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Detroit files 59 charges against top offenders posting illegal signs
Detroit ― Detroit officials are cracking down on the "visual clutter" plaguing some city neighborhoods, filing criminal charges against a suburban business owner they say is one of the top offenders of putting up illegal sign postings.
The city's law department has filed 59 misdemeanor charges in Detroit's 36th District Court following residents' complaints, dedicating resources and manpower to rid the city of illegally placed signs, said Katrina Crawley, assistant director of Detroit's Blight and Remediation Division.
The city's blight team has been removing illegally placed signs since last year and began warning business owners that they may not be aware they violated a city ordinance. But after 18 months of ignored warnings, the city said it has identified the top five repeat offenders and pursued criminal charges.
"We did an outreach to the community business owners, let the owners know they were violating chapter four of the city code and how they could successfully advertise their businesses," Crawley said during a press conference Monday at O'Hair Park. "Even before we got the law involved, we issued several warnings. Detroit Police have the authority to issue tickets, but I believe that’s an ill-use of our services."
In total, 16,000 signs have been removed in 18 months. The city's Blight and Remediation Team has removed 615 signs from Shaw's Plumbing business since February 2022.
But all 59 misdemeanor charges, so far, have been filed against William Shaw IV, of Shaw's Plumbing in Melvindale. He's accused of violating Detroit's sign ordinances by hanging commercial signs without authorization. He faces up to $29,500 in fines, 90 days in jail or both.
Shaw's Plumbing did not respond to a request for comment.
Gail Tubbs, president of Detroit's O’Hair Park Community Association, said the initiative to tackle visual blight began after she wrote letters to the mayor's office, complaining of the signs littering her northwest neighborhood.
“My boundaries are Southfield and Evergreen and these people have the nerve to put these signs on poles all throughout our neighborhood," said Tubbs, who believes most of the offenders aren't from her community. "Businesses, we want you to thrive but social media can get people more service than these signs. We'd rather have that than distracting young and old drivers while they’re trying to drive. So I’m saying stop, we don’t want it."
After the charges against Shaw were filed Friday, the next step is an arraignment on those warrants in about two weeks. The city's General Services Department is leading the effort to document all new signage.
The crackdown on illegal signs follows Duggan's "Blight to Beauty" promise which focuses on removing illegal dumping and abandoned structures.
Crawley said they took extraordinary steps to get the businesses to stop, but charges were filed because the signs became more difficult to remove.
“Some of the worst offenders started hanging the signs much higher. Our teams would have to have to get on the back of truck beds or climb ladders to remove them," she said. "Some of them were anchored by nails or bolts and they made it difficult for us to do our jobs. There were 16,000+ signs removed all throughout this city in 18 months. That took man hours. We typically remove signs on weekends and imagine spending precious city services on this."
Crawley also noted it's not just Detroit businesses to blame for illegal signage. Aside from Shaw, city officials declined to say which other businesses could be facing charges but said the 59 charges filed Friday should serve as a warning.
"Not everyone who is posting is a business in the city. We get plenty from Dearborn, Melvindale, like Shaw's. Who lives in Ecorse," Crawley said. "This is just the tip of the iceberg."
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Students' emotional recounts spar with experts' insights on Oxford shooter's mental health
Pontiac — An Oxford High School student who killed four classmates and injured seven others and a teacher showed emotion for the first time during a hearing Friday to determine if he'll be sentenced to life without parole in prison as his former vice principal testified about how he killed a fellow student.
Seventeen-year-old Ethan Crumbley pursed his lips as tears began dripping down his face when Oxford High School Assistant Principal Kristy Gibson-Marshall sobbed during her testimony about her attempts to save Tate Myre, whom she had known since he was 3.
She took his pulse and checked his vitals before trying to get his backpack off so she could give him lifesaving breaths, but Tate was already blue.
"It was crushing," Gibson-Marshall said through tears. "I had to help him. I just needed to save him. For his mom."
Gibson-Marshall was the only prosecution witness who called Ethan by his first name instead of saying "the defendant" or "the shooter." She was also the last witness called by the prosecution Friday as it rested its case on whether the teenage shooter should receive a life sentence without parole.
Her account followed vivid and emotional testimony from students who witnessed the Nov. 30, 2021, attack, including Heidi Allen, who rendered possibly lifesaving aid to a wounded classmate, and Keegan Gregory, who was in the bathroom when a fellow student was shot and killed.
