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DECATUR, Ga. — A Decatur man has been indicted for allegedly blowing up an ATM and stealing the cash inside.
A DeKalb County grand jury indicted the 53-year-old on Wednesday. He's accused of using a destructive device with the intent to destroy, arson in the second degree, theft by taking and manufacturing a destructive device.
These charges stem from an incident at the Bank of America near North DeKalb Mall on April 29. DeKalb County Police Department said the man used a pipe bomb to break into the ATM at 2052 Lawrenceville Highway, which is a Bank of America drive-thru machine.
Investigators said the man used a pipe bomb to access an ATM at the bank and take a large sum of cash. When detectives executed a search warrant at his home they found several pipe bombs as well as bomb-making materials, investigators said.
The case will now be assigned to a Superior Court Judge and set down for arraignment. If the man is arraigned, the case will go to trial.
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ATLANTA — When gun violence strikes a community, the call for help is loud and clear.
In response, the organization Black Push has established a community center at First Iconium Baptist Church, serving as the front line in the battle against gun violence while providing crucial support to children and their families.
Shaun Smith, the founder of Black Push, emphasizes the wide range of services offered at the center.
"We do everything from grief counseling here to a motivational process, to educational classes, to vocational training, everything, anything," he said.
The dedication to the cause is evident, but Shaun acknowledges the challenges they face. The community center touches the lives of 500 to 1000 people every week through various programs, but sustaining these efforts has become increasingly difficult due to funding obstacles.
The community center houses Shaun's office, an activity center, and even a food pantry. These facilities are crucial in providing comprehensive support to those affected by gun violence. However, Shaun reveals that recent roadblocks, particularly in securing funding, have slowed the momentum they had when the center first opened.
Shaun's main concern is that without more community input and support, the impact of the center's vital services could be lost. The stories of teens like Urijah Miles highlight the urgency of their work.
"I don't know what social media was on, but there were like two kids, and the girl accidentally shot his cousin and then she shot herself after it," Urijah shared.
These distressing incidents underscore the importance of finding safe havens like the community center where young people can feel protected and supported.
Black Push remains dedicated to making a real change in the lives of those affected by gun violence. However, Shaun emphasizes the need for community involvement, including donations, to ensure the center can continue its essential work. Presently, the organization is gearing up for a backpack drive on August fifth to support students as they head back to school. The community's participation and contributions will be vital in sustaining the organization's efforts.
Shaun's current endeavor is to raise five thousand dollars for a computer lab, a resource that would significantly benefit the young people they work with during the school year.
"We do offer all our programs mostly for free, but we need the communities and the community to continue to support us for us to continue to do the work that we're doing," Shaun said.
As Black Push and other organizations strive to provide safety and support for children and families affected by gun violence, community involvement, and contributions will play a critical role in ensuring the doors of the community center remain open, offering much-needed resources and hope for a safer future.
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A HealthyU Seminar by Northwest Health next month will teach parents how to keep their kids healthy during their athletic pursuits.
Orthopedic surgeon and the medical director of sports medicine at Northwest Health Anthony Levenda and athletic trainer Danielle McIntyre will give a talk entitled "Keeping Your Athlete Healthy and in the Game" from 6 to 7 p.m. Aug. 1 at the Great Hall Events and Conference Center at Purdue University Northwest located at 1401 South U.S. 421 in Westville.
They will cover best practices "for keeping your student athlete happy, healthy and injury-free to stay in the game."
"During the presentation, Dr. Levenda and McIntyre will share their game plan — from a nutritious well-balanced diet and proper hydration, to ensuring adequate rest and recovery time to help prevent injuries — and explain how these healthy, science-based habits can make or break an athlete’s season," Northwest Health said in a press release.
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It's part of an ongoing series of HealthyU Seminars meant to educate the public on health and wellness issues. The classes are free and open to the public, which can nibble on healthy snacks there.
Registration is encouraged.
For more information or to register, visit nwhinfo.com/healthy_athlete.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon City man was arrested Thursday afternoon after responding to an online post from a detective posing as a 15-year-old girl, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office.
Andrew Chapman, 37, was taken to Clackamas County Jail, where he is being held without bail. He was charged with luring a minor and first-degree online sexual corruption of a child.
“The purpose of the detective’s undercover post was to identify adults engaging in sexually explicit conversations with minors who then take substantial steps to meet those minors in person for the purpose of sexual contact,” CCSO said in a press release.
After the online conversation, Chapman went to an agreed-upon meeting location in Clackamas, but was met by authorities that took him into custody, officials said.
Detectives believe that Chapman may have engaged in similar criminal activity in the past and is asking the public for additional information. Individuals can contact the CCSO tip line by phone (503-723-4949) or by using the online form on their website. Reference case no. 23-015640.
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AUSTIN, Texas — A number of customers could be seeing some fiduciary benefits coming from Austin Energy soon, as the utility company will be giving discounts on improvements and additional rebates to small businesses, nonprofits and religious centers during the summer.
Some of the incentives Austin Energy is providing include upgrading appliances and equipment, installing energy-efficient lighting and smart thermostats, replacing insulation and windows and more.
Small businesses that meet the qualification threshold will receive a 30% rebate bonus over Austin Energy’s standard commercial rebates, which the company says will help lower the upfront cost of improvements that can help save on utility bills and maintenance costs in the future.
To qualify for the 30% small business incentive bonus, an Austin Energy commercial customer must be:
- a Texas-owned or franchised small business that pays the Austin Energy Secondary Voltage Rate 1 or Rate 2 on your utility bill
- a 501(c) tax-exempt nonprofit that pays the Austin Energy Secondary Voltage Rate 1 or Rate 2 on their utility bill
- a house of worship (regardless of your size or usual payment rate).
Among the more popular incentives the utility company provides include HVAC tune-ups and high-efficiency lighting upgrades.
For more information on the discounts and rebates offered, and to see if you are eligible to receive them, click here.
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ARLINGTON, Texas — Phil Whitfield, a beloved longtime security guard for the Dallas Cowboys who became an art ambassador at AT&T Stadium, has died at 62, the team confirmed.
In a June 2020 video by the Cowboys, Whitfield said he first joined as a security guard in 1993 when the team played in Irving.
"I was the protector at Texas Stadium. They were calling me the sheriff," Whitfield said in the video.
As AT&T Stadium was preparing to open in 2009, Whitfield said he was asked by team owner Jerry Jones to become an ambassador of art at the new home of the Cowboys.
"We got ready to come to AT&T Stadium and I talked to Mr. [Jerry] Jones, he said 'Gene [Jones] needs to talk to you. We have a new job for you. First of all, you won't be doing security anymore. We got an art program that we would like you to head up,'" Whitfield said in 2020 about his meeting with the owner.
Whitfield said he then learned about art.
"People come [to AT&T Stadium] just to see the art. They don't know anything about the Cowboys but what we say... they come here to see the 60 pieces that we have, world-class contemporary art," he said in the 2020 video.
AT&T Stadium on Thursday released a statement on behalf of Gene Jones.
"The loss of Phil Whitfield leaves us all heartbroken. We have such wonderful memories with him, just as so many others do. Few people have generated such widespread goodwill and respect like Phil did over the years. He was an amazing ambassador for the Cowboys and a great friend and docent for our art program and the purpose of connecting with children and inspiring them to enjoy art. We will miss him greatly."
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Millions of dollars in illegal banking fees were taken from customers, and now one of the country’s largest banks must pay it back and then some.
“I can tell you from my investment banking career, most banks are guilty of doing something wrong,” said Sanjay Varshney, founder of Golden Stone Wealth Management.
Federal regulators say the bank broke the law with junk fees and deceptive credit card sales practices.
“The fine that they got away with is a very small, you know, a slap on the wrist for a bank that had trillions in assets,” said Varshney. “What is $100 million? That's chump change.”
The bank was specifically ordered to refund $80 million of non-sufficient fund fees, which are like overdraft fees, but instead of the bank covering the withdrawal and billing you later, the non-sufficient fund fee declines the transaction and charges you $35.
It’s not illegal, though the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is critical of them and many big banks — including Bank of America — have stopped charging them altogether.
What was illegal was a sort of "double-dipping" process.
Say you buy something at a store but they run your debit card and you have insufficient funds so you get charged a fee. Seeing the transaction didn’t go through, the cashier runs your card again. Bank of America charged the fees again for years.
The CFPB says that practice was illegal because it served no purpose but making the bank money and there’s no way to prevent someone from running your card twice.
“Banks are in the business of making money. They have lots of clients, lots of customers, they have lots of employees, the incentive structures, sometimes a setup. So very junior level, for example, folks who are working in those banks are incentivized to increase sales,” said Varshney.
The bureau pursued a case against Bank of America but before it got to court the bank agreed to a consent order.
“It's always a good idea for the customer to really fine comb through their accounts and statements to make sure that they have not been double charged someplace or, indeed, that their accounts that are showing up under the name are the ones that belong to them, right?” said Varshney.
The order says they have 90 days to come up with a plan for identifying which customers need to be refunded and then 60 days after the plan is approved they have to send the money out with notices explaining what it’s for.
People won’t have to do anything to get their refunds. It’ll be automatically sent to eligible customers through direct deposit or paper check and should arrive by mid-December.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Is California wasting its water? The state had a historic winter and the ABC10 Weather Team is investigating where the water is going and if we're wasting it. In Part Four, Meteorologist Brenden Mincheff takes a closer look at Delta water tunnel project.
A battle remains underway in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Delta.
For decades, Delta residents and the state have been unable to agree on a plan to transport water from the rainy but rural northern part of the state down to the heavily populated, dry southern half.
The current Delta Conveyance Project wants to put a tunnel underneath the Delta to transport water. Former Governor Jerry Brown proposed two tunnels and Gov. Gavin Newsom narrowed it down to one.
To understand its significance and the controversy surrounding it, you need to look at the Delta.
“We have 700 miles of waterways across this, the five-county area of that we call the Delta. That's a trip down to Los Angeles and back basically in this one area,” said Jay Ziegler with The Nature Conservancy. “This is the source of water for the state and federal water projects, also the Bay Area, and all the communities in the Delta and all the farms that exist across 700,000 acres.”
Water from across Northern California from the Sacramento River to Sierra snowmelt to the San Joaquin River flows into the Delta on its way out to the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific.
The Delta is home to numerous species found nowhere else. It’s an important stopover on the Pacific Flyway and it’s also a fertile agricultural region.
“About 75% of the land and the Delta is used for agriculture. Every crop from tomatoes to grapes, to potatoes and corn, rice and everything in between,” said Ziegler.
Yet the Delta is an extremely fragile place.
“I would make the argument that this area is more threatened by climate change than any other place in the United States because it's dealing with sea level rise coming from the west, and more unpredictable freshwater conditions as a result of changing precipitation,” he said.
This poses a problem for all of California and the people who depend on our food.
Right now, water transported from the Delta happens via pumping into the California Aqueduct, which runs roughly parallel to Interstate 5. The current system was built in the mid-1900s to handle a population and climate that no longer exists today.
“It was designed to manage a different type of precipitation. We don't know exactly what will happen with climate change, but it's pretty clear that we're going to have more rain falling in the winter, as opposed to snow that will then melt in the spring. The reservoirs are really designed for that spring runoff,” said Carrie Buckman with the Department of Water Resources.
The state’s plan, under the direction of the Department of Water Resources, to address these issues and future-proof California’s water is to build a tunnel underneath the Delta.
“If we had been able to have the Delta Conveyance Project online in January, we would have captured another 228,000-acre feet of water. That's enough to feed about 2.3 million people or about 800,000 households,” said Buckman.
Restore The Delta has been an outspoken critic of the project from the start.
“It’s really sad. Restore The Delta was really earnest when it went and participated with the Design Construction Authority for two years. We didn't like the project, but we figured, okay, we're going to sit at a table for two years, we're going to explain our water quality concerns around harmful algal blooms, salinity, we're going to explain our concerns around air pollution during construction. Those were the big pieces for us and they weren't addressed,” said Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla.
Graham Bradner works with the Delta Conveyance Design and Construction Authority (DCA).
The DCA is a pseudo-state office, funded and run by the 18 public water agencies that would directly benefit from the construction of a tunnel. The key players within the DCA are the Santa Clara Valley Water District and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
“We did, from right from the beginning of our conceptual design process, engage local communities through a stakeholder engagement committee,” said Bradner. “Our mission with that committee was to look for ways to reduce effects, construction, designing construction effects to communities and environment within the Delta.
“They hired a contractor who did some analysis of the project as they see it, but we went through the scoping meetings where you couldn't give proper community impact, you could give your reports to a recorder. So sure, they held X amount of meetings, but if they don't listen, if they don't answer your questions and they never take your concerns seriously, is that really meaningful engagement? We don't think so,” said Barrigan-Parrilla.
When asked if the Delta communities that the DCA has engaged with have been supportive, Bradner admitted they have not been.
“None of the folks who participated in the Stakeholder Engagement Committee are really supportive of the project. That wasn't the objective. The objective was to give everyone in the community an opportunity to be part of the concept design phase,” said Bradner.
“There's a perception — I think — that if we build this, the intake will be turned on and water would flow through it all the time. And that's not the proposal. The proposal is that it would only operate at times as the Sacramento River is higher, or at times that there aren't fish present during the summer,” said Buckman.
The California State Auditor released a report in May 2023 that said the Department of Water Resources has “made only limited progress in accounting for the effects of climate change in its forecasts of the water supply and in its planning for the operation of the State Water Project.”
It goes on to say that until DWR makes more progress and uses better data, “DWR will be less prepared than it could be to effectively manage the State’s water resources in the face of more extreme climate conditions.”
“The state auditor's report says it all. It validated everything that was in our comments regarding the Delta tunnel project,” said Barrigan-Parrilla.
The timeline for a complete and functioning Delta tunnel — should it be built — is at the very earliest a decade away. Will it still be relevant by then?
“I would say the world is watching us here that if we fail to meet these challenges of balancing the needs for nature, the needs for people south of the Delta and the needs for people in the Delta, we will fail in a way that sends a despairing message to all Californians and those well beyond,” said Ziegler.
WATCH PART THREE: What is California doing to help increase groundwater storage?
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) — Tuscaloosa has a new outdoor venue for locals and visitors to sit back, relax and listen to live music.
This new entertainment location, called the Venue, is located on Watermelon Road near Sokol Park, based on a five-acre property. The main attraction features a stage for musical performances where artists from rock bands to country to blues can entertain the audience.
Owners Bryan Finison and his wife Lee wanted to create a unique family-friendly place where folks can enjoy good music.
“This has been a dream come true,” Bryan said. “My wife and I have traveled to many different venues, and we see this is an opportunity to bring Tuscaloosa together to gather and enjoy good music in an outdoor setting.”
The Venue also has plenty of food options available for patrons. There is an ice cream shop called Liza’s Sweet Shoppe, Finny’s Pub, Venue Market Deli and Pizzeria. Folks can enjoy the Smokehouse Grill and Taco Locos.
Lee Finison says there is something for everyone to enjoy.
“This was a place we designed so that families with a lot of kids could come, and you don’t have to worry about what food they can eat,” Lee said. “We have lots of options and we even have dessert, so you just come and sit down and relax.”
The venue hosts musical performances twice a week on Thursday and Saturday nights. The business opened last February.
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IDAHO, USA — More sockeye have returned to the Sawtooth Basin, according to Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG). They have counted 1, 295 through July 26 at the Lower Granite Dam. The 10-year average crossing the dam is 754.
"Last year, 761 sockeye returned to the Sawtooth Basin and were trapped at Redfish Lake Creek and near the Sawtooth Fish Hatchery. Sockeye runs to the basin have fluctuated wildly over the last decade, ranging from a low of 17 in 2019 to a high of 1,516 in 2014," a news release stated. "Sockeye that return to the basin are taken by truck and spawned at the Eagle Hatchery near Boise or allowed to naturally spawn in Redfish and Petit Lakes in the Sawtooth Basin."
Idaho sockeye were listed as endangered in 1991. That year only four salmon returned to spawn. When spawning upstream, sockeye swim 900 miles and climb 6,250 feet.
"The total number of sockeye that returned between 1991-99 was 23 fish, including two years when no sockeye returned," the release stated.
IDFG said that because of advanced techniques and programs they have been able to gradually increase the salmon's return to Idaho.
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BALTIMORE — It’s not very often you get a conclusion to two high-profile trials on the same day.
But in Baltimore City, that’s exactly what took place Thursday. 16-year-old Tavon Scott was convicted of manslaughter in the death of 48-year-old Timothy Reynolds, and Michael Robertson was convicted of murder for Akia Eggleston's death.
David Jaros, who teaches this at the University of Baltimore Law School, helped break things down.
A jury convicted Robertson of murdering Eggleston, a pregnant woman, who was the mother of Robertson's unborn child.
RELATED: Guilty verdict in murder of missing Baltimore woman Akia Eggleston
Her last known appearance was at a bank on the Inner Harbor, but she was never seen again, meaning, her body was never discovered. So how did a jury convict a suspect of murder without there being a body? Jaros tells WMAR-2 News it’s not all that unheard of.
"It does happen," said Jaros. "When the prosecution doesn’t have a body, of course, they have to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. And it leaves it open for the defense to argue there hasn’t yet been a homicide. But given all the evidence you can bring forth - it’s not impossible for a jury to be persuaded beyond a reasonable doubt that a homicide occurred."
The other major decision made was that the teen squeegee worker convicted in the death of a 48-year-old man was convicted of manslaughter after shooting Timothy Reynolds in July of last year. The big question is whether this is successfully moved to juvenile court, which would mean a much lighter sentence than the 35 years he could get now.
RELATED: Teen guilty of manslaughter in deadly squeegee encounter with Timothy Reynolds
Scott’s lawyers are trying to make that happen, and Jaros says it might be for the better.
"I think there’s a lot of arguments for why this case belonged there. He was charged with first degree murder - and that’s what started this case up above, and ultimately a different judge that tried the case determined it should stay here - at least for the trial. Now that the jury has not found him guilty of either first or second degree murder - we revisit that question, about what’s in the defendant’s interest and, more broadly, what’s in the public’s interest," said Jaros.
Robertson is scheduled to be sentenced on October 25.
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DUNDALK, Md. — Turner Station is a community in Baltimore County that has a long, rich Black history.
It is one of the few all-Black communities left in the county, but as times change, so does the neighborhood, and many of the neighbors say they now want a different kind of change.
“This is a community where, when I was growing up, it was a community of love and unity. The town hall is basically to try to revive our community and bring our community back to life again," said Bishop Marvin Williams.
The town hall was led by the Ms. Reene Foundation, and the objectives of the meeting were to promote financial literacy, home ownership, and building preservation.
They also discussed crime prevention strategies, education, youth programs, and elderly services.
“We had a lot of good input from the people in the community, but they’re tired of what they’re fed up what they would like to see done, so I was happy with the turnout," said Maxine Waterhouse.
Many in the community would like to see it as it once was—a thriving, self-sufficient neighborhood.
“Everybody knew everybody. At one time in this community, you could leave your doors open. Nobody bother you; we didn’t have time. We had our own gas stations movie theaters. We had a home stores, and this is something that we’re trying to revitalize had to bring back to this community," said Bishop Williams.
Each person gave their opinion, and regardless of any differences, they all agreed they wanted to get back to being as community-based and connected as they once were.
“Turn the station is standing up and fighting for the community. There used to be 40 black communities in Baltimore County and we’re one of the few that left and we’re not going down without a fight, and we’re going to get what we deserve it. What we’re entitled to get," said Waterhouse.
At the next town hall meeting, they plan to create small groups to take on each of the areas they want to see change in and begin creating their ideal community.
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PITTSBURGH — One person was taken to a hospital after they were hit by a vehicle on Mount Washington, witnesses say.
Emergency dispatchers were called to Virginia Avenue and Grace Street at around 2:45 p.m.
Channel 11 saw a damaged van at the scene and saw the driver of the van being put in handcuffs before they were quickly released. It is unclear if the driver will face any charges.
Witnesses say the victim was an elderly woman who frequently walks in the area. Her status is unknown at this time.
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LAWRENCEVILLE, Pa. — A major water main break on 40th Street caused problems for some drivers and people who live on the busy stretch of road in Lawrenceville. Part of 40th Street between Penn Avenue and Butler Street shut down during rush hour Thursday because of the break.
Water poured down 40th, causing part of the road to buckle. At least four gaping crater-like holes were also left in the asphalt.
“It’s kind of incredible how destroyed it is,” said Casidhe Hutchison, who lives on the corner of Penn Avenue and 40th. “It’s all along the length here. There’s just eruptions out of the ground.”
Water gushed up from those cracks in the street, quickly breaking it apart, according to an officer. That officer said at one point, the street looked like a waterfall. He couldn’t believe how quickly part of the road crumbled.
“I think it’s scary that something can happen in a matter of minutes, where it’s been fine for years and all of a sudden, boom! Something let’s go,” said Cliff Kelley, who lives in York Commons on Penn Avenue.
The water main break closed the busy stretch of road down just after 5 p.m.
“This is a very, very, very, busy street,” said James Satterwhite, who lives in York Commons on Penn Avenue. “There’s not a time in which you don’t see traffic coming up and down the street. It’s very inconvenient.”
Crews from the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority drained the lines and shut the water off a couple of hours later. The senior manager of public affairs for the company told Channel 11 the extreme heat could have put added pressure on the lines causing the break.
“I think it’s a major concern to have a water break in the middle of the day like this,” Kelley said. “It’s certainly affecting people.”
