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HOBBS, N.M. — Former Hobbs Police Department K9 Bady has passed away due a terminal disease.
Bady was a 5-year-old German Shepherd and had only one handler throughout his time with the K9 team, Sergeant J. Thomas. Bady was a police trained K9 in bomb detection, apprehension and tracking.
Bady was recently diagnosed with the terminal disease and passed away on July 27.
The Hobbs Police Department thanked Bady for his service and that he will be missed.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. — Tom Durden, the Georgia district attorney who kick-started the prosecution of Ahmaud Arbery’s killing by calling in state investigators to take over the languishing case, has died at age 66.
During his career of nearly four decades, Durden served briefly as the second outside prosecutor overseeing the investigation into the February 2020 killing of Arbery. The 25-year-old Black man was fatally shot as he ran from white men in pickup trucks who chased him through their Georgia neighborhood. The shooter said he fired in self-defense.
The case stalled without charges for more than two months before Durden asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to take over from local police. GBI agents rapidly made arrests that led to three murder convictions. Durden stepped aside soon after the arrests, saying the case needed a DA with a larger staff.
“He played a significant role, as we know the others before him did nothing,” said Thea Brooks, one of Arbery’s aunts. “No matter how long he had it on his desk, he did the right thing.”
Following Arbery’s killing outside the port city of Brunswick in 2020, the local district attorney recused herself and the first outside prosecutor assigned, George Barnhill, opposed bringing criminal charges before he stepped aside.
Georgia’s attorney general then appointed Durden, who had the case for roughly a month amid a growing outcry for arrests. Durden asked the GBI to get involved after cellphone video of the killing leaked online May 5, 2020.
Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael were arrested on murder charges the day after GBI agents arrived in Brunswick. A neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, was charged soon after.
“The fact that he sent it to the GBI was a positive turn in the case for us, and I think he deserves credit for it,” said the Rev. John Perry, who led Brunswick’s NAACP chapter at the time Arbery was killed.
The job of prosecuting the McMichaels and Bryan was passed to the district attorney for Cobb County in metro Atlanta. All three men were ultimately convicted of murder in 2021 and sentenced to life in prison.
Durden joined the district attorney’s office as an assistant prosecutor in 1984, two years after earning his law degree from Mercer University. He was elected DA after his predecessor retired in 1998.
Durden prosecuted hundreds of criminal cases in the Atlantic Circuit, which covers six southeast Georgia counties outside Savannah.
“Mr. Durden was a true public servant to the State of Georgia for close to 40 years,” Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, said in a statement. “My sincerest condolences to Tom’s family.”
In 1998, Durden successfully prosecuted four family members and a friend in the killing of Thurmon Martin, a case that would become known as Georgia’s infamous “tomato patch” murder.
Martin, 64, was shot while sleeping in May 1997 and buried behind his home in rural Ludowici. The case gained notoriety for the tomato plants growing atop Martin’s grave, as well as the defendants’ harrowing courtroom accounts of being abused by the slain man.
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Beginning Tuesday, Landin Road between Rose Avenue and North River Road will be restricted to one lane southbound and closed northbound during bridge work, New Haven has announced.
Landin Road limited southbound, closed northbound during bridge work
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A 40-year-old woman accused of shaking her infant stepdaughter pleaded guilty to aggravated battery Friday morning.
Denise Wallace was originally charged with battery to a person younger than 14 and neglect of a dependent after doctors found that the 9-month-old had injuries consistent with being shaken, according to a probable cause affidavit written by Fort Wayne Police Detective Roy Sutphin.
Wallace's plea agreement calls for her to be incarcerated for seven years in exchange for pleading guilty to the aggravated charge. Prosecutors will dismiss her two felony charges.
When Allen Superior Court Magistrate Samuel Keirns asked what she did that made her guilty, Wallace said she "put her hands on" a child.
"I allegedly shook her," Wallace said.
"This is the part where we're no longer alleging things. Did you ...," Keirns said before Wallace cut him off with an answer the magistrate found sufficient.
"Yeah, I shook her," Wallace said. "I shook her."
When the 9-month-old arrived at the hospital in March 2022, she had brain bleeds and bruised lungs, court records show. Dr. Tara Holloran, a Riley Children's Health physician specializing in child abuse pediatrics, told Sutphin the injuries were "highly suspicious."
Doctors found the child had an obvious motor impairment three months after the incident, documents show. Her developmental delays included not being able to hold things between her thumb and pointer finger, pull herself up to stand and roll or sit on her own.
Holloran told Sutphin the injuries were indicative of abusive head trauma, records show. The doctor said they were considered life-threatening.
Wallace's sentencing hearing is scheduled for Aug. 21. At that time, Allen Superior Court Judge David Zent may accept or reject the agreement. If Zent rejects the agreement, Wallace's original plea of not guilty will stand.
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Two Southlake Police officers are out of a job after the chief of police said they showed exceptionally poor judgment by drawing and sharing a hate symbol during a meeting.
Southlake Chief of Police James Brandon said in a statement Friday that he was told on June 14 a swastika had been drawn during a break in a meeting attended by members of the police department.
That drawing, which Brandon said was drawn in an inexcusable attempt at humor, was then shared with others.
Brandon didn't share any context for why or where the symbol had been drawn and didn't say who the drawing had been shared with. He did say the drawing was not related to the department's patch or logo.
On Friday, Brandon said two officers had been fired in connection with the drawing for showing "exceptionally poor judgment and a lack of leadership during this incident."
"As chief I am deeply disappointed in the lack of judgment shown by the actions of the officers involved. I know that their actions do not reflect the values of the men and women who serve and protect our community each day, our city leadership, our organization, or our community," Brandon said. "Hate symbols do not reflect the values that we share as public servants and are not acceptable in any form or situation. The display of a symbol of hate undermines the confidence of the public in our department and does not reflect our values as public servants."
Brandon, who did not publicly name the officers who were terminated, said he hoped the disciplinary action sends a clear message about the department and the city's values.
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BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — Dog lovers have descended upon Columbia County as thousands of pups are competing for the title of Best in Show.
The Mountain Laurel Cluster Dog Show at the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds is a joint effort by two kennel clubs in the area and has become the biggest show of its kind in northeastern and central Pennsylvania.
"It's just like a wonderful community of people that are all here for the same reason," said Kellie Fitzgerald, a professional dog handler.
Thousands of dogs and their owners are here to compete in the Mountain Laurel Cluster Dog Show, put on each year by the Lackawanna and Bald Eagle Kennel Clubs, making for the largest dog show of its kind in this part of the state.
The dogs come from all over the country, and there's plenty to see all weekend.
"You can come and see all the sporting groups, sporting dogs in one group, the working, the herding, hounds, toys, terriers, non-sporting, herding. And I think people will come here and say, 'I've seen that kind of dog, but I didn't know what that breed was.'"
A smooth collie named Dahlia and owner Alexis Coriell have already racked up some awards.
"You feel proud of yourself because all of the hard work has paid off."
But bringing home ribbons isn't the main goal.
"I like being with my dog. It's fun to be with my friends, and you can always have a good time with your dog," Coriell said.
Organizers say spectators can have a good time, too. There are competitions through Sunday at the fairgrounds, but they ask that only humans come to check it out.
"Yes, please! These dogs are working in this ring, so pets are not encouraged to come along. But if you're interested in this, we encourage you to contact either the Lackawanna Kennel Club or the Bald Eagle Kennel Club, and we can get you started in either confirmation or obedience," said Kim Van Hemert from the Lackawanna Kennel Club.
So, for any pets out there watching, here's your sign to start training.
See more pets and animal stories on WNEP’s YouTube playlist.
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SCRANTON, Pa. — All this week, small businesses in the Electric City are celebrating Christmas in July with specials and sales.
Racks of clothes are outside Over The Moon Boutique on North Washington Avenue in Scranton. But they're not featuring sundresses and sandals: it's holiday plaids and prints on display.
This is one of several sales businesses in downtown Scranton are doing as part of Deck the Downtown. The Christmas in July-themed event is put together by Scranton Tomorrow to encourage people to shop small.
"Our small business community is so crucial to the health and sustainability and growth of our local economy, and it's simple—when you spend local, it stays local," said Liz Baldi, business development director for Scranton Tomorrow.
More than 20 small businesses are participating, including Lavish Scranton on Adams Avenue.
"We have 50 percent off of our summer items, and we're also introducing new lines currently. So you're not just shopping the sales, you're shopping new items," said Lauren Woodward at Lavish Scranton.
Up the block, Pilger's Pastries put out Sadie the Snowman to let people know it's Christmas in July. With the heat this week, they wanted to bring the Christmas spirit in a cool treat.
"We are doing a frozen hot cocoa float, which will definitely be what people are looking for in a frozen treat," Brandon Pilger said.
There's no better way to get in the Christmas spirit when you can get some early holiday shopping done without the cold and snow.
"I know that wintertime can make it tough for people going about, so if people are able to get out and about, that would help a lot of the small businesses," Pilger said.
Business owners say Deck the Downtown isn't only good for their business; it's good for everyone.
"If someone is coming down to another shop, they're going to see us across the square and stop in. If people are coming here, why not go across the street and shop at other small businesses? It's just good to have the foot traffic downtown," Woodward added.
Deck the Downtown runs through Saturday in Scranton.
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SCRANTON, Pa. — The splash pad at McDade Park in Lackawanna County was packed with kids on one of the hottest days of the summer.
Darleen Colaku and her kids took a day trip to the park from their home in Milford. In this heat, a stop at the splash pad was a must.
"Anything with water! Anything with water that keeps them entertained."
Danielle Bohl brought her son Colson to cool off because it was too hot to sit at home.
"It's pretty difficult. I don't think my air conditioner was working in the house too much today."
Some people don't exactly have a chance to cool off during the day, including the volunteers setting up for the St. Joseph's Festival at Marywood University.
Nicole Barnabe is the food service director and says they brought in extra freezers and trailers to keep everything cold for the three-day festival. She and other volunteers were loading food from a trailer to the food stands, and they were taking their time for good reason.
"We have our coolers to keep us cold, so we're doing OK," Barnabe said.
Whether it's work or play, the people we spoke with prepared themselves to be out in the heat all day.
"We have a big cooler back there, so we're trying to keep up with that. Also, a couple of us, I don't have it on right now, But I have a water towel that we're wearing around our neck," Lisa Rigau said.
"We're all pretty good about drinking water. We always carry water bottles with us, big ones, with lots of ice, and I'm constantly reminding the kids to make sure you're drinking water," Colaku added.
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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Years of wear and tear have taken a toll on the Wilkes-Barre City Cemetery along North River Street, leaving rows of toppled stones.
But all it takes is a little elbow grease to bring these gravesites to their former glory.
"We have Revolutionary War veterans buried here in our whole area. I don't think many people understand we go back to the beginning of our country," said Harry Haas, a history teacher in the Dallas School District.
Despite the heat, Haas came out to learn how to make these stones shine.
"This one, until recently, was in really rough shape, but a lot of caring people came out and helped preserve some history."
Gravestone restoration expert Jonathan Appell explains how to safely restore even the oldest headstones. It's part of his 48-state tour.
He says Luzerne County has advanced wear and tear on these sites compared to other parts of the country, thanks to our area's industrial ties.
"Not so much from current times, but from the historic manufacturing industry that was here," Appell said.
With this knowledge over the next year, they hope to repair stones over the 22-and-a-half-acre cemetery.
"We can understand the past better by how we treat it now."
They are making sure these reminders of the past will stay written in stone for generations to come.
"We really want to pass this on to future generations and care for those who've gone before."
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Leo Santos of Alcoa is first high school player to be rostered by One Knoxville SC soccer team
Leo Santos, who will be a junior at Alcoa High School, will be on the 18-man roster when One Knoxville SC plays Central Valley Fuego FC on Saturday in Fresno, California.
One Knox is 5-8-7 with 22 points and ninth in the standings in its inaugural season in the USL 1. Central Valley is 5-11-1 with 16 points. The game will streamed on ESPN+ at 10:30 p.m.
"I’m excited and thankful for the opportunity. The opportunity to play at such a high level and with really good players is exciting. It’s a big step for achieving my goals,” the 16-year-old Santos said in a team release announcing the move Friday.
The midfielder signed with One Knox on March 15 and has trained with the senior team and has appeared in five games with the academy.
"Leo is a fantastic young man with a great passion and love for soccer, which is displayed in the way he plays," One Knox coach Mark McKeever said. "His technical ability and creativity are unique attributes that make him a very natural footballer. He has a massive ceiling in the sport with great potential."
At Alcoa, Santos scored 16 goals and had 13 assists and leading the Tornadoes to the Class A state championship game.
Now he'll be the first player from a high school as a rostered player for One Knox.
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“The first makes it tangible for the rest. We’re thrilled to see Leo progress through the OneKnox Academy and earn an opportunity with the first team,” said Sam Weisbrod, the executive director of One KnoxCollective and One Knox Youth Club.” In doing so, he’ll show the rest ofKnoxville what’s possible.”
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A public hearing in Wichita Thursday night drew a large crowd. The people were there to hear details about why Evergy wants to raise their electric rates by about $14 a month. But before state regulators decide whether to approve Evergy’s request, they want to hear from customers.
If the rate hike is approved, the average customer in the green area on the map, which includes Wichita, Hutchinson, and Salina, would pay $14.24 more a month. Around 736,000 Evergy customers are in the Kansas Central Region.
Evergy is also seeking a rate hike of about $3.47 a month for its customers in the Kansas Metro region, which is on the Kansas side of Kansas City.
The Kansas Corporation Commission regulates utilities and must approve rate requests.
The KCC already held hearings in Topeka and Overland Park. Thursday night’s meeting in Wiuchita was at the WSU Hughes Metropolitan Complex.
It included information about the rate hike request. It also gave electric customers the chance to ask questions and make comments.
The people KSN spoke to at the meeting did not favor the rate hike.
“I’m totally against it,” customer Ricky Bryant said. “I’m hoping the commission, for once, takes a harder stand, and from this point on, I think they really need to look at making sure this ain’t just for profit.”
“I think they ought to have an external audit and find out where all this money’s going,” customer George Huffman said. “They donate a lot of money to charities and all these other things, and it’s just overcharging us, the ratepayers.”
Gina Penzig with Evergy has previously said the company wants to recover investments made to improve service to customers. She said the improvements include a more reliable and resilient power grid and updated customer service systems.
If you could not attend the meeting in person, you can click here to watch it on the KCC’s YouTube channel. Find the Topeka and Overland Park meetings by clicking here.
The KCC still wants to hear from people before October. Options for commenting are to:
- Click here to submit a comment on the KCC website.
- Mail a comment to:
- Kansas Corporation Commission Office
- 1500 SW Arrowhead Road
- Topeka, KS 66604-4027
- Call the KCC’s Office of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at 785-271-3140 or 800-662-0027.
The deadline to submit a comment is 5 p.m. on Sept. 29.
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ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL)–Hawkins County Schools teachers, coaches and administrators will communicate with parents in a new way this year.
The district announced earlier this month that it will transition from a text-based to an app-based communication system.
Director of Schools Matt Hixson told News Channel 11 the new system will save teachers the tedious work of maintaining contacts lists.
“What happens is (as) teachers, parents, students change cell phones that the course of the year, those numbers aren’t always updated,” said Hixson.
The app, available through the App Store and Google Play, will allow district staff to create rosters based on their class, extracurricular activities and bus routes. It will also link to existing software used by the district, like Google Classroom, collecting all of a student’s data in one place.
“Grading will be available through the app, report card reporting, any type of grades, standing, any missing assignments,” said Hixson.
Hixson said the new communication system will also help the district handle its ongoing issues filling bus driver positions.
Despite summer hiring efforts, Hixson said, the district is short 11 drivers.
With the capability to create groups based on bus routes, the district will have the ability to communicate bus delays and route changes in real time.
“If we have a bus break down, if we have a driver call in sick mid-day, someone that ran in the morning but can’t pick up in the afternoon, he’s able to select that class or that bus route and push a message to those students and parents individually, something we have not been able to do up to this point,” said Hixson.
Hixson said the app is not yet fully operational as teachers are still learning to use it. He said he hopes to have the app operational for the first week of school.
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The Mega Millions jackpot has jumped even more and is now worth an estimated $940 million for Friday night’s drawing, the fifth highest in the game's history. So what would you win if you actually won?
If a sole player picks all five numbers plus the Mega Ball, they have the option of taking the annuitized $940 million prize in 30 increments over 29 years or a one-time lump sum payment of $472.5 million.
A sole winner in Texas who took the cash option would take home about $359.1 million after paying 24% ($113.4 million) in federal taxes. There is no additional state tax on lottery winnings in Texas, however, the payout would move the winner into the highest tax bracket where an additional 13% could be owed ($61 million in this case).
If the player took the annuity, they would receive 30 payments over 29 years with the disbursement increasing at a rate of 5% per year. With a $940 million prize, the first payment would be about $14.1 million, of which approximately $3.4 million would go toward taxes -- leaving them with a net of about $10.7 million. Because Mega Millions annuity payments increase every year, the final payment would be about $58.2 million with about $13.9 million owed in taxes -- leaving them with a final net payment of about $44 million.
Over the term, the player who took the annuity would receive about $714 million after taxes -- or about $355 million more than the player who took the cash option.
“With the Mega Millions jackpot getting closer to the billion-dollar mark, anticipation among Texas Lottery players is rising, as sales for the game in Texas have been booming for the past couple of weeks,” said Gary Grief, executive director of the Texas Lottery. “The recent surge in sales is helping the Texas Lottery fulfill its mission of generating much-needed revenue for public education in Texas. While we are keeping our fingers crossed that this massive jackpot prize will be won by a Texas Lottery player, we want to remind our players to play responsibly. It only takes one ticket to win.”
The Texas Lottery said if you have a jackpot-winning ticket, sign it and put it in a safe place. They advise winners then seek financial and legal advice and call the Texas Lottery to schedule an appointment to claim the prize.
Texas has had 13 Mega Millions jackpot prize winners since it joined the game in 2003. Its most recent winner came in September 2019 when a Leander resident won an estimated annuitized $227 million prize. The claimant chose the cash value option and received $157,091,592 before taxes; the largest prize ever paid out to a single Texas Lottery player.
Since the start of 2023, seven Texas Lottery players have won second-tier Mega Millions prizes of $1 million or larger, including four during the current jackpot run.
Most recently, on Tuesday night's drawing, a player in Anna matched all five balls for a $1 million prize. The player also bought the Megaplier and quadrupled the prize to $4 million. That winning ticket was bought at the 7-Eleven on West White Street. On the June 30 drawing, a Dallas resident claimed a $1 million second-tier prize on a ticket bought in Austin. Prior to that, a Houston resident claimed a $3 million prize for the June 16 drawing and a Corpus Christi resident claimed a $1 million prize for the drawing held on May 9.
Despite the game’s long odds of 1 in 302.6 million, players continue to purchase tickets as the size of the grand prize grows. Tickets are sold in Texas until 9 p.m. on the day of the drawing, about 1 hour and 12 minutes before the draw takes place.
The last time a Mega Millions player hit the top prize was April 18.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as in Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — In 2019, 14-year-old Alicia Navarro disappeared from her home in Glendale. Just days ago, she walked into a police station in Montana and asked to be taken off a missing juveniles list.
The borderline-miraculous reappearance has left many scratching their heads and asking questions, even as they celebrate Navarro's safe return.
Here's what 12News has confirmed.
Facts of the case:
- Navarro was reported missing by her family in 2019. She left a note that said she ran away and would be back
- Navarro made contact with the Havre City Police Department in Montana on July 23, 2023
- Navarro was healthy and did not appear injured when she made contact with police
- Glendale police have confirmed her identity via a DNA test
- No suspects have been arrested in connection with the case
- Numerous interviews have been conducted to determine where Navarro has been, but police did not disclose how she got to Montana
- The FBI and U.S. Marshals are assisting in the investigation
RELATED: Arizona mom never stopped looking for her daughter. Alicia Navarro appeared 4 years later in Montana
Current and past coverage:
Alicia Navarro went missing from her Glendale home in 2019. She showed up safe at a police station in Montana in 2023. Here's a look at our coverage of the case.