The shooter's defense team began its case Friday, presenting evidence that he struggled with depression and paranoid thoughts and heard voices in his head but did not receive the help he said he needed from his parents. The defense is arguing that mitigating factors, such as the shooter's age, his family and home environment, the circumstances of the crime and the possibility of rehabilitation, make a life without parole sentence disproportionate.
The teen's attorneys, Paulette Loftin and Amy Hopp, introduced three witnesses: His psychiatrist, Fariha Qadir; University of Michigan psychiatry and pediatrics professor Daniel Keating; and Dr. Kenneth Romanowski, who is an expert in corrections and juvenile offenders.
They also cross-examined prosecutor witness Oakland County Detective Edward Wagrowski, who began his testimony Thursday but did not finish. Loftin questioned Wagrowski about several Google searches the teen did in the weeks and months before the shooting, asking questions about depression, anxiety and being a sociopath. She also detailed text messages he sent a friend, detailing worries about seeing things and hearing things, along with struggles with his parents.
The teen was worried about his mental state before the shooting but said his parents made him feel like "I'm the problem."
His mom "thinks the reason I'm so mad and sad all the time is because I take drugs and she doesn’t worry about my mental health," he texted to his friend in March 2021.
Hopp also asked Friday to exclude the Thursday testimony of Molly Darnell, a teacher who was shot and injured in the attack.
Hopp said Darnell’s testimony was "clearly inappropriate for a Miller hearing," referencing a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Miller v. Alabama, when the high court ruled that mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole were unconstitutional for juveniles who committed homicides.
"We are not here at this point for sentencing," Hopp said. "If the testimony is not tailored to those five factors, it is … inadmissible."
But Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said part of the Miller hearing is the proportionality of the crime. She argued the way the shooter committed the crime and the testimony of the victims, on whom he said he wanted to inflict pain and suffering, are relevant to the Miller factors, she said.
It’s "offensive and unconscionable" to not allow the victims to take the stand and tell the truth, she said.
Oakland Circuit Judge Kwame Rowe denied Loftin's motion.
During the first day of testimony Thursday, three people from the Oakland County Sheriff's Office testified about the scene at Oxford High School on Nov. 30, 2021, after the then-15-year-old opened fire in the hallways. He killed Madisyn Baldwin, 17; Tate Myre, 16; Hana St. Juliana, 14; and Justin Shilling, 17.
The hearing adjourned Friday afternoon and is scheduled to continue Tuesday.
Paranoia, hearing voices
During Friday morning's cross-examination of Wagrowski, the detective, Loftin continued to try to lay a base for the defense's argument that the shooter suffered from mental trauma.
She read texts Ethan sent to his friend in March 2021 about how he felt "extreme paranoia" and how his brain was making him see someone standing in the room who wasn't there. He talked about someone being in the house when no one else was home and that he believed there was a ghost in the house. He told his friend about how he was hearing footsteps and said he was "having a heart attack." His parents weren't responding to his texts, he said.
He also mentioned a breakdown he had that made his mom think he was on drugs.
"She thinks the reason I'm so mad and sad all the time is because I take drugs and she doesn't worry about my mental health," he texted to his friend, noting he "lost it" in the shower and apparently went outside and was talking to himself, though he had no memory of the incident. "They make me feel like I'm the problem."
In one text exchange, Ethan said he asked his dad to take him to the doctor, but "he just gave me some pills and told me to suck it up."
In another exchange, according to testimony, the teen contemplated calling 911 to get help but decided not to do it because his parents would be mad.
"I need help," he texted a friend, according to a message string his attorney read.
In the month leading up to the shooting, the teen's internet searches showed a person who was struggling with mental illnesses, namely depression and anxiety. He asked Google: "What happens if you have depression and anxiety?" "What can cause mental illness?" "Can you get arrested for not going to school?" "Am I a sociopath?" "What is a psychopath?" "What is it called when you want to kill?" "How do you know if you have gone insane?" "How to tell your doctor that you have depression?"
Romanowski, the expert in corrections, said Ethan takes his medication about half the time and sees a psychiatrist once a week. He has engaged in several incidents of self-harm: hitting his head into a wall, ramming his head into a door and possible suicidal behavior. He continued to report hearing voices and being paranoid.
Romanowski said the teen is under strict observation at all times in the Oakland County Jail, where he has been since November 2021. He has either been on suicide watch or active behavior watch the entire time, Romanowski said.