Because of the break, the water had to be shut off at Canterbury Place, an assisted living home for seniors located off Penn Avenue. The water and sewer authority dropped off pallets of water to the residents.
Several people who live nearby said this has happened on 40th Street before. They said the lines ruptured about eight months ago.
“The hill was closed then,” Hutchison said. “They had to dig it up, patch it, and then lay down some asphalt. I guess it held for a while, but I guess it stopped holding.”
The water and sewer authority said they can’t confirm if the lines that broke this time are the same ones from several months ago and are working to find out the exact cause.
Until then, some kids playing in the water were making the most of the mess.
Crews will be working around the clock to repair the lines and expect to have everything fixed by 4 a.m. Friday.
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PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates made their first notable splash leading up to this year’s trade deadline in shipping Carlos Santana to the Milwaukee Brewers for minor league shortstop Jhonny Severino.
Severino, an 18-year-old from the Dominican Republic, was considered to be one of the better international free agents available last season.
Milwaukee gave Severino a $1.23M signing bonus to join the organization during last year’s cycle. It was the second-largest bonus the Brewers handed out last year.
Severino began his professional career last season in the Dominican Summer League. In his first taste of professional baseball, Severino hit .268 with a .724 OPS, 11 doubles, one triple, three home runs, 25 RBIs and 10 steals in 48 games.
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BOISE, Idaho — Following a two-week trial, a jury has ordered anti-government activist Ammon Bundy and his friend and business associate Diego Rodriguez to pay St. Luke's and other plaintiffs damages exceeding $52 million stemming from ongoing protests and harassment.
The verdict was delivered on Monday evening by a 12-person jury. Most jurors agreed that the two were responsible for causing harm.
Bundy, Rodriguez and their businesses will have to pay $26 million in punitive damages, used to punish a defendant, and $26.5 in compensatory damages, used to compensate for a loss.
On May 11, St. Luke's, their doctors and CEO filed a lawsuit against Bundy, his campaign and his organization "The People's Rights Network," along with Rodriguez, his blog "Freedom Man Press" and Freedom Man PAC over defamation rooted in a child protective services case.
Rodriguez's infant grandson was taken into the custody Department of Health and Welfare last year because doctors observed the infant was malnourished and dehydrated. The child was hospitalized first at St. Luke's Meridian and was then re-admitted to St. Luke's Boise. This gave way to days-long protests outside the St. Luke's hospitals by Bundy, Rodriguez and their followers claiming the hospital kidnapped the child and were engaging in human trafficking, causing emergency services to re-route patients and put the property on lockdown.
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit say the two had given a concerted effort to disrupt hospital business, make false statements about CPS and the hospital and that its staff were attacked online. In April, a judge issued a default judgement, meaning the allegations could move forward in court against the two because they were frequently refusing to show for depositions in the ongoing legal action.
During the trial, one security guard testified the staff was barricading the doors of the hospitals as crowds tried to enter to get the infant back. One emergency room physician, who testified the infant was so malnourished he could die, said she was harassed so much online after the protests she installed security systems in her home.
Bundy and Rodriguez have still been absent from the trial, neither replying to warrants or appearing in court, but the show went on without them.
Bundy told KTVB in a statement after the verdict that he was embarrassed for the court.
"This confirms everything I have said and I am glad that I did not participate and legitimize the process," Bundy said.
Rodriguez said that he will appeal the verdict.
"Anybody with a brain or with 2 cents of basic understanding of justice knows that you can’t have an honest or legitimate trial when the defendant has not been allowed to bring evidence to the case. And when the judge has struck all of my answers from the record. And when the jury pool was tainted with employees who work for the Plaintiff. This case is teed up for a mistrial — to be thrown out by the appellate courts," Rodriguez said.
The hospital issued a statement after the verdict was reached, saying the jury's decision affirms the importance of protecting health care workers and that the verdict sends a strong message that condemns these types of actions.
“Taking legal action is not something we take lightly. But standing up to the threats, bullying, intimidation, disruption, and self-serving actions of the defendants was necessary. Inaction would have signaled that their menacing behavior was acceptable. Clearly, it is not, and the jury’s decision validates that fact,” Chris Roth, president and CEO of St. Luke’s Health System said.
The Western States Center, a nonprofit that, "strives to create a world where everyone can live, love, worship and work free from bigotry and fear," told KTVB the verdict is a "moment of real accountability."
"(Bundy's) decision to target St. Luke’s and to use inflammatory, dishonest rhetoric about the hospital’s actions endangered both staff and patients. This verdict shows that the courts have the ability to treat this kind of threat with the seriousness it deserves," The Western States Center said.
Both Bundy and Rodriguez still have warrants out for their arrests for civil contempt of court. Bundy's warrant amounts to $10,000 and Rodriguez amounts to $25,000, according to Ada County.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — Officials with the Glendale Police Department said Wednesday that Alicia Navarro, a teenage girl who was reported missing by her family in 2019, has been found safe.
Police said during a press conference that Navarro was discovered in Havre, Montana near the Canadian border and has been reunited with her family. She had visited a local police department and identified herself as Navarro.
Police still have many unanswered questions regarding the case and are continuing to investigate what happened to Navarro over the last few years. Police said Navarro is cooperating with their investigators.
It's not clear if she's been with anyone over the last four years. She was 14 when she disappeared.
Glendale police said Navarro was healthy and did not appear injured when she made contact with police. When asked by investigators if anyone hurt her, Navarro responded, "No, no one hurt me."
Navarro's family had gone to great lengths to find the missing teen by repeatedly spreading her story in the local media. The "Unsolved Mysteries" podcast published an episode about Navarro's disappearance earlier this year.
In a video message posted on the "Finding Alicia" Facebook page, Navarro's mother said she does not yet know all the details about what happened to her daughter.
"The important thing is that she is alive," the mother said in the video.
The Havre Police Department said the FBI and the U.S. Marshals are involved in the investigation.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – On Thursday night, Orange County deputies prevented residents from entering the Willowbrook neighborhood following a heavy law enforcement response.
Deputies showed up near Brook Hollow Drive, and News 6 reporter Troy Campbell said he saw law enforcement tow a vehicle away from the scene.
However, there were still two more vehicles along the roadway that investigators were searching through as of 11 p.m. on Friday.
A witness told News 6 that their son was the target of a shooting in the neighborhood, though no details were provided on whether the son was shot.
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An out-of-service SEPTA trolley crashed at the corner of Island and Woodland Avenues in Southwest Philadelphia Thursday night, the transit agency told NBC10.
The trolley left the tracks and then crashed into a vehicle and a house, according to SEPTA.
There were no passengers on board the trolley, but a mechanic suffered non-life-threatening injuries. The two people in the SUV were also hurt. Officials have not released their conditions.
SEPTA Transit Police and Safety System are investigating.
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Previous SEPTA crashes
A driver was hurt after a SEPTA bus jumped a curb and hit a wall near 15th and Walnut Streets in Center City on Tuesday night. There were no passengers on board when the crash happened.
On Monday, July 24, seven people were hurt after two SEPTA trolleys collided in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, according to SEPTA officials.
In another incident, a SEPTA bus crashed into a pole in Philadelphia on Sunday night, SEPTA officials told NBC10. Four people were hurt.
A 72-year-old woman was killed and 19 others were injured when a SEPTA bus backed into another bus in North Philadelphia on Friday, July 21.
SEPTA shared that 33 collisions happened between their vehicles from 2020-2022. Passengers were hurt in just five of those 33 crashes.
Between January 1, 2023, and July 25, 2023, there were eight crashes between SEPTA vehicles, compared to:
- 9 in 2020, with 2 injuries to bus/trolley passengers
- 5 in 2021, with no injuries to bus/trolley passengers
- 6 in 2022, with one injury to bus/trolley passengers
Riders shared their concerns with NBC10.
"I think they’re short staffed. I think they need more help. They need to hire more people," Elisha Miller, of Philadelphia, said.
"To have one crash in one day is a concern so this is very concerning to us," Ron Keele, Chief Safety Officer at SEPTA, said. "We’re looking at all of our rules and regulations. We’re doing what we call a Safety Stand Down. We're going out talking to all the employees about being safe. We're reiterating all the safety rules and operations rules we have in place."
SEPTA told NBC10 that it has 1,100 buses out every day to serve 300,000 riders in the Philadelphia area. Officials urge riders that SEPTA is a safe way to travel and commute.
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ARLINGTON, Texas — Phil Whitfield, a beloved longtime security guard for the Dallas Cowboys who became an art ambassador at AT&T Stadium, has died at 62, the team confirmed.
In a June 2020 video by the Cowboys, Whitfield said he first joined as a security guard in 1993 when the team played in Irving.
"I was the protector at Texas Stadium. They were calling me the sheriff," Whitfield said in the video.
As AT&T Stadium was preparing to open in 2009, Whitfield said he was asked by team owner Jerry Jones to become an ambassador of art at the new home of the Cowboys.
"We got ready to come to AT&T Stadium and I talked to Mr. [Jerry] Jones, he said 'Gene [Jones] needs to talk to you. We have a new job for you. First of all, you won't be doing security anymore. We got an art program that we would like you to head up,'" Whitfield said in 2020 about his meeting with the owner.
Whitfield said he then learned about art.
"People come [to AT&T Stadium] just to see the art. They don't know anything about the Cowboys but what we say... they come here to see the 60 pieces that we have, world-class contemporary art," he said in the 2020 video.
AT&T Stadium on Thursday released a statement on behalf of Gene Jones.
"The loss of Phil Whitfield leaves us all heartbroken. We have such wonderful memories with him, just as so many others do. Few people have generated such widespread goodwill and respect like Phil did over the years. He was an amazing ambassador for the Cowboys and a great friend and docent for our art program and the purpose of connecting with children and inspiring them to enjoy art. We will miss him greatly."
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — One Coastal Bend boy is training to one day become one of the best boxers in the world.
10-year-old Isaiah "Hitman" Holcombe works out at the LV Boxing Fitness Club off of Old Brownsville Road and hopes to one day become a renowned boxer.
"I feel like I'm going to be the champion one day by working hard and getting better every day," he said.
Isaiah is soft-spoken in front of the camera but once he's in the ring, his punches are loud and clear. After all, he is the "Hitman."
The "Hitman," along with other boxers at the club are training for Fight or Fright. That event is going to take place in Alice in October.
Isaiah's mom, Meka Bailey, said she was concerned about letting her son box.
"I've talked to the doctors my parents, is this something I should let him be doing?" she said.
Bailey's concerns have been eased as her son is training under the watchful eye of gym owner and coach Luis Valladares, who is a two-time golden gloves boxing champion.
"If he keeps working really hard he'll be a future world champion no doubt. That kid always goes 110%. He's very focused, very skilled and very disciplined," he said.
15-year-old Jeremiah Casas is from Alice and is also fighting out of the boxing club. Casas wants to be a champion as well.
"I decided to pursue it, so hopefully one day I can become a professional and make money off of it," he said.
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Following news that broke on Tuesday that Dr. Joy Alonzo had been suspended and placed on administrative leave following a lecture that she gave at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, a letter has been released by Faculty Senate Speaker Tracy Hammond addressing the matter and a meeting with acting president Gen. Mark Walsh has been scheduled.
The letter can be found below:
Dear Senators,
The Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate spoke to the Chancellor at length yesterday. It was clear that Chancellor Sharp understands the gravitas of this situation. Additionally, he stated that he wants all of the facts to come out.
We believe the administrative leave of Professor Alonzo occurred before relevant facts of the situation could be ascertained. Such action gave the appearance that an accusation from a student or other individuals would assume that the faculty member was guilty and would be reprimanded immediately, and that the faculty member would need to be proven innocent before reprimands could be undone and the faculty member exonerated. We believe that actions against her, including the censure of comments of Dr. Alonzo by UTMB, were a clear violation of academic freedom and speech.
We have additional concerns about the relevant processes and how they are handled. The Executive Committee will be talking to Acting President Welsh about these issues on August 7, 2023, as well as freedom of speech issues that faculty are struggling with currently. We need to ensure that our faculty are protected and that they feel supported by the university. For those who have asked, Acting President Welsh is also scheduled to speak to the full Faculty Senate on August 14.
There were clearly problems with the past processes in this situation. We will continue to find out what happened regarding the administrative leave of Professor Alonzo. We will also work closely with Texas A&M University administrators to alter any policies to ensure academic freedom for faculty, as well as look at any policies that might need to exist to ensure that faculty receive adequate due processes prior to any university action as serious as suspension.
During our conversation, the Chancellor emphasized his continued commitment to academic freedom and is supportive of our efforts to work with the university to make sure this never happens again. We look forward to speaking with the Chancellor at a full Faculty Senate meeting in the future.
The report that originally came from The Texas Tribune stated that after Dr. Alonzo had given a lecture, a student reported her for criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Alonzo was later temporarily suspended and "formally censured". An investigation was also launched. However, she has since returned to her full duties following the investigation, which concluded and cleared her of any wrongdoing.
More criticism came towards Texas A&M administration when it was revealed that Chancellor Sharp had been in direct contact with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick at the time of the suspension. However, in a statement to The Texas Tribune, Texas A&M University System spokesperson Laylan Copelin said Sharp’s text to Patrick was a “typical update,” and said it wasn't atypical for Sharp to “keep elected officials informed when something at Texas A&M might interest them.”
Alonzo is known as a well-respected professor with over two decades of experience in various locations around the world, and has taught college students in Texas for over a decade. She was even named the Texas A&M pharmacy school early career researcher of the year in 2022.
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ARLINGTON, Wash. — It's the last hope for cats nobody else wants.
Purrfect Pals takes in cats like Overton, who has feline leukemia virus, a disease that could kill him at just 10 months old.
"I would say without proper nutrition and vet care the prognosis wouldn't be great," says Crystal Chiechi, operations manager at Purrfect Pals.
Overton and thousands of other cats have been saved from euthanasia by workers at Purrfect Pals in Arlington since the operation began in 1988.
They come from shelters and owners who simply can't or won't care for their special needs.
"We're like assisted living for cats," says Chiechi.
The organization is currently caring for about 100 cats with a wide variety of problems. Max has hepatitis and some liver dysfunction. Big Mama has the feline version of AIDS. Butterscotch has behavioral problems.
"She just can't seem to use the litter box," says Chiechi.
Others have life-threatening weight issues or chronic sinus conditions.
Then there's Bo, who suffers from anxiety and uses a giant version of a hamster wheel to work it out. Each of the cats was deemed disposable by someone, but at Purrfect Pals euthanasia is never an option.
"So, when you take euthanasia off the table, you're really taking a look at what can be done to make these cats healthier," says Chiechi.
Making them healthier means having "wards" for their particular problems.
There is the leukemia ward, the weight loss ward and the feline AIDS ward. Purrfect Pals takes in cats from as far away as Mexico.
Currently, 30 to 40 of them are ready for adoption.
Workers took in 130 cats that likely would've been put down from the Everett Animal Shelter, last year, alone. EAS does not euthanize healthy animals for space and there are no time limits.
According to American Humane, in 1997, 71% of cats brought to shelters were euthanized. Now, 90% of them live.
That's thanks, in large part, to organizations like Purrfect Pals, where being unwanted is unthinkable.
"Every single one of them is worthy and deserving of a loving home, and sometimes we're the ones that will provide it for them," Chiechi said.
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SEATTLE — The primary election in Washington is coming up on Tuesday, Aug. 1 and people in Seattle will be voting on who they want to represent their district on Seattle City Council.
Out of the seven seats up for election, four of them are left open by council members who are not seeking re-election. One of those open seats is in District 3, where nine people are running to replace Kshama Sawant.
District 3 includes areas such as Capitol Hill, the Central District, Eastlake, and First Hill. There are eight primary candidates and one write-in candidate in this race.
The nine people running for the District 3 seat are:
- Shobhit Agarwal
- Ry Armstrong
- Andrew Ashiofu
- Alex Cooley
- Robert Goodwin
- Joy Hollingsworth
- Efrain Hudnell
- Alex Hudson
- Asukaa Jaxx (write-in)
KING 5 spoke with the three candidates who have received the most fundraising support. Those candidates are Joy Hollingsworth, Alex Hudson, and Alex Cooley, who goes by Cooley.
Joy Hollingsworth has lived in the district her whole life and has worked with nonprofits focused on food insecurity. She also has a family cannabis business, in which she focuses on hemp distribution. Hollingsworth said her top two priorities are public safety and affordable housing.
“It's our police staffing, ensuring that we have a fully staffed police department, our fire, our EMT, and also ensuring that we have the right response to the right situation with our health care workers, our social workers, our mental health providers, and gun violence prevention,” said Hollingsworth.
Cooley has lived in Washington for nearly 30 years and in the district for nine years. He has worked in the cannabis industry for 20 years, helping write city and state laws regarding cannabis. He said the top three issues in Seattle are homelessness, public safety, and housing. He wants to build tiny house villages for the homeless and create a public safety academy to help train people in a variety of roles.
“We have to put for 500 to 600 unarmed civilian representatives in public safety, and that's crisis care and prevention, it’s mental health professionals,” said Cooley.
Alex Hudson has lived in King County her whole life and has lived in District 3 for 14 years. She has worked for different nonprofits, most recently focused on public transit. She said affordable housing and safety are the biggest challenges facing the city. She wants more mental health counselors and addiction specialists involved in public safety and wants adjusted housing codes to help with housing options and affordability.
“I want to make it faster, easier and cheaper for people to build housing so that we can address our growth and start bending the curve cost on how much it costs to build housing,” said Hudson.
When it comes to public drug use, a current issue being discussed in Seattle City Council, Joy Hollingsworth said she would be in favor of aligning city law with state law, to allow the Seattle city prosecutor to prosecute public drug use cases.
“It's very cruel and inhumane for us to be watching that happen, and the poisons that are happening right here in front of our eyes, we have to do something. We can't let this go any further,” said Hollingsworth.
Alex Hudson said she does not believe they have enough information to allow the city prosecutor to prosecute public drug use at this point.
“We have no information at the city about how much it would cost us to incorporate that, or how we would even do that, or what the equity or other impacts of that are going to be,” said Hudson.
Cooley said he would not be in favor of allowing the city prosecutor to prosecute public drug use cases. He said public drug use is a problem but said safe consumption spaces are a better option.
“We have to, as many people have agreed to do in this city, stand up safe consumption sites, first and foremost, because it will save thousands of lives,” said Cooley.
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NISQUALLY INDIAN COMMUNITY, Wash. — The U.S. Navy is honoring one of the Nisqually Tribe’s most well-known activists, Billy Frank Jr.
Last week, the Navy announced that it would be naming a Navajo-class ship in his honor.
His son, Nisqually Tribe Chairman William Frank III, couldn’t be more proud.
“This is just almost completing the whole circle of respecting our Native people, our Indigenous people who go and serve this great country,” he said.
Billy Frank Jr’s career as an activist began in 1945 when he was arrested for fishing in the Nisqually River. Since then, he began to engage in and organize “fish-ins”, and emerged as a key figure in the Fish Wars of the 1960s and 70s.
Frank was arrested more than 50 times for violating Washington state laws.
But in 1975, the Federal District Court in Tacoma ruled that Frank and other tribal members have the right to fish in their usual and accustomed places.
Now nearly 50 years later, Frank III says he’s thankful for the work his father and other elders put in to ensure that his tribe has a place to call home, and works to provide the same for future generations.
“We are the ones who are taking care of business when no one else wants to do it,” Frank said. “We’re the ones out here pulling trees out of the river, we’re the ones making sure our fish have clean, healthy, cold water to swim in, and we’re also the ones making sure that the federal, state, and local government, they’re being accountable, not to us, not to themselves, but to Mother Earth.”
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Living in the desert means being used to little water in our environment. But the human need for seeing and hearing water flowing is fairly universal, and this desire has been the core of garden designs for millennia, even in desert climates.
In Middle Eastern cultures, fountains, pools and canals were an integral part of the built desert garden. Islamic gardens, in particular, used fountains and pools as a key feature, and their style likely goes back to ancient Persian gardens originating as early as 600 B.C.E.
It’s no surprise that over two millennia later, we desert dwellers still crave some water in our gardens. Flowing water creates a pleasant sound that is both relaxing and helps reduce the impact of urban noise. Water in the garden is also great for wildlife, which is increasingly under stress due to habitat destruction and rising temperatures. However, we also face an uncertain future with dwindling freshwater supplies. Is it possible to reconcile the need for water in the garden and the ethics of water conservation?
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Fountains can be a good source of water for both people and wildlife, but in the desert there are some design caveats so that as little water is lost to evaporation as possible. First, pick a fountain with an underground water reservoir and avoid designs that have an open pool of water that evaporates quickly. Large pools not only increase water loss but their sides are a risk to small animals which can fall into the fountain pool and drown without a way out.
Bubbling fountains are a great alternative to splashing fountains, since the water gently bubbles out of one opening and flows down to a reservoir which minimizes water evaporation. If you get one of these, make sure you can adjust the water flow to minimize splashing. Splashing increases evaporation and if water splashes beyond the drainage area of the underground reservoir, you will run your water supply down very quickly.
Bubbling fountains have tubes that run up the interior and bring the water to the top of the fountain. These are much loved by birds, who perch on the tops and can bathe and drink. If the water flows down the sides of the vertical element, it can also serve as a water source for other wildlife. Lizards, deer, bobcats and other wildlife can come up to the fountain and lick water off the sides. Refilling the underground reservoir can be as easy as running small irrigation tubing into the underground reservoir so that it refills with each irrigation cycle.