Previous Alicia Navarro stories:
- Glendale teen missing since 2019 found safe in Montana: No suspects in custody
- Private investigator working with Alicia Navarro's family shares what's next in the investigation
- 'I ran away. I will be back, I swear. I'm sorry': It's been 3 years since 14-year-old Alicia Navarro went missing from her Glendale home
- Glendale family hope reexamination of missing teen's devices will turn up new leads
- 'It's time for her to be home': Glendale mom seeking answers almost 2 years after daughter's disappearance
- National TV show 'Live PD' calls on public to help find missing Glendale teenager
We will continue to provide updates as additional information is released.
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PHOENIX — The person behind the wheel of a self-driving Uber vehicle that fatally struck a woman in Tempe five years ago has pleaded guilty to endangerment.
Rafaela Vasquez was sentenced Friday to three years of supervised probation for her role in a collision that killed 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg in March 2018.
Herzberg was walking her bike along Mill Avenue outside of a crosswalk when she was hit by a self-driving Uber car operated by Vasquez. Prosecutors accused the defendant of watching television while operating the car, but Vasquez's attorneys claim the defendant was monitoring the car's systems.
Vasquez was initially charged with negligent homicide before taking the plea deal.
Uber was cleared of criminal charges in 2019 by the Yavapai County Attorney's Office. Herzberg's family reached a settlement with the ride-share company shortly after the fatal collision.
*Editor's Note: The above video is from an earlier broadcast.*
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What is the Valley?:
“The Valley” is what locals call the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is considered the largest metropolitan area in the Southwest.
The Valley is made up of various major cities other than Phoenix, including:
- Mesa
- Chandler
- Scottsdale
- Tempe
- Glendale
- Surprise
- Peoria
- Gilbert
- El Mirage
- Avondale
- Litchfield Park
- Goodyear
- Buckeye
Whether a city is in the “East Valley” or “West Valley” depends on where it is in relation to Phoenix.
The cities of the Valley have a combined population of 4,845,832 people, according to the 2020 United States Census. This makes it the 11th largest metropolitan area in the country right behind the Boston and Atlanta areas.
How big is Maricopa County?:
Maricopa County is the United States’ 4th largest county in terms of population with 4,485,414 people, according to the 2020 Census.
The county contains around 63% of Arizona’s population and is 9,224 square miles. That makes the county larger than seven U.S. states (Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hampshire).
One of the largest park systems in the nation is also located in Maricopa County. The county has an estimated 120,000 acres of open space parks that includes hundreds of miles of trails, nature centers and campgrounds.
The county’s seat is located in Phoenix, which is also the state capital and the census-designated 5th most populous city in the United States.
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PEORIA, Ariz. — A child is in critical condition after they were hit by a boat in Lake Pleasant Friday morning, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies responded to the lake at about 11 a.m. for reports of a boat accident. MCSO said preliminary information indicated a child was struck by a boat and has been taken to the hospital.
Detectives are on the scene investigating the incident.
This is a developing story and more information will be published as it becomes available.
Up to Speed
What is the Valley?:
“The Valley” is what locals call the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is considered the largest metropolitan area in the Southwest.
The Valley is made up of various major cities other than Phoenix, including:
- Mesa
- Chandler
- Scottsdale
- Tempe
- Glendale
- Surprise
- Peoria
- Gilbert
- El Mirage
- Avondale
- Litchfield Park
- Goodyear
- Buckeye
Whether a city is in the “East Valley” or “West Valley” depends on where it is in relation to Phoenix.
The cities of the Valley have a combined population of 4,845,832 people, according to the 2020 United States Census. This makes it the 11th largest metropolitan area in the country right behind the Boston and Atlanta areas.
How big is Maricopa County?:
Maricopa County is the United States’ 4th largest county in terms of population with 4,485,414 people, according to the 2020 Census.
The county contains around 63% of Arizona’s population and is 9,224 square miles. That makes the county larger than seven U.S. states (Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hampshire).
One of the largest park systems in the nation is also located in Maricopa County. The county has an estimated 120,000 acres of open space parks that includes hundreds of miles of trails, nature centers and campgrounds.
The county’s seat is located in Phoenix, which is also the state capital and the census-designated 5th most populous city in the United States.
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PHOENIX — A Phoenix homeowner is cleaning up his backyard after a Tesla crashed into the pool, the Phoenix Police Department said.
On Friday around 8:45 a.m., officers on the scene near 35th Avenue and Loop 101 for a crash involving a vehicle that went into a pool nearby. As officers arrived, they found the Tesla in the pool.
Phoenix police said the driver of the Tesla was able to get out of the car and was not injured.
No other injuries were reported as part of the crash and officers remained on scene to conduct the investigation on what led up to the crash.
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SOUTHLAKE, Texas — Two North Texas police officers have been fired after drawing a swastika as a joke, according to the Southlake Police Department.
On June 14, 2023, Southlake Police Chief James Brandon says he was made aware that a swastika was drawn during a break in a meeting involving members of the police department and shared with others.
The drawing was an inexcusable attempt at humor, Brandon said, and not related to the department's patch or logo. Brandon says he began an internal investigation after finding out about the drawing and fired the two officers "who showed exceptionally poor judgement and a lack of leadership during this incident," Brandon said.
"As chief, I am deeply disappointed in the lack of judgment shown by the actions of the officers involved," Brandon said in a press release. "I know that their actions do not reflect the values of the men and women who serve and protect our community each day, our city leadership, our organization, or our community."
"Hate symbols do not reflect the values that we share as public servants and are not acceptable in any form or situation. The display of a symbol of hate undermines the confidence of the public in our department and does not reflect our values as public servants."
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MITCHELL — “I’m 11 months sober.”
Jai Mimmack hasn’t been able to say that since he began drinking alcohol nearly two decades ago.
Throughout his long battle with alcohol addiction, Mimmack has attended Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and successfully completed recovery programs that had him optimistic he was on a path toward sobriety for good. However, none of them could keep him from returning to drinking. Prior to the 11-month period of sobriety he’s on, five months was the longest the 37-year-old went without drinking.
What’s different this time around? His faith in God and Christ are anchoring his journey to sobriety.
“Faith has changed in my life dramatically. I always thought I had faith by just believing in God. Faith to me now equals 100% trust in Christ. I wanted to control my own life, but I didn’t have any trust that God knew how to control my own life,” Mimmack said. “I finally found the right help in Christ.”
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The success he’s had in dealing with alcohol addiction is something so powerful for Mimmack it inspired him to help other alcoholics who are struggling with the same problems he knows all too well. Over the past three months, Mimmack has been leading his own recovery group called Anchor’D Recovery that meets every Thursday night from the confines of RiverTree Church in Mitchell.
As he flipped through pages of the Bible on Thursday with a group of alcoholics who are seeking sobriety, Mimmack read a verse from the book of Peter that says in part, “Make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge. And knowledge with self-control. And self-control with patience and endurance with Godliness.”
After reading the verse and explaining how the Biblical passage resonated with him, Mimmack opened the floor for group discussion.
“You have to have faith. Then you can start knowing what is good and knowing right from wrong,” Mimmack said. “Once you know that stuff, you need to start building some knowledge and wisdom through the word. Then comes the self-control piece. When I learn to listen to the Holy Spirit inside of me, then I’m not going to want to drink.”
During the discussion, members of the group opened up about the temptations that make saying no to drinking more challenging. Mimmack would join the discussion and offer advice. His advice was steeped in turning to the Lord and reminding the group that God will never abandon them in their darkest hours.
When he was drinking on a daily basis, Mimmack had some dark hours and years. His alcohol addiction resulted in six Driving Under the Influence (DUI) charges and spending some long nights in jail cells. Mimmack’s latest DUI came over a year ago, and he’s in the midst of completing the James Valley DUI Court program as part of his sentencing.
“I needed to do what I’m doing here to get me set up for success when I’m out of the DUI court program,” Mimmack said.
The court-ordered treatment program isn’t what guided Mimmack to hosting his own weekly recovery meetings.
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It was God who called upon him to help others overcome alcohol addiction, which he’s found has helped his own battle. Mimmack is far from alone in dealing with alcohol addiction.
According to the state Department of Health, South Dakotans drink more than the national average. Fifty-seven percent of South Dakotans reported drinking alcohol in the past 30 days and 20 percent reported binge drinking in the past 30 days. Binge drinking, the DOH says, is defined as males who report having five or more alcoholic drinks on one occasion or females who have four or more alcoholic drinks on one occasion, one or more times in the past month.
In South Dakota, the number of alcohol-related deaths has been increasing in the last ten years. Alcohol-related deaths increased by 159%, from 156 deaths in 2012 to 404 deaths in 2021, while the number of hospitalizations from alcohol also increased dramatically. The number of non-fatal alcohol-related hospitalizations rose 38% over the past five years, from 1,897 hospitalizations in 2017 to 2,622 in 2021.
The Mitchell native and military veteran doesn’t blame any past life experiences for leading him to drink. Rather, he says alcohol was his way of dealing with life challenges. He began drinking more heavily when he attended college in his late teens after graduating high school.
“I never dealt with anything. I just ran to alcohol. I have to figure out how to deal with life, and that’s what the past months have been for me,” Mimmack said.
Despite his past struggles with addiction, his wife has stood by his side and provided support – something Mimmack is “beyond grateful” for. His sobriety has allowed him to be the type of father to his six kids and husband he aspires to be.
Offering a faith-based recovery program
Although Mimmack found some brief success in attending AA meetings and other treatment methods, he said they lacked being centered around God and Christ.
“I was with a couple guys to explain my idea and one of them said something about not having 12 steps in mine. I was like, ‘Yeah, why on Earth would I have 12 steps when I’ve been disagreeing with it?’ These other programs I’ve done have some faith involved, but they don’t teach anything from the Bible,” he said. “I’m trying to combine the two a bit here.”
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Offering a faith-based recovery outlet that doesn’t shy away from talking about God and the Bible like other programs he’s participated in the past is what makes Anchor’D Recovery unique.
With the steady stream of people who join Mimmack’s weekly meetings at RiverTree Church — which he noted typically sees about five to 10 people — it’s evident he’s offering a new path to recovery that some may have been yearning for.
Mimmack hopes his program helps himself and others how to maintain sobriety through faith and not become solely reliant on weekly meetings.
As always, Mimmack ended Thursday's weekly meeting with a prayer. He called on the Lord to help guide others who may be struggling with substance abuse to the group. After all, Mimmack knows showing up and accepting there is an addiction can be one of the biggest hurdles to enter a path toward sobriety.
“In here, we’re, we’re all just like come on in and have a seat,” Mimmack said with open arms and a big smile on his face.
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SEATTLE — New details have emerged from a large explosion in Seattle near Harborview Medical Center (HMC) last week at a homeless encampment.
According to a police report, Seattle police and fire officials responded to the scene west of the Harborview Medical Center next to Interstate 5 just before 5:30 a.m. on July 21. Officers observed people fleeing from an encampment yelling that there were bombs going off and live ammunition that could explode.
Police were clearing the encampments before secondary explosions and gunfire sounds led them to seal off the perimeter of the encampment to avoid any further injuries. Witnesses later relayed the events that led up to the explosion, including a feud between rival drug suppliers and a designated tent where people exchange money for drugs.
The witness told police that minutes before the explosion, someone saw improvised explosive devices outside the encampment and yelled for everyone inside to flee. A victim later showed up to HMC with second-degree burns to the face, arms and hands and said they got the injuries from the encampment fire.
The fire caused a large amount of debris to accumulate on I-5, requiring Washington State Patrol and other crews to clean up the freeway. A small part of the HMC parking garage also caught on fire, and quite a few employees had to step away from their work to evacuate their cars from the building.
The Washington State Department of Transportation released a statement indicating that it is "supporting emergency action" related to the encampment following the fire.
"WSDOT is working with the City of Seattle, Seattle Police Department (SPD) and other partners to support emergency action at the encampment on Yesler on the NE side of I-5 following an SPD investigation into recent fires and explosions at the site and the confirmation of significant criminal activity occurring there. The recent spate of fires and explosions at this location have created risk for users of the adjacent roadway and also Harborview Medical Center."
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BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. — For 10 days, you can get special deals at more than 40 restaurants in Baltimore County and beyond, as part of Baltimore County's Summer Restaurant Week.
The annual event runs through Aug. 6 and offers - for example - three-course dinners for as low as $30.
Summer and winter are typically slower times for the food industry, which is why Restaurant Week happens at those times, noted Abigail Vitaliano, chief of destination marketing and communications with Baltimore County Tourism. She said her agency has already heard from some restauranteurs that reservations have increased for Summer Restaurant Week.
She noted the week is a chance to support residents' favorite restaurants, while getting a great deal. The participants range from favorites like Lib's Grill to the waterside restaurant By The Docks.
One newcomer this year is longtime favorite The Milton Inn, in Sparks-Glencoe.
Several restaurants, like Miss Shirley's in Baltimore City and Barrett's on the Pike in Bel Air, do fall outside Baltimore County lines. Vitaliano explained that some restauranteurs have multiple locations, and "we try not to exclude anyone that has a large majority of Baltimore County patrons in general."
Restaurants, menus and special deals are available at BaltimoreCountyRestaurantWeek.com .
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BALTIMORE — Baltimore City Community College is planning to demolish its prominent Bard Building downtown, at Market Place and East Lombard Street.
The five-story, 172,000-square-foot building would be "re-graded as a large open lawn with shade trees," according to anupcoming agenda of the state's Board of Public Works. The board is set to vote on the demolition at its Aug. 2 meeting.
The city is asking for permission to pay $4.2 million to The Berg Corporation to demolish the building. It would protect the adjacent Holocaust Memorial, clearing the way for future redevelopment of the property.
The state's executive budget for Fiscal Year 2024 notes:
The building has been vacant for several years, and a fire in January 2020 caused significant damage, making demolition increasingly urgent. To address the need to demolish what has increasingly become a dangerous liability to the college and the State, the fiscal 2022 budget appropriated $7.4 million in general funds for this purpose.
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HALETHORPE, Md. — Five years ago, Guinness opened its first brewery in the U.S. since the 1950s, right here in Baltimore County.
Since then, the Guinness Open Gate Brewery has been a hub of activity and celebration on Washington Boulevard. The company is celebrating its 5th anniversary with a party on the first week of August, and by donating $50,000 to the Brewers Association of Maryland.
The brewery also announced that it plans to host an inaugural Guinness Beer Festival next year, with all proceeds benefiting BAM.
The festival would bring together several dozen breweries from the Baltimore region.
Meanwhile, the anniversary celebration will run Aug. 3 through Aug. 6 and feature limited-edition beer releases, wood-fired food specials, live music, a special guided food and beer tasting experience, wooden lawn games and free ice cream scoops from Taharka Brothers.
Although Guinness just closed the manufacturing facility that's next to the brewery, the beer company is reassuring residents that the brewery is staying open and will continue to play a major role in the area.
"We are still the innovation hub of Guinness in America," said Todd Perkins, marketing manager of Guinness Open Gate Brewery.
More information about the 5th anniversary celebration is available at GuinnessBreweryBaltimore.com.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The rapid sound of gunfire in the 1900 block of Copeland Street in Annapolis drew police to the shooting scene where Derrick Morgan describes what he found outside his sister’s apartment.
“We heard the shots and then my sister and I came out and saw the young gentleman lying right here,” said Morgan, “Police were contacted. Ambulance was contacted and came out and they tried their best to revive him.”
In addition to the unidentified 16-year-old, officers would soon learn there was a second victim.
“As they were canvassing the area looking for any evidence of what happened, they found another male at a residence not very far away who had been shot in the abdomen. That gentleman was transported to Shock Trauma in Baltimore. 17 years old,” said Bernie Bennett of the Annapolis Police Department.
Police have received reports that there may have been as many as three youths seen in the area at the time of the shooting, but they have not identified any suspects.
Morgan later discovered where one stray bullet had struck one of his nephew’s second story windows underscoring the threat posed by gunfire whether you’re targeted or not.
“It does bring a little more fear for my family, because we were literally right outside and then 20 minutes later, we heard gunshots,” said Morgan, “All it took was us hanging around a little bit more and it could have been one of us.”
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BALTIMORE — The search continues for a U.S. sailor missing in Mexico.
Donald Lawson set sail from Acapulco, Mexico on July 5 headed for the Panama Canal.
He hoped to reach Baltimore, before attempting this fall, to set a solo speed record for sailing around the globe aboard a trimaran.
Donald told his wife, Jacqueline, on July 9, that he was without engine power and relying solely on a wind generator.
On July 12 Jacqueline received a text message from Donald saying he'd lost the wind generator in a storm, and that he was headed back to Acapulco for repairs.
That was the last time anyone heard from Donald.
RELATED: Baltimore sailor reported missing, boat found capsized
Concerned about her husband's safety and whereabouts, Jacqueline notified the U.S. Coast Guard on July 21.
Two days later a helicopter spotted Donald's 60-foot sailboat capsized 275 nautical miles south of Acapulco.
Donald, however, has yet to be found. He reportedly had life rafts on board, leaving his family a glimmer of hope that he may still be alive.
"We are not giving up hope and we are remaining hopeful of his return," Jacqueline said in a statement. "We are continuing to pray that Donald will be found and will soon return home safely to his family, friends, and sailing supporters.”
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LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — Police in Lancaster County are searching for a missing and endangered man.
According to the Lancaster Bureau of Police, Leon Gerhard, from the 200 block of N. Concord Street in Lancaster walked away from his home sometimes between 1:15-2:15 p.m.
Gerhard, 97, reportedly suffers from dementia and COPD. He is most likely walking with a cane and wearing compression knee sleeves.
According to police, Gerhard will attempt to hide from people behind trees and bushes when he is confronted. Due to the extreme heat, the public's help is requested in locating Gerhard.
Anyone with information has been asked to contact Lancaster County Dispatch at 717-664-1180.
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PUPS AND PINTS: This Friday is going to be a furry one as the Forsyth Humane Society hosts its July Winston-Salem Community Day. Bring your own furry friend to Chad’s Chai from 8 to 10 a.m., Quiet Pint Tavern from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. or Incendiary Brewing Company from 5 to 7 p.m. For more information, visit forsythhumane.org.
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GREENSBORO — As the very first of the school bond construction projects begin to rise on their sites, massive cost increases for future projects loom on the horizon for Guilford County.
Through ballot referendums in 2020 and 2022, voters approved a historic $2 billion in school bond debt, putting their support behind a plan that aimed to address the poor physical condition of many schools as well as changing enrollment trends, safety concerns and other issues.
Now, inflation, elevated construction costs and other factors are making it look like the money might only be enough to pay for a fraction of what was planned.
While county commissioners and school board members had already been through sticker shock over increased costs for the first round of projects, some estimates for future projects appear even worse.
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For example, it looks like costs to replace Vandalia and Bessemer elementary schools could each be nearly triple the original 2019 estimates. Their anticipated $83 million and $84 million price tags put them in the same ballpark as the expected costs to build Kiser Middle School, now about 10% complete, according to the district.
Julius Monk, the district's new deputy superintendent of operations, told county commissioners and school board members on Wednesday that, in light of those increased cost estimates, project management firm MEG/CBRE is recommending that the district reassess its academic programs and associated projects to ensure as many as possible can be completed.
Monk said that the first round of schools includes some desired extra features not always included in school designs. Given the projected cost increases, he explained that for future projects, it makes sense to look at "getting back to our typical schools" to make dollars stretch.
Another possible way to save some money, he added, is by looking at whether changes can be made to what magnet school programs are placed in certain schools. Magnet programs often need specialized spaces or additional square footage, increasing costs for such schools. So, if there's an existing school building that would work to accommodate a magnet program, it could be cheaper to locate it there rather than folding it into a school being built.
