horse by the police bureau’s new stables, which were under construction. The facility near Brook Road and Chamberlayne Avenue included eight stalls, a scrub area, a horseshoeing area and a tack room. The bureau had been looking for an established home for its horses since the mid-1960s, when the Virginia National Guard moved from the Richmond Howitzers downtown armory, where the horses had been stabled for two decades.
In March 1971, a crowd estimated at several hundred waited outside City Council chambers at City Hall in downtown Richmond. Residents of the recently annexed Broad Rock area were protesting the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s proposal for low-rent public housing in the area.
In November 1948, Army Lt. Charles D. Smith Jr. administered the oath to the first set of postwar draftees processed at the Richmond induction station at First and Broad streets. Several of the men were immediately sent to Camp Pickett in Blackstone.
In December 1938, Richmond Glass Shop had a new home at 814 W. Broad St., site of the old Ashland Railway Station. The shop, run by brothers Frank R. and A.G. Bialkowski, had glass of many types, and offered bath and kitchen installation, storefront construction and paint products.
In March 1979, corrections officer Howard Alexander held the homemade rope used by convicted murderer Michael Irwin Cross to escape from the State Penitentiary, then located along Spring Street in downtown Richmond. Cross was captured two months later after attempting to free a fellow convict who was being treated at Medical College of Virginia Hospital.
In June 1986, “Mr. Newspaper” greeted a young girl and her mother at a Richmond-area mall. The RTD mascot often traveled around town promoting the newspaper.
In July 1951, Alonzo Moore, 74, walked down a street in Cape Charles on Virginia’s Eastern Shore and blew his horn, alerting locals to his sale of the fresh catch of the day.
In July 1960, the Schellenberg family of Highland Springs prepared to have a bomb shelter installed in their yard, one of Virginia’s first privately owned radiation fallout shelters. The enclosure was designed to accommodate up to six people during a nuclear attack. The horizontal steel tank (rear) was 7 feet in diameter and 16 feet long. Once installed, the only elements aboveground would be a domed entrance and air filter and exhaust pipes.
In June 1979, Terry Woo set bricks for a walkway as construction of Kanawha Plaza in downtown Richmond continued. The $4 million dollar city-financed plaza linked the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond building and the Virginia Electric and Power Co. building.
In June 1968, workers welded boilers at Old Dominion Iron and Steel Corp., located on Belle Isle under the Lee Bridge in Richmond. At the time, Old Dominion’s owner was interested in expanding operations, and the city was interested in using the island as part of a James River park. The company’s history on Belle Isle spanned from before the Civil War to the 1970s.
In November 1972, after the remnants of Hurricane Agnes had washed out a bridge, a barge carried vehicles and workers across the James River from Tredegar Street toward Belle Isle in Richmond. A day earlier, a welder for Old Dominion Iron and Steel Corp. drowned after a boat carrying him and others capsized on the same route.
This December 1973 photo shows the front counter in Roaring Twenties, a new restaurant and nightclub on state Route 10 in the Hopewell area. It was designed to resemble a 1920s speakeasy, with features including an antique cash register, a diving girl and even a dining table from Al Capone’s Florida home.
In October 1969, cadets at John Marshall High School in Richmond posed with their ribbon-bedecked sponsors after an awards ceremony. The school’s Corps of Cadets was established in 1915 — it was the first military training program in a public school in Virginia — and disbanded in 1971.
In May 1989, a transformer exploded under the sidewalk on the Fourth Street side of the Richmond Newspapers Inc. building downtown. The ensuing fireball charred two cars parked on the street and sent flames up the side of the building. No one was hurt in the nighttime explosion, and delivery of the next morning’s Richmond Times-Dispatch (which was printed in the building) was only slightly delayed.
In August 1972, motorists approaching construction on Interstate 64 south of Bryan Park in Richmond were greeted by a robot signalman waving a bright red flag. “Silent Sam,” as the decoy was nicknamed, was used by the state Department of Highways to slow drivers as they neared workmen building an I-195 interchange and bridge near the Acca rail yards.
A look back at photos from the Richmond Times-Dispatch archives.
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Forest Hill Ave.
In October 1951, workers constructed a section of Forest Hill Avenue in South Richmond. The segment sits between Westover Hills Boulevard and Prince Arthur Road.
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Ballet
In December 1990, a Richmond Ballet dancer stretched before rehearsal of “The Nutcracker.”
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street lights
In February 1953, Richmond Department of Utilities workers used a 65-foot hook-and-ladder firetruck to install new lights on Broad Street after attempts to secure other ladder equipment from private companies had failed.
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Dog
In May 1954, Scoop sniffed around the pet food aisle at a grocery store in Richmond’s West End. The store offered a large selection of pet foods, a relatively new concept for the era. The accompanying article said: “Gone, apparently, are the days that Fido took the scraps from the table and liked them.”