The tubes inside bubbling fountains can become clogged with insect nests if left off for a long period of time. However, it’s easy to inspect your fountain and clear out any debris before switching it on. Hard water affects all types of fountains, and will eventually cause scale buildup in tubing and on tile or other surfaces. I recommend cleaning this scale off at least once a year to prevent excessive buildup. Many pond and fountain supply stores will sell special cleaners for this purpose.
Another tip to consider is turning your fountain off during the hottest part of the day and during times when you are not there to see it. You can purchase timers for your fountain so that it's only running at certain times of day — for instance when you get home from work until you go to bed. The animals in the area will soon learn the routine and visit your water source, thus allowing for excellent wildlife viewing.
A third tip for water-conscious gardeners is to fill your fountain with rainwater harvested from your roof. The water will lack any of the minerals present in our tap water, so you won’t have any problems with scale buildup. It will also be a great, chemical-free source of water for wildlife. And you won’t need to feel guilty about wasting drinking water.
Finally, you can also consider having a fountain in a shaded patio area, or even indoors. This will also minimize evaporation. Indoors, of course, it won’t provide water for wildlife, but smaller indoor fountains are great low-budget options that allow you to enjoy the sound of water in your home without worrying about cleaning and without frequent refilling.
If you think you’re ready for a fountain, here are some places around the Tucson area to shop for fountains:
- Zona Fountains, 2515 E. Fort Lowell Road. They have a large selection of varied styles, including lots of bubbler fountains.
- Stone Cactus Waterfalls, 3301 N. First Ave. Beautiful custom sculptural bubbler fountains shaped like different types of cacti. Be sure to check out their product gallery and wildlife gallery.
- Tucson Cactus and Koi, 7810 N. Oracle Road. This store has a selection of beautiful stone bubbler fountains.
- Mesquite Valley Growers, 8005 E. Speedway. A selection of fountains including tall urn-shaped bubbler fountains in bright colors.
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Do you have any gardening topics you'd like to see covered in the Tucson Garden Guide? Email me at dheusinkveld@tucson.com with your suggestions and questions. Thanks for reading!
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The Pima Regional Critical Incident Team said Thursday it is investigating after a Tucson police SWAT officer shot and killed a suspect who pointed a gun toward officers during a standoff July 13.
Officer Chad Barker, a nine-year veteran of the Tucson Police Department, fired a single shot from his department-issued rifle, killing Daniel Sheehan, 32, the investigators said in a news release Thursday.
Investigators gave the following account of the incident:
Tucson police were responding on July 12 to a report of a home invasion and armed robbery in the 6700 block of East Calle Mercurio, near the intersection of East Golf Links and South Wilmot roads.
They found Sheehan, the suspect in that case, who was believed to have firearms, at a home in the 1000 block of East 32nd Street, near the intersection of South Park Avenue and East Silverlake Road. He was believed to have firearms and the SWAT team and Hostage Negotiations Unit were called in to assist.
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Negotiations with Sheehan continued for several hours, but he displayed uncooperative and erratic behavior, periodically coming out of the home with a laser-equipped firearm in hand.
At about 3 a.m. July 13, Barker saw Sheehan pointing a handgun from a window in the direction of officers and the officer fired and struck the suspect.
Sheehan was pronounced dead at the scene. A handgun was found lying near him.
The Pima Regional Critical Incident Team was activated to handle the investigation. The Pima County Sheriff's Department and the Sahuarita Police Department will be the investigating agencies. The task force, which consists of investigators from various law enforcement agencies, was formed to independently lead criminal investigations involving member agencies during critical incidents.
The Tucson Police Department Office of Professional Standards will conduct a separate administrative investigation to review the actions of their personnel. All findings will eventually be presented to the Pima County Attorney's Office.
Eddie Celaya is a breaking news reporter and host of the "Here Weed Go!" podcast. He graduated from Pima Community College and the University of Arizona and has been with the Arizona Daily Star since May 2019.
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Two teenagers have been arrested after fatally dragging a 17-year-old boy with a vehicle, the Pima County Sheriff's Department says.
The incident took place shortly after 10:30 p.m. Monday, July 24, in the area of North La Cholla Boulevard and West Wetmore Road, the sheriff's department said in a news release late Thursday.
Detectives were told a fight had taken place between the boy and the two other teens.
The two others sped away in a vehicle, fatally dragging the victim in a hit-and-run, the sheriff's department said.
Anthony Duran, 18, and a 17-year-old, whose name was not released, were arrested, booked into the Pima County jail, and face charges of reckless manslaughter, the release said.
The victim's name was not released.
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Eddie Celaya is a breaking news reporter and host of the "Here Weed Go!" podcast. He graduated from Pima Community College and the University of Arizona and has been with the Arizona Daily Star since May 2019.
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Genesee Co. teacher in program to educate inmates charged with smuggling drugs, phone to them
A Mount Morris high school teacher has been charged with smuggling drugs to inmates in the Genesee County Jail, where she was part of an educational program for inmates, officials announced Thursday.
Meredith Ann Leyrer, 54, was arraigned through 67th District Court in Flint on three felonies, records show: manufacturing and delivery of narcotics, furnishing contraband to prisoners and furnishing a cellphone to a prisoner.
The first charge is a 20-year felony, while the others are each five years, Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson told reporters in a briefing Thursday.
Leyrer was involved in the I.G.N.I.T.E program offered with help from Mt. Morris Consolidated Schools to educate inmates, Swanson said.
An investigation found that between December and this month, the Burt resident brought 135 pills of fentanyl, six cans of weed wax as well as a cellphone she used 357 times, often for phone sex, the sheriff said.
"We got word last week there was drugs being smuggled into the jail," Swanson said in the briefing. "It’s very difficult to do that. And those that are behind these kinds of conspiracies are very wise. They use their positions of influence and trust, and they abuse it. And that’s exactly what happened in this case."
Surveillance footage allegedly captured Leyrer engaging in a drug deal July 17 with Deandre Arrington, 29, who received $300 in his inmate account, according to the sheriff.
Two other inmates, Marquise Coleman, 33, and Todd Cardoza, 34, allegedly received $106.50 and $255, respectively, investigators said.
Leyrer was arrested Monday.
When Swanson asked her why she smuggled the drugs and brought in the phone, Leyrer told him she had been "groomed," he said. "In her own words, she always had low self-esteem about herself. Throughout her whole life she said she always tried to fight for attention. When she was on the floor doing what her profession is supposed to do, protecting, serving and teaching, those on the floor took advantage of that."
Leyrer remained in the Genesee County Jail on a $20,000 bond.
A probable cause conference is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Aug. 10.The three inmates involved have been placed in restrictive housing and their I.G.N.I.T.E. privileges were permanently suspended from the jail's 5B floor, Swanson said.
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Eugene Martz, 10, slides across a Slip ’N Slide during a block party to celebrate a recently installed neighborhood playground and a new after-school youth center at First Missionary Church on Thursday evening. “Our heart is for our community and we want to be a resource for them,” said Jordan Oloomi, lead pastor of the church.
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A St. Ansgar man who served jail time for joining the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol will spend more time in jail after pleading guilty to recording women in the Clear Lake tanning salon he owns.
According to court records, 52-year-old Daryl Eugene Johnson of St. Ansgar has been ordered to serve three consecutive 45-day sentences for multiple counts of invasion of privacy.
Johnson was sentenced to 30 days in federal court in June 2022 for his role in the riot. The invasion of privacy charges stem from incidents dating back to September 2022 in which Johnson allegedly recorded customers at iSun Tan 24/7 in Clear Lake while they were changing or tanning.
The affidavits state Johnson mounted his cellphone on top of the 8-foot wall separating tanning bed rooms in order to record customers.
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A Clear Lake man could be sentenced to five years in prison for allegedly stealing a bike via a bad check in April.
According to court records, 32-year-old Caleb James Craighton has been charged with second-degree theft — a class D felony.
The affidavit states that around 12:42 p.m. April 14, Craighton wrote a check to Wayne's Ski Cycle Fitness for $1,789.03 for a Cannondale bicycle, but did not have the funds in his account to cover the transaction. Craighton did not make arrangements with the store and then allegedly pawned the bicycle. He also was served a letter to pay the debt and did not do so, along with giving Wayne's a fake phone number.
Craighton was arrested on a warrant Monday. He was also convicted of felony forgery in 2019. An initial appearance is scheduled for Aug. 4.
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Thinking of running for Mason City School Board this November? Here are some dates, deadlines and other useful information to consider before mounting your candidacy:
This election cycle sees four incumbent board members' terms expiring. The seats are currently held by Peterson Jean-Pierre, Katherine Koehler, Brent Seaton and Lorrie Lala.
The winners of these contests are entitled to serve a four-year term as a director of the Mason City Community School District. All of the seven directors on the board hold at-large seats, voted on by the voters of the whole school district.
Jean-Pierre was last elected to a special two-year term in 2021, after an interim appointment following the resignation of Kristine Cassel.
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Candidates for school board must be eligible electors in the school district at the time of the election. An eligible elector meets all of the requirements to register to vote but does not have to be registered to vote.
An eligible elector must be a citizen of the United States, a resident of Iowa and at least 18 years old by election day. An eligible elector may not be a convicted felon, unless voting rights have been restored by the president or governor, including via executive order, be currently judged incompetent to vote by a court or claim the right to vote in any other place.
Next, candidates must file an affidavit of candidacy and nomination petitions with the school secretary or community college board secretary. The affidavit of candidacy and nomination petitions must be filed together or they will be rejected. Copies of nomination papers are available at the school secretary’s office, county auditor’s office, or on the Iowa Secretary of State’s website. The affidavit of candidacy form is also available on the Secretary of State’s website.
The filing period for these documents is from August 28 until 5:00 p.m. on Sept. 21, 2023. There are no filing fees.
Candidates must collect signatures on nomination petitions and file the petitions at the same time the affidavit of candidacy is filed.
The minimum number of signatures needed by candidates depends on the number of registered voters in the school district as of May 1, 2023. Signature requirements for candidates who are elected only by the voters of a director district are based on the number of registered voters in that director district, so ask the school secretary or controlling election auditor for the minimum number of signatures needed in your school district.
Eligible electors of the appropriate school district may sign nomination petitions.
The last day to file for withdrawal or to file a written objection to nomination papers or eligibility of a candidate with school or community college board secretary is September 26, 2023.
The deadline to file a request for an absentee ballot by mail is October 23, 2023, and the last day to vote an absentee ballot in person at the county auditor’s office.
School election day is Tuesday, November 7, 2023; polls are open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.
Alexander Schmidt is an Education/General Assignment Reporter for the Globe Gazette. You can reach him at alexander.schmidt@globegazette.com or at 641-421-0527.
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The 2023 National Night Out will be held at the Mason City Arena from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1.
The event is coordinated by Friends of the Family and the Mason City Police Department. This year's celebration will be packed with resource booths, activities and games as well as door prizes and food.
National Night Out is an annual event designed to bring neighbors together with law enforcement to strengthen communities. Residents are encouraged to turn on their porch lights and head on out to the arena for information from local agencies and friendly fun.
Both Iowa State Patrol and the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff's Department will have squad cars inside the arena for children to inspect. The Mason City Police Department will bring the MRAP -- its Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle -- to the arena parking lot. Mason City Fire Department will have a ladder truck, and the Clear Lake Fire Department will provide vintage fire and police vehicles for display.
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Activities include inflatables, kids' pedal pull, spin art and balloons and face painting. Food and drink have been donated by Fareway and Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company. Overdrive Auto has provided bikes, scooters, balls and more as prizes.
There are currently more than 30 agencies, businesses and organizations ready to share their vision of community on National Night Out.
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Maxine E. Sommerfeld, 96, of Mason City, passed away on Sunday, July 23, 2023, at her home surrounded by family. Arrangements: Major Erickson Funeral Home.
Mary Jo Lorge 93, of Clear Lake, died Tuesday, July 25, 2023, at Walnut Ridge Assisted Living, Clive, Iowa. Funeral arrangements are entrusted with Ward Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 310 First Ave. North Clear Lake, Iowa 50428. 641-357-2193.
Robert W. Huntington, 89, of Clear Lake, died Wednesday, July 26, 2023, at Heritage Care Center, Mason City. Funeral arrangements are entrusted with Ward Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 310 First Ave. North, Clear Lake, Iowa. 641-357-2193 www.colonialchapels.com.
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Duane Laverne Smith, 95, of Greene, passed away Sunday, July 23, 2023, at his home. Arrangements: Counsell Woodley Funeral Home, Green.
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Duane Laverne Smith, 95, of Greene, passed away Sunday, July 23, 2023, at his home. Arrangements: Counsell Woodley Funeral Home, Green.
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DeWayne LeRoy Johnson
September 29, 1932-July 22, 2023
FOREST CITY-
DeWayne LeRoy Johnson, the son of Telford and Irene (Hanna) Johnson, was born in Mt. Valley Township, Forest City, Iowa on September 29, 1932. He passed away at the Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt, Iowa, on Saturday, July 22, 2023, at the age of 90.
He was baptized at Pilot Knob Lutheran Church, rural Forest City and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City. He was a 1949 graduate of Forest City High School and a 1951 graduate of Waldorf College. He entered the Army in January of 1953 and served in the Korean War until December 1954. On his return from the service, DeWayne worked for the RTA in Thompson, IA. On September 23, 1955, DeWayne was united in marriage to Donna Sunde at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City. The couple made their home in Forest City.
He was then employed by the Forest City Creamery and finally the Forest City Post Office as a clerk and later a supervisor, until he retired on January 2, 1989, after 30 years. He enjoyed bowling, fishing, golfing, and playing cards. He and Donna spent many years with extended family fishing at Lake Lida in Pelican Rapids, MN, as well as trips to Mesa, AZ, Disney World, Hawaii, and a special trip in 2002 to Norway - meeting relatives on both sides of their families. One of his greatest joys was being able to attend all of his sons and grandsons events, and spending time with his great-granddaughters.
He was a longtime member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, American Legion Post #121, VFW Post #6161 and the Bear Creek Golf Course. He also volunteered at the Neighborhood Food Bank for many years.
DeWayne is survived by his wife, Donna Johnson of Forest City; son, Scott (Naomi Nowland) Johnson of Clear Lake and their son, Zachary Johnson of Shoreview, MN; his son, Craig (Dawn) Johnson of Forest City and their sons, Andrew (Kari) Johnson of Rochester, MN and Alex Johnson of West Des Moines, IA; two great-granddaughters, Evelynn and Addison Johnson of Rochester, MN; and a sister in-law, Marilyn Johnson of Albert Lea, MN.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Telford and Irene Johnson; brother, Francis Johnson; infant brother, John Telford Johnson; grandparents, Charles and Emma Elwood, Ingval and Mary Hanna, Gunder and Maria Johnson; father and mother in-law, Carl and Effie Sunde.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, July 31, 2023, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 246 S. Clark St. Forest City, IA 50436 with Pastor Rod Hopp officiating. His family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Inurnment will be in Madison Township Cemetery, with military honors performed by the Forest City Honor Guards following the service.
If you are unable to attend, the service will be livestreamed at www.schottfuneralhomes.com. Under his obituary, simply click "tribute wall" where you will find a tab to view the livestream.
Memorials are suggested to the Neighborhood Food Bank, Forest City Education Foundation, or Immanuel Lutheran Church Radio Fund.
You can contact the family with online condolences at:
641-585-2685
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Dorothy "Dot" Kruggel Gerdes
July 11, 1921-July 19, 2023
CLEAR LAKE-Dorothy "Dot" Kruggel Gerdes 102, died Wednesday, July 19, 2023, at the Concord Care Center, Garner, Iowa, surrounded by her family.
A visitation will be held 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m., Friday, August 4, 2023, at Ward Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 310 First Ave. North, Clear Lake. A private family inurnment will be held in Elmwood St. Joseph Cemetery, Mason City, Iowa. Ward Van Slyke Colonial Chapel 310 First Avenue North, Clear Lake, Iowa 50428. 641-357-2193
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Joe M. Green
February 26, 1944 - July 17, 2023
MASON CITY - Joe M. Green, 79, formerly of Mason City, passed away July 12, 2023. Per his wishes, his body was cremated.
No services are planned.
Born February 26, 1944, he was the son of Wendell and Ruby Green. He received his education in Mason City schools, and graduated in 1962. His employment took him to Illinois and Kansas, and back to Iowa where he settled in Des Moines. He retired from Johnston Community School District in 2010.He leaves two sons Jeff and Tony, and his wife Michele, a brother John and his wife Maxine, two sisters Annette and Nancy, a niece Jan and her husband Matt, and a nephew Heath.
Thanks go to staff at EveryStep Kavanaugh House and Celebrate Life Iowa in Des Moines, and friends Doug Hubbart and David L.
His parents precede him in death.
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Lana Renee Strottman
December 17, 1955 - July 23, 2023
WATERLOO - Lana Renee Strottman, 67, Waterloo, died Sunday, July 23, 2023, at the University of Iowa Hospital. She was born December 17, 1955, in Sheffield to the late Victor and Leola (Jaspers) Berding. Renee graduated from Sheffield High School. Over the years she has worked as a waitress and bus driver.
Renee is survived by her son, Joel (Amy) Berding; grandchildren, Alexander and Celia; siblings, Victoria Berding, Hal (Geri Lynn) Berding, Brad Berding and Marla (Jeff) Pulkrabek; and extended family and friends.
There will be a private celebration of her life at a later date. Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home is assisting the family.
Through the course of Renee's life she had many animals and she had a special place in her heart for horses. She had a lot of love in her for everyone especially her friends and family! Renee will always be remembered and with us in spirit.
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North Iowa should soon be coming to the end of a heat wave, but as severe weather of all kinds becomes more common, there are ways to protect yourself and family during thunderstorms and other threatening events.
Severe thunderstorms bring the threat of high wind, lightning, hail stones and tornados or straight-line winds. The derecho that struck the Midwest in August 2022 is an example of a straight-line wind event.
Strong storms can cause property damage to your home or vehicle in addition to loss of life or injury. Be weather aware and prepare for damaging events with these tips.
Most of us have a weather application on our smartphones, but did you know that you can set your notifications to tell you when a watch or warning is issued? Outdoor sirens are designed to warn residents who are working and playing outdoors to take shelter, but they can be difficult to hear indoors. Check your app settings and set them to alert you when severe weather is incoming.
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Weather radios can be programmed to alert you when a watch or warning has been issued for your area, as well. In the event of a loss of power, have battery operated backup devices such as a radio to get vital information in less-than-ideal circumstances.
If you are caught in a severe thunderstorm while driving, it's best to simply pull over to the side of the road and wait it out. This is especially the case in heavy rain that can impede visibility. Stay in your car if there are lightning strikes, heavy rain, winds or hail. You are best protected by your vehicle in these situations.
High wind and tornados can lift and throw cars, trucks and vans, unfortunately with you inside them. Do not drive if there are tornado or wind events forecast, and if you are caught in the path of a tornado exit the vehicle and find the lowest possible ground, often a ditch or depression in the soil. Cover your head and neck and wait for winds to pass.
The safest place to be during a severe thunderstorm is inside a sturdy building. Choose a basement or interior room without windows. This reduces the chances of being injured by debris from broken windows or a damaged structure.
Campgrounds, mobile home parks and public meeting areas are required by law to post an emergency shelter location. Familiarize yourself with these locations, many times an underground shelter, and have a way to contact friends and family.
Prior to a storm, secure outdoor items such a patio furniture, garbage cans or any other items that could cause damage if blown about. Unplug electronics you won't be using to prevent electrical damage in case of a lightning strike.
Prepare a bag of items in the event you must shelter for more than a short time. Some severe weather incidents can disrupt utility service or block exits due to wind, hail or lightning damage. Keep one gallon of water per person per day of shelter for drinking and washing. Many people purchase large five gallon refillable water containers for this purpose.
Nonperishable foods that can be easily opened such as granola or energy bars are an excellent choice for your preparedness bag. If you choose canned goods, be certain to include a can opener so that you can access them as needed.
Make certain you have any medications or medical devices with you as you shelter along with blankets, flashlights or other battery operated lights. Let family members know what room you plan to use in an emergency in case you must be located after a disaster.
As meteorologist develop more sophisticated warning systems for severe weather events, it still best to take a few moments to know where to go and what to do if a storm pops up in your area.
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ROANOKE CO., Va. – A Roanoke County School Board meeting ended in an uproar Thursday night after discussions about new policies regarding transgender students.
After repeated outbursts, the chairman of the board asked the room to leave, and some people ended up leaving the room in handcuffs.
The meeting started out with discussions over two controversial policies.
One has to do with classroom displays and decorations following concerns over pride decor at Glen Cove Elementary.
The new policy, unanimously approved by the board, says it’s inappropriate for teachers to use decorations in a classroom that display any political, sociopolitical, or religious belief.
Hidden Valley High School teacher, Kimberly Irvin said the board is saying one thing, but is acting in a different way.
“Your proposed policies state the removal of politically motivated items and yet all you do is just push your political agenda on our school. I am struggling to understand how you can have it both ways,” Irvin said.
The board followed up with a discussion over the new transgender student model policies from the Virginia Department of Education.
The policies require teachers to use the names and pronouns of students based on their official records.
It also requires students to use bathrooms based on the sex they were assigned at birth unless their parents opt them out.
While going over the policies, parents and students began to yell out and were asked to clear the room. Some people were cooperative, others were not.
Once the room cleared, board members expressed their disappointment.