Monk and Superintendent Whitney Oakley told board members and commissioners that there are also other reasons for reassessment.
When the 2019 facilities master plan was created, the Toyota and Boom Supersonic projects had not yet been announced. The new wave of economic development in the county is already influencing where people live and send their children to school, and has relevance to what career and technical education programs the district offers and where.
And school leaders would also like an opportunity to incorporate insights from a local blue ribbon task force on career and technical education into their plans.
Monk said the district will also need to consider its options for the Archer Elementary and Shadybrook Elementary school buildings. Both had been slated for renovations, Monk said, but more recently architects who've checked out the state of the current buildings have recommended in favor of rebuilding.
School board members and commissioners agreed they would like to see schools and county administrators working even more closely with each other ahead of meetings of the joint facilities group.
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GREENSBORO — City Council members got an update Thursday on a project that promises to be a gem for the city.
The estimated $75 million Windsor Chavis Nocho Community Complex incorporates a recreation center, library and park at one site. In 2022, Greensboro voters approved a city bond package that included $50 million for the project on East Gate City Boulevard.
“This project is a catalyst for east Greensboro,” Councilwoman Sharon Hightower said. “It says that we are investing in an area that's been underserved and neglected for many years.”
The Windsor Recreation Center, built in 1965, will be torn down to make room for the new 65,000-square-foot facility. The Vance Chavis Library, adjacent to the site, would close.
Its lending materials would move to the new center, where self-serve kiosks featuring themed collections would be dispersed throughout the building. For example, books featuring health and wellness would be included in a kiosk near a walking track planned for the facility’s second floor.
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“We believe that you take the collections where the activities are happening,” said Brigitte Blanton, the director of the Greensboro Public Library.
Improvements to Nocho Park are part of the project, and the tunnel connecting the park to the community center would be expanded and improved.
Shawna Tillery, the planning and project development manager for Greensboro Parks and Recreation, walked council members through the initiative during Thursday’s work session.
She said the design includes an indoor pool with a lazy river and water slide as well as a gym and a walking track on the second floor overlooking the pool.
A café/teaching kitchen, sensory room, reading/computer lounge, makerspace and community meeting rooms also are included.
Blanton said with the reservation schedule of the meeting rooms, library staff will be able to curate materials that specifically pertain to that meeting.
In addition to the bond money, federal pandemic relief money from the city ($8 million) and Guilford County ($15 million) also is devoted to the project.
Additionally, Tillery said the city has applied for:
• A $4.1 million matching grant from the National Park Service for Nocho Park.
• $2.4 million for the tunnel improvements from the Metropolitan Planning Organization.
• $3 million in federal community project funding through U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning’s office.
Because of funding restrictions, the money can't be used to offset the cost of the project and could only be used to enhance it.
Samet Corp. is the construction manager at risk for the project, with 20% participation by minority firms during the pre-construction phase.
It is being designed by two minority firms — Vines Architecture and Evoke Studios. “A principal owner in Evoke Studios grew up in the Windsor community,” Tillery said.
The project is currently in the design/development phase, which will incorporate sustainability concepts, Tillery explained.
“This is where we’re making sure we get things right,” she said. “That the building is going to function in the way that it needs to.”
But several council members were concerned that the preliminary timeline puts construction occurring between February 2025 and March 2027.
“I want the council to be intentional about it happening,” Councilwoman Goldie Wells said. "The thing that happens with our community things … is that when there is a difference (with delays or expected costs), then that becomes an excuse."
Zack Matheny was concerned about the cost of the project rising. “We're forecasting a year-and-a-half out to two years — that's extremely difficult to do,” he said.
But Tillery said Samet, Vine Architecture and Evoke Studios have collaborated on the projected cost and outside firms have also been consulted.
“We've been very conservative as we've gone through this process, both from a design standpoint and from a cost-estimating standpoint,” Tillery said.
The city also will look at buying equipment, such as heating, ventilation and air conditioning components, ahead of time to counter inflation.
And Deputy City Manager Chris Wilson said private money is being sought for the project as well.
"It's such a unique project that really mirrors how we believe we should be serving the public in the future," he said.
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Virginians can expect possible delays to Amtrak service due to extreme weather conditions and "heat restrictions."
An announcement by the national passenger rail company this week advised of potential service disruptions due to "excessive heat" in Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. The corridor includes Amtrak stations between Boston at the corridor's northern terminus and Virginia Beach at the corridor's southern terminus. Train stations in Washington, Roanoke, Richmond, Norfolk and Newport News are part of the Northeast Regional Amtrak route.
A fact sheet on the impact of excessive heat on Amtrak trains provided by a company spokesperson explains that extremely hot weather can cause "rail, bridges and catenary wires to expand."
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Catenary wires are overhead electric cables that connect to and power Amtrak trains in the Northeast Corridor. Large temperature swings can cause the tension that supports the catenary wires to change "tremendously," which can "occasionally cause components in the catenary system to fail." Reducing train speed is a safety measure that factors for the stress that extreme weather can put on catenary wires and other equipment.
According to the fact sheet, Amtrak generally monitors rail temperature — not ambient air temperature — when assessing the possible need for heat restrictions. Under the guidelines laid out in the sheet, a rail temperature of 131 degrees requires a maximum speed of no more than 100 mph; a rail temperature of 140 degrees calls for a top speed of no more than 80 mph.
Kimberly Woods, senior public relations manager for Amtrak, said heat restrictions are not uncommon, adding that they typically occur "during the summer months." Woods did not offer specific information regarding the likelihood, length or frequency of delays in Virginia, but said "it is important for customers to check on the status of their trains before heading to the station."
Woods also noted that, while Richmond is a part of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, CSX owns the tracks on which Amtrak operates in the city. But heat-related delays in the region still "impact trains operating to and from Richmond." CSX did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
A Twitter account for Amtrak alerts suggests that heat-related delays are currently an issue across the country. In multiple tweets on Thursday, the company reported "lengthy delays" between Jefferson City, Missouri, and Kansas City; in Washington state; and in Illinois. Tweets from earlier in the week relayed the impacts of "heat related speed-restrictions" in Chicago, Albuquerque and elsewhere.
The fact sheet details Amtrak's operating plan "in the event of a mechanical breakdown." During such an event, train conductors and company managers will "continually monitor on-board conditions, identify passengers with special needs and communicate that information to the national operations center." The plan includes steps to ensure adequate airflow, sufficient water supplies and any necessary rescue equipment.
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The Richmond Region recorded a year-over-year record in hotel occupancy tax for a second consecutive year, according to Richmond Region Tourism.
The region’s hotels generated a total of $35 million in lodging taxes, representing a 16.4% increase over the previous year. Total hotel revenues for the fiscal year ending June 30 topped $437 million among hotels in Richmond, Chesterfield, Hanover and Henrico.
Richmond Region Tourism highlighted the area’s strong sports tourism industry and increased activity at the Greater Richmond Convention Center as catalysts for some of that growth, along with the return of business travel and increased focus on leisure travel.
“We have such a diverse ecosystem here and that’s what really helps us be successful,” said Katherine O’Donnell, Executive Vice President of Richmond Region Tourism.
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Those revenues from lodging taxes show growth over pre-pandemic levels. Total occupancy tax revenues totaled about $30 million in 2019. Those numbers dipped to just $18 million in 2021 after most of the tourism industry was hamstrung by shutdowns. Slowly, travelers have returned and the region has been growing its profile with visitors.
O’Donnell noted that room revenues have increased but also that occupancy rates have also continued to rise.
Sports Tourism was the single biggest sector for the local tourism industry with 68% of bookings through Richmond Region Tourism. Localities across Virginia have made huge investments in sports facilities, focusing on capturing a larger, and a higher number of events.
The region hosted an array of collegiate, amateur and youth tournaments, particularly in softball, soccer, lacrosse, volleyball, swimming and field hockey. The past year also saw the introduction of the Atlantic 10 Conference’s Men’s and Women’s Cross-Country Championship, the U.S. Masters swimming Summer Nationals and Shooting Star Field Hockey Tournament, a college showcase with thousands of athletes.
In addition, the NASCAR 400 Cook Out race is being held in Richmond this week.
The Convention Center also recorded increased action over the past year with a 21% increase in the number of bookings. GRCC hosted 218 events across the fiscal year with more than 380,000 visitors.
“[GRCC] had incredible numbers this year, with people lined up around the back waiting to get in,” O’Donnell said. “Those were performing better than in the past which has to do I think has to do with the world opening back up and people wanting to travel and then also having the event year over year, the word gets out and then attendance builds and word of mouth builds.”
The center hosted events like GalaxyCon, a three-day fandom festival, a conference for the Southeast Chapter of the Nuclear Energy Institute’s Women in Nuclear and the National Genealogical Society Family History Conference.
“A lot of attendance factors on location and we have such rich genealogical resources with the Library of Virginia and the Virginia Museum of History and Culture,” O’Donnell said. “They’ve been with us since before COVID and they always have good numbers.”
Restauranteur William Wright, who owns Henley on Grace in Downtown Richmond, said the convention center has has been a boost for downtown Richmond businesses.
“Just the other night this place was crawling with people after an event,” Wright said. “People were coming in with their kids, they’re staying around in the hotels and just searching for where to eat. My 50 to 55 seat restaurant was full that night.”
Wright said that restaurants are often scheduling to have more employees based on when events are taking place at the convention center.
Outside of GRCC events and sports tourism, O’Donnell said that business travel has slowly returned after the pandemic and that more interest has come from family travel, and leisure travel.
Richmond Region Tourism recently pushed to create a Tourism Improvement District, which adds a 2% fee to hotel stays across the region. Those revenues will add around $8 million to RRT’s budget in the coming years which it will put toward marketing.
Many visitors to the Richmond region come from drivable distances, in markets like Raleigh, Washington D.C., Philadelphia and New York. O’Donnell said that the added funds from the TID will be used in part to advertise to direct flight markets across the country.
Richmond International Airport has steadily grown to include more cities that RRT might target for that advertising. Places like Phoenix, Las Vegas and cities in Florida are now open to passengers, and opened as new direct markets for the Richmond area.
Tourism efforts are expected to continue to expand through repeat events at the convention center, and sports tourism, plus new events in both arenas.
The coming years are poised for growth in sports tourism with the soon-to-be-completed Henrico Sports and Events Center set to open in October with 135 events already booked.
The $2.3 billion GreenCity ‘ecodistrict’ coming to Henrico also includes plans for a 17,000 seat arena that’s anticipated to take bids for sporting events like March Madness.
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As NASCAR driver Ryan Blaney prepares to compete at Sunday’s Cook Out 400, he made a pit stop Friday at the Chickahominy Family YMCA to hand out 500 backpacks to Richmond-area families.
“It’s big for us as drivers to support the communities we race in, because without them, we wouldn’t have a race and we wouldn’t have jobs,” Blaney said. “I grew up going to the YMCA every day when I was a kid, so it meant a lot to me.”
Coca-Cola Consolidated provided the backpacks, which were filled with drinks and nonperishable food items from fellow partners BodyArmor Sports Drink and Kroger.
The collective also presented the YMCA of Greater Richmond with a $7,500 check to support youth programs.
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Hervey Sherd, of Henrico County, brought his 6-year-old daughter, Skylar Sherd, to the event to get her set up for first grade.
“It saves us some money, plus she gets to see a bunch of her friends from school,” Sherd said. “Everyone’s having a good time; everyone’s in good spirits.”
Skylar said she enjoyed choosing different designs. “I got a rainbow backpack and a black unicorn coat,” she said.
Families were able to meet Blaney, a BodyArmor athlete and a member of Team Penske, for photos and autographs, as well as check out the Richmond Raceway pace car.
“It’s extremely meaningful because of the opportunity to connect the team to the community and to the kids,” said Jody Alexander, president and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Richmond. “We all know that when they’re set up for success, the learning environment is so much easier for them.”
Many of the kids receiving the backpacks are part of the YMCA’s Bright Beginnings program, which works to provide students with gear for the upcoming school year, helping them feel confident and prepared.
Karen Browder, a YMCA member and volunteer, brought her former foster children to the event to take part in Bright Beginnings and receive new gear.
“The kids really need support to go back to school,” Browder said. “It’s providing them with the school supplies that they need to help them get a good, fresh start for the school year.”
Students also received school materials, hygiene kits and winter coats from the YMCA of Greater Richmond.
“It’s not just the beginning of the school year, it’s the entire year that we need to support our kids,” Alexander said. “We’re trying to think ahead of what kids need to succeed.”
Other kids, including Skylar, were on hand as part of the Power Scholars Academy, a collaboration between YMCA and local schools geared toward helping children prevent summer learning loss.
“We have a new beginning for our young people, an opportunity for them to go into the classroom prepared with the essentials,” said state Sen. Lamont Bagby. “Those bags are not just filled with school supplies, those bags are filled with love, love for our community.”
Blaney, who won the Coca-Cola 600 in May, is looking to continue his strong season as he drives the No. 12 car at Richmond Raceway.
“I’ve been (to Richmond) many times, and I love the area,” he said. “I look forward to the race; they’ve done a great job of revamping their infield and making it a really good fan experience.”
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Lubbock's 3rd 7 Brew location offering free t-shirts on Saturday
Alana Edgin
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Lubbock's third 7 Brew location will be giving away free swag on Saturday to customers, according to a news release.
Between 5:30 a.m.-11 p.m. on Saturday, July 29, the newest location at 7403 Milwaukee Ave. will host their Swag Day. The event celebrates the opening week, and invites customers to buy a large drink, which will allow them to get a free t-shirt.
The coffee brand has opened multiple locations in Lubbock in 2023, all featuring an array of drinks. People can find coffee, teas, energy drinks, sodas, smoothies, and more.
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PITTSBURGH — A body has been found along the riverbank at Station Square.
Allegheny County dispatchers say police officers, firefighters, and medics were called to East Station Square Drive at around 3:15 p.m.
Crews are trying to reach the body that is half in the water and half on the river bank.
We have a crew on the scene and will have a live report on Channel 11 News.
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Idaho Today: Best of Boise 2023 Edition of Boise Weekly
Don't miss the 2023 Best of Boise edition of Boise Weekly now available!
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WASHINGTON D.C. — From the Midwest to the Northeast, tens of millions of people are bracing for extreme heat this weekend.
A recent nationwide study reveals the extreme heat isn’t just uncomfortable, it generates about $1 billion in health care costs every summer. Researchers say that’s because more people are going to the hospital for heat-related illnesses.
“These things really strain our already short, staffed hospital systems and healthcare providers. Marquisha Johns, associate director for public health policy at the Center for American Progress.
This report is a collaboration between the Center for American Progress and Virginia Commonwealth University. The group reviewed climate data and insurance claims in Virginia over the course of five summers.
When they scale up these results nationally, it shows hot summer days lead to nearly 235,000 emergency room visits and 56,000 hospital admissions.
Part of the report has recommendations for state and federal officials to transition from fossil fuel to clean renewable energy in order to lower the temperatures.
“One of the biggest things we also need to do besides taking care of people today is also taking reducing our emissions so we’re not increasing the temperatures even more for the future,” she said.
Johns said these changes are necessary, especially for minority neighborhoods that are more vulnerable to severe weather.
“We think about Black and brown communities, they tend to have more concrete and less trees, less green spaces, things like that all of these things that actually ended up cooling down communities, and neighborhoods,” said Johns.
She also suggests making homes more resilient.
“Thinking about cool roofs for homes, reflective paint on roads, anything that we could do to reduce the amount of heat that our cities and states are feeling,” said Johns.
There are also solutions for you at home. This includes learning the warning signs of heat-related illnesses and how to access local cooling centers.
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Idaho Today: Feel Good Fitness - Friendship 5K
This year's Friendship 5k is August 19th at Kleiner Park in Meridian
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Idaho Today: Pet Perspectives - Summertime Dangers with Pets
We talk about dangers to look out for in the Summertime and how to keep our pets safe
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NEW MEADOWS, Idaho — The man accused of murdering a couple at their hotel in New Meadows in October of 2022 has pleaded guilty as part of an agreement, the Adams County prosecutor said Friday.
John Cody Hart, 29, was charged last year with two counts of first-degree murder in the killings of Rory and Sara Mehen, the owners of the Hartland Inn.
As a result of pleading guilty to the charges, prosecutors have decided to withdraw their intent to seek the death penalty against Hart, which they filed on Oct. 4, 2022.
They will now recommend life in prison instead.
Hart's sentencing is set for the fall.
According to an affidavit from the Adams County Sheriff's Office, Hart was rummaging through rooms at the Hartland Inn, where he was also staying that day. He was stealing socks when he was told to leave by a police officer.
Hart went back to his room, the affidavit says, and then to the front counter where he is said to have shot the Mehens.
The New Meadows community was devastated by the murder of the couple.
"If I could tell Rory and Sara anything, it's just how much they'll be missed by everybody. They were the community," Matt Whitlock, a friend of the Mehens said. "We're at a loss now."
Rory and Sara were known for their love of life, the outdoors and a passion for the community they lived in; one that lit a spark in anyone who came in contact with them.
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SEE: Massive aquarium to soon replace former Daytona MallBiden announces measures to address extreme heatAlpha Phi Alpha pulls out of hosting convention in Orange CountyBodycam video released in shooting that claimed Marion County mother’s lifeCarlee Russell case: Police charge woman who admitted to abduction hoax
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FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. — Do you have thoughts on Flagler County schools’ search for a new superintendent? If so, the district wants to hear from you.
Flagler Schools launched an online survey to get the community’s input on what the district should be looking for in its next leader. It’s open now through Sept. 15.
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Board members said they plan to name a new Superintendent of Schools by Nov. 7, 2023, with a projected start date of Jan. 1, 2024.
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The Tucson area has recorded 26 heat-related deaths so far this year, just two shy of the total heat-related deaths recorded for all of 2022.
According to data from the Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office, the majority of the deaths — 17 — occurred this month during record-breaking temperatures.
Dr. Greg Hess, a forensic pathologist and chief medical examiner for the county, expects the numbers will increase greatly at the beginning of August.
“There’s going to be quite a few more … I don’t know, a lot,” he said. “It’s almost like an overdose where you don’t get an instantaneous answer until you get data back from the lab, so there’s lag. We probably won’t know the full effect of this heat until the end of August.”
Most of those who succumbed to the heat were 60 years and older, the data shows.
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The numbers do not include the deaths of migrants crossing the border.
Eight of the deaths this year were determined to be heat-caused, meaning environmental heat exposure was the primary cause of death.
“Heat-caused would be people that we think died simply because they got too hot, that’s hyperthermia," Hess said.
Of those who suffered heat-caused deaths, four were women, four were men. Four were in the age range of 60 to 69; three were 70 to 79; and one was 80 to 89.
The 18 remaining deaths were categorized as heat-contributed, meaning the heat was a significant factor but not the primary cause.
“Heat-contributed deaths might be someone, potentially it’s a homeless person in the park and there’s drug paraphernalia present. We might think the cause of death would be overdose but we think heat may have contributed,” Hess said.
In eight of those heat-contributed deaths, an overdose was the primary cause of death, while the remaining 10 were natural disease. Of the 18 people, two ranged in age from 30 to 39; four were ages 40 to 49; two were in the 50 to 59 age range; two were in the 60 to 69 range; four were 70 to 79; and the final four were 80 to 89.
As of this week, Tucson has topped 40 straight days of temperatures rising above 100 degrees.
Last year's 28 heat deaths were up from seven in 2021 and 19 in 2020. Of the 84 cases recorded going back to 2017 in Pima County, the largest age group impacted was 80-89. Only two cases involved minors in the age ranges of 6 to 12 and 13 to 19.
Pima County’s Beat the Heat website shares tips on how to prevent heat-related illnesses, resources including where to find hydration stations and cooling centers, information for those experiencing power outages, tips for caregivers and more at pima.gov/2042/Beat-the-Heat.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – A photo obtained by News 6 shows the damaged SUV that Gov. Ron DeSantis was riding in when it was involved in a multi-vehicle collision on a Tennessee interstate.