Staff photo
typewriters
In September 1942, members of Richmond Hotels Inc. donated typewriters to the War Production Board and the Office of War Information in response to an appeal for businesses to let the government have any machines they could spare.
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Camp Happyland
In August 1981, children enjoyed outdoor recreation at Camp Happyland in the Richardsville area of Culpeper County, not far from Fredericksburg. The Salvation Army started the camp in the late 1950s to improve children’s health through exercise and proper nutrition.
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In March 1971, a crowd estimated at several hundred waited outside City Council chambers at City Hall in downtown Richmond. Residents of the recently annexed Broad Rock area were protesting the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s proposal for low-rent public housing in the area.
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Henrico County Library
In March 1969, a sign went up to mark the site of Henrico County’s first permanent designated library, on Laburnum Avenue near New Market Road. On hand were (from left) Varina District Supervisor Edwin Ragsdale, library board trustee Mrs. F.M. Vaughan, library assistant Virginia Liles and county libraries director David Rowland. The library opened in December 1970.
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Monk
In June 1969, a Trappist monk at the Holy Cross Abbey near Berryville in Clarke County began his daily meditation. The monks spent their days balancing quiet prayer, spiritual reading and manual labor.
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Grove Avenue Church
In June 1956, the Rev. Lawrence V. Bradley Jr. of Grove Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond and his secretary, Jean Bolton, got out the summertime heat beater: a simple cardboard fan. The pews were liberally stocked during the warm months because the church had no air conditioning.
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Richmond Streets
In July 1959, the normally bustling downtown Richmond business district, including this stretch along Eighth and Main streets, was much quieter as motorists stayed home because of triple-digit heat.
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Union Bag Camp
In April 1966, Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp. officials oversaw manufacturing at a new plant in Chesterfield County. The facility produced millions of bags for supermarket chains and other clients on the East Coast. At the time, about 265 employees worked in two local company plants; the old factory at 13th and Canal streets in Richmond was open for limited operation until it was sold.
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Henrico County Library
In March 1969, a sign went up to mark the site of Henrico County’s first permanent designated library, on Laburnum Avenue near New Market Road. The branch opened in December 1970. Posing with the sign were (from left) Varina District Supervisor Edwin Ragsdale, library board trustee Mrs. F.M. Vaughan, library assistant Virginia Liles and county libraries director David Rowland.
Staff photo
Dogs
In August 1982, David Tidwell of Croaker posed with his girlfriend’s dog, Blazing Amber of Cinder, at the humorous “Norge Dog Station” at Norge Grocery on U.S. Route 60 west of Williamsburg. The sign had been put up seven years earlier, and the spot became a popular photo opportunity for visitors.
times-dispatch
Henrico County Library
In March 1987, in preparation for new carpeting, the Dumbarton branch library in Henrico County had to remove about 80,000 books from shelves. About 50 people handled the first phase overnight — but restocking the shelves awaited.
times-dispatch
Collegiate
This 1957 photo shows Collegiate School in the 1600 block of Monument Avenue in Richmond. The Town School elementary building was on the left and the high school on the right. In 1960, the Town School and the Country Day School merged, operating on the campus off River and Mooreland roads in Henrico County. It remains the location today.
times-dispatch
police stables
In November 1970, a Richmond officer rode his horse by the police bureau’s new stables, which were under construction. The facility near Brook Road and Chamberlayne Avenue included eight stalls, a scrub area, a horseshoeing area and a tack room. The bureau had been looking for an established home for its horses since the mid-1960s, when the Virginia National Guard moved from the Richmond Howitzers downtown armory, where the horses had been stabled for two decades.
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City Council
In March 1971, a crowd estimated at several hundred waited outside City Council chambers at City Hall in downtown Richmond. Residents of the recently annexed Broad Rock area were protesting the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s proposal for low-rent public housing in the area.
Staff photo
draft
In November 1948, Army Lt. Charles D. Smith Jr. administered the oath to the first set of postwar draftees processed at the Richmond induction station at First and Broad streets. Several of the men were immediately sent to Camp Pickett in Blackstone.
times-dispatch
Richmond Glass Shop
In December 1938, Richmond Glass Shop had a new home at 814 W. Broad St., site of the old Ashland Railway Station. The shop, run by brothers Frank R. and A.G. Bialkowski, had glass of many types, and offered bath and kitchen installation, storefront construction and paint products.
times-dispatch
State Pen
In March 1979, corrections officer Howard Alexander held the homemade rope used by convicted murderer Michael Irwin Cross to escape from the State Penitentiary, then located along Spring Street in downtown Richmond. Cross was captured two months later after attempting to free a fellow convict who was being treated at Medical College of Virginia Hospital.
times-dispatch
Mr. Newspaper
In June 1986, “Mr. Newspaper” greeted a young girl and her mother at a Richmond-area mall. The RTD mascot often traveled around town promoting the newspaper.
times-dispatch
Cape Charles
In July 1951, Alonzo Moore, 74, walked down a street in Cape Charles on Virginia’s Eastern Shore and blew his horn, alerting locals to his sale of the fresh catch of the day.