“Nights like tonight are not good for anybody. They’re not good for our school system. They’re not good for our students. They’re not good for the community.”
Roanoke County Public Schools sent the following statement to 10 News after the meeting Thursday night.
One of the core values of Roanoke County Public Schools that we teach our students is respect. This includes respect for other’s opinions, even if we do not agree with that opinion. At every school board meeting, the public has the opportunity to exercise their first amendment right to express their opinions. At tonight’s school board meeting, we heard from 27 students, staff, parents and Roanoke County residents who expressed their views and opinions and we thank each of these individuals for sharing their thoughts. Unfortunately, after the opportunity for public comment had ended, a handful of individuals chose to be disruptive and disrespectful during an informational presentation with outbursts using vulgar language. After two warnings, the school board chairman asked all visitors to leave. Sadly, some chose not to do so and had to be escorted out by police. This is not the kind of behavior we tolerate and these actions in no way are reflective of the many outstanding parents, students and staff that are part of the Roanoke County Public Schools community.
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Pellston schools place field house millage proposal on Aug. 8 ballot
PELLSTON — In the upcoming Aug. 8 election, voters in the Pellston Public Schools district will have the chance to vote on a millage proposal to build a new field house.
The $11.75 million bond proposal would require a 1.8 mill increase, meaning homeowners living in a $100,000 home with a $50,000 tax assessed value would be required to pay about $7.50 a month.
The field house would be open for both student and community use and would include two new basketball courts and two fitness and weight rooms — one for the public and one for students. There would also be a wrestling room, space for cheerleading, baseball, softball and volleyball practices, a walking track, and a community room for school events.
“The facility will enhance the athletic program, provide fitness and cardio programs for community members, have a meeting room for school and community use, and even serve as an indoor recess space for elementary students during unfavorable weather conditions,” Pellston Superintendent Stephen Seelye said in a press release after the school board approved the bond proposal in May.
The field house would also allow the current weight room to be converted back into a band room. It would be located on the north side of the elementary campus.
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If the bond proposal does not pass in the election, the field house will not be able to be built as proposed.
The bond proposal has already been approved by the Michigan Department of Treasury. Typically paid back over 20-30 years, bonds are state-approved funding processes where schools sell bonds in the authorized amount and then use those sale proceeds to pay for projects.
The election is Aug. 8. People can also vote absentee from June 29 to election day.
For more information on the bond proposal, visit pellstonschools.org/field.html.
For more information about the upcoming election, visit michigan.gov/sos/elections.
— Contact education reporter Karly Graham atkgraham@petoskeynews.com. Follow her on Twitter at@KarlyGrahamJRN.
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MARFA, Texas — The Big Bend Sector has had a good number of migrants needing to be rescued or dying at the border during extensive heat-related advisories in 2023.
United States Customs and Border Protection is warning those thinking of crossing the border to not put themselves in danger.
“Extreme heat has the potential to be deadly and kills more people than any other weather event,” Big Bend Sector Chief Patrol Agent Sean L. McGoffin said in a press release. “Please reconsider and do not cross the border illegally during these extreme heat conditions. It is simply not worth the risk of your life.”
In the fiscal year of 2022, the Big Bend Sector CBP made 408 rescues and had 27 deaths due to extreme heat. This fiscal year, there has been a decline in rescues and deaths, which acting Assistant Chief Patrol Agent Rush Carter praises.
“We are seeing a little bit of a decrease [in rescues and deaths], which is great,” Carter said in an interview with NewsWest 9. “A lot of that is due to some of those programs that we have going, with being able to get out there.”
The assistance programs in place for migrants at the border are rescue beacons and 911 placards.
When activating a beacon by pressing a red button, it sends out a geo location to the command center so an agent can rescue migrants in distress.
The rescue placard has a geo-location code the migrant can send via a 911 call and that will identify the migrant’s location and alert the border patrol.
CBP has recorded 16 beacon-activated rescues this year, and even though these programs are in place, border patrol officials don’t want migrants crossing the border illegally and having migrants rely on these programs.
Carter said that CBP sends out notifications to nearby Mexican residents through radios to tell them the weather conditions at the border.
“Down in the border towns we rely on the Mexican Consulate a lot to help us push the message out,” Carter said. “They also have radio campaigns [like] ‘avisa al migrante.' [It] is a campaign that will send out messages, especially now about the heat, ‘Hey it is not safe.' It comes back to CBP and the border patrol’s message, 'don’t cross it, it is very dangerous.'”
Most of the illegal border crossings that Carter has seen were organized through smugglers, and with immigration policies in place, migrants have paid the price.
Before Title 42 ended on May 11, the Big Bend Sector encountered 6,320 Title 42 expulsions in the 2023 fiscal year (October 2022 - present). Since Title 8 is still in effect, migrants are still taking the risk at the border and Big Bend CBP has reported 3,970 encounters.
Migrants who cross the border illegally, under Title 8, the first time get deported for a certain number of years, and if they are caught doing it again, they could see jail time.
“There are quite a few consequences with crossing the border illegally,” Carter said. “And not only [that but also] keep them from being eligible for programs in the future.”
Even though temperatures at the Big Bend Sector border are staying out of the 100-degree range this weekend and next week, it is still a high-risk situation going there.
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“The Unknown Country” is a road movie about a young Native woman who drives from Minneapolis to South Dakota and the Pine Ridge Reservation, through Nebraska to west Texas, as she tries to connect with her Oglala family.
But writer-director Morrisa Maltz’s debut feature is far more than a typical road picture as it mixes reality and fiction as Tana, played by the superb Lily Gladstone, the only hired actress in the film, makes her way across the country.
In South Dakota, to choose the most prominent of the intersections with real people, Tana attends the wedding of a cousin, the actual wedding of Lainey Bearkiller Shangreaux and Devin Shangreaux. Lainey spins out her life story, talking with the cousin she’s never met, and her charming daughter Jazzie bonds with Tana.
Lily Gladstone in a scene from "The Unknown Country."
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Farther down the road, Tana dances with 90-year-old Florence R. Perrin at the Texas dance hall where Flo has been a constantly dancing figure for decades.
Tara’s interactions and the people’s backstories are a bit offsetting — the first woman she encounters is a singing diner owner/cat lady. But once Maltz’s innovative technique becomes clear, the interactions “make” the movie, giving purpose to the often meandering story.
Gladstone, who will star in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” later this year, handles the interactions with ease and the same naturalness that she brings as a Native woman (she’s a Blackfoot from Montana) who is rejoining her family and reentering the culture of the Pine Ridge “rez,” where much of the film was shot.
Lainey Shangreax is pivotal for “The Unknown Country” for more than her natural screen appearance. She suggested that Maltz make her “American girl” on the road trip a Native woman, gave Tana her name for "Tanagila, The Hummingbird," held her wedding in front of the cameras and helped bring in Native actor and artist Richard Ray Whitman, who plays Tana’s grandfather, the family’s patriarch and connection to its roots.
The final key element of “The Unknown Country” is the cinematography of Andrew Hajek, which captures the snow-covered South Dakota Badlands with great beauty, the characters with intimacy and creates visual motion that pushes the film forward.
Throw in radio and TV reports that set the time and place — post-Trump America where Nebraska stations give weather reports — and “The Unknown Country” moves into the Terrence Malick realm and takes that artful mix to a new dimension with its real people and near-documentary segments.
States with the most drive-in movie theaters
States with the most drive-in movie theaters
Drive-in theaters evoke nostalgia, a step back to the 1950s. The first opened in New Jersey in 1933, when opening night drew people from at least 20 states to watch movies outdoors from their cars. Drive-ins reached their peak in popularity in the mid-1950s with more than 4,000 operating across the country.
But by the late 1970s, exploding property values, television, and large indoor theaters all lured movie fans away from the drive-in experience. During the coronavirus pandemic, however, drive-ins saw a resurgence as pop-up outdoor theaters appeared to take the place of indoor ones that were closed, allowing moviegoers to stay outside. But the problems bedeviling drive-ins persisted.
Stacker examined County Business Patterns data from the Census Bureau to determine which states have the most drive-in movie theaters. Rankings were determined by the number of drive-ins per 1 million residents.
There are currently 177 drive-in theaters operating in 25 states. States with the highest number of drive-ins per capita are largely located in the Eastern and Midwestern U.S. For the count, film festivals or other types of movie theaters were not included.
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Drive-in theaters becoming harder to find
The pandemic gave drive-in movie theaters a spurt of new popularity as people were eager to be entertained but wanted to stay outside. But the difficulties drive-ins face are hard to overcome, from the need for often expensive land to having to buy pricey high-resolution projectors to show first-run movies.
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#25. Florida
- 0.2 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 5 drive-ins total
Drive-in theaters have long been popular in Florida, with the first opening in Miami in 1938. The Silver Moon in Lakeland has been in operation since opening in 1948, except for a few months in 1950 because of tornado damage. There are plenty of other spots where you can still pull up in front of a big screen: Ocala Drive-in in Ocala, the Ruskin Family Drive-in Theater in Ruskin, Joy-Lan Drive-in Dade City, and Nite Owl Drive-in in Miami.
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#24. New Jersey
- 0.3 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 3 drive-ins total
The first drive-in movie theater in the U.S. opened in Camden on the Pennsauken border in 1933. It promised that "motorists and their guests will see and hear talking pictures while they smoke, talk, or partake of refreshments without annoying others in the audience," Tyler Hoffman, a professor at Rutgers University told the South Jersey Times . Today one place you can watch movies in the open air is the Delsea Drive-in Theatre in Vineland—rain or shine!
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#23. Georgia
- 0.4 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 4 drive-ins total
The Starlight Drive-in Theatre on the outskirts of Atlanta has been in operation since 1949. The theater encourages you to make sure your car battery is strong enough to power the radio through the show, but if it fails, jump starts are available. Other spots for a movie under the stars: the Swan Drive-in Theater in Blue Ridge, whose name comes from the swans in England, the Tiger Drive-In Theater in Tiger—which had closed but reopened exactly 50 years after its first showing—and the Jesup Drive-in in Jesup, which opened in 1948.
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#22. Virginia
- 0.5 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 4 drive-ins total
The Family Drive-in Theatre in Stephens City advertises itself as the only drive-in theater in the Washington D.C. metro area. Also in Virginia are Goochland Drive-in in Sandy Hook (open only since 2009 but with a retro vibe), the Starlite Drive-in in Christiansburg, and the Park Place Drive-In in Marion.
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#21. California
- 0.5 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 18 drive-ins total
The home of Hollywood, California fittingly has among the most drive-in theaters in the country. The Rubidoux Drive-in in Riverside once had a petting zoo and miniature railroad . Those are gone but it still has its art deco-styled original screen. In northern California, the West Wind Drive-ins have three locations: Concord, Sacramento, and San Jose.
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#20. Missouri
- 0.5 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 3 drive-ins total
The aptly named Sunset Drive-In Theater in Aurora opened in 1951 and kept its original wooden screen until it burned down in 1979. The sound system was upgraded after it was struck by lightning in 2001. An old drive-in theater in Blomeyer was revitalized in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic and is now the Rock 'N' Roll Drive-In.
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#19. Michigan
- 0.5 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 5 drive-ins total
A nod to the cherry harvest of northern Michigan, the Cherry Bowl Drive-in Theatre in Honor opened in 1954 and also features a playground, volleyball net, and a 1950s-style mini-golf course. The Ford-Wyoming Drive-In in Dearborn was once the country's largest drive-in-theater with nine screens and parking for 3,000 cars but has since reduced the number of screens to five, viewable by up to 2,500 cars.
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#18. Washington
- 0.5 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 4 drive-ins total
The Skyline Drive-In Theater in Shelton featured "Lady and The Tramp" and "Billy Budd" on its opening night in 1964. The Rodeo Drive-in Theater in Bremerton was originally the "Rodeo Motor Movies," built in 1949 as part of the United Drive-Ins chain and claims it is the largest outdoor theater complex north of California.
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#17. Minnesota
- 0.5 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 3 drive-ins total
The Long Drive-In Theater in Long Prairie is one of the few drive-in theaters that allows you to stay overnight. Because the movies run late and some people have driven long distances, tents and RVs are permitted with reservations. Other drive-ins in Minnesota: the Starlite Drive-In in Litchfield, Verne Drive-In Theater in Luverne, and Sky-Vu Drive-In Theatre in Warren.
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#16. Texas
- 0.6 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 17 drive-ins total
Drive-in theaters in Texas date to 1934 when only the third in the country opened in Galveston. At its peak, the state had more drive-ins than any other. On the one hand, there is the Big Sky Drive-In Theatre , its name celebrating the big sky of the West Texas Permian Basin between Midland and Odessa. On the other, there is The Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-In in Austin, which accommodates only 15 to 40 cars per night.
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#15. Colorado
- 0.7 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 4 drive-ins total
The only original drive-in still open in the greater Denver area, the 88 Drive-In Theatre in Commerce dates to 1972. The Holiday Twin Drive-In in Fort Collins shows both classic and modern movies, and although pets are allowed, the theater notes: "Barking is disruptive ."
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#14. Oklahoma
- 0.7 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 3 drive-ins total
At the Winchester Drive-In Theatre in Oklahoma City, moviegoers are greeted by a vintage neon cowboy. The landmark has been in operation since 1968. The Admiral Twin Drive-In is just off Route 66 in Tulsa and was used for Francis Ford Coppola's famous drive-in movie scene in "The Outsiders."
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#13. Utah
- 0.9 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 3 drive-ins total
The Erda Dive-In in Tooele opened around the late 1940s or early 1950s (accounts conflict, according to its website). Whatever the year, it operated seasonally, from May to October depending on the weather. The screen had to be rebuilt in 1991 after it was destroyed by a tornado.
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#12. New York
- 0.9 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 18 drive-ins total
The state's first drive-in movie theater was on Long Island when the Sunrise Drive-In opened in 1938 in Valley Stream with a showing of "Start Cheering." It was demolished but the Finger Lakes Drive-In in Auburn retains its vintage charm now as New York's oldest open-air theater . It dates from 1947.
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#11. Wisconsin
- 1.0 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 6 drive-ins total
The Skyway Drive-In Theatre opened in 1950 and is now the longest continuously running drive-in found in Wisconsin. It remains a one-screen theater, the snack bar has not changed much, and it continues to show cartoon advertisements created decades ago before the movies. Another historic theater, Highway 18 Outdoor Theatre , 2 miles west of Jefferson, first opened in 1953 and then reopened in 2000.
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#10. Kansas
- 1.0 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 3 drive-ins total
The Boulevard Drive-In says it was the first drive-in theater anywhere to install digital sound and 4K resolution digital projection. The original screen was made completely out of wood but a strong wind tore out about a third of it in 1971, which led to a replacement metal screen. The Kanopolis Drive-In in Kanopolis is located along the Prairie Trail Scenic Byway .
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#9. Tennessee
- 1.1 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 8 drive-ins total
The Stardust Drive-In Theatre in Watertown holds Retro Wednesdays. Coming up this summer are showings of "Steel Magnolias" from 1989, "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" from 1982, and "Back to the Future" from 1985. The Parkway Drive-In in Maryville shows movies rain or shine but will keep its gates closed in the event of a tornado warning by the National Weather Service.
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#8. Kentucky
- 1.3 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 6 drive-ins total
The Knox Drive-In is located in Barbourville City Park. The local city council wanted to offer something different from neighboring cities, according to its website. The Sauerbeck Family Drive-In in La Grange notes that "unfortunately for those looking to catch a free show," it positioned its screens to minimize any view from the road.
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#7. Ohio
- 1.4 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 17 drive-ins total
At the Field of Dreams Drive-In Theater in Liberty Center, free games such as putt-putt golf, corn hole, and sand volleyball are available before the movies begin. It opened in 2007 after the owners planted grass instead of crops on their property and added a second screen in 2010. The Toledo Blade once warned that the theater can be surrounded by so much corn by midsummer that you might miss its narrow entrance.
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#6. Indiana
- 1.5 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 10 drive-ins total
The Georgetown Drive-In Movie Theater , established in 1951, opened for its 72nd season in May 2023. The Starlite Drive-In opened in 1955 and has had only five owners since then. And the Tibbs Drive-In , family owned and operated since 1967, is the last drive-in theater in Indianapolis.
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#5. Pennsylvania
- 1.5 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 20 drive-ins total
The Mahoning Drive-In Theater, established in 1949 in Lehighton, offers a retro 35 mm film program, in which movies are shown reel-to-reel via the original 1940s Simplex projectors. "At the Drive-In" is a documentary about the theater. Becky's Drive-In was begun by William D. Beck, known as Becky. He started out showing movies outside at Uncle Charlie's Lunch in the 1930s.
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#4. Idaho
- 1.5 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 3 drive-ins total
In the history of the Parma Motor-Vu, Karen Dobbs Cornwell writes that the Dobbs family bought the Parma, New Plymouth, and Wilder drive-in theaters in 1944. Her father, Bill Dobbs, drove to Wilder each night while she and her mother, Gladys Dobbs, spent each night at the Parma.
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#3. Maine
- 2.2 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 3 drive-ins total
The Narrow Gauge Drive-In in Farmington opened the 2023 season with screenings of "The Super Mario Bros. Movie." The drive-in mixes movies with live music shows. The Skowhegan Drive-In, which opened in 1954, saw a surge in attendance during the pandemic, followed by a subsequent drop-off. But it has opened for the 2023 seasons.
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#2. New Hampshire
- 2.9 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 4 drive-ins total
The Milford Drive-In Theater was built in Milford in 1958, with several contractors from the area contributing labor and materials in the hopes of sharing in the profits, according to the theater's history. A group of local people owned the drive-in, which opened with a single 84-foot wooden frame screen. Also popular: Weirs Drive-In Theater at Weirs Beach, whose motto is "Let the popcorn fly."
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#1. Vermont
- 4.6 drive-ins per 1 million people
- 3 drive-ins total
The Fairlee Drive-In Theater in Fairlee also has a motel. The theater came first in 1950 and six motel rooms were added a decade later in 1960. Bethel Drive-In in Bethel opened in 1954 and operates on weekends from early June to Labor Day. Sunset Drive-In in Colchester was established in 1948 and has four screens.
Data reporting by Elena Cox. Story editing by Jeff Inglis. Copy editing by Tim Bruns. Photo selection by Elizabeth Ciano.
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The Beanie Bubble. Zach Galifianakis stars in the human story behind the Beanie Babies craze of the 1990s. It's focused on the darker aspects of how miniature beanbag critters became a billion-dollar enterprise. R. (Grand). Grade: C+.
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The First Slam Dunk. This animated Japanese underdog sports movie about a high school basketball team and its start point guard was not screened in time for Ground Zero deadlines. PG-13. (Grand).
Haunted Mansion. This fantasy comedy about a woman and her son who enlist spiritual experts to rid their home of supernatural squatters was not screened in time for Ground Zero deadlines. PG-13. (Grand, East Park, Edgweood, SouthPointe).
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Talk To Me. This horror movie about a group of kids who go to a seance is actually scary, has a good idea that feels both relevant and contemporary, and is really gross. R. (Grand). Grade: B.
The Unknown Country. Lily Gladstone is superb as a young Native woman on a trip from Minneapolis to Texas to connect with her Oglala family in this innovative road movie that mixes real people with its fictional story. Unrated. (Ross). Grade: B+.
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Barbie. In this exegesis on what it means to be a woman, director Greta Gerwig reflects our world back to us through the lens of Barbie, delivering a barbed statement wrapped in a visually sumptuous and sublimely silly cinematic confection. PG-13. (Grand, East Park, Edgewood, SouthPointe). Grade: A.
Desperate Souls. The documentary "Desperate Souls" argues that the 1969 best picture Oscar winner "Midnight Cowboy" reflects the cultural upheaval and New York City of its time. Unrated. (Ross). Grade: B.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The latest installment of the "Indiana Jones" series takes its nostalgic task of revisiting "Raiders of the Lost Ark" so seriously, it overlooks the goal of making a great adventure movie. PG-13. (Grand). Grade: C-.
Insidious: The Red Door. This horror series' original cast returns for the last chapter of the Lambert family's terrifying saga. PG-13. (Grand). Grade: C-.
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part On. The latest installment of the "M.I." series feels all too familiar with less-than-compelling stunts. PG-13. (Edgewood, SouthPointe) Grade: B-.
The Miracle Club. Kathy Bates, Maggie Smith and Laura Linney star in this movie about three women on a pilgrimage to Lourdes. PG-13. (Ross). Grade: C+.
Oppenheimer. Director Christopher Nolan brings a jagged, dissonant sensibility to his biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist known as the “father of the atomic bomb.” R. (Grand, East Park, Edgewood, SouthPointe). Grade: C+.
Sound of Freedom. A federal agent fights to save a girl from human trafficking after rescuing her brother from the same fate. PG-13. (Grand, East Park, Edgewood). Grade: C.
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LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — The M-Vac System is a new technology that could change the course of solving crimes, and right now it's in Arkansas.
It's been used across the country to help solve cold cases and exonerate those who have been wrongfully convicted.
It does this by extracting small amounts of DNA that could not have been done before.
"It works just like a carpet cleaner. So, it sprays and vacuums at the same time, and vacuums up DNA that can't be accessed from other methods," said the president of M-Vac Systems, Jared Bradley.
In 2011, it was introduced to law enforcement to help them get DNA in a way that had never been done before. It can get smaller amounts off rough surfaces and fabrics.
There is not an M-Vac System in Arkansas, right now, but some law enforcement agencies did get to use the machine for a couple of days to help solve some open cases.