The wreck occurred while the presidential candidate was traveling to a campaign event.
DeSantis, who had been sitting in the passenger-side rear seat of the GMC Yukon, was not injured in the collision, according to a newly released crash report.
A campaign staff member who was sitting next to the governor complained of minor injuries but she was not taken to the hospital after being checked out by paramedics, the report shows.
DeSantis was heading to a campaign event in Chattanooga around 8:06 a.m. Tuesday when two vehicles crashed on Interstate 75 ahead of the governor’s motorcade.
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A Tennessee Highway Patrol vehicle escorting the motorcade was forced to brake quickly behind the crash, according to the report.
The SUV carrying DeSantis came to a stop behind the THP vehicle, along with two other SUVs traveling behind the governor, the report shows.
But a fourth SUV in the motorcade was unable to stop in time, causing a chain-reaction collision that led to DeSantis’s SUV being struck from behind, according to the report.
The campaign staff member was the only one of the nine occupants in the four SUVs who complained of injuries, the crash report shows, and all were wearing seatbelts.
A photo of the SUV that carried DeSantis appears to show body damage to the vehicle’s rear bumper and tailgate door.
That SUV was able to be driven away from the crash scene. The other three SUVs sustained “disabling damage” and had to be towed, the crash report reads.
All four SUVs in the motorcade were driven by people who share the same names as agents employed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, records show.
An FDLE spokesperson previously provided few details about the crash, saying the agency doesn’t disclose information about protective operations staffing or assets used due to security concerns.
The crash report indicates all four vehicles in DeSantis’ motorcade were owned by PV Holding Corp., a company associated with rental car providers Avis and Budget. The SUV that carried DeSantis had a Georgia license plate.
An FDLE representative did not disclose whether the state agency used taxpayer money to rent the SUVs for DeSantis’ presidential campaign event.
“Under (Florida law), FDLE is directed to provide security for the Governor and other dignitaries,” FDLE spokesperson Gretl Plessinger said in response to questions about whether the agency paid for the Tennessee motorcade vehicles. “The statue (sic) also directs FDLE to produce an annual report providing a fiscal accounting of transportation and protective services.”
That annual report is due to the Florida Legislature by Aug. 15, according to Plessinger.
Representatives from the DeSantis campaign did not immediately respond to questions about the SUVs involved in the crash.
DeSantis recently signed a bill that shields the governor’s travel records from public view. That has made tracking the governor’s movements on the campaign trail difficult, as well as dissembling who or what is paying for or staffing his modes of travel.
News 6 recently tracked the plane normally used when DeSantis uses for state business on a trip to New Hampshire at the same time DeSantis was on the campaign trail there. FDLE said the mission was for investigations and flight training, but would not explain what the investigation was, except that it didn’t have anything to do with the governor’s security.
“With the security situation, how you do patterns of movements, if you’re somebody that is targeted, which unfortunately I am, and I get a lot of threats, that could be something that could be helpful for people that may not want to do good things,” DeSantis told News 6 in May when asked about the legislation that exempts the governor’s travel records from Florida’s public record law.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Johnson City’s Downtown Centre may not be empty for long despite Northeast State Community College’s pending departure, Johnson City Development Authority (JCDA) board members learned Friday.
Minutes after JCDA Finance Manager Daniel McIntosh outlined the significant costs JCDA would begin bearing when Northeast departs Aug. 31, Johnson City Assistant City Manager Randy Trivette delivered some welcome news.
“We’ve had a very large organization who wants to rent that space approach the city,” Trivette said at JCDA’s monthly meeting. “They want to rent it for about three to four years.”
Trivette also floated the idea of the city funding a third-party evaluation from a nationally recognized firm to help determine “the highest and best use” of both the 38,000-square-foot Downtown Centre and the nearby John Sevier Center (JSC).
The JCDA bought the JSC four years ago with the intent of finding new housing for its elderly and disabled tenants and then selling it for redevelopment. That new housing currently is on track to be complete in December 2025 at a property behind the South Roan Street Food City.
Trivette later said the Downtown Centre opportunity had just arisen Thursday. He told commissioners he wanted to keep the potential tenant’s identity private until he’d had a chance to discuss details with McIntosh and JCDA Executive Director Tish Oldham.
But on the surface, the possibility looked like it could solve a set of financial challenges that will otherwise deliver at least a six-figure hit to JCDA’s already tight budget. McIntosh ran through a list of pending costs, from replacing the IT infrastructure and paying utilities to providing security, that all had been paid by Northeast State during the eight years it used the building as a campus.
McIntosh said the parking garage, which is key to future plans for downtown overall and the John Sevier Center, also needs an exterior elevator and some repairs.
“They will not take all the parking but they would be able to upgrade the building’s IT, they’d be able to do the things that they need to do in order to rent the space,” Trivette said of the unnamed prospective tenant.
The organization also discussed lobby modifications to segregate its space so the inside elevator could potentially be open to the public, which in turn could allow access to parts of the parking garage not used by the tenant.
“They could also provide security, they would be able to pay rent to carry the building so we wouldn’t have to worry about that cost.”
Looking at future use
Trivette said the city knows the JCDA’s budget “is usually very very tight” and “fully anticipated” the organization would come to the city with needs surrounding the Downtown Centre, which JCDA owns.
He said the future of that building and the John Sevier Center were critically important not just to JCDA but to the entire city before offering to work with JCDA and fund a third-party study of the buildings and area. Trivette pointed to the city’s recent study of Freedom Hall Civic Center, saying the downtown study could cost around $100,000.
He proposed having the city issue a request for proposals and follow its standard procurement process, with close involvement by JCDA board members.
“I feel like the Downtown Centre is a key element to us finding the right developer for the John Sevier Center because someone’s not going to buy an 11-story building and turn it into business or condos or residential apartments without having guaranteed parking,” Trivette said.
Those comments echoed ones that JCDA Chairman Hank Carr has made several times over the past year-plus, and Trivette said “I don’t want you all to feel like that the city’s trying to step in and take this over…
“We just realize that there’s a money flow issue and we just want to make sure that we get ahead of this and do it the right way.
In other business, commissioners learned the JSC had been approved for a “mark up to market” increase in rent for the 150 apartments there. Those increases will be borne by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which subsidizes rent for the income-based tenants’ payments.
On the other hand, continuing security challenges in the building and ongoing maintenance and repair issues have resulted in increasing costs.
McIntosh said the Harrell Group, which has been providing security at JSC since early January, has proposed upping coverage hours to 24-7 on weekends from the current 16 hours on Saturdays and Sundays.
“That’s a significant shift in price and scope, but they have reasons for that,” McIntosh said. An armed visitor was arrested on the property earlier this summer.
Commissioners also learned LHP, which manages JSC and is building the new housing, should close on all its financing in December, at which point construction prep could begin at the new location.
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CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by CalMatters.
For at least another year and a half, California employers won’t be able to follow In-N-Out’s lead in banning workers from wearing masks on the job.
The state’s COVID-19 workplace rules protecting workers’ rights to decide for themselves whether to wear face coverings are locked in at least until February 2025 and could be extended.
Those regulations prevented the iconic Irvine-based burger chain from applying its new policy prohibiting workers from wearing face masks in its home state, where it operates about 70% of its restaurants.
Instead, In-N-Out’s mask ban will apply to workers at its restaurants in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Texas and Utah. It has a total of 116 locations in those states.
In a memo, the company said it wants to “emphasize the importance of customer service. And the ability to show our Associates’ smiles and other facial features.”
It is allowing employees to wear masks if they present a medical note that “clearly states the reason for the exemption.”
In-N-Out released a different masking policy for employees in California and in Oregon that leaves the choice to mask up to each individual worker. That approach complies with California and Oregon standards that provide continuous protections to employees.
In a way, the split is a reminder of California’s more cautious response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Democratic state was the first to order its residents to shelter in place and shut down non-essential activity. Throughout the pandemic, state health officials have updated guidelines and rules to adapt to evolving transmission patterns.
In-N-Out went along with those rules during the pandemic, although the company contested local indoor vaccine mandates in the fall of 2021. Its refusal to check customers’ vaccination records led to temporary shutdowns of restaurants in San Francisco and in Pleasant Hill of Contra Costa County, according to press reports.
Cal/OSHA, the agency charged with ensuring occupational safety in California, earlier this year updated its COVID-19 requirements. Among them: “Employers must allow employees to wear face coverings if they voluntarily choose to do so, unless it would create a safety hazard.”
California employers can require masks
California employers can go a step further and require workers to wear a mask, as long as they also provide flexibility for someone who can’t wear one due to medical reasons or a disability.
The state’s pandemic-related regulations for employers have gradually eased, but employers are still required to take several steps in the interest of protecting workers, according to Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 prevention regulations.
These include:
- Notifying employees of COVID-19 cases in the workplace.
- Providing face coverings and free tests to employees during workplace outbreaks, which is defined as at least three cases during a seven-day period.
- Improving indoor ventilation and air filtration to prevent transmission.
California labor organizations plan to continue advocating for public health rules that protect fast-food workers.
Ingrid Vilorio, a Castro Valley Jack In the Box worker and SEIU member, said fast-food employees often lacked basic protections during the pandemic.
“That’s why workers like me went on strike and even testified during Cal/OSHA meetings on the need for emergency safety standards that would keep our colleagues, customers and families safe,” she said.
“Keeping the right to mask is more about our freedom and power to make decisions that will keep us safe at work,” Vilorio added.
Why fast-food workers might want masks
Cal/OSHA enforces its rules with inspections following complaints or accidents, the agency said in an email. It also conducts scheduled inspections.
Alicia Riley, an assistant professor of sociology at UC Santa Cruz who conducted health equity research during the pandemic, said the In-N-Out memo to employees struck her as narrow.
“It assumes a lot about why someone would want to wear a mask. It doesn’t consider the situation we know many workers, especially fast-food workers, are in, which is that they’re not living alone,” Riley said. “They may not be at high risk of serious illness, but they may live with someone who is.”
Earlier this month, the California Supreme Court sided with an employer in a case in which a Bay Area woman sued her husband’s employer after she became severely ill when he caught COVID on the job and brought it home. The court ruled she could not claim workers’ compensation.
Riley said In-N-Out’s mask ban highlights workplace inequities the pandemic exposed. For example, cooks were among the 25 occupations with the most excess deaths in 2020, Riley’s research has shown.
New COVID outbreaks
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are down from three years ago, but recent outbreaks show some risk remains.
Just last week the Los Angeles County public health department reported an uptick in COVID-19 cases and in virus concentration in wastewater following the July 4th weekend. The department said it also is seeing new outbreaks in nursing homes, where residents are highly susceptible to illness. In the span of two weeks, the department said it had opened 23 outbreak investigations.
Because the virus will continue to be around, public health experts say workplace rules, such as allowing workers to mask if they choose, make sense.
“When we think of a broader public health perspective, measures that help us reduce transmission of any disease that are minimally impactful on other individuals are certainly things we should be interested in maintaining,” said Shira Shafir, an epidemiology professor at UCLA.
“Being able to maintain a workforce, being able to minimize the risk of an outbreak occurring at a facility, these are things that are within the best interest of the business as well as in the best interest of the public,” Shafir said.
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Last week’s tussles between state officials and a pair of Southern California school boards may have died down, but they’ve thrown a spotlight on deeper tensions over who makes decisions for local schools — a rift that’s likely to grow as the culture wars escalate.
Both incidents, which garnered national attention, centered on LGBTQ issues and the state’s ability to rein in local boards that it says may have violated California’s education and civil rights laws.
“We can expect to see more of this as these right-wing groups now follow a scripted playbook and there’s a new level of organization,” said Bruce Fuller, a UC Berkeley professor of education and public policy. “And certainly as long as we have an ambitious governor, we can expect to see these battles repeated.”
Last week, Chino police escorted the state’s top education official, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, from a school board meeting after he urged the board to reject a plan he viewed as harmful LGBTQ students. The plan, based on a stalled Assembly bill, called for school staff to notify parents if a child identifies as a gender they weren’t assigned at birth. The board ended up approving the proposal 4-1.
Earlier in the month, Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened to fine Temecula Valley Unified $1.5 million for rejecting a state-approved textbook that included a supplemental lesson on Harvey Milk, the former San Francisco supervisor who was assassinated in 1978. Newsom said the state would order the new textbooks on its own and bill the district. Last week, the board relented and agreed to purchase the new textbooks but review the material related to gay rights, replacing it with a curriculum that reflects “the board’s commitment to exclude sexualized topics of instruction from the elementary school grade levels.”
Enforcing the education code
State officials have several enforcement options when they believe districts have run afoul of the education code. Those include fines, like the one Newsom threatened in Temecula Valley; publicly voicing disapproval, such as Thurmond’s comments in Chino Valley; and investigation and litigation, which Attorney General Rob Bonta said he would pursue in Temecula Valley. The California Department of Education also has a complaint process, which anyone can use if they believe their district isn’t complying with state law.
There’s also legislation. Recently, Thurmond and Newsom have thrown their support behind AB 1078, which would raise the threshold for school districts to ban books, from a simple board majority to a two-thirds majority. The bill would also strengthen the FAIR Act, a state law that requires districts to include the contributions of African American, Native American, Mexican American, LGBTQ and other under-represented groups in history and social studies curriculum.
The bill’s author, Democratic Assemblymember Corey Jackson of Moreno Valley, said legislation like AB 1078 is more important than ever as the state seeks tougher tools to punish districts that stray from civil rights laws.
“These culture wars are being used to generate anger to achieve political goals,” Jackson said. “We have to close as many loopholes as possible.”
The crux of the issue, Jackson said, is local control, the decade-old policy that gives school districts a large degree of autonomy in how they operate. Put forth by then-Gov. Jerry Brown, the Local Control Funding Formula was meant to decentralize state education, allowing districts to tailor their spending policies to the unique needs of their students.
In some cases, Jackson said, local control has gone too far.
“I know my history too well to have faith in local control,” Jackson said. “If a school district discriminates against students, puts politics ahead of education, I honestly don’t have any limits when it comes to limiting local control. … Once you start creating a climate that is not welcoming to all students you’re mandated to serve, districts need to know: We are coming for you.”
Nuances of local control
Under the previous funding system, schools received money through grants earmarked for specific programs. Under local control, district funding comes through a formula based on how many low-income students, English learners and foster youth are enrolled. School boards, not the state, decide how to spend the money, allowing them a degree of autonomy they didn’t have previously.
But some districts fear that with bills like Jackson’s and other recent moves, the state might be taking back some of that control. Recently, the state has added several categorical grants and mandated programs and increased its interest in local school board matters, such as in Temecula Valley and Chino Valley. That’s one reason the California School Boards Association has so far opposed Jackson’s bill, saying it would pose an unnecessary hardship for the vast majority of school districts that comply with the law, and that the state already has adequate safeguards.
“We are greatly concerned with how (the bill) is drawn from the experience of two or three school districts to apply statewide,” the association wrote to the chair of the Senate Education Committee, noting that California has nearly 1,000 school districts.
Troy Flint, the school board association’s spokesperson, said districts are hoping that the trend does not continue, even as the culture wars intensify.
“There has been increased encroachment on local control from a budgetary, policy and administrative perspective,” he said. “School districts and county offices of education believe that their knowledge base and relationships, as members of the community, are essential in developing and implementing policies that make sense for their particular student populations. So naturally, they are very protective of local control.”
A spokesman for Newsom’s office said that the governor is committed to local control, and the incident in Temecula Valley was an isolated, egregious example of a district flouting the law.
“Local control is not – and has never been – a license to willfully violate the law,” said Ben Chida, the governor’s chief deputy cabinet secretary and senior education policy advisor.
Steve Zimmer, California’s deputy superintendent for student support services, reiterated the state’s support for local control.
“The Superintendent and I are both former school board members. We believe strongly in local control. Local control is a core value of the California public education system,” Zimmer said. “But there have to be checks and balances.”
Increasing vitriol
Regardless, school boards are likely to remain an epicenter of conflict, especially as the presidential election nears, said Julie Marsh, professor of education policy in the Rossier School of Education and the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California.
“I don’t think it’s going to die down. School boards have become a pawn in a broader national campaign,” Marsh said. “All of this is bringing to a head a classic conflict in education — what’s the role of the state? Local control has to be for everyone, but in some districts we’re now seeing a need for guardrails.”
She worries about the growing lack of civility and threats of violence. In his response to Temecula Valley, Newsom described three of the board members as “radicalized zealots” and “extremists.” In Chino Valley, board President Sonja Shaw accused Thurmond of “proposing things that pervert children.”
Some of the vitriol began during the pandemic, when angry parents in some parts of the state protested school closures, mask mandates and vaccines. For some parents, the anger grew to encompass how schools teach subjects related to race, sex and other culture war issues.
Capitalizing on some of the dissatisfaction, the state Republican party last year launched the “Parent Revolt” campaign, urging frustrated parents to run for their local school boards. Shaw, the Chino Valley board president, was elected as part of that wave.
Angry rhetoric undoubtedly plays a role in the high turnover rate among superintendents, and the fact that some school boards can’t fill their vacancies, Marsh said. It also deters members of the public from speaking out, for fear of threats or intimidation.
“This is not unique to California and it’s not unique to school boards,” she said. “We’re very concerned about the extreme emotion, the tone, the polarization, the personal attacks. We need some kind of legislation to protect civility in public meetings.”
Fuller agreed that the rhetoric can have a corrosive effect on schools and other institutions. While the governor and state superintendent were right to step in, perhaps they could have settled the conflict behind the scenes, instead of drawing more attention to the matter.
“They could have deployed their influence to expand understanding and engage people with whom they disagree. Instead they became antagonistic to gain political attention,” Fuller said. “They could have settled the issue quietly, rather than spurring it on. There are compelling reasons for the state to intervene in some cases, but why not first try to negotiate an agreement.”
Meanwhile, the battle over the rights of LGBTQ students is likely to continue. Zimmer said the state is looking at various options to pressure Chino Valley to overturn its policy related to LGBTQ students.
The state is also urging students in that district to seek help if they need it. The state’s Department of Education offers numerous resources for LGBTQ students, families and schools.
“We’re very clear that their dignity and humanity matters, and they have a right to a welcoming, safe school environment,” Zimmer said. “Superintendent Thurmond stands behind them and will continue to fight for them.”
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ELK GROVE, Calif. — The Dolly Llama will be opening its first location in Elk Grove Saturday.
The Dolly Llama is a Los Angeles-based shop known for what it describes as "over-the-top" waffle and ice cream concoctions. It's the latest new site for the expanding franchise.
Their waffle and ice cream deserts are part of an artisanal menu with different flavors and techniques, ranging from the OG Liege Belgian waffle to the Hong Kong Bubble Waffle.
However, franchise partner Dreams Inspired Inc. has plans to open more than just the Elk Grove location. A second location in Sacramento is expected later this year.
The new Elk Grove location is located at 4810 Elk Grove Boulevard Suite 140. The store will be having their grand opening at 12 p.m.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif — It's the final weekend at the fair, which means you only have a few days left to enjoy everything from award-winning concert performers to corndogs and carnival rides at the 2023 California State Fair.
The state fair is nearing the end of its 17-day run Friday and this year the fair brought some big names for its annual concert series. Still to come are performances by Kool & the Gang and Trace Adkins.
If you're already set on going to the fair and just need a beeline to the ticket information page, you can click HERE.
For everyone else, here's a schedule for what's happening Saturday. Remember, the hours are subject to change.
Hours of operation: 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Carnival hours: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Kids Park Hours: 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.
Saturday Sounds
Four popular acts hitting the California State Fair Saturday night include Falling In Reverse, Ice Nine Kills, Kool & the Gang and Our Last Night. The most packed music night of the concert will end with a spectacular fireworks show at 10 p.m.
Fair food
Food vendors are open daily, click here for the full list.
The California State Fair and Food Festival has a pass that gives out four tickets for $34 that can be redeemed at vendors who are part of the food festival. Look for the purple flags to find participating vendors.