He did not have any misconduct in jail until 2023, when from a three-month period between February and May, he had several minor rule violations, Romanowski said. He made dice out of toilet paper and made a game board to roll the dice on. He also blocked the window where deputies look into the cell with cardboard boxes and trash bags and gave his phone password to another inmate so the other person could make calls to relatives.
Romanowski said the teen has been working on completing his GED while in jail, but he has not completed the final step — taking the test — because it needs to be proctored, and the sheriff's office wasn't able to facilitate that.
In Michigan, Romanowski said, of about 200 juvenile offenders who have been released onto parole since the Miller decision in 2012, only one has been charged with a new crime. This is consistent with data from Pennsylvania, where a 2020 Montclair State University study found that only 1.4% of people paroled after being sentenced to life in prison committed another crime after their release.
Assistant Prosecutor David Williams asked Romanowski if he knew of the circumstances of the crime, and he acknowledged he did not. He noted, however, that he has never met an inmate he could never be rehabilitated.
"I think everybody has the potential to change, and I think Mr. Crumbley is no exception to that rule," Romanowski said. "But he has to be the one to say I'm going to make that change. ... I find those facts to be horribly disturbing. But do I still think he has the opportunity or possibility to change? Yes."
Romanowski did not speak to the shooter, but he reviewed records from his time in jail.
Keating, the UM professor, said it is not possible to make an accurate prediction about whether a juvenile is capable of being rehabilitated or is irreparably corrupt, something prosecutors pushed him to answer Friday. He spoke in detail about how Ethan's age would have affected his decision-making and impulsivity at the time of the shooting.
Keating discussed how adolescent brain development makes children react to things differently than adults and spoke in theory. He had not read any reports or records related to the shooter and had not spoken to him.
The most illuminating witness for the defense was Qadir, who painted a picture of the teen's mental state in the time since his arrest. Qadir has worked with him since he was booked in the Oakland County Jail immediately after the shooting. She said she saw the teen daily or every three days for the entire month of December 2021 and has seen him more than 100 times for 15-minute visits.
Qadir said the teen talked about having two types of voices, one internal and one external. The external voice didn't interfere much with his life and came and went, she said. His internal thoughts were "more significant," Qadir said, and he struggled to get rid of them. They got worse in the two weeks before the shooting, she said.
She diagnosed him with adjustment disorder with anxiety and major depressive disorder. Adjustment disorder is usually related to something going on in someone's life, she said. He has regularly been taking Prozac, an antidepressant; hydroxyzine, which was used to help with sleep; and Trileptal, which is a mood stabilizer that Qadir said helped him with some of his anger episodes.
She did not elaborate on what the anger episodes were or how often they occurred.
Students offer eyewitness testimony
McDonald called two student witnesses Friday to testify about their experiences on the day of the shooting.
Heidi Allen was one of the only people in the hallway right outside the bathroom immediately after the shooter exited who did not get shot. She was heading to the bathroom before her fifth-period math class began but never made it.
She noticed the shooter coming out of the bathroom and recognized him, though she noted she had never socialized with him before and only knew him as a quiet person. She said he "didn't answer when people talked to him." She saw the shooter raise the gun level with his eyes and point it at students in the hall, then watched as he shot Phoebe Arthur and then her boyfriend, Elijah Mueller. He fired at a group of girls next to her as well and she dropped down to the ground.
"I just prayed and covered my head because I didn't know if those were my last moments," Heidi said.
She could feel the shooter walking by her and she stayed down for several moments. When she opened her eyes, she saw several girls lying in the hallway. She asked if anyone had been shot; only Phoebe answered. She helped Phoebe up and told her she was going to be OK.
Heidi got them into an open classroom nearby. Though she had no idea how severe Phoebe's injuries were, or if she was going to be OK, she repeatedly reassured her of that.
"That's all I knew what to do," Heidi said. "I started to pray with her because I didn’t know what else to do. … (I told her) I think I'm supposed to be here right now. There's no other reason I was in this hallway completely untouched."
She tried to stop the bleeding while they waited for help. When officers arrived, they put Phoebe on a swivel chair to get her out of the school. Heidi said she made sure Phoebe wasn't facing the "chaos" in the hallway where the rest of the victims were.
Phoebe was taken to the hospital in an ambulance, but Heidi had to stay in the school. An officer told her at one point to look at the wall instead of the bodies and blood, so that’s what she did.
Keegan Gregory, who was 15 when he heard the shooter kill another student, Justin Shilling, in a bathroom at the high school, also testified Friday.