Arkansas State Police, Johnson County Sheriff's Office, Searcy PD, and Pope County Sheriff's Office all tested evidence with the new technology.
It's also the focus of one infamous Arkansas case that is now headed to the State Supreme Court in hopes of getting new answers.
The center of the latest West Memphis Three case is re-testing shoelaces for DNA.
The attorneys of Damien Echols, one of the Three, said that M-Vac testing could shed light on who committed the crime.
Currently, the attorneys are working to get a ruling from the Arkansas Supreme Court to re-test the evidence.
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AUSTIN, Texas — In Austin, there are more homeless encampments than there are shelters.
It's a problem Mayor Kirk Watson said he wants to fix.
On July 27, Watson announced that the City of Austin had partnered with the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) after a months-long process to invest $65 million to expand emergency shelters and provide more resources for people experiencing homelessness.
The funds will be allocated through planning and distributed evenly among three nonprofit groups: The Other Ones Foundation (TOOF), Caritas of Austin and Lifeworks.
The goal is for the vast majority of the money to go toward a non-congregate shelter through TOOF, which would add at least 700 additional beds.
$5 million will then be split evenly between Caritas of Austin and Lifeworks to be utilized through rental assistance and housing stability.
In a one-on-one interview with KVUE, Watson stressed the importance of meeting the need, so people who experiencing homelessness can get the help they need.
"What you will see me continue to do is advocate for the full continuum, so that we can not only address the needs of those of our neighbors that are living homeless, but also address the desires of the voters of the City of Austin," said Watson.
Currently, there is only one shelter bed for every 5 persons experiencing homelessness, according to Austin Homeless Services.
Watson said the City is short 1,000 beds, which are needed by 2025.
"This makes a big step toward meeting our needs by 2025, and we'll continue to figure out how we address that," said Watson.
Watson pointed to other steps being taken, such as the City Council recently giving the greenlight to turn the Austin Convention Marshalling Yard into a temporary emergency shelter, which would provide 300 additional beds. Last month, leaders also gave the go ahead to convert the Salvation Army on East Eighth street into a temporary emergency shelter.
Although both contracts are only for one year, Watson said he believes it's a sign of steps being taken to address the crisis.
"We need rapid rehousing, we need emergency shelter beds and all the way up to permanent supportive housing," said Watson.
Watson also touched on better enforcing the City's camping ban, which was reinstated in 2021. The ban makes it illegal for people to sleep on streets and sidewalks in public areas, a move that has recently forced a bulk of people to move farther away from Austin.
Watson noted that without shelters, those who are unhoused don't have many options.
"If there's a group of people in an encampment here and you go to them and say, 'you can't camp here,' where do they go if you don't have a place for them to go, which is what I'm working to provide," said Watson.
Before Watson was in office, the City had already committed to an effort worth more than $500 million to address homelessness, which Watson said is slowly being allocated.
"The City has dedicated that to primarily permanent supportive housing, and so that money has gone to different entities for the building of permanent supportive housing," said Watson.
The City has a deadline on the $65 million, which will need to be used by the 2025 deadline. Watson said the next step is to meet with officials at TDHCA to get the planning process started and hopefully turn what has been a crisis in the capital city into a path forward for people experiencing homelessness.
"We still have a long ways to go, but this puts a big dent in it," said Watson.
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GRAPEVINE, Texas — A man faces a murder charge after his relative was stabbed to death at a home in Grapevine on Thursday night, police said.
Police said they responded around 7 p.m. to the 1200 block of Airline Drive in regards to a domestic disturbance. According to police, arriving officers found a man unconscious with stab wounds outside the home.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics, police said. His identity has not yet been released.
Another man who was found outside was arrested and taken to jail, where he faces a charge of murder. Police said the two men were relatives.
Further details, such as a motive, were not released as the investigation continues.
Anyone with information is asked to send tips to police at cidmail@grapevinetexas.gov.
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MIDLOTHIAN, Texas — An event this Saturday in Midlothian will attempt to bring a sense of normalcy to a Navarro County woman whose life changed with a near-death medical mishap.
And the woman organizing the event said she is doing it simply because it's the right thing to do.
When we first met Wyndi Adkins, her plight was obvious. In an attempt to ease the pain of migraines, she agreed to elective nerve decompression surgery.
While recovering at home in Blooming Grove, she said one of the sutures became infected with strep. Toxic shock nearly killed her. To save her life, doctors amputated both of her hands and most of her feet.
"I just want to feel normal again," she told me.
The response to a GoFundMe campaign was immediate, $70,000 donated in just a few days: About half of what she needs to replace the limited and basic prosthetic hands her insurance will pay for with more modern "bionic" hands that her insurance has refused.
"For about three or four days I couldn't stop thinking about her," said Alexandra Allred, a fitness instructor and adjunct professor at Tarleton State University.
"And I was absolutely mesmerized by this woman and her tenacity. And I felt like I had to do something," she said.
Allred decided she would start by inviting Adkins to Main Street Gym in Midlothian. One of her specialties is working with adaptive athletes. She offered to help Adkins build her strength, her confidence and build the bank account needed to get her across the finish line.
"This is gonna happen. It has to happen," Allred said. "When we embrace the idea that she's ours, she's our neighbor, she's our sister, we can do this, it will happen."
This Saturday, July 27, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Main Street Gym, volunteer instructors will teach a series of fitness classes. The usual fees for the classes instead will go to the fund to help Adkins. Donations also continue to be accepted through Adkins' GoFundMe page.
"She's awesome. She's amazing," Adkins said of Allred. "I think anybody that she interacts with, they're just lucky to have her in their life. I'm extremely luck to have her in mine. One of God's little blessings that he kind of scoots in the door, and says here."
And on that day, her second-in-training at Main Street Gym, a muscle-bound blessing named Joey approached Adkins.
"You guys are an inspiration to me, 100 percent," he told them. "I want this to be home to you. I want you to feel you're able to be here like everybody else."
"Thank you," Adkins said as the trio hugged.
"I hear people say, oh well so and so thinks you're an inspiration. Or somebody on Facebook tells me you're an inspiration. But for somebody to tell me directly to my face, it made me feel really good," Adkins said of the encounter.
With enough strength training, and enough donations, Allred said Adkins might be able to get the mechanical hands she needs later this year.
"She's going to get back what she so rightly deserves," Allred said. "And it's going to be because she knows that people cared enough to give her that life. And that's us. That's Texas. We're gonna do it."
"They have no idea how much this means to me. I am truly honored," Adkins said. "I'm part of the way and I believe that we will make it the rest of the way, without a doubt."
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Man shot, killed by Tucson SWAT officer after barricading himself inside home
Pima County investigators released more details days after a man was shot and killed by a Tucson police SWAT officer in mid-July.
The Pima Regional Critical Incident Team is an independent law enforcement agency created to lead criminal investigations that involve other law enforcement agencies in Pima County.
At around 1 p.m. on July 12, the Tucson Police Department responded to reports of a home invasion and armed robbery near the area of Calle Mercurio and Avenida Regulo. Officers learned that a person had been confronted by an armed man, later identified as Daniel Shaheen, 32, according to a news release from the incident team.
Shaheen was located by officers at a home near Park Avenue and 32nd Street. Officers then called for reinforcements from the SWAT and hostage negotiations units after Shaheen barricaded himself, the release said.
Throughout the negotiation, Shaheen showed uncooperative and erratic behavior where he would leave the house frequently with a laser-equipped firearm in his hand, the release stated. Negotiations continued for several hours into the morning of July 13.
At about 3 a.m., Shaheen was seen by SWAT team members standing at a window and pointing a handgun in the direction of officers, according to the statement. A SWAT team member, identified as 9-year Officer Chad Barker, was in an elevated position and fired a single shot from his department-issued rifle and fatally struck Shaheen. A handgun was found laying near Shaheen after the shooting, according to the release.
The Pima County Sheriff's Department and the Sahuarita Police Department were assigned primary responsibility for the criminal investigation of the officer-involved shooting. The incident team said that the Tucson Police Department Office of Professional Standards would conduct a separate but parallel administrative investigation to review the actions of those involved in the shooting, the release states.
All future findings will be presented to the Pima County Attorney's Office when the investigation is complete.
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Perryville prison warden retires after serving for 15 months
The Arizona Department of Corrections announced on its website on Wednesday that Laura Pyle, warden of the Perryville prison which houses the state’s female prison population, is retiring from the role on Friday.
Pyle served as the prison’s warden for 15 months and has been employed by DOC for 23 years.
DOC Director Ryan Thornell announced Hope Ping, warden of the Safford prison complex, as Perryville’s interim director. It was not immediately clear who would run the Safford complex in Ping’s absence.
“Director Thornell thanks Warden Pyle for her years of service to the Department and to the State of Arizona, and wishes her well in her retirement,” the agency said on its website.
The news comes shortly after the agency announced various measures it had taken to address “heat-impacted” units such as providing free ice, installing temporary misting systems outdoors and improving airflow within the complex.
“These efforts will continue until we have safely made it through the summer weather,” the agency said in a statement.
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NAMPA — This week marks the 137th year for the Canyon County Fair.
To put that into context, Idaho was admitted as a U.S. state in 1890. That was 133 years ago.
“We’ve been here quite a while,” said Rebecca Coulter, Marketing and Sponsorship Coordinator for the fair. “We’re excited to be back again.”
And with that, the fair’s rich history returns to Caldwell for the weekend. It began Thursday and will last through Sunday at the Canyon County Fairgrounds, located at 110 County Fair Ave.
Coulter, a Melba native who has been involved with the fair since she was a child, said some of the annual highlights include:
- The fair’s Bi-MART Concert Series, which features live music every night on the stadium floor. This year’s shows are 38 Special on Thursday, Scotty McCreery on Friday, Joe Nichols on Saturday and Banda Maguey on Sunday.
- 4-H and FFA livestock shows, which figure to be a hit. Animals include sheep, swine, beef cattle, dairy cattle, dairy goat, pygmy goat, meat goat, poultry and rabbit. “That’s obviously a big piece of who we are and Canyon County heritage,” Coulter said.
- Vendors selling an assortment of merchandise and food. “Who doesn’t like fair food?” she asked, rhetorically.
- And the fair carnival, with traditional family and kid-friendly rides running daily from noon to 11 p.m.
“We hit it from every angle, every year,” Coulter said.
Gates opened Thursday at 8 a.m. and by noon there were plenty of attendees milling around the livestock area.
Ditto for the new Center at the Canyon County Fair, a 45,000 square-foot building that includes a 30,000 square-foot air-conditioned expo hall that features indoor and outdoor meeting spaces and fair administrative offices. Indoor exhibits, activities, vendors and concessionaires were all available in the facility on Thursday.
Lindsey Di Febbo, who was working her booth for Scentsy, said the indoors and air conditioning provided a significant boost to the fair experience.
“I really like it — a lot,” she said.
Randy Talich, a Caldwell resident who has been attending the Canyon County Fair for 40-45 years, said the new building was a bit of a walk from where he parked near the rodeo stadium, but that he thought it was well put together.
“This is a nice building. Very nice,” he said. “It’s a bit different from years past. It will just take a little bit of getting used to, that’s all.”
At the center, children were at a display painting figurines. Declan McClellin, 8, painted a ceramic duck.
“It’s good and I like it,” he said of the fair.
When asked what his favorite part was, he said, “Spending time with my family.”
Both Di Febbo and Talich said that the Canyon County Fair is more intimate and has a real hometown atmosphere compared with other fairs in the region.
“It’s smaller, definitely not as busy as the state fair. There’s a little more of a family feel,” Di Febbo said. “You run into so many people that you know.”
Coulter said that the four-day fair will bring in about 60,000 attendees which, she pointed out, is roughly the population of Caldwell.
“I think that is a pretty decent representation in attendance,” Coulter said. “It’s exciting to see the support we have from our community and the folks who do show up here.”
The fair runs daily until 11 p.m. Gates open at 8 a.m. Thursday and Friday, 8:30 a.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m. on Sunday.
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SCOTT TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
“It was a lot of hard work, to get APT up and running in Scott Township, and in a matter of minute and a half the whole building was flooded under 5 inches of water”, AthELITE Performance Training owner Jenton Ewsorthy said.
After moving into his new location on Green Grove road in Scott Township less than a year ago, Esworthy is now forced to shut his doors after flood waters from a late afternoon rainstorm soaked the floors and equipment inside of AthELITE Performance Training.
“There is as you can see mud, that was where it was deepest 8 inches.” he said.
Esworthy was training clients inside the building Thursday evening when water started to come in, possibly destroying thousands of dollars of equipment.
“Everything in here is high end, I try and get only the best for my athlete's because they deserve the best and…we want to train at the highest level and to do that we need the equipment to do it.”
Now he's dealing with the aftermath of what he says was drainage system failure that PennDOT could have prevented.
“They came out once, nothing got done of it and here we are with probably 20 to 30 to 40 to 50 thousands of dollars worth of damage”
With A future as unclear as the water that sits pooled on his turf fields, Esworthy says he's relying on the same messages that he tells all his athlete's.
“We try and teach athletes to deal with adversity and work through it and overcome it so that's what we have to do.”
A spokesperson for PennDOT says the department is going to look into the issue.
Esworthy says there is no timeline right now on when his business will be able to reopen.
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DALLAS, Pa. — Everywhere you look at Blue Chip Farm Animal Refuge near Dallas, volunteers are busy taking care of the animals that now call the shelter home.
Patricia Gozikowski is a senior volunteer, she says right now it's a full house at Blue Chip. They have more than 50 dogs and more than 100 cats, plus rabbits.
“This has not stopped since covid, this has been a continuation- once covid got over with people didn't want their dogs anymore they have no time for them.” Said Gozikowski
Blue Chip staff tell Newswatch 16 many of the animals in their care were adopted during the pandemic.
“A lot of people have kept them and made due with their situation, but there are some people who just wanted them for company while they stayed home then they didn't want them anymore”. Said Gozikowski.
With all of these animals, volunteers say there seems to be no end in sight…the no-kill shelter simply has no more room to take in another animal.
“We have a waiting list of people wanting to surrender their dogs, 10 times full, so until we find some kind of room, we take them as we can. When one goes out another one gets put back in.” she said.
Blue Chip Animal Farm is always in need of donations of pet food and cleaning supplies, you can visit their website for more information- Donate - Blue Chip Farm Animal Refuge (bcfanimalrefuge.org)
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The heat didn’t stop opening night for a fireman’s picnic in Susquehanna County.
It was a hot one at the Clifford Volunteer Fire Company picnic..
While the rain helped cool things a bit, it still gets pretty toasty for the folks making all the delicious food.
“The temperature when it gets that hot and muggy you know when you're cooking pizza which is my families stand or pierogies or whatever you know French fries I mean you're over a fryer or an oven that just increases it”. Said Alan Fortuner, Clifford Fire Department President.
The Clifford Volunteer Fire Company Picnic runs through Saturday.
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BOISE, Idaho — There are now more Boise police shootings in 2023 than all of 2022 after Wednesday night's shooting in the North End.
A Boise Police Department spokesperson said the shooting near 19th and Resseguie streets marked the fifth time Boise police have fired their weapons at someone this year. Data gathered from previous BPD news releases show three police shootings in 2022, five in 2021, and 1 shooting in 2020.
Chief Ron Winegar said he is concerned about the escalating violence.
"We live in a safe community," he said. "We enjoy relatively low crime rates in Boise, especially when compared with other cities our size. But I am seeing an increased frequency with which our officers are encountering people willing to use force, deadly force, or weapons against officers in the course of their duties."
The first two incidents of 2023 happened in January. The third incident was in March. Wednesday night's shooting was the second deadly Boise police shooting in the last two months.
A Boise police officer also shot and killed 22-year-old Payton Wasson in the head on June 24th. Winegar previously called Wasson's death a "tragedy."
North End neighbor Erik Hagen said the recent shootings are not what he expects out of Boise. Hagen was getting ready for bed on Wednesday when he heard five loud sounds. He thought they were firecrackers before going outside and seeing all the sirens.
Police initially responded to reports of someone who was armed. Winegar said the shootout started after police heard gunshots and called for more help.
Hagen called the whole experience "odd."
"We know the people that live next door to us, he said. "We know the businesses next door to us. This is not what we do in Idaho; it's ridiculous."
Winegar agrees. He said people using weapons against police is "unacceptable."
He said officers on Wednesday night were shot at and acted courageously to try and protect community members. While the entire situation is difficult for the family of the man who died, Winegar also mentioned it is difficult for the officers involved and their family members.
"[Resolving situations] peacefully is always [the] goal," he said. "Unfortunately, there are times like this when there is very little other choice. When you are fired upon with gunfire or you're assaulted with weapons, these incidents become a deadly force encounter. It's happening all too frequently in our community."
Winegar said he does not want to see another police shooting in Boise but thinks it is likely. Making changes to the criminal justice system or mental health system could possibly help fix the issue. Although, Winegar did not go into specifics.
A BPD spokesperson told KTVB via email that they are always looking for ways to improve the department and the officers' training.
No officers were hurt in Wednesday's shooting. Winegar said the officers involved will be placed on administrative leave while the Ada County Critical Incident Taskforce investigates.
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TEAYS VALLEY, WV (WOWK) – When part of an apartment building went up in flames three weeks ago, Teays Valley Fire Chief John Smoot said every second was the difference between life and death.
“The lightning storm took out the alarm system in the complex, so nobody’s smoke detectors were working. Had we been delayed five more minutes that fire would have been a totally different outcome. We could have ended up with a fatality in that fire,” Smoot says referring to the Devonshire Apartment fire.
Now, firefighter and EMS response could be delayed due to budget cuts.
While many departments in putnam county are strictly volunteer, the Teays Valley Fire Department is staffed 24 hours a day.
However, come August 13th, Chief Smoot says the staffed hours will be cut in half as the result of the Putnam County Emergency Services Levy failing last November.
To maintain current staffing levels, the chief and three part-time paid captains will now forego their salaries, but Chief Smoot fears longer response times could have devastating results.
“We had cut it down to six minutes. It may go past twelve now,” Smoot says talking about the response time possibly doubling after August 13th.
Other programs including smoke detector installation and maintenance services, the Drone Program for rescue operations, the Learning Management System, and the annual Santa Claus program will also be cut come August 13th.
Teays Valley first responders are now hoping they can increase the budget in an effort to keep response times low.
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WOODLAND, Calif. — Flames ripped through several homes in Woodland and were burned, leaving several families displaced.
The fire began near Lincoln Avenue and Elm Street July 15. The cause is still under investigation.
One of those homes lost in the blaze belonged to the Komaisavai family, who are originally from Fiji.
They’re feeling a range of emotions as they welcomed twins into the family just days after their home was lost.
“Oh my gosh, it gave me a scare,” said Mary Komaisavai, new grandmother. “We never saw our neighbors before, you know. But that day, they all came and helped us.”
Along with her neighbors, Mary says her family has seen help from the Fijian community, different churches, their landlord, local stores and “really nice people” to make their lives easier during this hard time.
During the fire, Mary says one of her grandchildren and her son-in-law sprung into action to make sure everyone was out of the home. While no one in the family was hurt, they lost everything.
“I really felt devastated after those important documents, especially the ones that cannot be replaced, were lost and I also had just celebrated my 60th birthday,” said Mary.
Days later, the twins — a boy and girl — were born.
“The only thing that came out of [the fire] was the twins and especially the love and support from the Woodland community,” said Mary.
She says her daughter Adi and her newborn son are recovering in the hospital from a health scare, but are expected to be okay.
The family has food, clothing and a safe place to stay while they get back on their feet.
“I tell you these twins are so blessed. With the outpouring of love, support and donations from people of different walks of life. Friends, families and people we don't even know,” said Mary.
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INDIANAPOLIS — On Wednesday, attorneys representing two current and one former Butler University soccer players filed suit against the university and a former athletic trainer. The university sent a statement shortly after the lawsuits were filed, but declined to answer further questions from 13News and declined multiple interview requests.
“(The plaintiffs) are willingly taking a stand to do for others what nobody did for them, to speak what is true, to fight for what is right, and to tell the truth about what has gone on,” said Rachel Denhollander, one of the attorney’s representing the women.
Denhollander is part of the legal team representing three Butler University soccer players that accuse Michael Howell - a former Butler athletic trainer - of sexually abusing them in "Butler's training room, offices, buses and ... private hotel room" during away games.
Denhollander knows something about speaking out. She was the first woman to talk publicly against now-incarcerated former doctor Larry Nassar. The sports doctor was known for working for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University. He’s now serving a decadeslong prison sentence after he was convicted of sexually abusing women and girls, including Olympic and college gymnasts. More than 150 survivors came forward and provided statements to the court.
Denhollander sees similarities in the two cases.
“We need to see the university be willing to acknowledge what went wrong," she said. “To do an honest assessment for where the breakdowns were across culture, policy and practice, to acknowledge those breakdowns, and then to engage in meaningful reform.
RELATED: Women's soccer players suing Butler University over alleged sexual assault by athletic trainer
The women are filing the lawsuits in hopes of collecting compensation for “injuries and damages.” However, they also want the legal process to help force Butler to create "safety protocols" and contact "former student-athletes" to see if they were abused by Howell.
Another goal - make sure the former trainer does not have the "ability to abuse others." Butler reports firing the trainer in the summer of 2022 after an investigation found he violated university policies.
13 Investigates learned Howell is no longer a licensed athletic trainer in Indiana. The Indiana Professional Licensing Agency website shows his license expired in December 2021. However, the website does not show if there were any complaints or investigations into Howell. Only official actions against his license would be posted.