- 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.: Free Caramel Corn sampling from Carmazzi Caramel Corn @ Taster's Row
- 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.: Free Mocktails sampling from The Native Tap of Sacramento @ Taster's Row
- 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.: Free Seasoning & Spice Rub sampling by Pawpa Flavor of Roseville @ Taster's Row
- 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.: Free Raw California Honey sampling from Twin Bee Apiaries of Alameda @ Taster's Row
- 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m., 6p.m. & 7 p.m.: Cider Tasting and Food Pairing from Tree to Table @ Taste of CA
Fun for the Family
- 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6:30 p.m. & 7 p.m.: Cavalcade of Horses @ Rodeo Arena
- 11 a.m.: McKeever School of Irish Dance @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.: Ohana O' Lokomaika'I Dancers @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Joanna Kids "R" It Dance & Gymnastics Program @ the PG&E Center Stage
- Tree Circus Stage Show times:
12 p.m., 12:30 p.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m. & 8:30 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Arthur Murray Carmichael Studio @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m. & 7 p.m.: Camp Smokey Puppet Show
- 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m.: Jack Spareribs @ Building D
- 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.: JUMP! The Ultimate Dog Show @ Grandstands
- 4 p.m., 6 p.m. & 8 p.m.: Tanzanite African Acrobats @ the PG&E Center Stage
- 5 p.m., 7 p.m. & 9 p.m.: Master hypnotist Tina Marie
- 10 p.m.: Fireworks
Concerts
- 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Jimmy Ashley @ Save Mart Wine Garden
- 1 - 9 p.m.: DJ Rick @ the Cool Zone
- 1:30 - 2:20 p.m.: Swing Collective @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 2 - 2:45 p.m.: Aftershock Cloggers percussive tap dancing @ the PG&E Center Stage
- 3 - 7 p.m.: Jimmy Becker and Jay Rin @ Save Mark Wine Garden
- 4 - 4:45 p.m.: DL Edwards jazz @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 4 - 6 p.m.: Eric Henry Andersen @ Coors Lights Blues & Brews Stage
- 4 - 7 p.m.: Dave Badilla - One Man Band @ Lagunitas Craft Beer Stage
- 5 - 7 p.m.: GRUPO MANIACO @ Cantina 1854
- 5:30 - 6 p.m.: Tofa Heartbeats Pacific Islander Dance @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 6:30 - 7:15 p.m.: Yung Sam @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
- 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.: Falling In Reverse on their "The Popular Monstour" tour with Ice Nine Kills, Our Last Night & Catch Your Breath @ Heart Health Park
- 7 - 9 p.m.: Analog Jazz @ Coors Light Blues & Brews Stage
- 7 - 10 p.m.: The Dave Russell Band @ Jack Daniel's Honky Tonk Saloon
- 8 - 10 p.m.: Kool & The Gang @ the Toyota Concer Series on the Golden 1 Stage
- 8:30 - 10:30 p.m.: Ariel Marin @ Sky River Casino Promenade Stage
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Water Wasted | What happened to California's water from the historic winter?
The state had a historic winter and the ABC10 Weather Team is investigating where the water is going and if we're wasting it
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. Here are all four parts of our investigation.
Chapter 1 How does California measure its water supply?
There’s an old saying in mountain towns that there’s nothing better than the first snow of the season and nothing more unwelcome than the last snow of the 2022-23 season.
Like a distant relative coming to visit, this past winter showed up early and stayed late, but family is family. Similarly, the love runs deep for Jason Rolfe in South Lake Tahoe.
He grew up in the area, left for work and school, and couldn’t wait to come back to play in the snow knowing it’s ground zero for the water the state needs to function.
“We do appreciate that we are the ones holding the snow for the rest of California. You know, the rivers, the fishing, the lakes, helping with the drought. It really does roll downhill and it helps everybody else out. We're happy to be the stewards of the snow until you're ready for it,” Rolfe said.
He wanted to document the moment the snowpack turns to snowmelt. As it seemingly breathes, it is in fact bringing life to plants, animals and people hundreds of miles down the hill.
"These manual measurements are just as important as all the other measurement methods that we have,” said Sean de Guzman with the Department of Water Resources.
He might wield the single most powerful pole in California. He helps make manual measurements of the snowpack to help nail down how much water the state will have once the snow melts.
De Guzman measures the depth of the snow and how much water is in the snow to have an idea of the yearly water supply. This tried-and-true method backs up the hundreds of automated sites in the state.
“This is the only in-person boots-on-the-ground field verification, where we can actually verify that the automated sensors are great, but they are out in the backcountry exposed to wilderness, exposed to all the elements, exposed to bears, everything you can imagine," he said.
As crucial as the measurement is, you need more to precisely identify such an important metric. After all, the snowpack delivers a third of the water the state will need for the dry summer months.
"As time has gone on from the 1920s when our population was quite small and the agricultural demands on water were small, and then the environmental demands on water were also small, right? All of that, we've gone from that all the way to this time, where our population is enormous and we have all of these demands to where we're down really to each waterdrop. That matters,” said Tom Painter.
What started as a jet propulsion laboratory experiment with NASA has turned into a foundation of the future. Airborne snow observatories use laser and spectrometer measurements of the snowpack from the sky.
“Now, with our quantity of measurements and those accurate measurements, they can know to within about 2% how much water they're going to get as a minimum,” said Painter.
Almost every basin and range in the West is using these modern techniques to measure the snowpack because it will only become more important to get the data right as winters become more unpredictable in the Golden State.
“It could be a banner year one year and it could be drought the next. You just never know living up in the mountains,” said Rolfe.
Chapter 2 How does California store its water supply?
Reservoirs are the first line of water storage in California. There are around 1,500 yet there's still a need for more water most years.
"We built our water system in California principally around scarcity and that is because two out of three years, we don't have enough water," said Jeffrey Mount with the Public Policy Institute of California.
To address that scarcity, California built one of the most elaborate water conveyance systems in the world; capturing snowmelt runoff, storing it above and below ground, then moving it vast distances. Without it, California wouldn’t be the economic powerhouse it is today.
But that system is being pushed to meet multiple needs from water storage to flood control plus recreation, hydropower and the environment.
"We ask a lot of these reservoirs, but our reservoirs are principally built as water supply structures, and that's the way we operate them. Except in the winter, right? I mean, this is one of the things that everybody forgets that in the winter, let's take this wet year that we're having in 2023, we're going to end up with more water than we know what to do with in the fall. And I know what we're going to do is we're going to have to let that water go so we make room for potential floods next winter," said Mount.
It creates tension between flood managers and people wanting to see a full reservoir for water supply.
"So much of how that's operated is based on manuals and calendars that were put into place 30, 40, 50 years ago. Things change," said Daniel Bays.
He's a third-generation farmer in the Central Valley. He, like many other farmers, relies on water coming from Northern California.
"If you look back, we have cycles. We have wet cycles and dry cycles in the state and that's what a lot of the reservoirs and canal systems were built for was to help manage that," said Bays.
With a growing population, the water supply structures are starting to get stretched close to their breaking point.
Drew Lessard with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation that runs Folsom Dam says the concern is guiding managers to rethink reservoir operations.
"Where do we get to that point where we can ask no more of it? Probably we're getting close to that but we're still looking at ways that we can make and gain efficiency," he said.
Lessard says part of making Folsom more efficient will be expanding its capacity.
"Well, the Corps has a project right now and they already started a year or so ago on raise. The Corps has authorization to raise Folsom Dam three feet," said Lessard.
It'll make room for even more storage. Another project in the works is updating operation manuals. They will rely on improving forecasts, giving reservoir managers more certainty about how much water to let out and how much they can keep in.
"It's sort of the software. The hardware has been built, and now it's how do we work the software on how we route things," said Lessard.
With so many uses, Folsom is sometimes called "the little dam that could." Even beyond flood control and water supply, it's also the first responder when it comes to sending water south towards the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to help keep the water fresh and not salty.
This is quite possibly one of the biggest bones of contention for “water wasted to sea.”
"That seems to be the bigger issue that I see as usually, environmental groups aren't that eager to work with farmers or look at growers that are south of the Delta as big evil corporations. It's sad," said Bays.
He says farmers are constantly put into a corner and blamed for wasting water. He says there are still solutions out there.
"Everyone talks about getting another reservoir and I think a reservoir in the right place would be a good tool for us to use," he said.
An American River Basin study found an upstream, additional reservoir may help to address the climate whiplash with more rain than snow falling in the Sierra. One project being considered is the Alder Reservoir.
"It's strategically located so that when there's large rain events, we could be capturing that water directly. Or as the snow melts, we're also able to capture it too and relieve some of that operational pressure on Folsom," said Rebecca Guo with the El Dorado Water Agency.
It would help with water supply, reduce flood risk and provide cold water releases for certain fish species.
"The main benefit of it as we saw this past winter, Folsom was releasing water because there's just not enough storage capacity in Folsom, so this would be able to allow this water to be captured versus spilled where it wouldn't be able to be usable," said Guo.
The idea for the reservoir has been in the books since 1916 when a lot of agricultural growth was happening in El Dorado County. People needing water went looking upstream.
"This would be a part of a system of reservoirs along the South Fork of the American River. You know, the bottom part would be Folsom Reservoir and as you go upstream, there were up to 16 reservoirs planned at that time," said Ken Payne with the El Dorado Water Agency.
Alder Reservoir is the only one still being considered due to its location with a deep canyon perfect for storing cold water which would also help reduce evaporation loss.
"The system that we have in place really sort of began in the Gold Rush and is where we are today ... the conveyance systems that move water vast distances, water rights systems and environmental laws. I would not just say, 'Let's blow all that up,'" said Mount.
"Things change. Our demands change. Our desires as a state change and what we need changes. Crops change," said Bays.
Chapter 3 What is California doing to help increase groundwater storage?
It's been a struggle farming with no water. Daniel Bays, like thousands of other farmers, has had to deal with drought.
"I would say the stress is probably the hardest part. Part of it being in the office looking at the numbers, part of it just being out in the field with our employees and the other people that depend on this for a job, but a lot of them enjoy what they do and take some pride and ownership in growing a crop and feeding the world," said Bays.
The situation of drought isn't new. In fact, the Central Valley Project began in 1933 during the Dust Bowl to deliver water from Northern California to the valley by way of canals.
As decades go on, the seriousness of drought has increased, leaving farmers to look for alternative ways to save water.
About 400 miles of California's valley is home to more than 500 underground water basins and communities are hit hard when there's not enough water underground.
“We’ve drilled new wells to replace old wells and find more water," said Bays.
But overpumping in California has led to big problems and has never been regulated until recently.
"If more groundwater is pumped than is replenished, there could be something that's called subsidence where the land aqua surface will actually sink, and so there are areas in California that has occurred," said Steven Springhorn with the Department of Water Resources.
Once the ground sinks, there's no going back to fill it up.
In 2014, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) was formed, giving local water agencies about 10 years to make plans and find solutions to conserving water.
“They have to develop long-term plans or how they're going to look at the numbers. First of all, what's the nature of their problem? Are they in overdraft? Or are they in balance? If they're not in balance? What's their solution," said Ellen Hanak.
She works with farmers and water managers in the San Joaquin Valley to assess the extent of the water problem.
"What we find is that, in a worst-case scenario, agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley could be losing about 20% of the water that it now uses for irrigation in a typical year. That's a really important input for agriculture," said Hanak.
Since SGMA, many are calling out the state for their lack of effort, especially in the most recent dry stretch.
"It's a failure of leadership. The Democratic supermajority and the governor have failed to make investments in water infrastructure and what's more, we passed a bond 10 years ago, almost 10 years ago now in 2014. Not one piece of infrastructure has been built yet," said Assemblyman James Gallagher (R-Yuba City).
Although no major reservoirs or infrastructures have been built, the state says they've been working on awarding millions in grant money for drought projects and resiliency. The Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency is one example.
"The city of Woodland had originally been on groundwater for about 100 years. We switched to Sacramento River surface water in June 2016 and as part of that project the city embarked on an aquifer storage and recovery program," said Tim Busch with the agency.
Woodland-Davis has been ahead of its time in starting ASR wells. They used low-interest loans from the state water resources control board and more recently applied for a state grant for a fourth water well.
"The aquifer storage and recovery program is a really good way to kind of balance winter supply with summer demand," said Busch.
Also known as ASR wells, the system of pumps and pipes funnel water from a clean water source like the Sacramento River. A small amount of chlorine is added and then the water is stored underground.
"We started injecting water for the first time in 2018, so we're now in our fifth year of water injection. [The] combined capacity of the wells is about 4.5 million gallons per day injecting water into the aquifer," said Busch.
With the abundance of winter rain and flowing rivers, they stored more than 450 million gallons of water by the end of March.
"The aquifer layer that we are using is 500 feet down, 50-foot thick layer. At every wall site we have in the city, both native drawn water walls and even farmer walls outside of us... that layer exists kind of everywhere around here," said Busch.
The big question is if there's that much aquifer storage, why isn't the state doing more to store excess water underground? The answer is fairly technical but with more research scientists are beginning to see a clearer picture.
"AEM is the airborne electromagnetic surveys that we're conducting across California. Think of it as MRI for the subsurface, so it's a way that a helicopter carries a large hoop about 100 feet off the ground and it flies about 60 mph. Along certain lines are transects and it sends electrical information into the ground, which bounces off different layers below the ground surface," said Springhorn.
The technology is finding where sands and gravels are in comparison to clays and silts. Water is easily able to seep deep underground where sand lies, but a buffer is created with clay.
Springhorn says finding the clay and sand layers is critical to knowing where the state can keep groundwater.
There's even more help on the way, too. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory says it's been working on a mission to help assess soils and topography underground.
"What we really get from satellite information is the ability to see the big picture. So contextually, we can kind of tie the whole story together and we can say it's not just this farm, or this that's changing... it's the entire southern portion of the Central Valley," said scientist JT Reager.
Reager works with the joint operation between NASA and India on synthetic aperture radar (NISAR). The mission will launch a satellite into orbit next year, feeding back data on the Earth's crust, depths, ice sheets and ecosystems.
"For vegetation and ecosystems, NISAR should be able to monitor changes in fragile ecosystems around the planet and how they might be changing due to various stresses, like human development and population growth," said Reager.
Stanford geophysicist Rosemary Knight has spent 30 years working on groundwater management in California.
"I think there's a real opportunity here to help the water agencies now work with this data and see how this data can help them improve and inform their planning," said Knight.
Knight and her colleagues out of UC Davis are working alongside the Department of Water Resources. What they've found is something out of the Ice Age.
"They drew an area on a map and said, 'One of these incised valley-filled deposits, one of these ends of the last glacial period Paleo valleys has to be here.' We took the airborne EM system and flew back and forth to see if we could find it with the airborne EM system, and we could. It was right there in the data," she said.
The old Paleo rivers were formed when glaciers during the last glacial period started melting quickly. Moving at a high rate of speed, the water carved pathways from the mountains to the valley moving large amounts of rock and granite material.
"It's like a fast path where if we can connect with it at one location, we can actually move water down deeper within the groundwater system of the valley," said Knight.
"We're going to be expecting more intense droughts, more intense floods and a quicker transition from one to the next," said Springhorn. "So this managed groundwater recharge is really important."
While progress for storing the excess water may be held up through water rights, ecosystem concerns and legislation, Hanak says the time to act is now.
"Our goal is really to try to bring the best information and analysis to the public, to decision-makers. That — in this case — includes growers and local water managers, local communities, and folks in the valley that are really going to be on the front lines of addressing these challenges," said Hanak.
As for third-generation farmer Daniel Bays? His hope is his kids may have the option to continue farming in California.
"My hope would be that if this is where they want to live and they want to continue farming that's an option for them. That it's feasible and there's a long lifetime ahead of them where they can do that and pass that on to the next generation if that pleases them," he said.
Chapter 4 The history of the 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.
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ATLANTA — The Atlanta Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its own Friday after learning he was involved in a deadly crash.
South Fulton Police Department crash investigators said Bennie Hardeman was killed Thursday night on Camp Creek Parkway near Butner Road. He was 27 years old. Officers are still investigating the circumstances of the crash.
APD said Hardeman joined the force in 2019. He served the department for more than four years and was assigned to the Zone 5 traffic unit.
"This is not only a significant loss for his family and close friends, but for his APD family," the agency said in a statement. "He was a hard worker who loved his job and co-workers. Officer Hardeman was a kind spirit, with an unforgettable smile, and charming personality."
Earlier this month, he was the recipient of an Excellence Award.
Hardeman was also recognized in 2021 after helping a woman when her car broke down on the interstate near the 17 Street bridge a month beforehand. The car had stalled in the middle lane and he helped get it to a safe location, call a tow truck and waited with the woman until her family picked her up.
He received a thank you note for his kindness.
"The note sent went on to say that the woman whose car had broken down was currently undergoing chemotherapy and that it had been a rough year for the family. The note also mentioned how the woman’s father had also been an APD officer and they have always been very supportive of law enforcement," APD said in a social media post, highlighting Hardeman's selfless actions.
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ATLANTA — Call it the "end of an era." Call it the beginning of a fresh start. But whatever it may be, a long-lingering eyesore is coming down.
This week, crews began demolishing the site of the old Cheesecake Factory restaurant along a busy stretch of Peachtree Road in the heart of Buckhead.
Built in 1993, the old restaurant location at 3024 Peachtree Road attracted diners (including this very author) to a classic part of Buckhead, anchored by other staples like Houston's, Lenox Mall and others. In fact, Business Wire reported the old Peachtree Road location in Atlanta was the chain's eighth location.
Memories of summertime sunning on the restaurant's sought-after patio, as traffic rushed along one of Buckhead's main arteries, are likely burned into the psyches of many an Old Atlantan (like mine). But, at the risk of repeating a refrain that's now become all-too-familiar (and eye roll-inducing for outsiders), sights of the striking building being reduced to rubble is the sign of yet another chapter closed in the ever-evolving face of Atlanta.
The 9,000-square-foot, two-story building, whose dining room once spilled over with customers, had long-since been vacant after the restaurant's closure in 2013.
The iconic restaurant chain opened its newer, more than 9,300-square-foot location near Lenox Square at 3393 Peachtree Road shortly after, in June 2014, Business Wire reported back then.
Plans to demolish the old building, owned by developer Peter Blum, were submitted to the city's Development Review Committee in August 2020, nearly seven years after the restaurant's closure.
The proposal cited "unsafe conditions to the public and adjoining property owners," saying despite the building being boarded up and "secured on numerous occasions to prevent vandalism and unauthorized entry," the threat for the loss if life lingered.
Despite that, the structure continued to remain vacant as newer, ritzier developments cropped up around Buckhead (including the former site of the also-classic and once neighboring ESPN Zone, now a Restoration Hardware ... also owned by Blum).
It's unclear at this time what took so long for the building to be torn down, and what the future may hold for a one-time jewel of Buckhead.
Call it the end of an era. Call it the beginning of a fresh start.
But whatever it may be, one thing's for sure: an Old Atlanta staple is no more.
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MACON, Ga. — Jason Aldean's "Try That in a Small Town" has thrown heaps of attention on Aldean's hometown: Macon.
The track was released in mid-May but only really gained attention once CMT aired the song's music video, then pulled it.
Some critics called the lyrics and the video divisive. A portion of the music video shows Aldean outside Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee, where a lynching happened in 1927.
With critics taking aim at the song's racial undertones and music video, Macon community leaders are stepping up to showcase the Macon that they know and love.
"Everyone here in Macon knows where we come from, what we stand for, [and] all the things we've accomplished over the last few years. " Mayor Lester Miller told Liz Fabian on an upcoming episode of Central Georgia Focus. "Our actions speak for themselves, and we're proud to be part of that."
In a video released by Visit Macon, another member of the community, Justin Andrews, weighed in on what he believes Macon really stands for.