Keegan's parents sat in the courtroom during his testimony. Chad, his father, closed his eyes when McDonald read texts from Keegan to his family's group text from that day. His mother, Meghan, bowed her head and leaned forward. A service dog and handler sat nearby while Keegan was on the stand.
Much of Keegan's story was told through text messages he sent his parents and sisters during the shooting. He texted his parents, in all caps, about the shooter. He said “HELP,” “GUN SHOTS,” “GUN,” “HELP,” “MOM,” “THERE RIGHT HERE. RIGHT OUTSIDE THE BATHROOM.”
“i’m terrified,” Keegan texted after his father told him to stay down and be quiet and calm. He heard a loud shot right outside the bathroom.
Keegan was hiding with Justin in a stall in the bathroom when Keegan heard footsteps. Keegan said the shooter kicked the door in. He stared at them. Keegan said he didn’t remember if the shooter said anything. Keegan looked at him and said, "please." The shooter walked out of the stall.
Keegan said Friday that the shooter didn’t seem nervous, panicked or emotional. He said he was "kind of blank. Cold."
The shooter told Keegan to stay put and for Justin to come out of the stall with him. Justin obeyed, leaving Keegan crouching on the toilet. It was quiet for a second, then he heard a shot.
"I kind of didn't know what to think," Keegan said. "My mind wasn’t really believing that it happened."
The shooter came back into the stall and motioned for Keegan to come out with him and go over by Justin, who was lying in a pool of blood around his head. But Keegan ran behind the shooter's back and out the bathroom door, sprinting through the halls.
"I think when I saw (Justin's) body I realized if I stayed I was going to die," Keegan said.
Keegan said he didn’t learn Justin had died until some time after the shooting. He was in shock for "a long time." It took him several weeks to break down, he said.
He has a tattoo on his forearm of the date of the shooting in Roman numerals with four hearts under it. One heart is red with a halo around it — for Justin.
"I kinda thought of it as, if he didn't die in there, then I'd be dead right now," Keegan said of why Justin's heart was surrounded by a halo.
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Detroit woman who bit trooper, her sister arrested
A woman was arrested Friday after biting a Michigan State Police trooper while police were taking her sister into custody in Detroit, officials said.
The incident happened at about 9 a.m. in the 17000 block of Plainview Avenue near McNichols and Evergreen roads, according to authorities.
Redford police had asked state police troopers for help to follow a motorcycle rider who fled from officers, they said.
A Michigan State Police helicopter spotted the suspect heading toward downtown Detroit, officials said. Troopers attempted to conduct a traffic stop, but the rider refused to comply.
The helicopter followed the motorcycle to a home on Plainview. Troopers went to the home and contacted a woman inside, police said. They convinced the motorcycle's rider, a 27-year-old Detroit woman, to leave the house and she was arrested.
As troopers were finishing up, a woman, later identified as the suspect's sister, arrived and began to interfere with the officers. At one point, she bit a trooper's arm, authorities said.
The second woman, 21, was also taken into custody. Both women were taken to the Detroit Detention Center to await charges, police said.
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Law enforcement officials in Philadelphia are investigating after a man was shot to death in the city's Kensington neighborhood late Monday morning.
According to police, officers responding to a shooting at about 11:22 a.m., discovered a 31-year-old man who had been shot in the neck, back and hand along the 2500 block of N. Reese Street.
Police investigators have not yet provided an identity of the victim.
Officials said the man was pronounced on the scene at about 11:31 a.m.
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No arrests have yet been made and no weapon was recovered, however, police officials said the incident is under investigation.
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In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this past weekend, a Delaware County woman took on competitors from all over the country at the Stihl Timbersports U.S. Championships.
And, when the sawdust settled, she took home the top spot, for the third time.
After a hard fought weekend at the wood chopping sport championship, Martha King of Chadds Ford became the first woman to win three U.S. championships.
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According to a statement from organizers, King took the top spot by marking her personal bests "in the Standing Block Chop and Underhand Chop disciplines with times of 30.99 seconds and 31.97 seconds, respectively."
“I just feel so powerful and on fire when I’m up here,” King said in a statement on her win. “I gave it my all today."
For the men's competition, Jason Lentz of Diana, West Virginia took home the gold.
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After serving the community for 22 years, the chief of police for the City of Reading, in Berks County, Richard Tornielli is set to retire on Monday.