The university sent a statement on Wednesday, saying members of the women’s soccer team reported the allegations in late September 2021.
The statement goes on to say, "Upon being informed of the allegations, the University promptly notified law enforcement, removed Howell from campus and suspended him from his job duties, pending further investigation."
The lawsuit states there was a Title IX investigation that found wrongdoing by Howell.
The end of the university’s statement reads:
"After a thorough investigation and hearing, the trainer was found responsible for violating University policies, and he was then terminated in summer 2022. Butler looks forward to the opportunity to show the high integrity and responsiveness of the coaches and senior personnel. Because the complaints do not name the plaintiffs and they have not waived federal student privacy protections, Butler is limited from further comment outside of the legal process."
13News has not been able to reach Howell for his response to these accusations. He has not been charged with a crime.
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CEDARTOWN, Ga. — A judge found a man guilty this week in the controversial hit-and-run death of a Polk County man almost four years ago. The driver admitted under oath to leaving the scene and not calling for help.
A judge convicted Ralph "Ryan" Dover of felony hit-and-run resulting in serious injury or death and misdemeanor reckless conduct charges in connection with the September 2019 death of Eric Keais.
Dover hit Keais while he rode on his bicycle on North Main Street in Cedartown. 11Alive investigators previously reported Dover drove almost a mile and instead of calling 911, when he called a friend, Georgia Rep. Trey Kelley.
Kelley didn't call for help. He called Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome at home while he was off duty. Court records show Newsome also didn't call 911 but asked one of his sergeants to meet two men near the scene.
An officer found Keais clinging to life in a ditch more than an hour after the crash. The prosecutor said Keais' death could have been prevented if he got help sooner.
Kelley was indicted on a reckless conduct charge after not immediately calling 911 to report the crash, constituting a "gross deviation from the standard of care which a reasonable person would exercise in the situation," the indictment said. That charge was later dropped.
The maximum penalty for the hit-and-run charge is five years in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for August 29.
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Habitat for Humanity of Seattle-King & Kittitas Counties is going vertical for the second time this year and has more creative construction efforts on the way.
CEO Brett D’Antonion says people are often surprised to learn that Habitat For Humanity works on building other than single-family homes.
“We’ve had to grow up with our model as changes have happened to the housing climate in Seattle,” D'Antonion said.
Townhomes, duplexes, cottages and vertical condominium buildings are a part of the organization's new efforts to provide access to stable housing. Habitat has served more than 500 new, low-income homeowners with financing and a fixed cost to ensure permanent affordability.
A team broke ground on the new Olympic Ridge project on Capitol Hill Thursday. The 17-unit condo complex is the second vertical build after Capitol View, which was completed in April and is now home to 13 hard-working individuals. Amber Cortez is a new homeowner at Capitol View and says her neighbors are the bus drivers, teachers and entertainers that help the city thrive.
She says watching so many friends in the artistic community leave town due to affordability is a concerning trend and she hopes to be an example of the turning of the tides.
“We have a social worker, a podcaster, a person who is a nurse," Cortez said. "All of us now are able to stay here.”
She says many people she’s spoken to don’t realize Habitat For Humanity has expanded to offer services like affordable homeownership.
“They’ve got another bigger place they’re building in south Seattle and people really need to get online and see if they qualify because even I was surprised,” Cortez said.
Olympic Ridge will feature 17 units in a five-story, eco-friendly building. Residents must be employed in King County for at least one year and need to be willing to complete the sweat equity program. Habitat announced an additional project that’s being developed along the light rail in the Columbia City neighborhood and will feature 58 permanently affordable units. It will be the largest building Habitat Development in the World. To qualify you must earn less than 80% of the Average Median Income and you can learn more and apply online.
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AUSTIN, Texas — In Austin, there are more homeless encampments than there are shelters.
It's a problem Mayor Kirk Watson said he wants to fix.
On July 27, Watson announced that the City of Austin had partnered with the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) after a months-long process to invest $65 million to expand emergency shelters and provide more resources for people experiencing homelessness.
The funds will be allocated through planning and distributed evenly among three nonprofit groups: The Other Ones Foundation (TOOF), Caritas of Austin and Lifeworks.
The goal is for the vast majority of the money to go toward a non-congregate shelter through TOOF, which would add at least 700 additional beds.
$5 million will then be split evenly between Caritas of Austin and Lifeworks to be utilized through rental assistance and housing stability.
In a one-on-one interview with KVUE, Watson stressed the importance of meeting the need, so people who experiencing homelessness can get the help they need.
"What you will see me continue to do is advocate for the full continuum, so that we can not only address the needs of those of our neighbors that are living homeless, but also address the desires of the voters of the City of Austin," said Watson.
Currently, there is only one shelter bed for every 5 persons experiencing homelessness, according to Austin Homeless Services.
Watson said the City is short 1,000 beds, which are needed by 2025.
"This makes a big step toward meeting our needs by 2025, and we'll continue to figure out how we address that," said Watson.
Watson pointed to other steps being taken, such as the City Council recently giving the greenlight to turn the Austin Convention Marshalling Yard into a temporary emergency shelter, which would provide 300 additional beds. Last month, leaders also gave the go ahead to convert the Salvation Army on East Eighth street into a temporary emergency shelter.
Although both contracts are only for one year, Watson said he believes it's a sign of steps being taken to address the crisis.
"We need rapid rehousing, we need emergency shelter beds and all the way up to permanent supportive housing," said Watson.
Watson also touched on better enforcing the City's camping ban, which was reinstated in 2021. The ban makes it illegal for people to sleep on streets and sidewalks in public areas, a move that has recently forced a bulk of people to move farther away from Austin.
Watson noted that without shelters, those who are unhoused don't have many options.
"If there's a group of people in an encampment here and you go to them and say, 'you can't camp here,' where do they go if you don't have a place for them to go, which is what I'm working to provide," said Watson.
Before Watson was in office, the City had already committed to an effort worth more than $500 million to address homelessness, which Watson said is slowly being allocated.
"The City has dedicated that to primarily permanent supportive housing, and so that money has gone to different entities for the building of permanent supportive housing," said Watson.
The City has a deadline on the $65 million, which will need to be used by the 2025 deadline. Watson said the next step is to meet with officials at TDHCA to get the planning process started and hopefully turn what has been a crisis in the capital city into a path forward for people experiencing homelessness.
"We still have a long ways to go, but this puts a big dent in it," said Watson.
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SAN ANTONIO — Police believe they are looking for four suspects responsible for hurting a 23-year-old man and 6-year-old child in a shooting at a southwest-side apartment complex Thursday night, officials said.
SAPD says officers responded to the complex, located along the 5800 block of Medina Base Road, just before 8 p.m. They soon found the two unidentified victims, who were taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
Authorities say the suspects were believed to be in a red Mercedes that was seen leaving westbound after the gunfire, and there were various potential witnesses investigators were trying to speak to.
"There was a lot of emotion that was happening earlier, some people had to be detained," SAPD said. "We're figuring out what their involvement was."
The victims are not related, according to police. The suspects have yet to be identified as the investigation continues.
This is a developing story. Check back with KENS5.com for updates.
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SAN ANTONIO — The family of the five people killed in a weekend house fire on the northeast side said they are filled with grief and sadness after losing their loved ones.
The fire sparked around 3 a.m. in a home on Winding Oak Drive, near Birch Tree Street, on Saturday morning.
There were six people inside the home when the fire started in the garage, according to the San Antonio Fire Department (SAFD). The fire itself was contained to the garage, but the smoke was so heavy it filled the entire home.
Among the deceased are 50-year-old Felicia Valadez; 29-year-old Sylvia Valadez; 12-year-old Gabriel Valadez; 10-year-old Lillie Valadez; and 6-year-old Isabella Morales.
Angela Reyes was Felicia Valadez’s sister. Her father, Fernando Valadez, was the only survivor.
“Although we were all close, those five needed each other, and we find comfort in that,” Reyes said.
She said the fact her father is still alive is also helping the family get through this tragedy.
“My father is the foundation of this family. He has always done everything to protect us,” Reyes said. “I think God has kind of left him behind because he knows how much we need him.”
Reyes said her mother was visiting her brother when the fire happened. She said she has been by her father’s side in the hospital since Saturday.
He remains sedated and on a ventilator, but is making progress every day.
“We ask everyone to pray for him,” Reyes said. “Even though he survived, it’s going to be a lot for him once he finally realized the magnitude of what we lost.”
Reyes said that typically her family is private. But they felt the need to thank everyone for their support, including the first responders who arrived that Saturday morning.
“They were so wonderful in making sure we had time to grieve,” Reyes said. “They are all beautiful and we are praying for them as well.”
Right now, the family said they need financial help with five funerals to plan and medical bills racking up. You can help them through this GoFundMe.
“They’ve already lost so much, we’ve already lost so much. Any financial support that we can receive would help life some of that off their shoulders,” Reyes said.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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Michigan siblings, 2 others charged in $3.5M pandemic fraud scheme
A brother and sister from Metro Detroit and two others have been charged in a criminal complaint for their alleged role in a multi-million-dollar unemployment insurance fraud scheme targeting COVID-19 pandemic aid, federal officials announced Thursday.
The complaint naming Kenny Lee Howard III, 30, Keila Lanae Howard, 34, David Christopher Davis, 25, and Stevenvan Eugene Ware, 30, was filed May 31 and unsealed Thursday in U.S. District Court.
They are charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
The complaint alleges the group filed more than 700 unemployment insurance claims in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona, California, New York, Kansas, Maryland, Tennessee, Hawaii and Guam starting in early 2020.
Authorities claim they sometimes used their own names to file the claims but also were accused of stealing personal information from others across the country, according to the complaint.
The court filing states the scheme netted more than $3.5 million in government funds.
“This alleged scheme diverted money away from American workers in need of financial relief during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said U.S. Dawn Attorney Ison. “My office is committed to prosecuting anyone who exploited our national crisis to enrich themselves, and today’s charges are a reflection of that commitment.”
When the investigation by the Department of Labor – Office of the Inspector General and Homeland Security Investigations ends, a determination will be made whether to seek a felony indictment.
"An important part of the mission of the Office of Inspector General is to investigate allegations of fraud involving unemployment insurance program, said Irene Lindow, Special Agent-in-Charge, Great Lakes Region, U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General. "We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to aggressively investigate these types of allegations."
The Howard siblings made their initial appearance Thursday in U.S. District Court in Detroit before Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen, records show.
They each were released on a $10,000 bond. A preliminary examination is scheduled for 1 p.m. Aug. 17.
The case comes more than a week after a former state unemployment examiner was sentenced to 18 months in prison for her role in a $313,000 pandemic-related unemployment insurance fraud scheme.
Others have faced similar accusations in the last year, including a Battle Creek couple sentenced in connection with deceiving authorities to receive more than $216,000 in pandemic relief and other federal assistance; six Michigan residents part of a group indicted after an FBI probe linked them to a $6 million pandemic relief fraud scheme; and a former Michigan UIA contract worker pleaded guilty to stealing more than $550,000 in a plot.A 2021 state audit found the UIA lost more than $8.5 billion to suspected fraudulent payments amid record claims and persistent attempts at fraud.
In June, new estimates from a federal watchdog investigating federally funded programs that helped small businesses survive the pandemic showed more than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives.
The Biden administration put in place stricter rules to stem pandemic fraud, including use of a “Do Not Pay” database. Biden also recently proposed a $1.6 billion plan to boost law enforcement efforts to go after pandemic relief fraudsters.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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FORT SMITH, Ark. — The Peacemaker Festival is returning to Fort Smith for it's ninth year on July 28-29 of 2023.
“The last two years we've been sold out. So we obviously always encourage people to buy tickets early, as long as we have tickets left we will absolutely be selling them at the gate” said Trent Goins, co-founder of the festival.
This year they are working to make things bigger and better.
“We've never had two stages before” said Goins. “It allows us to bring in more artists than ever. We've got 17 different acts coming through this year.”
It’s supposed to be hot, so officials with the festival recommend utilizing the tents set up at Riverfront Park for shade and to cool down.
The festival also gives back to local charities in the River Valley each year.
“This is 100% all charity. So we're a board of directors and volunteers, all of us volunteer our time all year long. Every dollar we collect this year will go directly to local children's charities," said Nick Maestri, who is on the Board of Directors for the festival.
People travel from all over to see these artists and bands. According to Maestri, “We're actually going to have people from all over. Last year we sold tickets in 43 states."
The construction work on the Garrison Ave. bridge could make things a little more difficult this year. Dave Parker, Public Information Officer for the Arkansas Department of Transportation says to make sure to take your time getting into and out of Fort Smith.
“If you're going to a weekend event, just allow yourself a little more time, knowing there may be some slow-down there. The work on the Highway 64 Bridge is going to include shutting down a lane on each side at all times,” said Parker.
Fort Smith police also recommend finding alternative routes to get to downtown Fort Smith and try avoiding the Garrison Avenue bridge if possible.
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The 11th annual Blue Grass Goes Pink Concert will be held Saturday at Cross Ranch State Park.
The concert starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10; kids younger than 16 are admitted free. There is a $7 parking fee for Cross Ranch State Park. Concessions will be available starting at 5:30 p.m., provided by the Washburn-area churches. Attendees are asked to bring a lawn chair, and everyone is encouraged to wear pink.
There will be a 5K and 10K walk/run trail race at 9 a.m. at the park. Those interested in participating can register by calling 701-315-0017. The cost is $20. Walk/run participants can attend the concert for an additional $5. Registration the morning of the race starts at 8 a.m. at the visitor’s center.
Proceeds will benefit the Bismarck Cancer Center Foundation. More information can be found at bismarckcancercenterfoundation.com or call the Bismarck Cancer Center at 701-222-6100.
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The “Capital in Farm Country” historic walking tour of downtown Bismarck is set for 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 13.
The free tour begins at Camp Hancock State Historic Site at 101 E. Main St. and ends at the Former Governors' Mansion State Historic Site at 320 E. Ave. B. It will include about a mile of walking and last about one hour. Ice cream and hot dogs will be served at the Former Governors’ Mansion after the tour.
The walking tour is in its ninth year. It winds past historic downtown locations including the old Northern Pacific Railway Depot, the Patterson Building, meeting points of the Nonpartisan League, Oscar Will’s seedhouse, “Bloody Fourth Street” and more.
“Historic downtown buildings are being renovated and preserved, and businesses are thriving,” said Dana Morrison, tour coordinator and site supervisor for the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center. “The ‘Capital in Farm Country’ tour shows the progression of how Bismarck became the bustling prairie city it is today.”
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Fort Mandan State Historic Site at Washburn is hosting “Watercolor En Plein Air” from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. on Aug. 12.
The event of watercolor painting in nature is open to all ages. All supplies will be provided, and staff will be available for assistance.
The cost is $3 per person. Participants should reserve a spot by calling Ashli Laducer at 701-462-8535 or by emailing asladucer@nd.gov.
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The Morton Mandan Public Library will host the first stop of the Little Mo Writers Tour on Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The tour is a series of literary outreach activities from Humanities North Dakota with author-mentors Debra Marquart, Tayo Basquiat, Erika Bolstad and David Bjerklie touring western North Dakota though Aug. 6.
Saturday's event features a public reading and community discussion of literary texts followed by writing workshops for teens and adults 16+ and ages 10-15.
Registration is required. Free tickets are available at www.humanitiesnd.org/classes-events.
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Deuces Wild Dueling Pianos will perform at the Belle Mehus Auditorium in downtown Bismarck at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 13 and 14.
Minnesota musicians Ted Manderfeld and Dave Eichholz, the keyboard duo, pair music with humor in a clap-along, sing-along style show.
Tickets cost $39 and $44. Tickets are available at Etix.com, via phone at 800-514-3849 or in person at the Bismarck Event Center, 315 S. Fifth St.
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Mermaids among us? Yes, and they're bringing joy and wonder to those that see them
Mermaids.
The mythical creatures have existed across the world and appeared in stories for hundreds of years.
They are back in the forefront with Disney’s live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid” and Netflix’s docuseries “MerPeople”.
And here on the Eastern Shore, you can head to Berlin to learn about them at the Mermaid Museum, swim with them at hotels up and down the Shore or even become one yourself.
Tasha Haight, owner and head mermaid of Mermaid Tasha LLC, became a mermaid for the first time in 2009 for a Girl Scout camp and has been a professional one since 2017.
“I used to model and one of the other models that I knew owned a circus company,” she said.
Fire walkers, fire breathers, stilt walkers and aerialists were on the circus roster, and adding mermaids was going to be the next move.
Haight was already a lifeguard, scuba certified and always in the water.
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“I was like, that sounds super fun to me,” she said. "And then she wasn't taking advantage of any of the local opportunities I kept sending her."
Eventually Haight started her own mermaid business to take advantage of those opportunities on the Eastern Shore.
As Mermaid Tasha she can be found swimming at hotel residences and waterparks like Fenwick Shores in Delaware, Frontier Town in Maryland and Maui Jack’s in Virginia each week.
During those events Haight swims and chats with kids excited about meeting their first mermaid.
“The look on kids’ faces when they’ve always believed in mermaids, but they’ve never met one and then they finally see a mermaid. They’re just overjoyed and super happy to see me,” she said.
Just how does one transform into a mermaid?
It is a process for Haight to become the mermaid kids want to see and to get ready to swim in her monofin.
Haight starts with her makeup. She must use a setting spray, so it stays on while in the water.
Once she has her leggings on she then must get inside her custom-made silicone tail. She will use an all-natural leave-in conditioner to help slide in.
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“It takes a while sometimes. I’ve been doing it so long that it’s pretty quick, but at the beginning it can definitely take a while,” she said.
Once inside her tail, Haight can’t walk anymore. She needs help to make it to water.
At an appearance at Fenwick Shores, Emily Holden worked as Haight’s assistant. She helped Haight get to the pool and once there helped with anything Haight couldn’t reach.
Holden has also been working with Haight as a mermaid too, and this is her second summer as one.
'I like working with kids. I love being in the water'
The experience has been fun for Holden. She isn’t a professional swimmer, but she always enjoyed swimming and being in the water.
“Since I’m a teacher, it’s a really great summer job. I love working with kids. I love being in the water. What’s not to like?” Holden said.
During the school year, Holden works in Caroline County as a high school English teacher. She also does pageants and modeling, but being a mermaid combines everything she enjoys doing.
“I think it’s important to hold on to your sense of wonder and to do things that you love and to try new things,” she said.
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Holden is still undecided if she wants to try doing the advanced mermaid training in open water. Whether she does it or not, she likes that Haight provides the opportunities to grow.
“Learning is important to me. It’s not just being a teacher, but also just embracing life,” Holden said.
Haight has nine mermaids on her roster. They join in when they can to perform and work as part-time mermaids.
'It can be challenging, but I feel like Santa'
Marilyn Wagner started working as a mermaid about a year ago and drives down from New Jersey for practice and performances.
“It’s interesting and a lot of fun. It can be challenging but I feel like Santa,” Wagner said.
Being a mermaid for Wagner is a respite and a place to work on her mental health. When she isn’t swimming with a mermaid tail, she dons scrubs as an ICU trauma nurse.
“We go through a lot mentally, but I do love my work,” she said.
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When she first decided she wanted to be a mermaid she was at an aquarium. Seeing the mermaids swim there, she wanted to be one of them.
“I love being underwater, being weightless. If I could live underwater I would,” she said.
Wagner knew she could do it but needed to find out how.
“I saw all the certifications needed and then found Tasha,” she said.
Haight recommends that if someone wants to be a mermaid, they should start off by becoming a strong swimmer.
After that is the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) Mermaid Course for the mermaid certifications.
PADI is an internationally recognized dive agency that was founded in 1966. PADI courses range from beginner to advanced recreational diver certification, and several specialized diving skills courses.
As a PADI mermaid instructor Haight said that the courses make sure mermaids know how to swim and dive safely while wearing the tail.
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The basic course teaches how to swim with the tail. After the basics mermaids are taught tricks like backflips, handshaking and bubble tricks.
The advanced courses take it to open waters. In rivers, bays and the ocean, mermaids learn how to apply what they learned in the pool to open water. There is also a focus on rescue and problem management.
Those 12 and older can enroll in the PADI Mermaid Courses.
“I definitely prefer open water,” Haight said. “Pools are okay, but they dry my skin and make my hair break off.”
Being a mermaid isn’t just about looking the part and being able to swim with the tail. Once Haight gets into the water with kids, she plays and talks with them.
At the end of her swim at Fenwick Shores she read her book “Mermaid Tasha and The Whipray” to two young girls.
Haight’s books focus on learning about marine animals and protecting the environment.
Those interested in swimming with mermaids or learning to become one can visit MermaidTasha.com for information on course and events.
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Salisbury's Riverfest: Everything to know about the fun event coming to downtown
Join the city of Salisbury for a day of relaxation and recreation along the Wicomico River at the second annual Salisbury Riverfest.
The free event, taking place on July 29, will celebrate the river with games, activities, rubber duck races, food, beer, art and a Wacky River Races kayak obstacle course. Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming, family-friendly festival.
Where & when is the event being held?
Salisbury's second annual Riverfest will take place from 3 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 29, along the Wicomico River, which runs through Downtown Salisbury. Head to the Riverfest website for a map of the festival grounds.