TIMES-DISPATCH
Bomb Shelter
In July 1960, the Schellenberg family of Highland Springs prepared to have a bomb shelter installed in their yard, one of Virginia’s first privately owned radiation fallout shelters. The enclosure was designed to accommodate up to six people during a nuclear attack. The horizontal steel tank (rear) was 7 feet in diameter and 16 feet long. Once installed, the only elements aboveground would be a domed entrance and air filter and exhaust pipes.
times-dispatch
Kanawha Plaza
In June 1979, Terry Woo set bricks for a walkway as construction of Kanawha Plaza in downtown Richmond continued. The $4 million dollar city-financed plaza linked the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond building and the Virginia Electric and Power Co. building.
times-dispatch
Cape Charles
In July 1951, two women enjoyed the white sand beach of Cape Charles on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
times-dispatch
boilers
In June 1968, workers welded boilers at Old Dominion Iron and Steel Corp., located on Belle Isle under the Lee Bridge in Richmond. At the time, Old Dominion’s owner was interested in expanding operations, and the city was interested in using the island as part of a James River park. The company’s history on Belle Isle spanned from before the Civil War to the 1970s.
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Belle Isle
In November 1972, after the remnants of Hurricane Agnes had washed out a bridge, a barge carried vehicles and workers across the James River from Tredegar Street toward Belle Isle in Richmond. A day earlier, a welder for Old Dominion Iron and Steel Corp. drowned after a boat carrying him and others capsized on the same route.
Times-Dispatch
Roaring Twenties Roadhouse
This December 1973 photo shows the front counter in Roaring Twenties, a new restaurant and nightclub on state Route 10 in the Hopewell area. It was designed to resemble a 1920s speakeasy, with features including an antique cash register, a diving girl and even a dining table from Al Capone’s Florida home.
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John Marshall Cadet Corps
In October 1969, cadets at John Marshall High School in Richmond posed with their ribbon-bedecked sponsors after an awards ceremony. The school’s Corps of Cadets was established in 1915 — it was the first military training program in a public school in Virginia — and disbanded in 1971.
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Newspaper fire
In May 1989, a transformer exploded under the sidewalk on the Fourth Street side of the Richmond Newspapers Inc. building downtown. The ensuing fireball charred two cars parked on the street and sent flames up the side of the building. No one was hurt in the nighttime explosion, and delivery of the next morning’s Richmond Times-Dispatch (which was printed in the building) was only slightly delayed.
Times-Dispatch
Silent Sam
In August 1972, motorists approaching construction on Interstate 64 south of Bryan Park in Richmond were greeted by a robot signalman waving a bright red flag. “Silent Sam,” as the decoy was nicknamed, was used by the state Department of Highways to slow drivers as they neared workmen building an I-195 interchange and bridge near the Acca rail yards. | https://richmond.com/news/local/richmond-fire-pulls-body-from-james-river/article_532964cd-fe58-5b62-a9ad-5a478c004f3a.html | 2022-06-06T14:27:49 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/richmond-fire-pulls-body-from-james-river/article_532964cd-fe58-5b62-a9ad-5a478c004f3a.html |
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Historians regard D-Day as among the greatest military achievements ever.
After nearly five years of war, most of western Europe was occupied by German troops or fascist governments. American and British leaders took years to plan the massive invasion of mainland Europe in hopes of toppling Hitler's regime.
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It combined over 156,000 U.S., British and Canadian troops, along with nearly 7,000 ships to pull it off.
The goal was to trick the Nazis into thinking the invasion would take part on a different part of the French coast. Troops and supplies were in place by May, but bad weather delayed the launch by a month. All five beaches were secured within five days of the invasion, which brought 2.5 million troops and 4 million tons of supplies.
Peter Smoothy, 97, served in the British Royal Navy and landed on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day.
“The first thing I remember are the poor lads who didn’t come back ... It’s a long time ago now, nearly 80 years ... And here we are still living,” he told The Associated Press.
“We’re thinking about all these poor lads who didn’t get off the beach that day, their last day, but they’re always in our minds.”
The massive influx of troops marked a decisive turning point in World War II and Germany surrendered less than a year later.
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WASHINGTON — Recent mass shootings across the country have gun safety activists planning demonstrations. Gun safety groups are planning a week of action in Washington, D.C., beginning Monday.
Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action and Everytown for Gun Safety plan to gather on Monday with a number of senators to push for gun safety legislation. That event is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. at the U.S. Capitol.
On Tuesday, the group Students Demand Action is calling for nationwide classroom walkouts in protest of gun violence.