"People from Macon take pride in their city," Andrews, grandson of Macon's own Otis Redding, said in the video. "It is an inclusive place. I feel welcome here. I feel safe here. I feel welcome here. My business and my family feel respected here."
Andrews, who also is in charge of special projects for the Otis Redding Foundation, said in the two-minute video that Macon was an important place for his grandfather.
"My granddad really loved Macon," Andrews said. "Macon was very important for him to start his business, to raise a family, to build his home for the rest of his life."
Redding was one of the significant icons of soul and blues. His family stayed in Macon even after Redding died in a plane crash in 1967.
But Andrews does recognize that there are problems that need to be addressed.
"Macon is not perfect. Nobody is perfect. No city is perfect," Andrews said. "But one thing I can say about Macon is that it always works to right its wrongs, and we are continuing to do that every day."
Andrews points to the progress that has happened outside of the Otis Redding Foundation's office on Cotton Avenue in downtown Macon.
"My business sits out in front of what used to be a slave auction block," Andrews said. "We went from having a confederate monument erected right in front of my business to having a beautiful plaza for people of all walks of life to enjoy downtown."
Then, Andrews also points out the tidal wave of community support when Macon's synagogue, Temple Beth Israel, was rocked by an antisemitic protest outside during their worship.
"The people here in Macon understand that wrong is wrong and right is right," Andrews said.
It demonstrated to him that, in times when the community sees people hurt, they step up.
"Race, color, creed — it doesn't matter," Andrews said. "Everyone came out to support the cause because they knew it was wrong. "
With Aldean's song being called "Try That in a Small Town," many have criticized Aldean for saying he's from a small town when he's from Macon. Miller said that he doesn't believe it is a small town.
"Certainly, we have close to 160,000 people, I don't think that's a small town," Miller said. "We continue to have the most diverse community I see around, and that's our strength."
Even though Aldean has been in hot water, though, Miller said that Aldean is still someone who we are proud to say is from our community.
"We're proud of everyone who comes out of Macon, and certainly sometimes they're going to have challenges, but it's something we can overcome," Miller said.
But with all the attention and some controversial critiques being leveled against the Macon community, Miller thinks that Maconites are going to keep their focus on who they really are.
"Right now, I think Macon is on an upward trajectory," Miller said, "and we don't let people in New York and other places tell us what kind of people we are."
Central Georgia Focus airs on Saturday at noon on 13WMAZ.
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11-year-old girl who sent prank 911 text saying her friend was kidnapped is sent home
An 11-year-old girl from Port Orange accused of sending a fake 911 text that said her friend was kidnapped was released to her parents on home detention Thursday, according to State Attorney's Office spokesman Bryan Shorstein.
Ava Rose Langone was charged with making a false police report concerning the use of a firearm in a violent manner, a felony, and misuse of 911, a misdemeanor.
She attended a juvenile detention hearing on Thursday virtually. Her parents, Amanda Langone and Michael Langone of Poppy Lane in Port Orange also appeared.
Ava Langone is on house arrest, according to Shorstein. When her parents aren't there, her grandmother must supervise her.
The next court date will be at 10 a.m. on Aug. 7. The state attorney's office is investigating the case, according to Shorstein.
The child told deputies she got the idea to prank 911 through a YouTube challenge and thought it “would be funny."
She reported that her 14-year-old friend had been taken by an armed kidnapper driving a white van traveling south on Interstate 95 in Oak Hill, said sheriff's spokeswoman Laura Williams.
More:Port Orange girl, 11, arrested for falsely reporting to 911 that her friend was kidnapped
She was transported to the Family Resource Center for processing, then transferred to the Volusia Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Daytona Beach, Williams said.
When the girl sent the message saying she was in a blue Jeep following the kidnapper’s van on I-95 in Oak Hill, multiple deputies responded, along with police from Edgewater, New Smyrna Beach and Port Orange. A sheriff’s helicopter also joined the search for the suspect and the van, Williams said.
For 90 minutes the girl texted updates including a description of the suspect, who she reported had a gun, Williams said. After no suspect or van was found, sheriff’s deputies traced the messages, which led them to the girl’s home in Port Orange at 10:23 a.m., Williams said.
Deputies made contact with the child’s father who said she was at home, Williams said. As deputies approached the girl her cell phone rang when 911 dispatchers called it. Her arrest was caught on video.
"I'm telling you right now you're going to take this as a lesson at 11 years old when you do something stupid in the future you're going to enjoy those cuffs," a deputy is heard saying.
"I'm not going to do this again," the crying 11-year-old is heard saying.
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GRAYSVILLE, Ala. (WIAT) — Human skeletal remains found on December 13, 2022, have been identified as a man from Tarrant who was reported missing over three years ago.
According to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office, the family of Michael Lynn Dillard reported him missing to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office on April 1, 2020. They reported he was last known to be alive on November 24, 2019, near Brookside.
Dillard’s human skeletal remains were found in a remote wooded area on private hunting property last December in the 100 block of Sherry Street.
The remains were positively identified as him by DNA analysis. The postmortem examination did not reveal the cause of death.
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CHARLESTON, Maine — A Dover-Foxcroft man is seriously injured after suffering a suspected medical event and veering off a road while operating a tractor-trailer in Charleston.
At about 11:30 a.m. Friday, the Bangor Regional Communications Center received reports that a tractor-trailer hauling woodchips crashed on Dover Road in Charleston and that the driver had serious injuries, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesperson Shannon Moss said in a news release.
State troopers responded to the scene and discovered the cause of the crash was likely due to the driver experiencing a medical event before driving off the road, according to the release.
"Witnesses of the crash reported the driver of the tractor-trailer drove off the road without ever touching the brakes," Moss said.
The driver, Paul Jackson, 71, of Dover-Foxcroft, was taken to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor with serious injuries not considered life-threatening, the release stated.
The crash remains under investigation, Moss said.
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Good Road has a bad bridge. Southeastern York County thoroughfare is now closed
Teresa Boeckel
York Daily Record
A bridge on Good Road in southeastern York County has been closed after a recent inspection revealed deterioration, according to the state Department of Transportation.
The bridge, which spans the west branch of Toms Run, sits between Frosty Hill and Stewart roads in Lower Chanceford Township, a news release states.
Traffic is being detoured using Ted Wallace, Muddy Creek Forks and Frosty Hill roads.
Prior to the bridge being closed, it had a 12-ton weight limit, the release states.
The bridge was scheduled to be replaced in 2025, the release states.
About 116 vehicles travel Good Road daily, PennDOT says.
Trucks not allowed:Why PennDOT has placed a weight limit on the Route 462 bridge over the Susquehanna River
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KEY WEST, Fla. — Monroe County officials suspect they found the remains of the 51-year-old St. Petersburg woman whom they had declared dead after a boat fire early Wednesday morning in the Florida Keys.
It's believed the body of Linda Vella was recovered from the burnt remains of the 70-foot Viking yacht she had been on, deputies said on Facebook. However, identification and autopsy results of the woman's body are pending with the Monroe County Medical Examiner’s Office.
According to authorities, Vella had been on the yacht with her husband, 58-year-old Michael Robson, and her son, 21-year-old Anthony Vella, while they were at the Keys for the lobster mini-season.
The boat reportedly caught fire shortly after midnight on Wednesday while the yacht was docked outside the Perry Hotel and Marina. Crews spent three hours putting out the blaze. Investigators believed Vella couldn't escape the fire and was still on the yacht during the ensuing search, according to deputies.
Another family of four who was on the boat did manage to get off the boat uninjured. Michael and Anthony were flown to a hospital in Miami. Linda Vella was presumed dead as of Wednesday.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team worked with TowBoat U.S., Monroe County Fire Rescue, and marina officials to search for her remains. Deputies said the boat was completely destroyed and "structurally comprised due to the blaze", so the team carefully lifted the boat out of the water before searching it.
The Sheriff's Office said that they don't know what caused the fire, but the investigation is ongoing.
Lisamarie Vella, who identified herself as Vella's daughter, set up a GoFundMe to help raise money for her mother's funeral expenses.
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Zipline Brewing has found a new spot for its Lincoln taproom, and it's a familiar one.
The state's largest brewery, which shut down its original taproom at the end of May so it could expand its brewing operations, has bought the SchillingBridge Cork & Tap House in the Fallbrook neighborhood in northwest Lincoln.
Zipline said in a news release that it plans to renovate the space into a new concept called Zipline Tap & Grill that will feature not only its signature beers but also craft cocktails and a full line of food items.
“It’s a wonderful opportunity to open an exciting new restaurant in a fast-growing area of Lincoln,” said Marcus Powers, Zipline's CEO. “For over a decade, Zipline has developed award-winning beers and now we get to further enhance the customer experience with a full-scale restaurant.”
Zipline said the restaurant portion of the operation will feature innovative dishes curated by local chefs, giving customers a fresh take on familiar favorites, as well as exciting new items to pair with their favorite beverage.
“Zipline is committed to infusing fresh energy, creativity, and our own unique touch to the experience,” said Powers.
Zipline said in its news release that the existing restaurant will remain open while renovation plans are finalized. It expects to rebrand as Zipline Tap & Grill sometime this fall.
The brewery will continue to operate its other taproom in Lincoln, the Beer Hall at Village Gardens near 56th Street and Pine Lake Road, as well as its two locations in Omaha.
It's not clear why SchillingBridge is selling the Lincoln location, which it opened in 2014, and officials from the Pawnee City-based winery and microbrewery could not be reached for comment Friday morning.
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BLOOMINGTON — The McLean County Health Department has reported this year's first finding of a dead bird infected with West Nile virus. The bird was found Friday in the 61761 ZIP code, MCHD said.
West Nile virus is transmitted through mosquitos and occurs commonly from summer through autumn, according to a Friday press release from the health department.
"Birds are common carriers of the virus. Mosquitoes bite birds, become infected, then pass that infection when they bite people or other animals," stated MCHD Environmental Health Division Director Tom Anderson.
MCHD urged residents to follow these safety recommendations, which they call the "3 R's":
Remove areas of standing water around your yard or business where mosquitoes can breed, such as old tires or unused planting pots. This should be done weekly, as it takes only seven to 10 days for mosquito eggs to develop into biting adults.
Repel mosquitoes using insect repellent that includes DEET, lemon eucalyptus oil or picaridin. You can also repel by wearing clothing that covers your skin, especially at dusk and dawn, when mosquitoes are most active.
Report dead birds that show no sign of injury to the MCHD Environmental Health section at 309-888-5482. If it appears the bird died within the past 24 hours (no decay or insect infestation), MCHD may collect it and have it tested for West Nile.
According to the press release, "Anyone can get WNV, and 4 out of 5 people will experience no symptoms according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ... People aged 50 and older are at greater risk of severe illness."
The release continued, "Symptoms to watch for include fever, headache, body and joint aches, fatigue, rash, vomiting and diarrhea. Severe cases cause convulsions, coma, vision loss, paralysis and (in rare cases) even death.
"If you develop symptoms like these, which will often begin about 3-7 days after a mosquito bite, seek medical attention immediately."
The CDC reported 1,035 cases of West Nile last year, and 79 deaths related to the virus. Eight of those deaths were in Illinois, but none were in McLean County.
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BLOOMINGTON — The American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, grants for small business and housing rehabilitation are available now through the City of Bloomington.
Those who financially qualify can apply for up to $45,000 in funding.
The grant programs were created to support small businesses, individuals and organizations impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, as defined by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
The housing applications can also be printed off at bloomingtonil.gov and mailed to the Community Enhancement Division at the Government Center, 115 E. Washington St., P.O. Box 3157, Bloomington, IL 61702.
Bloomington plants Arbor Day tree at Sheridan Elementary
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LEXINGTON — Police and fire crews responded to a multi-vehicle crash early Friday afternoon on northbound Interstate 55 near Lexington.
The scene of a crash Friday afternoon on northbound Interstate 55 just north of Exit 176 near Lexington.
D. JACK ALKIRE, THE PANTAGRAPH
A Pantagraph reporter on the scene between 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. observed both lanes of northbound traffic backed up ahead of the Lexington exit.
Three vehicles appeared to have sustained damage, and fire departments from Lexington and Normal were on the scene.
At approximately 2:20 p.m., emergency services and towing agencies were seen securing all of the vehicles involved, though northbound traffic was still stalled for about 2 miles.
A truck that appeared to have been traveling northbound on Interstate 55 was involved in a crash Friday near Lexington.
D. JACK ALKIRE, THE PANTAGRAPH
Lexington Fire Chief Jason Birkenbeil said the crash "sounded worse than it actually was."
He said one vehicle rear-ended another, which caused it to rear-end a third vehicle. As a result of the collisions, one of the vehicles was forced across the median and both southbound lanes before coming to rest in the west-side ditch.
He confirmed they transported one person to a hospital, but that there were no major or life-threatening injuries.
A truck that appeared to have been traveling northbound on Interstate 55 was involved in a crash Friday near Lexington.
D. JACK ALKIRE, THE PANTAGRAPH
He said traffic was able to resume normal pace shortly after 2:30 p.m.
Birkenbeil said they were fortunate that there weren't more serious injuries.
The scene of a crash Friday afternoon on northbound Interstate 55 just north of Exit 176 near Lexington.
D. JACK ALKIRE, THE PANTAGRAPH
Multiple agencies responded May 15 to a crash on Interstate 55 near Towanda.
Photos: Multiple crashes lock traffic on Interstate 55
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Traffic was locked for hours after the crashes on Monday.
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Traffic was diverted away from Interstate 55 on Monday afternoon after multiple crashes with injuries were reported during a dust storm in Montgomery and Sangamon counties.
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Dusty conditions were still visible hours after the crashes on Interstate 55 on Monday, May 1.
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Traffic was diverted away from Interstate 55 on Monday afternoon after multiple crashes with injuries were reported during a dust storm in Montgomery and Sangamon counties.
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First responders work the scene of a crash involving at least 20 vehicles that shut down Interstate 55 in Montgomery County on Monday.
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Smoke billows after a crash involving at least 20 vehicles shut down Interstate 55 in Montgomery County on Monday, May 1.
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A crash involving at least 20 vehicles shut down a highway in Illinois, Monday, May 1, 2023. Illinois State Police say a windstorm that kicked up clouds of dust in south-central Illinois led to numerous crashes and multiple fatalities on Interstate 55. (WICS TV via AP)
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A crash involving at least 20 vehicles shut down Interstate 55 in Montgomery County on Monday.
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Smoldering wreckage is seen after a crash involving at least 20 vehicles shut down Interstate 55 in Montgomery County on Monday, May 1.
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Dairon Socarras Quintero, 32, shows the dust collected on the backpack he had inside his company's truck at the time of the dust storm, even though his cabin is completely closed up on Monday in Divernon. Socarras was driving a 16-foot truck for his elk Grove Village based company that does custom picture framing he was on his way to St. Louis to make deliveries.
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Dairon Socarras Quintero receives instructions from medical personnel at the reconciliation station in Divernon after he had a cut on his leg bandaged following a multi-vehicle crash on Monday.
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Tom Thomas 43, of Chatham, a suburb of Springfield, was traveling to St. Louis for a visit Monday.
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DULUTH — So, how did you spend “Barbenheimer” weekend?
Did you devote nearly 5 hours to a couple of movies and collapse afterward into a popcorn- and cola-infused coma?
I put about 3 hours in for “Barbenheimer” (or as I prefer to call it — “Oppenarbie” — because that’s more fun to say). I watched another Christopher Nolan work of art with “Oppenheimer.” My “Barbie” experience will arrive later.
But what a fascinating piece of social media engineering/marketing, huh? Once someone mashed those movie titles together, social media ran with it and the movie marketeers weren’t far behind. They were probably in cahoots.
But the lexical blend (as it’s called by some) mostly took flight on the interwebs due to the movies being polar opposites: A historical drama and a comedy. One featured the desert tones of New Mexico and the other pummeled viewers with hordes of pink. A movie about a bomb and another about a bombshell.
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Well, neither bombed.
People turned out in droves to see both, though “Barbie” has raked in the most box office receipts of the two films since they opened.
Much was opined about the order in which moviegoers would attend the two flicks. Most recommended seeing “Oppenheimer” first and then concluding the day with the lighter fare, “Barbie.” The thought being that it’s better to follow up the heady, darker movie with something more accessible and brighter (though, by most accounts, “Barbie” is a think-piece in its own way).
Indeed, even though I didn’t devote another 2 hours to “Barbie” last Saturday, I still found myself in need of an old-fashioned popcorn movie to wash away all that nuclear imagery.
So I ended the day streaming “The Meg” and swimming with a giant prehistoric shark in the wonderful waters of cinematic make-believe.
Here are some DNT highlights from the past week:
Cold, hard cash
First of all, please accept my apologies for posting a snowplowing photo in late July. I know many of you (including me) are still suffering a bit of trauma from last winter’s snowpocalypse.
But in a related story, we found out this week just how much it cost the state of Minnesota to clear the myriad miles of highway in the Land of 10,000 Frozen Lakes. No spoilers here, but it was A LOT.
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DNT outdoors reporter John Myers shared that lofty price tag with readers this week.
80 years of diagnosing autism
One of our summer highlights at the DNT is hosting interns and watching them hone their journalism skills in our newsroom … skills that they take back to their college programs in the fall.
One of our interns, Devlin Epding, is a student at the University of Minnesota and has a bright future in our industry.
Raiders of the Frost River bags
Harrison Ford’s iconic character Indiana Jones is fond of telling Nazis and other ne’er do wells that priceless artifacts of antiquity “belong in a museum.”
Well, sharp-eyed observers caught Indy carrying a bag during “Indiana Jones and the Dial Destiny” that belongs in Lincoln Park’s Frost River store.
So, Lucasfilm has a lawsuit on its hands. DNT arts and entertainment reporter Jay Gabler broke down the details of this dispute for readers this week.
Catch a wave
Here are a few more stories from the past week to check out:
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- Ship study: Great Lakes shipping supports more than 240K jobs
- Rising price tag: Cost to convert former Duluth high school to housing soars
- ‘Piscatorial pursuits’: Rural Duluth man’s fish art brings metal to life
- Astro Bob: New Essentia hospital helps reduce light pollution
- Short Cuts: ‘Barbie’ wins blockbuster weekend at movies
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DALLAS — An investigation is underway after a Dallas officer shot and injured a suspect who fired at the officer on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
Police said officers were investigating reports of a stolen U-Haul truck at about 11 a.m. in the Northwest Dallas area when they saw the suspect, 41-year-old Ryan Taylor, get into the truck and drive away.
Covert officers called in marked patrol officers to stop the truck, police said. But while stopped at an intersection, Taylor backed into the covert police vehicle, causing its airbags to deploy and hit a fire hydrant.
Taylor then reportedly fled down side streets, police said, striking multiple cars as he was driving away.
The suspect then reportedly drove onto the tollway and then onto Lemmon Avenue, where the suspect struck several vehicles near Dallas Love Field and then crashed and came to a rest in the southbound lanes. Dash camera video released Friday showed the U-Haul truck ramming into multiple vehicles on the tollway, nearly colliding with a city bus in the middle of an intersection and the crash that happened shortly thereafter.
Police said Taylor got out of the U-Haul truck and ran toward a private hanger area. Officer Kennan Craven and others ran after Taylor, police said, and reportedly fired a handgun at least twice at Craven. The officer then returned fire, striking Taylor twice in the leg.
No officers aside from Craven fired their weapons during the altercation, police said.
Officers recovered Taylor's handgun at the scene, police said, which had been reported stolen.
Police are charging Taylor with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault of a public servant, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and evading arrest in a vehicle.
No one involved in the crashes with Taylor was seriously injured, police said. Taylor was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
You can watch the full dashcam and bodycam video from the shootout here:
Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia emphasized after showing the video on Friday that in all five of DPD's officer-involved shootings this year, their officers were fired upon first by the suspect.
Helicopter footage from the scene showed a large U-Haul truck that had crashed and had front-end damage. There were also several officers at the scene investigating the incident.
This is a developing story. Check back for more information.