Attendees are more than welcome to bring their own stand-up paddle boards. A handful of environmental and educational organizations will be offering activities. These include:
- Wor-Wic Community College
- Poplar Hill Mansion
- Salisbury Zoo
- Wicomico Environmental Trust
- Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake
- Lower Shore Land Trust
- Bressman Invasive Fish Lab, Salisbury University
- Wicomico Public Library
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Will there be food & vendors on-site?
What's a festival without delicious snacks and vibrant vendors? There will be a wide array of food, craft and educational vendors on-site throughout the entirety of the event.
FOOD/DRINK VENDORS:
- The Hook Up – Caribbean and more
- The Tiki Hut – Shaved ice
- Beer Barn – Beer for sale at the Beer Barn in the Riverwalk Games Park
CRAFT/ART VENDORS:
- Nadine Moreno
- WISE (Crafts)
- Wood Creations by Randy
- Nettie’s beauty boutique
- Omosebi Jewelry Designs
- Blackwood Studios
- Jason Griswold
- Pedro Mule
- Watercolor con Amor
- Handmade On The Homestead
- Marvelous Creations by Madonna
- Mystic Herbs Shop
- BayBees Honey
- Crystal River Soaps
- OddTings
- Mothman Custom Rods
- Breathe Interiors
- LVondredi Boutique
- Krave. A Gluten Free Shoppe
- Samantha’s Ink
- That’s Sew Cool Bags
- Crowbirdie Miniatures
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What is the schedule of events?
From kayaking to rubber duck races to dunk tanks, Salisbury Riverfest has it all. Take a look at the following family-friendly activities which are set to take place throughout this year's festival.
KAYAKING:
- The event will take place between 3-4 p.m. and after the rubber duck race
- Tandem kayaks will be available to rent for free during this time.
- Participants must be at least age 8 with an adult.
ABC DUNK-A-THON:
- The event will take place starting at 3:30 p.m.
- Sign up for a 15-minute time slot and invite your friends, coworkers and loved ones to dunk you over and over again.
- Don’t want to get in the tank? Support Arts, Business & Culture Department community events by trying to dunk someone in the tank. Participants can choose three balls for $5, seven balls for $10, or walk up and push the button for $20
WACKY RIVER RACES – TANDEM KAYAK RACE
- The event will take place starting at 4 p.m.
- Bob and weave your way through an array of fun obstacles. This is a tandem kayak race that’s amusing for the whole family. There will be awards for winners. Kayaks, paddles and life jackets will be available.
- Free to participate. Register on-site at the launch pad across the river from the Wicomico Public Library.
- Tandem pair must include an adult age 18 or older, and participants must be 10 and older to participate.
KIND SBY RUBBER DUCK RACE
- The event will take place starting at 5 p.m.
- Support Kind SBY by purchasing a duck for $1 and rooting it on in the Rubber Duck Race.
Can I volunteer?
Volunteers are needed for the festival.
The city could use volunteers for things such as helping with the dunk tank, getting people into or out of kayaks, and pouring beer. Those interested in volunteering may email Local Manager Caroline O'Hare at cohare@salisbury.md to express their interest and availability.
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What is the weather forecast?
Get your umbrellas ready and keep an eye on the sky this Saturday, for there's a small chance the Salisbury Riverfest may be pushed back another day due to incoming rain. The rain date for this year's festival is Sunday, July 30.
The Weather Channel is calling for mostly sunny skies during the morning hours of Saturday, July 29. However, scattered showers and thunderstorms may develop in the afternoon, with a chance of rain at 50%. Temperatures are expected to reach a high of 97 degrees Fahrenheit, with winds blowing WSW at 10 to 20 mph.
Later that same day, partly to mostly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms are expected before midnight, with a chance of rain at 50%. Temperatures are expected to drop to a low of 74 degrees Fahrenheit, with winds blowing WNW at 10 to 15 mph.
Olivia Minzola covers communities on the Lower Shore. Contact her with tips and story ideas at ominzola@delmarvanow.com.
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As temperatures soar, these cooling centers are open in Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset counties
Temperatures continue to skyrocket along the Eastern shore, now reaching the high 90’s with a heat index of 105-114. As a result, Wicomico County will be under a Heat Warning on Saturday, July 29, and cooling centers are now open.
The Wicomico County Health Department urges residents to be aware of the weather advisories, watches and warnings affecting the area.
Who is at risk in times of extreme heat?
Gov. Wes Moore is urging Marylanders to take appropriate precautions.
“The health and safety of Marylanders is our top priority,” said Gov. Moore.“Take preventative measures to deal effectively with this week’s high temperatures and look out for those in your community during these extremely hot summer days.”
Be sure to check on elderly family members and neighbors, the Wicomico County Health Department stated in a news release. As people get older, their natural defenses begin to break down, leaving people age 65 and older more likely to develop health problems related to heat exposure.
Seniors also are more likely to have a chronic medical condition that changes normal body responses to heat and are more likely to take prescription medications that affect the body’s ability to control its temperature or sweat, the release stated.
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What is a Heat Advisory?
According to the Wicomico County Heath Department, the heat index, also known as the apparent temperature, is what the temperature feels like to the human body when relative humidity is combined with the air temperature. This has important considerations for the human body's comfort. When the body gets too hot, it begins to perspire or sweat to cool itself off.
A Heat Advisory is issued when the heat index is predicted to be 100 degrees Fahrenheit or higher during the day or when places have four days of a heat index of 95-99 degrees. Under heat advisories there is a high risk of heat-related illness such as heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
An Excessive Heat Watch means that a prolonged period of dangerously high temperatures is possible within 48 hours. An Excessive Heat Warning means a prolonged period of dangerously high temperatures is expected within 24 hours. Under an Excessive Heat Warning there is an extremely high risk of heat-related illness, the release stated.
Cooling centers now open
COOLING CENTERS IN WICOMICO COUNTY
Wicomico County residents seeking relief from the intense heat in the coming days can visit the following locations to stay cool. Please note, residents should take their own food, beverages and medications to the cooling centers, and pets are not allowed.
- Wicomico Youth & Civic Center
- Flanders Room 3&4, 500 Glen Ave, Salisbury
- Enter from Glen Avenue side
- Open Friday, July 28, and Saturday, July 29, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- MAC Senior Center
- 909 Progress Circle, Suite 200, Salisbury
- Open to individuals over the age of 50 who need shelter from extreme heat
- Open Friday July 28 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (regular business hours)
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Residents of Wicomico County should take precautions to prevent heat-related illness during this period of high temperature. Here are some tips to stay cool:
- Drink plenty of water, and avoid sugary, caffeinated or alcoholic beverages
- Stay indoors. Seek air-conditioned environments such as malls, libraries and public places
- Schedule outdoor activities before 10 a.m. and after 6 p.m.
- If outdoors, schedule frequent water breaks and drink 2-4 glasses (16-32 oz.) of fluid each hour
- Wear loose fitting, light-colored clothes
- Take cool baths or showers
- Limit use of the stove or oven
- Bring pets indoors
For more information on local cooling centers, visit the Wicomico County Health Department’s website at www.wicomicohealth.org.
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COOLING CENTERS IN SOMERSET COUNTY
Somerset County residents seeking relief from the intense heat in the coming days can visit the following locations to stay cool. Please note, residents should take their own food, beverages and medications to the cooling centers, and pets are not allowed.
- Princess Anne Library (11767 Beechwood St.)
- 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- 410-651-0852
- Crisfield Library (100 Collins St.)
- 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- 410-968-0955
- Saint Paul’s United Methodist Church (9167 Deal Island Road, Deal Island)
- 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Friday July 28, 2023
For more information about extreme heat and more tips on how to stay cool, visit somersethealth.org or ready.gov/heat.
Cooling centers in Worcester County
Worcester County residents seeking relief from the heat can go to public facilities that are air conditioned and open to the public during normal business hours:
- Commission on Aging – the Charles and Martha Fulton Senior Center in Snow Hill, Northern Worcester County Senior Center in Berlin, and the Senior Center in Pocomoke
- Five branch libraries in Berlin, Ocean City, Ocean Pines, Pocomoke, and Snow Hill - Hours vary by location. Call 410-632-3495 for more information.
- Worcester County Recreation Center in Snow Hill, where residents can walk on the four-lane competitive track or relax on the retractable bleachers
Olivia Minzola covers communities on the Lower Shore. Contact her with tips and story ideas at ominzola@delmarvanow.com.
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Chincoteague Pony Auction 2023: By the numbers look at a record-setting year
After a Pony Swim that drew thousands of fans to the tiny island of Chincoteague, the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company followed that up with the annual Pony Auction that makes pony-owning dreams come true.
The annual auction is the big fundraiser for the fire company, which tends to the treasured herd of ponies.
Here's a look at the 2023 auction results, by the numbers, according to a Facebook post from the fire company:
72 foals auctioned off
This is the total including Queen Neptune but not the Beebe Ranch foal.
$489,000 raised
This total also includes Queen Neptune but not the Beebe Ranch foal.
$6,792
Average price of ponies auctioned off this year (including buybacks but not the Beebe Ranch foal.)
Low: $1,800
High: $43,000 buy back (record-setting)
Extra items: $20,175 (prints, signs and more)
And a new record!
The total from ponies auctioned off and other items sold came to $509,175, a new record.
The previous record was set just last year with a total of $450,200 raised from the auction of 63 ponies, including 10 buybacks, according to the fire company.
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Back to school events in Gaston County
Gaston County schools will be back in session on Wednesday, Aug. 16, and back to school preparation can be both exciting and daunting.
Some community partners are looking to take the edge out of education for local kids, parents and teachers.
Here are some of the back to school events in Gaston County.
Gastonia
- The Gastonia Police Department and Kingdom Life Church’s Vive Youth Ministries are teaming up to present the Summer Wave Back to School Event. Saturday, July 29 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., families are welcome to join for free backpacks and supplies, free car seats with safety training and expectations demonstrated by Gastonia PD, and even free haircuts provided by the Paul Mitchell School.
The event will also provide free food for visitors, music, a waterslide and more.
Kingdom Life Church is located at 905 Shannon Bradley Road in Gastonia.
- Friday, July 28, Firestone Wesleyan Church at 1700 Union Road will host an event for children in foster care to “shop” for back to school supplies. Children who were adopted from foster care or are currently part of the foster care system will be welcome to get school supplies and enjoy dinner and a petting zoo free of charge. The event will begin at 3 p.m.
- Thursday, Aug. 31, Gaston County’s Union Road branch Library at 5800 Union Road is offering teens and tweens an opportunity to earn a volunteer hour. The Back to School Teen Service Project will include working with the librarians at the library from 4 - 5 p.m.
Mount Holly
Dollar Express in Mount Holly will be giving away free school supplies at their 111 N. Main St. location from 1 - 3 p.m. on Aug. 12.
Catawba Coffee Co. and Planet Vintage have joined in to provide donation boxes where people can donate supplies, and Dollar Express is accepting monetary donations with any purchase at their store.
Tiny Treats will be giving away desserts at the event.
Dallas
The Dallas Police Department is teaming up with community members to host the Tools for School Event at the Dallas Civic Center from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 7.
Kids must be present to collect their free school supplies.
Dallas PD is still accepting donations at various locations in the community. Donation boxes are located at Dallas Police Department and Town Hall, Papa’s Pizza, The Country Kitchen, Time Out, Sammy’s, Dollar General on North New Hope Road and Family Dollar on Trade Street.
The Dallas Civic Center is located at 206 S Oakland St.
Belmont
The Belmont Police Department has begun accepting donations for a drive that is to be announced.
Donation boxes are set up at:
- First United Methodist Church
- Belmont Yoga
- Doc’s Basement Comics, Toys, and Games
- The Everyday market
- William Henry Signature Salon and Spa
- Sammy’s Pub
- NC Budo
- CVS Pharmacy (Wilkinson Boulevard)
- CATO Homes
- Twisted Sugar
- Textile Lanes Inc.
Donations can also be dropped off at the Belmont Police or Fire Departments.
Finally, SportsLink is hosting a teachers volleyball tournament at their Thirsty Social’s sand courts located at 508 Woodlawn street in Belmont.
On Friday, Aug. 11 from 3 - 8 p.m., teachers play free in a family friendly venue.
There will be cornhole, food for purchase, and music available for the whole family while Gaston County’s teachers face-off on the court.
Reserve a spot for yourself or a team of six by searching “SportsLink” in Charlotte on Eventbrite.com.
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Floating river concert just a part of this two-day festival in Cramerton
Confluence is hosting Cramerton’s very first floating concert during a two-day music festival Aug. 4-5.
Fork Fest will celebrate the South Fork River with a goal to promote the health and resiliency of the South Fork River.
When the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation worked with the town of Cramerton to create Confluence, one of the stipulations was that the organization would put on a yearly music festival, according to Catawba Riverkeeper Executive Director John Searby.
Given that Confluence is a self-proclaimed space where, "art, music, and recreation come together alongside the river to create that place of convergence for the community," it's fitting.
“We thought, we need to do something to stand out from any small-town music festival,” Searby said.
“To our knowledge, it's the only one of its kind in the southeast,” he added.
On Friday, Aug. 4, from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m., river enthusiasts will have the opportunity to paddle a one-mile stretch of the South Fork River from McAdenville to Cramerton – with a twist.
Paddlers will join the band Hiram on the water at the McAdenville South Fork River Greenway Launch located at 501 Lakeview Drive.
Standing on a floating “stage” that will consist of five rafts tied together, the band will play music for the group of boaters and kayakers following along behind them.
The concert will come to a conclusion and exit the river at Centennial Launch, which is located at 141 8th Avenue in Cramerton.
Following the floating concert, the Hiram band will play a standard concert at Confluence's stage, located at 117 Center St., from 8 - 10 p.m.
The festivities continue on Saturday, Aug. 5, with free live music at Confluence and the outdoor stage at centennial park from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Activities for kids will also be available Saturday. Kids can come to Confluence from noon to 1 p.m. to learn how to make maracas, or attend the Kazoo Parade from 2 - 3 p.m. to learn how to play the kazoo.
A ticketed concert by The Darren Nicholson Band will take place from 8 - 10 p.m. with a brief opening by a band that has yet to be announced starting at 7 p.m.
Tickets for any of the events can be purchased at www.confluencesouthfork.org/events.
Prices for the floating concert range from $25 for those who have their own boat up to $175 for those who would like a VIP canoe. Single kayaks are available for $50, and tandem kayaks are available for $75.
Prices for standard concerts are $20 for a seated ticket and $10 for a standing room only ticket.
Proceeds from ticket sales will go to the South Fork Collective’s water quality monitoring program.
The program works toward a cleaner and safer river for both residents who get their drinking water from the river and the animals that inhabit the river.
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TYLER, Texas — One of Tyler's most well-known and loved features, the historic red-brick streets is getting a makeover.
The city approved a construction project of over $800,000 to repair the brick streets.
"We have about 13 miles of brick streets and they’re a source of pride for us because they’re over a 100-years old," said Darin Jennings, City of Tyler engineer.
With the restoration of the historic streets, comes a tedious repair process done brick-by-brick.
"It is all done by hand. We are removing the bricks, we are cleaning the bricks, stockpiling them, and then fixing what's wrong underneath. We're stabilizing the substrate below it and then leveling a sand layer in there and putting the bricks back," Jennings said.
Jennings also said there is more than 30 areas that need repair, but some are getting more than just a facelift. Bois Darc street will be completely rebuilt.
"We are removing those bricks, but we are only going back with an asphalt street because of all the heavy truck traffic there and because of the recycling center," Jennings said.
Jennings said the construction project has been in the works for years.
"We have about three-hundred thousand dollars annually and we’ve saved over the last three years to be able to do a much larger project this year," Jennings said.
The construction project will begin this fall and is expected to cause traffic delays that will last about six to nine months.
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AUSTIN, Texas — In Austin, there are more homeless encampments than there are shelters.
It's a problem Mayor Kirk Watson said he wants to fix.
On July 27, Watson announced that the City of Austin had partnered with the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) after a months-long process to invest $65 million to expand emergency shelters and provide more resources for people experiencing homelessness.
The funds will be allocated through planning and distributed evenly among three nonprofit groups: The Other Ones Foundation (TOOF), Caritas of Austin and Lifeworks.
The goal is for the vast majority of the money to go toward a non-congregate shelter through TOOF, which would add at least 700 additional beds.
$5 million will then be split evenly between Caritas of Austin and Lifeworks to be utilized through rental assistance and housing stability.
In a one-on-one interview with KVUE, Watson stressed the importance of meeting the need, so people who experiencing homelessness can get the help they need.
"What you will see me continue to do is advocate for the full continuum, so that we can not only address the needs of those of our neighbors that are living homeless, but also address the desires of the voters of the City of Austin," said Watson.
Currently, there is only one shelter bed for every 5 persons experiencing homelessness, according to Austin Homeless Services.
Watson said the City is short 1,000 beds, which are needed by 2025.
"This makes a big step toward meeting our needs by 2025, and we'll continue to figure out how we address that," said Watson.
Watson pointed to other steps being taken, such as the City Council recently giving the greenlight to turn the Austin Convention Marshalling Yard into a temporary emergency shelter, which would provide 300 additional beds. Last month, leaders also gave the go ahead to convert the Salvation Army on East Eighth street into a temporary emergency shelter.
Although both contracts are only for one year, Watson said he believes it's a sign of steps being taken to address the crisis.
"We need rapid rehousing, we need emergency shelter beds and all the way up to permanent supportive housing," said Watson.
Watson also touched on better enforcing the City's camping ban, which was reinstated in 2021. The ban makes it illegal for people to sleep on streets and sidewalks in public areas, a move that has recently forced a bulk of people to move farther away from Austin.
Watson noted that without shelters, those who are unhoused don't have many options.
"If there's a group of people in an encampment here and you go to them and say, 'you can't camp here,' where do they go if you don't have a place for them to go, which is what I'm working to provide," said Watson.
Before Watson was in office, the City had already committed to an effort worth more than $500 million to address homelessness, which Watson said is slowly being allocated.
"The City has dedicated that to primarily permanent supportive housing, and so that money has gone to different entities for the building of permanent supportive housing," said Watson.
The City has a deadline on the $65 million, which will need to be used by the 2025 deadline. Watson said the next step is to meet with officials at TDHCA to get the planning process started and hopefully turn what has been a crisis in the capital city into a path forward for people experiencing homelessness.
"We still have a long ways to go, but this puts a big dent in it," said Watson.
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SAN ANTONIO — The family of the five people killed in a weekend house fire on the northeast side said they are filled with grief and sadness after losing their loved ones.
The fire sparked around 3 a.m. in a home on Winding Oak Drive, near Birch Tree Street, on Saturday morning.
There were six people inside the home when the fire started in the garage, according to the San Antonio Fire Department (SAFD). The fire itself was contained to the garage, but the smoke was so heavy it filled the entire home.
Among the deceased are 50-year-old Felicia Valadez; 29-year-old Sylvia Valadez; 12-year-old Gabriel Valadez; 10-year-old Lillie Valadez; and 6-year-old Isabella Morales.
Angela Reyes was Felicia Valadez’s sister. Her father, Fernando Valadez, was the only survivor.
“Although we were all close, those five needed each other, and we find comfort in that,” Reyes said.
She said the fact her father is still alive is also helping the family get through this tragedy.
“My father is the foundation of this family. He has always done everything to protect us,” Reyes said. “I think God has kind of left him behind because he knows how much we need him.”
Reyes said her mother was visiting her brother when the fire happened. She said she has been by her father’s side in the hospital since Saturday.
He remains sedated and on a ventilator, but is making progress every day.
“We ask everyone to pray for him,” Reyes said. “Even though he survived, it’s going to be a lot for him once he finally realized the magnitude of what we lost.”
Reyes said that typically her family is private. But they felt the need to thank everyone for their support, including the first responders who arrived that Saturday morning.
“They were so wonderful in making sure we had time to grieve,” Reyes said. “They are all beautiful and we are praying for them as well.”
Right now, the family said they need financial help with five funerals to plan and medical bills racking up. You can help them through this GoFundMe.
“They’ve already lost so much, we’ve already lost so much. Any financial support that we can receive would help life some of that off their shoulders,” Reyes said.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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OWEN COUNTY, Ind. — A statewide Silver Alert has been declared for an 18-year-old missing from Owen County.
The Owen County Sheriff's Department is investigating the disappearance of Zoe Neree, who's described as 5 feet 4 inches tall and 115 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
Neree was last seen wearing glasses and all dark clothing at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 27, in Freedom, Indiana, which is around 60 miles southwest of Indianapolis. She is believed to be in extreme danger and may require medical assistance, Indiana State Police said.
Anyone with information on Zoe Neree is asked to contact the Owen County Sheriff's Department at 812-829-4874 or call 911.
Amber Alert vs. Silver Alert: What's the difference?
There are specific standards a person's disappearance must meet in order for police to declare an Amber Alert or a Silver Alert.
Amber Alerts are for children under the age of 18 who are believed to have been abducted and in danger. Police also need to have information about a suspect and their car to issue an Amber Alert.
Silver Alerts are for missing and endangered adults or children. They are much more common for missing people. It was not until last year when the standards for Silver Alerts were expanded to include children.
In both situations, these alerts must be issued by police.
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ANNAPOLIS — A juvenile is dead and another is in the hospital following a double shooting in Annapolis.
It happened at 10:18 p.m. Thursday in the 1900 block of Copeland Street.
Annapolis Police tell us one person was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was flown to Shock Trauma.
No information at this time about any arrests made in this shooting.