Then, on Saturday, June 11, March For Our Lives has received its permit from the National Park Service to stage another large protest the organizers hope will be similar to the group's 2018 March in the wake of the Parkland High School shooting in Florida.
The events are planned as the nation grappled with more gun violence over the weekend.
In Philadelphia, police reported a total of 14 people shot with three dead after an attack in the city's busy South Street entertainment district on Sunday. Investigators believe there were multiple shooters.
In Chattanooga, Tennessee, another 14 people were injured. Some were shot, some were hit by cars in the mayhem during a nightclub shooting where three people died early Sunday morning.
In Chesterfield, Virginia, outside Richmond, police said six people were shot and one died when a graduation party was attacked Friday night.
No arrests have been announced in any of these cases.
On Capitol Hill, negotiations are focused on raising the purchase age of assault weapons, increasing school safety and beefing up red-flag laws which allow authorities to seize guns when threatening behavior is reported and being investigated.
"Right now there are not enough votes to ban assault weapons, but there may be enough votes to expand our background check system and help states pass additional red-flag laws for additional mental health funding," said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut).
"Hopefully we can find a way to come together to make some progress on this horrendous situation consistent with our constitution and our values," said Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/gun-safety-week-of-action-planned-in-dc-gun-control/65-38fc71cb-0d50-4971-a416-7fbbfd447558 | 2022-06-06T14:31:35 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/gun-safety-week-of-action-planned-in-dc-gun-control/65-38fc71cb-0d50-4971-a416-7fbbfd447558 |
Since 1867, the completely brick Dr. Samuel R. Rittenhouse Home has stood the test of time, and it remains intact about 300 feet from what is now Main Street in Macungie.
But under a proposal, it would be demolished and replaced with a storage building.
“Anybody who’s pretty familiar with architecture, who has a sensitivity to it — they would see that this house is very, very different, and that’s the whole point of wanting to save it,” architecture historian Greg Huber said. “It’s just a very distinctive piece of architecture.”
It is a three-section house that encompasses 3,500 to 4,000 square feet, according to a report Huber did on it.
The house is unique for its area and notable in part, he added, because of an almost flat roof with a pitch of five to seven degrees, whereas other houses commonly can have roof pitches of 30 to 40 degrees.
Other features include a root cellar in the basement and the original fireplace, intact in the kitchen.
The home is currently rented out to residents who requested to not be quoted. The property owner, 178 West Main, LP, couldn’t be reached after multiple requests for comment.
The four-story self-storage building that would replace the home was proposed by the company Stack Storage and would be located in the Main Street Commons Subdivision in the General Commercial zoning district, according to zoning documentation.
Zoning and Code Enforcement Officer Joseph Peterson said the borough’s zoning hearing board approved the demolition, but that Stack Storage still needs to submit its preliminary plans to Macungie’s planning commission. He said it was his understanding that the residents were aware of the proposed demolition before moving in and are living there on a month-to-month basis.
The property owner is also offering to let the Macungie Historical Society remove any items it considers worth saving, including doors, windows and fixtures.
Nache Nielson, the vice president of development at Stack Storage, said the home didn’t meet the requirements to be considered historical and exempt from demolition. According to Macungie’s Code of Ordinances, the zoning hearing board should consider the following factors when determining if a building has historical or architectural significance before possible demoliton:
- The significance of the building as part of historical events or the life of a historical figure.
- If the building includes architectural features, details, materials or craftsmanship that have significance as viewed from the street.
- If the building is an integral part of an older streetscape that provides familiar visual features in the neighborhood.
- If the building is potentially eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
First Call
When asked to respond to Huber’s claim about the historical value of the home, Nielson referred to Richard Grubb and Associates, which he said conducted a report on the historical value.
Principal senior architectural historian Bob Wise declined to comment and directed questions to attorney Chris McLean, who could not be reached after multiple requests for comment.
Huber later added that while he hopes the building can remain standing, he acknowledged that this is unlikely and hopes at least for a written record of what the building was and its history.
“(The proposal) is going to change the appearance of what was once a very quiet borough,” Huber said. “The community does not know about it.”
The actual Dr. Rittenhouse was born in 1832 in Upper Providence Township, Huber said, and died in 1895 in Reading.
Rittenhouse studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and practiced homeopathy, which Huber said involves taking a small part of a disease and introducing it to the patient as a means of treatment.
Huber is on the advisory board for the Lower Macungie Historical Society and has worked in architecture history full-time for the past 20 years. | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/east-penn/mc-nws-macungie-rittenhouse-home-demolish-20220606-ks4zyroyb5febfvji6ot4ukxsm-story.html | 2022-06-06T14:37:57 | 0 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/east-penn/mc-nws-macungie-rittenhouse-home-demolish-20220606-ks4zyroyb5febfvji6ot4ukxsm-story.html |
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