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A little league is counting its losses after an overnight fire tore through their clubhouse, destroying a stockpile of baseball equipment, uniforms and decades of memories.
“It’s just devastating, it’s terrible,” said North Bellmore North Merrick Little League President Craig Kute.
Kute showed News 4 what is left of their space, which served as a homebase for hundreds of children who play softball and baseball in the North Bellmore North Merrick Little League.
The league's equipment, uniforms, helmets and bases were all melted and burnt in the fire, as well as trophies and banner that marked the many years of successes.
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The fire broke out just after 1 a.m. Friday. The North Bellmore Fire Department responded first with mutual aid helping. It took 50 firefighters to knock down the flames. But in that 45 minutes, most of the contents were destroyed. No one was injured.
“No one was hurt, nobody’s hurt,” said Kute. “The equipment can be bought again and community will come together as a whole.”
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Already Kute has established a GoFundMe page and he says the other leagues in his district have reached out offering support. It’s not clear how much it will take to replace the items, but Kute says they have to do it before the fall season which starts in a few weeks.
The Town of Hempstead owns the field and during the day Friday, workers were put fencing around the structure.
“After the investigation is done we are probably going to be looking at a new structure here,” said Town Supervsior Don Clavin. He also brought in porta potties to replace the bathrooms destroyed in the fire.
The Nassau County Fire Marshal says the fire doesn’t appear to be suspicious and may have started with an electric stove. The league isn’t letting this fire set them back. Games scheduled for their field will be played this weekend.
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Providence mayor tried to privately change controversial Buff Chace tax breaks. What he proposed.
Only one day before City Council voted to take legal action against the tax breaks, Mayor Smiley's office proposed changes and a reimbursement plan.
Less than 24 hours before Providence City Councilors met to weigh legal action against controversial tax breaks for wealthy developer Arnold "Buff" Chace, Mayor Brett Smiley's administration tried to propose their own amendments to the tax agreement.
Documents obtained by The Providence Journal show that the mayor privately attempted to negotiate changes to the arrangement that questionably lowered taxes for 10 downtown buildings under Chace's control.
On Friday, the city provided The Journal with several documents, including one labeled "Amended consent order for consideration," which changed the terms of the 2021 agreement the city entered into with Chace through City Solicitor Jeff Dana. That agreement allowed Chace to receive special tax breaks under 8-law, a measure intended to promote low-income housing. Over the course of 30 years, Chace would have saved about $42.5 million in taxes on those downtown properties.
More:Providence City Council to take legal action against Buff Chace's downtown tax breaks
New agreement would have Chace paying back gains
The amended agreement would have allowed Chace to keep his gains until 2024, at which point he would have begun paying back those gains with annual $50,000 payments through 2049. The 27 years of payments would amount to less than $1.4 million. It was not immediately clear how much Chace has already saved in taxes. Furthermore, the document makes no mention of any interest that would be due on those payments.
Earlier this week, GoLocal reported that the administration had refused to provide the amended agreement.
Proposed changes to tax deal were sent to city council less than 24 hours before crucial vote
Smiley's spokesman Josh Estrella confirmed that City Council President Rachel Miller received the amendments around 8 p.m. on July 24, the night before the council was to meet and vote to take legal action against the agreement by hiring local law firm Wistow, Sheehan & Loveley. (Max Wistow's portfolio includes high-profile cases such as The Station nightclub fire and the state's case against failed gaming venture 38 Studios.)
The changes were sent in an email from the mayor's deputy director of intergovernmental affairs, Michael Napolitano.
More:Providence City Council hires law firm to review tax breaks for 'Buff' Chace buildings downtown
"In summary, we are estimating that the difference in tax liability for these properties between no consent order and the original consent order would be roughly $26-31 million (during the 30-year period), while the difference between no consent order and the amended consent order would be between $17-22 million (during the 30 year period)," the email read.
The Journal has asked the city for information on how that math was done, as it does not agree with the estimated $42.5 million that the council said Chace would have saved over three decades.
"As you know, the administration believes that this agreement will bring immediate value to the city without risking long-term litigation and unclear outcomes for years to come," Napolitano wrote.
Council president: New agreement 'just doesn't do it for us'
Miller criticized the proposed changes to the agreement in a Friday call with The Journal. She said Chace has already saved a total of $1.3 million in commercial taxes, and that the $50,000 reimbursement payments that would have taken effect under the mayor's proposal weren't sufficient.
"I appreciate that there was money on the table, but that doesn’t go far enough when we’re talking about having to increase taxes this year to keep the city on [firm] financial footing," Miller said. "That just doesn’t do it for us."
Miller said she "can't speculate on if there was really more room to negotiate" with Chace, but she feels 8-law treatment should only have been applied to the 25% of Chace's units that his real estate firm described as affordable. However, she doesn't feel that sort of agreement would have been reached.
Tax breaks were used as settlement for lawsuit against city
In a July 19 letter shared with The Journal – the recipient of which was redacted – Smiley said the tax breaks for Chace were the result of a 2020 lawsuit against the city "challenging certain tax assessments made on properties" Chace owned.
Smiley said then-Mayor Jorge Elorza and City Council leadership told Dana to enter into the agreement in order to resolve the lawsuit. When Miller and Smiley came into leadership positions this year, Smiley said they agreed that the arrangement "did not reflect our values, and asked the law department to attempt to renegotiate."
The mayor attached to his letter a draft ordinance to change how 8-law is implemented. He contended it should not be used in situations such as Chace's.
Miller said her office and the solicitor's office worked on the draft, and hope to have an ordinance introduced in September. She described the law as too general, having been passed near the end of the 20th century, when the state was looking for new tools to generate low-income housing. Miller said the point of any new ordinance should be clearly defining when 8-law should be used and how to better verify income-restricted units.
Miller said the council also intends to have a conversation with the General Assembly about updating the law.
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School districts, advocacy groups to face off with state in court in May 2024 over facilities funding
A long-running lawsuit challenging Arizona's funding of public school facilities is now set to go to trial at the end of May 2024.
Attorneys representing a coalition of school districts and school groups met with lawyers for the state on Friday morning to confirm the timeline for the trial, which is expected to last two weeks.
After Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes were elected last fall, whether the case would go to trial became uncertain.
Mayes asked for the January 2023 trial date to be canceled so her office could assess the state's position. Then, a series of executive orders from the Hobbs administration, announced in June, reinstated regular inspections of school facilities and created an advisory council to make recommendations for updating the minimum standards for school facilities.
Those orders were received positively by the suing parties, but do not resolve all the issues on the table, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Dewain Fox said during the hearing on Friday.
The lawsuit, filed in 2017, alleges the state has shorted schools of capital funding for school maintenance, buses, textbooks and technology for more than a decade.
The results of the trial could usher in a new school facilities funding system, as well as resolve long-standing questions, such as what to do when the cost to repair a school facility may exceed the cost to replace it.
A closer look:Measures to make Arizona school buildings safer often go undone. Here's why
Yana Kunichoff is a reporter on The Arizona Republic's K-12 education team. You can join The Republic's Facebook page and reach Yana at ykunichoff@arizonarepublic.com.
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WEATHER
Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Coconino County
Staff reports
The Arizona Republic
The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Maricopa County starting at 12:24 p.m., Friday, July 28. The warning expires at 1 p.m., Friday, July 28.
The weather service warned of severe conditions that could affect the area. The thunderstorm was located near Clarkdale, according to the weather service.
For the latest watches and warnings, see our weather alert page.
How to protect yourself from lightning strikes
Here are lightning safety tips from the National Weather Service:
- Pay attention to the weather. If you see big blue clouds, otherwise known as thunderheads, go inside. These types of clouds could mean a thunderstorm is coming.
- Get in a building with plumbing and wiring. If lightning strikes the building, the lightning will be conducted around and into the ground.
- Stay in your car. A vehicle will give you protection as electricity from lightning will pass through the vehicle's structure instead of hitting you.
- Get off open water. A boat out on the water is likely to be the most prominent object and you could be struck.
- Do not shower or bathe. If lightning hits your pipes, it could be conducted into the water in your bath or shower.
- Do not use electric appliances with plugs or cords. Wireless cellphones are OK, as are laptops that are connected to Wi-Fi but not plugged in.
- Follow the 30-30 rule. If you hear thunder within 30 seconds of a lightning bolt, that means the thunderstorm's distance is threatening. Wait at least 30 minutes after you hear the last thunder to go out. That gives the storm enough time to move away or dissipate.
- You don’t have to be near a storm to get struck. Lightning strikes can easily travel 10 miles or more. A record lightning flash in Oklahoma in 2007 traveled nearly 200 miles. Seek shelter if you hear thunder.
- Do not shelter under a tree. If lightning strikes the tree, the ground charge from the strike could travel into you.
- Don't huddle in a group. If you are outdoors with friends or family during a thunderstorm, don't all clump together. Keeping separation could reduce the number of people injured if lightning strikes.
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BREAKING NEWS
Child critically injured after being hit by boat at Lake Pleasant
Kye Graves
Arizona Republic
A child is in critical condition after being struck by a boat at Lake Pleasant on Friday, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
Sheriff's Office spokesperson Sgt. Joaquin Enriquez said officials responded to the lake at about 11 a.m. Friday morning after receiving reports of a boating incident.
Enriquez said the preliminary information indicated that a child had been hit by a boat and was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
No other information was released.
How to stay safe at Arizona lakes
For swimmers, Maricopa County Parks and Recreations advise these safety tips:
- Always swim with a partner. Swimming alone can be unsafe.
- Never leave young children unattended near water, and do not ask another child to supervise your children near water.
- Avoid distractions when supervising children near water.
- If a child goes missing, always check the water first.
- Non-swimmers and inexperienced swimmers should always wear a life jacket or personal flotation device.
- Protect your skin. While you're busy cooling off and having fun in the water, your skin is also soaking in the sun. Apply and reapply sunscreen frequently.
- Wear a hat and sunglasses to keep the sun off of your face and out of your eyes.
- Drink plenty of water regularly, even if you're not thirsty, to avoid dehydration. Just because you're floating in a cove of water does not mean your skin is absorbing enough to maintain your bodies water levels. Avoid drinks with caffeine and alcohol in them.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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Tesla crashes into north Phoenix backyard pool, police investigating
Kye Graves
Arizona Republic
A Tesla crashed into a backyard pool in north Phoenix Friday, and Phoenix police were investigating what happened.
According to police, around 8:45 a.m., officers responded to the area of 35th and Ross avenues for reports of the collision.
Upon arrival, officers found the Tesla submerged in a resident's pool, having crashed through the wall bordering the home's backyard from the roadway.
Phoenix police spokesperson Sgt. Robert Scherer said that the vehicle's driver escaped the car uninjured. They were the only occupant.
No other injuries were reported as a result of the collision, and an investigation into the crash remained ongoing.
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BREAKING NEWS
Large hay fire burning in southeast Casa Grande likely will burn for several days
Ellie Willard
Arizona Republic
A large hay fire has started burning in Casa Grande that will likely burn for several days, according to an announcement Friday morning from the Eloy Fire District.
Currently, wind conditions are moving smoke away from residents, but this could change, the Eloy Fire District said.
The Casa Grande Fire Department is on the scene of the fire taking measures to prevent the spread of the fire, but it is likely it will burn for several days.
The Eloy Fire District recommended closing all building openings and limiting HVAC use as much as possible. People with respiratory issues were urged to stay indoors or seek alternative shelter as needed.
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RICHMOND, Va. — Prosecutors dropped second-degree murder charges on Friday against a man who was originally accused of fatally shooting two people after a high school graduation in Virginia, acknowledging they do not have enough evidence against him in one of the killings.
Richmond police initially said they believed Pollard targeted Jackson in the shooting because the two teens had a long-running dispute.
During a court hearing Friday, prosecutors told a judge that Pollard was initially charged by a magistrate using the information available on the day of the shooting, which also injured five people. Prosecutors said that after a longer investigation, they now do not believe there is probable cause to charge Pollard in Smith’s death.
Pollard’s attorney, Jason Anthony, told WTVR-TV outside court that he will argue that Pollard acted in self-defense when the case goes to trial.
“A big part of what is considered in a self-defense case is who brought the fight. Not who finished it,” he said.
Family members of both Jackson and Pollard packed the courtroom during the hearing in Richmond General District Court.
Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Colette McEachin declined to comment on whether authorities have a suspect in Smith’s killing, saying the investigation is still ongoing.
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ELLSWORTH- Ellsworth Police have arrested a man in connection with a stabbing that happened early this morning.
Officers responded to a 9-1-1 call in the woods behind 225 High Street.
When they arrived, they found a woman in a campsite who had been stabbed in the upper thigh and had cuts on her hands.
She was taken to a local hospital by ambulance.
Ellsworth Police officers arrested 49-year-old Jonathan Haywood who is a transient.
Police say he allegedly stabbed the woman during a sexual encounter.
Haywood is charged with aggravated assault and reckless conduct.
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BANGOR- U.S. Marshals in Maine are warning about recent phone scams.
The individuals claim they are U.S. Marshals or other federal officials.
During the calls, the scammers are" spoofing" actual phone numbers to the U.S. Marshals Office and attempting to get people to pay money.
They say if you don't , you will suffer legal consequences.
A statement from the Marshals Service says the scammers may use convincing information like old residential addresses and phone numbers but they are urging the public to be vigilant.
They say call the agency in question and verify they are contacting you.
The U.S. Marshals Service will never ask for wire transfers, credit card information or bank routing numbers.
They say never give out personal or financial information to unknown callers and report scam calls to you local FBI office.
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HOUSTON — A teacher who taught at the same Baytown school for nearly 20 years said she was abruptly fired after attending a drag show in Houston.
Kristi Maris told KHOU 11 News that she went to Hamburger Mary's with a co-worker who was also fired immediately. Maris posted a photo of her, the other teacher and three drag queens on Facebook and said they had "a blast." The other teacher didn't want to be identified.
Editor's note: The above video originally aired in 2022 after a protest outside Hamburger Mary's
Maris said she got a call from the principal at First Baptist Academy, a private Christian school, and was told she'd have to appear before the school board for acting "ungodly."
She was shocked and said she had no idea attending a drag show "was bad."
”It’s no different than going to the theater," Maris said.
The physical education teacher said she tried to explain her side to the board but she "couldn't get through with them at all." She called the whole process "absolutely ridiculous."
Maris said there's no appeal process and her termination is a done deal.
She posted about the experience on Facebook.
"Hey everybody just wanting to let everyone know what has been going on in my life! As of today I was fired from my Job of 20 years for attending a sing along show at Hamburger Mary’s. Before ever getting the news of my termination it had spread like wildfire in the church and school. They told me because I went to this show and posted a picture I wasn’t walking in a Godly manner, so that being said please remove yourself from my page if this offends you, if you think this is UnGodly, makes me a pedaphile, or causes you to feel uncomfortable. Take your screenshots of my post and send them around in your group chats but when you do at least at me to the chat!"
At last check, her post had more than 1,200 reactions with 117 comments from supporters and more than 400 shares.
"They're really going to regret that. You're a wonderful teacher and took such great care of my babies when they were there," one parent wrote.
"They lost a very great teacher!!" another person commented.
"You are one of the best," another said.
Maris said she's heard from other parents and former students who told her they're proud of her.
“The positives that have come out of this have been absolutely amazing," she told us.
She plans to take advantage of her unexpected free time by spending more time with her 1-year-old grandson.
We've reached out to First Baptist Academy for comment multiple times with phone calls and emails but haven't heard back yet.
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A burglary in Doney Park ended in an officer-involved shooting Thursday, according to the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office.
The burglary suspect, identified as 32-year-old Peoria man Eric Adamson, was shot at least once after officers say he physically attacked a deputy who was attempting to put him in handcuffs.
CCSO released edited body camera footage of the incident via Facebook.
Just after 3:10 a.m. Thursday, a burglary was reported to CCSO. Deputies responded to Hidden Hill Road, where a caller said someone had broken into their home through a shattered window.
The caller told dispatch they were holding the suspect at gunpoint. By the time deputies arrived, the suspect had jumped back out of the window in an attempt to flee the scene.
Deputies on scene determined the caller was unharmed, and started to search the area for the suspect.
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Sergeant Jess Payne found Adamson just west of the house he’d allegedly broken into.
In the footage released by CCSO, Payne gets out of his patrol vehicle and shouts commands at Adamson. He approaches the suspect alone.
On the tape, Payne says, “Turn around, face away from me, walk backward toward the sound of my voice. Do it now!”
At first, Adamson appears to cooperate with the deputy. Then, as the officer approaches to put him in handcuffs, Adamson jumps back to his feet.
According to a statement from CCSO, the suspect attacked the deputy, who tried to put him in a choke hold. The suspect attempted to jump on Payne’s back and ultimately grabbed his drawn duty weapon.
In the body camera footage, the officer screams “get off me” and fires his gun.
Adamson was taken into custody and paramedics were called to the scene. In the meantime, deputies applied a tourniquet to his left arm to stop its bleeding.
On the edited tape, Payne says he fired his weapon twice and there is murmuring about the suspect being hit in the ribs. The nature of the suspect’s injuries are not yet clear, but he was transported to Flagstaff Medical Center in stable condition.
Upon his release, Adamson will be booked into the Coconino County Detention Facility on several felony charges.
Payne was evaluated by paramedics at the scene and suffered minor injuries. The 11-year veteran at the sheriff’s office is being placed on temporary administrative leave pending an investigation.
That investigation will be conducted by the Northern Arizona Multiagency Officer Involved Shooting Investigation Team — a group of specially trained detectives from CCSO, the Flagstaff Police Department and the Northern Arizona University Police Department.
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The Flagstaff Ranger Station at 5075 N. Highway 89 is currently offering free-use permits for firewood gathering in several designated free-use areas west and north of Flagstaff.
To take advantage of these free-use areas, obtain a free-use permit to collect/cut firewood at the ranger station and head to one of the designated areas, which includes an area near A-1 Mountain, Forest Road 9007S, and FR 9002T.
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Only dead and down wood may be collected in the free-use areas, including slash piles from recent thinning projects; however, all slash created from your activities must be re-piled.
For more information, please contact forester Jadalyn Hayworth at (928) 214-2444.
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Lower temperatures, and the smell of petrichor -- the pleasant scent of rain on dry soils -- in the past several days may have many northern Arizona asking the same question.
Are the monsoons finally here?
Well, yes and no. At least that’s the answer from meteorologists at the National Weather Service office in Bellemont.
Technically, monsoon season began on June 15 and will end on Sept. 30. But just because the area finds itself in the midst of monsoon season, that doesn’t mean it will see the monsoonal moisture that normally accompanies it, NWS meteorologist Matthew Davies said.
Davies said their forecasts show that while the region could certainly get some moisture, it might not be to the level that many locals might be hoping for.
Case in point, Davies said that while there is currently a high-pressure system over the Four Corners area, it could just bring scattered showers across northern Arizona.
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Throughout this weekend, he said, residents should expect to see some traditional monsoonal moisture.
But that likely won’t last.
“It's kind of spotty,” Davies said. “Towards this weekend, precipitation starts to increase across the area. However, as we go into next week, we do have another trough that will be moving through providing more southwesterly flow, which could inhibit some of that monsoonal moisture we are needing for widespread convection.”
In other words, drier and warmer winds from California are likely to push that moisture away from northern Arizona.
And that pattern of scattered rain showers bringing some relief before being pushed out by warmer and drier southwestern winds, may be what residents should continue to expect for weeks to come.
The drier monsoons are in line with weather predictions earlier this year that suggested that after such a cold and wet winter and spring, there was an increased chance for a drier monsoon season.
That may be due to the mechanism that creates monsoons. Hot air over northern Arizona, and much of the Southwest, pulls cooler and moister airflows off the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. As the theory goes, the heavier winter and wet spring impacted the land mass heating up, and interfered with the traditional pattern.
Davies said while monsoon rains may be spotty at best, it’s unlikely the region will see the temperature reach the same highs that blanketed the area through much of July.