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Zoning commission gives initial nod to South Overton student housing, headed to council
The City of Lubbock Planning & Zoning Commission voted Thursday evening in favor of a proposed 707-bedroom student housing development near Texas Tech in the South Overton Neighborhood.
After nearly four hours of hearing those for and against the zone change, the board decided to grant a favorable recommendation to the city council for the zone change.
As the developer and owner — Parallel and Kenneth Abraham respectively — presented the project, the commission was initially confused by some of the facts being presented.
Zach Sawyer, chairman of the commission, shared some reservations about the traffic study that was conducted by Kimberly Horn as well as the stress the new building would place on the sewer and water system.
A video was shown by Tonja Hagy-Valdine, a South Overton resident, showing a broken water line due to backed-up sewer lines that flooded the neighborhood for two days.
Commissioner Susan Tomlinson also voiced her concern that this modern concrete glass building does not conform to the rich history and architecture of the nearby Historic South Overton Neighborhood.
Other members were confused by why this part of the neighborhood was left out for the historic designation regulation set by the city in 2012.
According to the planning department and a letter presented at Thursday's meeting, the secretary of the South Overton neighborhood association asked the then-planning director to not include the area due to the department's agreement with Abraham to develop the property in the future for student housing.
Hagy-Valdine said the letter was from the leader of a "defunct splinter group" that wrote in favor of this development when the neighborhood doesn't support it.
Proposed student housing development in South Overton going to Lubbock zoning commission
The commission heard 10 people in opposition to the student housing development, in contrast, the in-favor side only had the owner, developer, and three locals speak in favor of the project.
Most notably, Josh Stueve — senior pastor of St. John's United Methodist Church spoke on behalf of his congregation opposing the development due to the development not having enough parking spaces.
For context, the developments would provide 544 spaces — 91 spaces under the required space by the city and 163 spaces to accommodate all individuals living there.
The spokesperson for Parallel said they would also charge students to park within the parking structure. When asked by the commission what would happen if a student didn't want to pay for parking he replied that they could not control what they do.
Other issues concerns shared were about the traffic the development would generate which, would be further complicated by the brick road on nearby Broadway and the drive-thru coffee shop on 14th Street and St. John's Methodist Church on 15th Street.
Even though originally having reservations about the project, the commission voted 4-3 in favor of zoning change to accommodate it.
Now, the City Council will tentatively hear take on the zoning change in as soon as two weeks, when they will receive the P&Z Commission's favorable recommendation and leading up to the council's final consideration.
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EGG HARBOR CITY — Atlantic County has confirmed its second sample of West Nile virus found this year.
The positive mosquito sample was collected July 19 by the county Office of Mosquito Control from 10th Terrace and Duerer Street. The sample was confirmed positive Wednesday, the county said in a news release.
The first positive sample of the year was found in Northfield earlier this month. There have been no reported human cases of the virus, officials said.
The virus is carried by infected mosquitoes and can be transferred to birds, animals and humans, health officials said.
Because of the heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel emissions, mosquitoes are here longer. By analyzing temperature and humidity trends from a station at Atlantic City International Airport, science and news group Climate Central found the mosquito season here is 23 days longer on average than it was in 1979.
The county’s public health division is encouraging residents to use bug spray when outdoors and clear their properties of standing water, which officials say is a mosquito breeding ground.
Gutters should also be unclogged, and damaged screen doors should be repaired to prevent mosquitoes from entering the home, health officials said.
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For more information about the virus, visit atlantic-county.org/public-health or call the Division of Public Health at 609-645-5971.
For assistance in removing stagnant puddles or floodwater on properties, call the Office of Mosquito Control at 609-645-5948.
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Santana: 1001 Rainbow Tour, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena.
Carlos Santana, 76, will sweep audiences away with the band’s signature Latin-infused rock and soulful melodies.
Santana’s band, which formed in 1966, has won countless awards, including multiple Grammys, and has sold more than 100 million records worldwide. Fans can expect to hear hits like “Smooth,” “Maria, Maria” and “Black Magic Woman,” as well as new material.
Tickets are $99.50, $139.50, $189.50, $209 and $239.50 and are available at ticketmaster.com.
Alabama, 8 p.m. Thursday, Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena.
The country music legends, who formed in 1969, had No. 1 country hits with songs like “Tennessee River,” “Feels So Right” and “Mountain Man.” All three of these singles were performed live in concert last month during a show in Tucson, Arizona, setlist.fm said.
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Tickets are $20, $79, $99 and $119 and are available at ticketmaster.com. Doors at 7 p.m.
Happy Together Tour 2023, 9 p.m. Friday, Ovation Hall, Ocean Casino Resort.
The touring sensation that has crisscrossed the nation returns with a show full of chart-topping hits from the 1960s and 1970s, an undeniable 61 Billboard top-40 smashes.
The tour is once again joined by The Turtles, who also act as musical hosts for the evening. Little Anthony, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, The Vogues, The Classics IV and The Cowsills also perform.
The Turtles formed in 1965 in Los Angeles. Their top-10 pop hits include “Happy Together,” “She’d Rather Be with Me” and “Elenore,” and they performed all three songs live earlier this month in California.
Tickets are $49, $69 and $89 and are available at ticketmaster.com.
Donny Osmond, 7 p.m. Sunday, Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena.
Utah native Donny Osmond, 65, is known as a singer and performer with an incredible vocal range, dance moves and hits.
Osmond’s career has spanned over five decades from his early days as a member of the Osmond Brothers to his solo career. He performs some of his biggest hits, including “Puppy Love,” “Go Away Little Girl” and “Soldier of Love,” which he sang earlier this month live in concert at the Fox Theatre in Detroit.
Tickets are $20, $39, $49 and $69 and are available at ticketmaster.com.
Jack Whitehall: Jackarse Tour, 8 p.m. Saturday, Showroom, Tropicana Atlantic City.
British funnyman Jack Whitehall, 35, makes his Atlantic City debut.
The comedian and TV host became a fixture on British quiz shows and the stand-up circuit, where he uses his sharp wit to riff on contemporary society.
Tickets are $34.50, $49.50 and $64.50 and are available at ticketmaster.com.
Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone, 9 p.m. Saturday, The Grand, Golden Nugget Atlantic City.
At 15, British singer-songwriter Peter Noone, now 75, achieved international fame as “Herman,” lead singer of the pop band Herman’s Hermits. His top-5 pop hits include “Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat?” and “There’s a Kind of Hush.” Noone sang these two songs and more earlier this month at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, Monmouth County.
Ultimately, Herman’s Hermits sold more than 52 million records. Fourteen singles and seven albums went gold.
Tickets are $39 and $49 and are available at ticketmaster.com.
Smokey & Me: A Celebration of Smokey Robinson, 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Caesars Atlantic City.
The show celebrates the career, life and music of acclaimed singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson. Tony nominee Charl Brown will celebrate Robinson’s story and many of his biggest hits, both the ones he sang and the ones he wrote, including, “Going to a Go-Go,” “I Second That Emotion,” “My Girl,” “Shop Around,” “Tracks of My Tears” and “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me.”
Tickets are sold out.
The Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Experience, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sound Waves, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City.
Shawn Klush and Ryan Pelton star in the show.
Tickets are $49, $59 and $69 and are available at ticketmaster.com.
Abbacadabra, the ultimate ABBA tribute show, 8:30 p.m. Friday, Superstar Theater, Resorts Casino Hotel.
This ensemble brings not only the look and vibe of #ABBA, they put on a full-on concert of one of the world’s most beloved groups at their peak. Hits include “Dancing Queen,” “Fernando,” “The Winner Takes It All,” “Waterloo,” “Voulez Vous” and more.
Abbacadabra got its start in 2004 and has been selling out showrooms and stages all over the world.
Abbacadabra performs ABBA’s greatest hits in a benefit concert for the Schultz-Hill Foundation.
Tickets are $35 and $55 and are available at ticketmaster.com. The $175 ticket at resortsac.com includes an after show party.
Jabbawockeez: TIMELESS, 9 p.m. Friday, 7 and 10 p.m. Saturday, 4 and 7 p.m. Sunday, Music Box at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa.
Jabbawockeez developed a one-of-a-kind style that positioned the group as one of the most influential dance crews in the world, effectively changing the way people view dance entertainment.
With their signature look of expressionless white masks and gloves, the performers guide the audience’s attention away from individual identities and toward a unified group of athleticism, creativity and intricate synchronization.
TIMELESS, Jabbawockeez’s fourth stage production, is a sonically hypnotic voyage into the minds of the masked members.
The show takes the audience along for a ride as the characters land on earth from outer space in search of the quintessential music playlist that spans generations, locations and musical genres.
Tickets are $20, $59 and $75 and are available at ticketmaster.com.
“Grease,” 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City.
Immerse yourself in the world of Danny and Sandy and the rest of the Pink Ladies and T-Birds as they navigate the high and lows of teenage love and rebellion. Infectious energy and iconic tunes like “Summer Nights” and “Greased Lightnin’” fill the air.
Tickets are $29, $49, $69 and $89 and are available at ticketmaster.com.
The Hook, 7 and 9 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday, Warner Theatre, Caesars Atlantic City.
Spiegelworld presents The Hook, Atlantic City’s first-ever permanent entertainment residency. The Hook brings Spiegelworld’s signature blend of absurdity, comedy and superhuman feats to the casino.
Tickets are $68 and are available at spiegelworld.com.
MJ Live, 8 p.m. Thursday, 9 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Showroom, Bally’s Atlantic City.
Michael Jackson impersonator Rodrigo Teaser brings his one-of-a-kind tribute show to the U.S. for the first time this summer.
Tickets start at $30, and children under 12 are free. Tickets are available at ticketmaster.com.
Euphoria Variety Show, 4 p.m. Sunday, Sound Waves, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City.
Featuring a dynamic cast of talented performers, Euphoria takes patrons on a journey through comedy, dance and music.
Tickets are $29 and are available at ticketmaster.com.
Magical Mystery Doors, 4 p.m. Sunday, Ovation Hall, Ocean Casino Resort.
This tribute act blends the music of the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and the Doors.
Tickets are $29 and are available at ticketmaster.com.
Disco Inferno, 8 p.m. Sunday, Superstar Theater, Resorts Casino Hotel.
The disco tribute concert features the music of ABBA, the Bee Gees, Gloria Gaynor, Michael Jackson, KC & the Sunshine Band, Donna Summer, Barry White and more.
Tickets are $29 and $39 and are available at ticketmaster.com.
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AVALON — Greg "Chet" Johnson, who previously served as Planning Board chairman, joined the Borough Council officially Wednesday, filling the seat vacated by the town's newly elected mayor.
Johnson was sworn in during Wednesday's council meeting by Mayor John McCorristin, who was elected to his new position May 9, taking over for Martin Pagliughi, who opted not to seek another term.
“I am honored and excited to be part of the leadership team in this great community," Johnson said. “I have lived in Avalon for 30 years and have seen firsthand how the team approach is the right approach for responsive government that serves the people. I look forward to contributing to the community loved by me and my family."
Johnson was accompanied by family at Wednesday's meeting, watching as he raised his hand to take his oath.
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Johnson was chosen to fill the vacancy left by McCorristin upon his election. The council unanimously appointed Johnson to the seat during its July 12 meeting, borough officials said Thursday in a news release.
The new councilman will serve until voters elect a new councilman-at-large to fill McCorristin's unexpired term in this year's general election Nov. 7.
By taking the post, Johnson leaves the Planning Board.
He and his wife, Sandy, have six children, all of whom attended Avalon Elementary School.
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LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Police are asking for help locating a man wanted in the deaths of two dogs.
Jarriel S. Walton Sr., 29, was alleged to be involved in cruel and inhumane abuse of two dogs that were in his care, police said Thursday. The abuse resulted in the deaths of both dogs.
Walton is 6-foot-3, 170 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen July 2, police said.
Anyone with information can call police at 609-296-3666.
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An Atlantic City man on trial for fatally shooting a 10-year-old boy at a high school football game in 2019 was convicted Thursday.
Alvin Wyatt was on trial for murder and other related charges, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office said. An official news release was forthcoming, the Prosecutor’s Office said.
Wyatt insisted he was acting in self-defense when he shot Micah “Dew” Tennant in the game’s third quarter at Pleasantville High School on Nov. 15, 2019. Tennant died from his injuries five days later.
Wyatt faces life in prison.
Spectators were enjoying a game between Pleasantville and Camden when gunshots erupted from the home bleachers, sending the crowd running for cover and fatally shooting Tennant while injuring both an unnamed 15-year-old and 27-year-old Ibn Abdullah.
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The game was evacuated, though it was later finished at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.
Authorities said previously Abdullah was the shooting’s intended target.
Following the shooting, Shaheed Dixon, 27, of Atlantic City; Michael Mack, 27, of Atlantic City; Vance Golden, 26, of Pleasantville; and Tyrell Dorn, 28, of Atlantic City, fled the scene in a car, driving toward Atlantic City while being chased by Absecon police, who saw one of the passengers throw a gun out of the car. The group was arrested after the car halted at Ohio and Gramercy avenues in Atlantic City.
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Dorn became the first defendant to be sentenced in the case Aug. 20, 2020, receiving seven years in prison with five years of parole ineligibility after pleading guilty to possession of a weapon by a convicted individual. He’s currently at South Woods State Prison in Bridgeton, where he will be eligible for parole in December 2024, Department of Corrections records show.
Dixon was sentenced in 2020 for eluding in the case. Mack and Golden both had charges against them dropped.
Dixon was released from prison in 2022, according to Department of Corrections records.
Tennant has been honored by Atlantic City since his death.
The Duane E. Harris Memorial Field in the city was renamed in his honor. In 2022, the park’s basketball courts were planned to be resurfaced and painted with celebratory murals.
The boy’s mother, Angela Tennant, could not immediately be reached for comment following the verdict.
His family has taken legal action against the Pleasantville school district.
A lawsuit filed on behalf of Monica Tennant contends officials, given 835 documented police calls to the high school since 2017, should have better screened game attendees, anticipating potential violence. A status hearing in that case is scheduled for Wednesday, state court logs show.
In January 2022, a state appellate court ruled that an emotional-distress claim against the Pleasantville school board by Micah Tennant’s mother, Angela Tennant, was filed before a state deadline. The case was argued in November 2021, and it has since been closed, records show.
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A Millville man who died in a wooded area of Louisiana while geocaching is not believed to be a victim of foul play, a spokesperson for the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.
Robert D. Owens Jr.'s body was found decomposing along the Azalea Trail last week. Owens' remains were identified through a matching description of his clothes.
He was reported missing earlier this month, and his death is "unfortunate" because he was in the South enjoying a cherished hobby, said Tommy Carnline, public information officer for the Sheriff's Office.
Owens, 58, was in Louisiana geocaching, a recreational outdoor activity in which participants use GPS tools to hide and seek containers called "geocaches," or "caches," at specific sites marked by coordinates. A mobile app for the activity was developed by Groundspeak Inc.
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The company did not immediately return a request for comment.
Owens was born in Cape May Court House, according to his obituary. He was a recent retiree from the Cumberland County school system, which couldn't immediately be reached for comment Thursday.
A Millville man is believed to have been found dead in a wooded area of Louisiana after disappearing earlier this week.
His daughter, Abigail Owens, pleaded for help finding her father by posting to Facebook on July 18 that he was preparing to attend Cachefest, an event dedicated to geocaching, in Tennessee. He missed the event, raising concerns about his whereabouts.
Abigail Owens said her father was planning to go geocaching before the event, flying from Philadelphia to Louisiana. He was last heard from July 8, she said.
After authorities found his remains, she confirmed his death on TikTok. She remembered Robert Owens as a dedicated father keen on his hobby.
"His life was just starting," Abigail Owens said. "Geocaching is his favorite thing ever. He was doing all this fun stuff on his bucket list and everything, and he's not going to be able to do any of that now."
After his geocaching endeavor, Robert Owens was planning to visit Las Vegas with his son, Abigail Owens said.
A celebration of Owens' life is set for Saturday at Union Lake in Millville.
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An Upper Township man who killed a woman by hitting her with his car before fleeing the scene will spend seven years in prison with credit for time served in jail, a judge ruled this week.
Hugo Maucher, 51, hit Marjorie Straubmuller, who was walking along Stagecoach Road in December. She later died after being brought by helicopter to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Campus.
Marmora-based attorney John Tumelty represented Maucher in the case.
Maucher originally pleaded not guilty to knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in death and violation of public health and safety law by causing death.
Maucher is still listed as being in the Cape May County jail, according to inmate records.
By accepting a plea agreement, the public health violation charge was dropped, according to a ruling by Cape May County Superior Court Judge Christopher Gibson filed Monday.
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The plea would have carried a 10-year prison sentence and a $150,000 fine. However, the court, finding the fatal crash was Maucher's only interaction with the criminal justice system, decided on seven years.
Maucher testified that he had a feeling that "his car hit something" on Dec. 29 while returning from work as a chef at Cape May's Corinthian Yacht Club, the document states.
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Evidence presented in court suggested Maucher may have consumed alcohol before the crash, but because he fled, the court can't find enough reason to determine whether he was impaired at the time, the judgment states.
Assistant Prosecutor Dara Paley said during the detention hearing that Seaville Fire Rescue Chief Stephen Schaffer alerted State Police to a Miller Lite bottle found at the crash site.
Maucher has been in jail since January after turning himself in and was ordered to be detained because he was a possible flight risk.
He is getting credit for 184 days served under the sentence, the judgment states.
Maucher was indicted in March for the crash.
State Police responded to Stagecoach Road near Brewhaus Lane at 6:28 p.m. Dec. 29 after the crash was reported, finding Straubmuller lying in the northbound lane significantly injured, according to an affidavit of probable cause. Troopers arrived to find first responders had marked in the road with cones a winter hat, shoes, damaged glasses and blood, Paley said.
After the crash, Maucher contacted Tumelty, wanting to turn himself in. Despite the potential legal consequences, Maucher went ahead with that decision, Tumelty said in arguments during the detention hearing.
Police found footage of Maucher at a local McDonald’s before the crash happened. McDonald’s packaging was also found at the crash site, Paley said.
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ATLANTIC CITY — Officials at Wednesday's CitiStat meeting said they could finish efforts to improve public safety if Atlantic City Electric would act on stalled projects.
One is the demolition of a house at 226 N. New Jersey Ave., where a resident said homeless and drug-addicted people were living and using it as a base to break into a nearby church.
A resident asked the city to demolish it at a CitiStat meeting last year, and the city went through the legal process to move forward. But a meter must be moved before demolition can happen, and it is taking weeks.
"We have to get utility releases, and we’ve had a problem," said Director of Licensing and Inspections Dale Finch. "Atlantic Electric has been a snag in the whole process. We are waiting to get their approvals to relocate the meter. They are really dragging their feet."
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Another resident complaining of criminal activity and loud parties on the beach late at night in her Inlet neighborhood asked when the city will install its citywide security cameras, which the state provided $5 million to fund.
"This is a project where we have the funding to do it. We have the equipment to do it," said Business Administrator Anthony Swan. "Our contractors are ready to do it. The problem we have is Atlantic City Electric and allowing us to put the cameras on the poles."
Police Chief James Sarkos and IT Director Patrick Quinlan have been working to get the camera project finished, Swan said.
"We have hit a brick wall, and I'm hoping in the next couple of days Atlantic City Electric will give us the approval to move forward, because we are ready to go," Swan said.
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In an email response to questions, a spokesperson for Atlantic City Electric said the reality of the situation is a bit more complicated.
"We are continuing to work with the city to finalize an agreement to install about 250 cameras and associated wiring to Atlantic City Electric-owned utility poles as part of the city's camera installation initiative," utility spokesperson Frank Tedesco said. "We are currently in the design phase, and actively working with the city's contractor on the design and specifics needed to accommodate the interconnection of municipal-owned fiber optic cables, cameras and other equipment to our electric system infrastructure on our utility poles. Once this step is complete, we will have a better indication of when the cameras will start to be installed."
On June 30, the utility did try to disconnect service from the building at 226 N. New Jersey Ave., Tedesco said, but found a service box for a nearby store was also on the building. The store must hire a contractor to move that service meter to the store's building, Tedesco said, before the other meter can be removed so the building can come down.
"At that time, the city asked we not disconnect the meter box and instructed the property owner at 230 New Jersey Avenue to have a private contractor separate the service and install a new connection point at this property," Tedesco said.
He said the utility will expedite the work as soon as the store's service is moved.
Some projects are grant funded and time can run out on spending funds, Swan said.
"The other piece of this is we use demolition funds from the CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) and they have time limits connected with them," Swan said. "We have to spend it within a certain time frame, so delays put us in a time crunch."
Swan stressed the city is not disparaging Atlantic City Electric.
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"We work together as a team," Swan said. "They have manpower issues as well, and we have a lot going on in the city."
Mayor Marty Small Sr. said in a text response to questions that the resort and Atlantic City Electric have a "great partnership."
At a meeting with residents of the Chelsea neighborhood last month, Small and city Engineer Uzo Ahiarakwe said Atlantic City Electric had held up completion of a bulkhead rebuilding project by not de-energizing poles in the area so work could be done on sidewalks and new lighting.
“We cannot do those things without Atlantic Electric doing its part,” Ahiarakwe said then.
Bert Lopez of Atlantic City Electric said at the time that systems issues and storms had prevented the company from starting the work when it was scheduled earlier in June.
Tedesco said Wednesday the de-energizing is now complete.
CitiStat meetings are biweekly and allow city residents, business owners and others to report problems, and hear back two weeks later on how they are addressed by city directors.
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