On Saturday, the mayor of Reading, Eddie Moran, announced that he has accepted Tornielli's offer of retirement, saying it was time to "move forward with new leadership in the police department.'
"When I was elected four years ago, among several issues I wanted to tackle, making the community safe was and still is my number one priority. Given recent events, I decided that we needed to move forward with new leadership in the police department," the mayor's letter read. "As such, the Chief and I agreed that a change of strategy was needed, and I graciously accepted his offer of retirement."
In his statement, Moran said that he had heard from people across the city who felt unsafe and and he said he wants to do a "nationwide search" for a replacement for Tornielli.
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Also, Moran said he wants to new chief to be visible in the community, while helping his office develop a safety plan "to address growing concerns of crime within our city."
"In the very near future, I’ll be appointing an interim police chief to lead the department while a search is conducted. And finally, to the men and women of the Reading Police Department. I hear you, I am with you, and I am willing to do all I can to ensure that you feel valued and respected, Moran's statement read. "I will continue to listen to your opinions on how we fight crime in the city and whom I choose to lead the police department in the future."
On Monday morning, calls to Tornielli's office seeking comment went unreturned.
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CEDAR FALLS — The American Heart Association's 2023 Cedar Valley Heart Walk will be held Aug. 19 at the Mudd Advertising/Prairie Lakes Campus in Cedar Falls.
The association's event to boost physical and mental health allows supporters to celebrate heart attack and stroke survivors, raise lifesaving funds and encourage physical activity. This year's theme is "I walk to Save Lives."
“Heart disease and stroke impact people in very personal life-changing ways,” Sydney Rogers, the development director for the Cedar Valley Heart Walk, said in a news release. “The Heart Walk encourages participants to express, share and be inspired by the reasons why they walk while supporting an organization that leads the way in the fight against cardiovascular disease.”
Congenital heart defect survivors Kemper Kleiss serves as this year's ambassador. A 6-year-old from Lawler, Kemper was diagnosed with Tricuspid Atresia with a ventricular septal defect and atrial septal defect. Her condition has required two open-heart surgeries. She is active in gymnastics, swimming and dancing. She loves riding her bike, playing outside with her friends and rooting for her favorite team, the Iowa State Cyclones.
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“Through this entire experience, Kemper continues to display amazing strength and perseverance,” Kemper's mother, Emily Kleiss, said in the release. “She’s received great care from the minute she was born. We look forward to sharing our story at the Heart Walk because we want to help raise awareness and funds so even more lives can be saved.”
To register, go online to CedarValleyHeartWalk.org.
The walk is sponsored by MercyOne Northeast Iowa and Cedar Valley Medical Specialists. Other key sponsors include UnityPoint Health–Waterloo, Scheels, People's Community Health Clinic, Camping World and Terex.
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VOLGA – Two men were ejected from the open bed of a moving pickup truck Saturday and suffered life-threatening injuries, according to the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office.
Both men were transported to MercyOne Elkader Hospital and then via air ambulance to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics for the injuries. Names of the victims are being withheld until family notification.
The incident happened while the driver was accelerating southwest on Domino Road (Highway C2W) near the Volga U Campground, at about 7:07 p.m., amidst a lull in the neighboring Volga City Diesel Truck Show activities.
Event organizer Tom Klingman, CEO of Volga City Truck Cruise, said the incident did not transpire on the grounds or as part of the Friday and Saturday event that attracted 900 people to 609 Washington St.
Klingman said three attendees from out of state had set up camp at the campground and had been drinking. The other was the driver.
The rest of the event was canceled immediately following the incident. Klingsman noted another man a few hours later had been walking along the same roadway on a bridge over the Volga River to a convenience store when he was struck by an unalert driver, but is ultimately in stable condition.
The Iowa State Patrol is investigating the pedestrian accident, the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.
“We have good food – great barbeque – and have water, but we don’t sell alcohol and do everything to keep people safe. We communicate with people and remind them not to drink and drive. Our goal is to have fun and have a good time.”
Chief Deputy Steve Holst put out a press release about the first incident after The Courier inquired Sunday night. He declined to answer questions.
The incident is still under investigation. The Clayton County Sheriff’s Office was assisted on scene by Elkader Police Department, Clayton County Conservation, MercyOne Elkader Ambulance, Volga Fire and First Responders, LifeGuard Air Ambulance and University of Iowa Aircare.