Flagstaff saw 10 consecutive days of temperatures reaching into the mid- and high 90s, nearly breaking the record of 11 days from about 30 years ago.
The highest recorded temperature in Flagstaff is 97 degrees on July 5, 1973. On July 16 of this year, the temperature reached 96 degrees, as recorded at the Flagstaff Pulliam Airport.
Davies said residents may still see hot temperatures, especially as those southwestern winds push moisture out.
“It starts to kind of pick back up once we start to get that drier airflow come in from the Southwest and that starts to increase the temperature. But I would say definitely not the upper 90s like we did see a couple of weeks ago,” Davies said.
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This weekend begins what I call the Triple Crown of the 2023 Flagstaff Running Series. Series participants will hear the call of the bugle on three Saturdays in a row. It all starts July 29 with the Hopi Footprints 10K/2-mile Fun Run.
These races are typically spread out across the summer, but this past winter’s lingering snowpack forced organizers of the Hopi race to delay their event from May to July. It now leads right into the Machine Solutions Soldiers Trail Run 10K/5K (Aug. 5) and the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Flagstaff Half Marathon/5K (Aug. 12).
If you’re in the series this year, or you know someone who is, I encourage you to be extra kind to your runner right now. Feed them well, let them nap, maybe add an extra massage to the rotation. Take them to Run Flagstaff to buy their favorite fill-in-the-blank on your dime.
Be kind, because over the next three weekends, we’re trying to accomplish something that’s outside the comfort zone for many of us.
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We’re going to be racing, and I mean A LOT. Racing invites more than one’s usual level of effort, whatever that level might be.
It’s a mental and physical challenge, completing three races in a row. A person could be strategic and take it easy during one of the races, keeping the pace mellow to leave gas in the tank for the other events.
There’s also an option to choose your distance. If you signed up for the long courses, you can dial back to the 5K distance, or walk the BBBSF half-marathon.
I’ve been trying to talk myself into being strategic, but “taking it easy” is hard for me. I can do mellow on a training run, but when I race, I try to spend it all on the course.
That’s just me, though. If you’re a series runner who can be strategic about things — or you simply plan to show up and have fun at each race — I see you. That’s a wise plan. I wish I could do that.
Let’s all keep in mind this Hopi phrase sent out by race organizers in their email this week. “Uma Sosoyam Nahongvitotani: We encourage everyone to run strong and run with heart.” Now that, I can strive for.
Here are my parting thoughts to all of my series runners out there. See you at the Derby! And the Preakness, and the Belmont ...
Please send your running stories and ideas to coordinating editor Julie Hammonds (runner@juliehammonds.com) to be featured in this column.
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DALLAS (KDAF) – Stand-Up Comedian turned Saturday Night Live actor, Marcello Hernandez is making his way to the Big D.
Dallas Hyena’s Comedy Night Club will host the comedian for a night filled with laughter as Hernandez brings his comedic genius to the stage Aug. 4.
Known for being prideful in his Cuban – Dominican heritage, sharp wit and hilarious skits this will surely be a night of unforgettable humor and entertainment.
Mark your calendars for this side-splitting event, don’t miss out on an evening filled with laughter and good times! You can purchase your tickets here.
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DALLAS (KDAF) – If you find yourself on YouTube a lot, you have no doubt stumbled upon a video of Shane and Ryan and their encounters of the paranormal .
Formerly on BuzzFeed Unsolved, hosts Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej have since started their own network (also available on YouTube), Watchers Entertainment, with CEO Steven Lim.
They have a show called Ghost Files with the same concept of their last venture. The two attempt to recreate the internet’s best paranormal evidence in the world’s most haunted locations.
Brace yourself for a hair-raising adventure as “Ghost Files Live” comes to life in Dallas, offering a spine-chilling (and hilarious) time for paranormal enthusiasts.
Experience the excitement of ghost hunting with the ghoul boys as Majestic Theater presents a special screening of a never-before-seen episode of Ghost Files, followed by an exclusive Q&A session with the guys.
Audiences can also expect the sharing of ghost stories and an insight into the latest paranormal research. Limited tickets are available for this one-of-a-kind journey into the unknown.
Whether a seasoned ghost hunter or curious ghoul, don’t miss the chance to unravel mysteries at “Ghost Files Live.”
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BALTIMORE — They fought in World War II, landed on the beaches of Normandy, and liberated a concentration camp.
On Friday, six of the surviving members of the 83rd Infantry Division were honored at Fort McHenry.
Those veterans, along with dozens of family members, conducted the fort's flag-changing and took part in a memorial wreath ceremony afterwards.
107-year-old Al Klugiewicz was one of the veterans there today. He was a master sergeant during the war.
He tells us he signed up to fight for two simple reasons.
"I enlisted when I was 18 years old for my first hitch in the army, he continued. "I hated school. And I said, 'there's a world out there that I’d like to explore.'"
Al enlisted in 1934 and was part of the Cavalry Corps.
Outside of his war service, he also rode in President Roosevelt's Second Inaugural Parade.
His main memory is that the weather in D.C. was lousy, and he had to ride his horse through a downpour.
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A former inmate of the Allen County Jail will receive $26,000 to settle a lawsuit filed after he was injured by an officer’s excessive force.
The Allen County commissioners unanimously approved the settlement Friday. Jermayne Williams of Fort Wayne filed in February 2021 the lawsuit against the Allen County sheriff and several confinement officers – Michael Stump, Gary Apps, Kyle Poor, Kevin Dalman, Chad Reeves, Aaron Wymer, Scott Sanderson and Vance Pruden.
The lawsuit details Williams’ treatment by confinement officers, which included Stump punching Williams' head after his arrest on May 8, 2019. A few weeks later, Williams received another inmate’s medication instead of a pain reliever, according to the lawsuit.
Spencer Feighner, the attorney representing the sheriff’s department, said Williams was antagonizing officers as they tried to put him in a smock that prevents self-harm. Williams said in the lawsuit that he never made any statements that inferred he was suicidal.
Some officers used elbow jabs and kicks as force, which Feighner said was acceptable based on Williams' behavior, but Stump used more force.
“While a use of force – in this particular circumstance – we feel was absolutely warranted, the particular force he used was not, according to our policies,” Feighner said. “He attempted to use fist strikes to Mr. Williams’ shoulder. He missed."
Williams’ mouth was bleeding and he had difficulty breathing, according to the lawsuit. His tooth broke when he was punched in the head by Stump. The tooth later had to be extracted.
The other officers named in the lawsuit allowed the excessive use of force when “they had a meaningful opportunity to intervene but failed to do so,” the lawsuit states. Williams asked for $50,000 of compensatory damages, $25,000 for punitive damages and reasonable attorney's fees and costs.
Because the force Stump used was outside of the department’s policies, the officer received written discipline, Feighner said.
He described the settlement as “a prudent use of taxpayer funds” because Williams’ attorney costs alone could exceed the agreed $26,000.
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Wells Street will have no access into Superior Circle, beginning Monday, while connections to a new consolidated sewer pipe are completed, the city of Fort Wayne said today.
Traffic on Wells will be redirected to Fourth Street during the work, which is expected to take a week, City Utilities said in a statement.
Through traffic heading south should use Clinton or Van Buren streets instead, the statement said.
It said the work is to connect the sewer pipe to the recent installation west of Superior Circle. The pipe will eventually connect to the deep rock tunnel, keeping about 12 million gallons of combined sewage out of the St. Marys River at the location.
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A section of Crescent Avenue will close and a section of East State Boulevard will be restricted through early September during a project to replace a century-old water main, the city of Fort Wayne said today.
Beginning Monday, Crescent will close between Lynn Avenue and East State, and East State will be restricted between Kentucky Avenue and Forest Park Boulevard, City Utilities said in a statement.
The project is installing more than 15,000 feet of new water main, replacing a pipe from 1906, the statement said.
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CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – Strong storms moving through the Tri-State Friday afternoon are creating more power outages throughout the area.
The storms are knocking out power and taking down more trees throughout the region. Drivers should be cautious as some of the trees may be blocking roadways during the evening commute, such as Young’s Bottom in Clendenin.
This comes after storms overnight knocked out power for more than 3,000 residents, mostly in Kanawha County, and caused trees to fall in roadways and on power lines.
According to Appalachian Power’s outage map, the two counties with the most outages include Kanawha County with approximately 10,368 customers are without power and Wayne County with 2,748 customers without power. Other counties with outages include: Mason, Putnam, Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Boone, Jackson, Roane, Clay and Fayette counties in our region.
In our region, Mon Power is reporting outages in Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Nicholas, Roane, Wirt and Wood counties. The company’s website states Wood County has the most outages with 4,929 customers without power.
Kentucky Power is also reporting outages in Greenup, Boyd, Clay, Lawrence, Floyd, Martin, Johnson and Pike counties in our region.
According to AEP Ohio’s outage map, customers in Scioto, Lawrence, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs and Vinton counties are without power in our region of Ohio.
For the latest updates on outages in your area, visit the power outage maps linked above. For the most up-to-date information on the weather, stay with StormTracker 13.
This is a developing story. We will keep you updated throughout the storms.
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GRATZ, Pa. — A man and woman from Dauphin County have been charged in connection to the alleged sexual and physical abuse of two juvenile girls, according to State Police.
Kevin Atling, 49, and Stacy Shalters, 43, both of Gratz, were arrested Wednesday following a police investigation of allegations brought against both of them by two underage female victims.
Atling is accused of sexually abusing both girls over the period of a year, according to police.
He is charged with two first-degree felony counts of trafficking in individuals, two third-degree felony counts of unlawful contact with a minor, two third-degree felony counts of corruption of minors, a misdemeanor count of indecent exposure and two misdemeanor counts of indecent assault of a person less than 16 years of age.
During an interview with police regarding Atling's alleged sexual assaults, the younger of the two victims also accused Shalters of multiple acts of physical abuse, leading to charges against her, police said.
Shalters is charged with two third-degree felony counts of endangering the welfare of children and a misdemeanor count of simple assault, according to police.
She allegedly physically abused the victim on at least one occasion, striking her in the face and head with her hands, causing the victim to suffer bruising around her right eye, according to police.
Authorities began investigating the couple in April, when the older of the two victims reported Atling's alleged sexual abuse to the administration at her school, who contacted police and Dauphin County Youth Services, police said.
The older victim reported that Atling sexually abused her on several occasions over the course of a year. He allegedly touched both children inappropriately on multiple occasions, would routinely appear naked in front of them, and often asked the older victim to perform sexual acts with him, police claim.
Atling allegedly admitted to exposing himself to and touching both victims in an interview with police.
Shalters allegedly admitted to physically abusing the younger victim and told police she was aware of the acts of sexual abuse Atling is accused of perpetrating, police said.
She also allegedly attempted to defend Atling's alleged conduct, according to police.
Atling and Shalters are both being held in Dauphin County Prison after failing to post bail following their arrests, police said.
Atling's bail was set at $150,000, while Shalters' was $50,000.
Both defendents will face preliminary hearings on August 7, according to court records.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Jehovah’s Witnesses organization is facing scrutiny in Pennsylvania over its handling of alleged widespread child sexual abuse by members. An email sent to some members is offering a glimpse into how the organization is responding to that scrutiny—and the whistleblowers who helped bring concerns to light.
Martin and Jennifer Haugh first spoke with FOX43 in May 2023 to discuss their frustrations trying to get justice within Jehovah’s Witnesses for their daughter’s molestation in 2005.
Martin Haugh, a former Jehovah’s Witness elder, was so devoted to the faith that even after he walked in on another member sexually molesting his 4-year-old daughter, he didn’t go to the police for another 11 years.
Now that the Haughs have gone public with their story, Jehovah’s Witnesses have labeled them apostates and warned other members not to engage with them.
An email sent out in early July instructed members providing security for a Jehovah’s Witnesses convention in Reading to keep photos of the couple on their phones.
The convention was one of 6,000 being held across the world this year with the theme “Exercise Patience.” The convention began July 14 and was scheduled to run three consecutive weekends.
The email reminded attendants, the name for members who provide security for these conventions, that the Haughs were “not one of us.”
“I learned that I was on a list, a watch list, of all the attendants or the brothers who handle security at that convention, not to be allowed in any building,” Martin Haugh said.
According to Jehovah’s Witnesses expert and founder of Cult Education Institute Rick Alan Ross, the email showed that the organization was responding defensively to whistleblowers and critical media coverage of their handling of alleged child sexual abuse.
“This is really something that is not shocking to me because I’ve watched the organization for decades and dealt with them in court,” Alan Ross said. “They basically go after these whistleblowers and can disfellowship them, shun them and punish them for speaking out... Jehovah’s Witnesses should be listening to them in an effort to try to correct what’s wrong and deal with the situation of child sexual abuse within the organization.”
The email also claimed the Haughs had attempted to get into past conventions by “mingling with the crowd upon entry dressing and acting as if one of us.”
Martin Haugh said he did attend one protest outside the 2018 Reading convention but had never tried to enter a convention under false pretenses.
“We got permission before we even went. The police knew we were coming. The city of Reading knew we were coming,” Haugh said. “We were respectful. We didn’t engage with any Jehovah’s Witnesses and we didn’t try to enter the building.”
Media coverage of the 2018 event shows Haugh outside the building holding a sign and marching with other protesters.
Haugh said in his opinion, the email showed whom Jehovah’s Witnesses were choosing to target.
“It really hurt me because again, it’s their convention. They can determine who can come and who cannot,” he said. “But on the other hand, when I was an elder, I was not allowed to inform members of the congregation that there was a known child abuser in the congregation.”
Jehovah’s Witnesses responded to our questions about the email with a statement:
“Our congregants expect and value a peaceful learning environment at our conventions. To ensure the well-being of all who attend we may at times revoke a person’s privilege to attend our Bible education programs when we believe that their goal is to disrupt our peaceful gatherings.”
The Pennsylvania grand jury investigation is moving forward. On July 25 Jesse Hill, one of 14 Jehovah’s Witnesses charged by the attorney general in the last year for child sex abuse, became the first to plead guilty.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine welcomed 78 new medical students Friday.
The traditional White Coat Ceremony serves as a rite of passage for new medical students. According to a release from the university, the ceremony helps “establish a psychological contract for professionalism and empathy in the practice of medicine.”
The ceremony also aims to emphasize the importance of compassionate patient care and academic success.
Quillen’s first White Coat Ceremony was held in 1997 and has become integral to the college’s orientation program.
The 2027 Quillen class was selected from nearly 4,000 applicants. The 78 new medical students represent 45 different undergraduate programs. Seventy-two of the students are Tennesseans, the college reports.
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BOONES CREEK, Tenn. (WJHL) – Washington County officials and the Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) Elizabethton president gathered at the former Boone’s Creek Elementary School Friday to give an update on the progress being made at the new campus.
“Today, we are celebrating a milestone and getting some construction going on this former Boone’s Creek Elementary School site for the Tennessee College of Applied Technology’s brand new satellite campus in Boones Creek,” said Washington County Mayor Joe Grandy.
TCAT Elizabethton serves five counties throughout Northeast Tennessee. TCAT offers another option for students to earn certifications and enter the workforce.
Dr. David Hicks, President of TCAT Elizabethton, said the college focuses on developing the workforce throughout the region.
“More than anything else, we’re looking at developing a workforce that is well-trained and that can be an economic boost for our local economy,” said Hicks.
Grandy said the new campus will help establish community growth and benefit both new and existing businesses.
“What I’m interested in is looking at new businesses and helping existing businesses be able to expand and grow their business,” said Grandy. “Most of the growth that we see in the community and workforce requirement is from local businesses that want to expand and develop and grow.”
Hicks said he believes this campus has an opportunity to positively affect the lives of the students who enroll.
“We’re also here today to change lives because I see this as an opportunity for students that may be having an opportunity – if they’ll take advantage of it – to increase their economic trajectory in a lot of ways,” said Hicks.
The nursing, industrial electricity, cosmetology and building construction technology spaces are set to be completed on Sept. 5. The building will continue to see work done, with the plan to have the building finished by August 2024.
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ORO VALLEY, Ariz. — An Arizona man accused of trying to extort Georgia Tech by falsely accusing its men's basketball coach of sexual assault has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison, federal prosecutors said.
Ronald Bell, 57, of Oro Valley, Arizona, was sentenced Thursday to two years, nine months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan said in a news release. Bell pleaded guilty in March to conspiring with his co-defendant, Jennifer Pendley, and a security guard at Georgia Tech, to the extortion scheme.
“Ronald Bell tried to extort Georgia Tech and ruin the reputation of its basketball coach,” Buchanan said. “As federal prosecutors, we have a responsibility to the citizens of this district to pursue accountability and justice for crimes of sexual violence. But in this case Bell attempted to exploit the mission of our office, and law enforcement partners, to combat sexual assault through a brazen effort to enrich himself at the expense of Georgia Tech and a member of its staff. Bell has now been held accountable for his crime.”
Bell demanded money from Georgia Tech in exchange for not reporting the fictitious sexual assault, the news release said. When Georgia Tech refused to pay Bell, Pendley filed a lawsuit claiming sexual battery, sexual assault, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The claims falsely alleged that a guard witnessed assault. Ultimately, the security guard admitted that his statements were false and that Bell asked him to lie to support the false claim against the university's basketball coach, Josh Pastner.
Bell told the security guard that the false accusation could be worth $20 million to Bell and Pendley and promised the guard a share of the money and a new Jeep, according to the news release.
Pastner, a former University of Arizona assistant coach, and the couple, who were once friends, have been entangled in litigation since January 2018. It started when Pastner sued them for blackmail and defamation. He accused them of falsely claiming he broke NCAA rules.
They in turn countersued, which is when they accused Pastner of sexually assaulting Pendley at a Houston hotel in 2016 when he was a coach at Memphis.
Georgia Tech conducted an independent investigation last year and found no basis for the sexual misconduct allegations.
It was not immediately clear if Pendley or the security guard face charges in the case.
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BENSON, Ariz. — The driver involved in a fatal wreck Wednesday in southern Arizona has still not been found, officials said.
The destructive wreck occurred along Highway 80 near milepost 290, according to the Cochise County Sheriff's Office.
One passenger in the wrecked vehicle died and two others sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The driver could not be located at the time of the crash.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety said Friday that the driver had still not been found. The identity of the deceased passenger could not be disclosed because the next of kin had not yet been notified.
DPS said this was possibly a case involving human smuggling.
Officials described the driver as a white or light-complected man, thin, about 6'0" tall, and wearing a grey shirt and tan pants.
Up to Speed
What is the Valley?:
“The Valley” is what locals call the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is considered the largest metropolitan area in the Southwest.
The Valley is made up of various major cities other than Phoenix, including:
- Mesa
- Chandler
- Scottsdale
- Tempe
- Glendale
- Surprise
- Peoria
- Gilbert
- El Mirage
- Avondale
- Litchfield Park
- Goodyear
- Buckeye
Whether a city is in the “East Valley” or “West Valley” depends on where it is in relation to Phoenix.
The cities of the Valley have a combined population of 4,845,832 people, according to the 2020 United States Census. This makes it the 11th largest metropolitan area in the country right behind the Boston and Atlanta areas.
How big is Maricopa County?:
Maricopa County is the United States’ 4th largest county in terms of population with 4,485,414 people, according to the 2020 Census.
The county contains around 63% of Arizona’s population and is 9,224 square miles. That makes the county larger than seven U.S. states (Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hampshire).
One of the largest park systems in the nation is also located in Maricopa County. The county has an estimated 120,000 acres of open space parks that includes hundreds of miles of trails, nature centers and campgrounds.
The county’s seat is located in Phoenix, which is also the state capital and the census-designated 5th most populous city in the United States.
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PERRYOPOLIS, Pa. — Two local teenage girls experienced a terrifying situation when police say a man tried to lure them into his truck at a park in Perryopolis.
Officers say quick thinking led to an arrest and may have saved the day.
Tune in to Channel 11 News at 6 p.m. to learn why the father of one of the teens is being credited with a quick response.
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