Photos: Waterhawks Ski Team performs at Midwest Regional Show
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs strap doubles in its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs ramp jumps in its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs strap doubles in its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs strap doubles in its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs strap doubles in its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs a pyramid in its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
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The Waterhawks Ski Team takes a moment to honor Dean Weber, the long-time Waterhawks boat driver who passed away on July 22, during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs strap doubles in its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs strap doubles in its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs ramp jumps in its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs ramp jumps in its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
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The Waterhawks Ski Team performs its Trolls World Tour show during the 31st Midwest Regional Show Ski Championship at Eagle Lake in Evansdale on Saturday.
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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A small plane experiencing a fuel problem was forced to make an emergency landing Monday in a Brevard County field, according to the sheriff’s office.
The plane landed in a field near the intersection of Centerlane Road and Hereford Lane near Palm Bay around 10:45 a.m.
The sheriff’s office did not say what kind of fuel problem forced the emergency landing. The Federal Aviation Administration later called it an engine problem, but again did not clarify what kind of problem the plane experienced.
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Investigators said there were two people on board, but neither were injured in the landing.
The FAA will now investigate the emergency landing.
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ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) – Elizabethton police are investigating after a crash left multiple people injured on Saturday.
According to a release from the Elizabethton Police Department (EPD), officers were called to the 100 block of West Elk Avenue at 8:25 p.m. on Saturday after receiving reports of a crash with injuries.
When officers arrived, they reported finding a red Dodge Ram 25000 that had hit a red Mitsubishi Outlander in the westbound lane. The release states investigators found that the Dodge Ram had been heading east when it crossed into the westbound lanes and hit the Mitsubishi.
The EPD reports the driver of the Mitsubishi was entrapped inside the vehicle, and the Elizabethton Fire Department and Carter County EMS responded to extract her.
“Due to the possibility of serious injuries being involved in the accident, the Specialized Traffic Accident Reconstruction Team was activated,” the release states. “S.T.A.R. team members arrived on scene and took over the investigation.”
According to police, everyone involved in the crash was transported to the Johnson City Medical Center due to their injuries.
As of Monday morning, the EPD stated that the investigation was still ongoing and asked anyone with additional information to call Corporal Jason Mosier at 423-547-6422.
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WASHINGTON COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — One person was seriously injured after an early morning crash on Interstate 81 in Washington County, Virginia, police report.
According to Virginia State Police (VSP), a tractor-trailer traveling south on I-81 near Exit 19 in Abingdon pulled off on the shoulder due to heavy fog.
Just before 4 a.m., a Chevrolet pickup truck, also traveling south, hit the back of the parked tractor-trailer, VSP said. The impact from the crash reportedly pushed the pickup truck back into the southbound lane, where it hit another tractor-trailer.
The second tractor-trailer reportedly ran off the left side of I-81 into the median and hit a guardrail before coming to a stop in the northbound lanes.
The driver of the Chevrolet pickup truck was taken to Bristol Regional Medical Center for serious injuries, VSP said.
The crash remains under investigation.
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NEW SEWICKLEY, Pa. — The New Sewickley Township Police Department is investigating a burglary at a convenience store.
The department says an unidentified black man forcibly entered the Little Super convenience store on Route 989 around 4:20 a.m. Sunday. The man then stole money and cigarettes.
Authorities believe the man is from the Edgewood/Swissvale area. Anyone with information should contact police at 724-774-2473.
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PITTSBURGH — Making Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods safer, one sidewalk at a time: that’s the goal of proposed legislation making its way through Pittsburgh City Council, a sidewalk pilot program designed to help residents, homeowners and business owners.
“It’s one of the requests that we hear most from our residents, is what are we doing about the sidewalks? We don’t have the authority on our own to go fix and repair sidewalks — that’s generally up to landlords or property owners to repair,” said Maria Montano, communications director for the mayor’s office.
Through the pilot program, the Department of Public Works crews would make sidewalk repairs at a reduced cost to homeowners. City officials said the program would be supported by the general fund, describing it as a low-cost alternative to hiring a contractor to make this as affordable as possible.
“For neighborhoods that are in high need, we’re offering structured repayment plans and those fees are also adjustable based on A.M.I. [Area Median Income], so lower-income families will be paying less than those who have the means to do so,” Montano said.
City officials have identified four neighborhoods that are in the lower-income range to begin the pilot phase, overlaying that with Safe Routes to Schools program.
“We’re looking at those sidewalks along those corridors to see which of the ones are in the most disrepair, and let’s start there. Let’s get those sidewalks that our kids are using every day to get to and from school to make them the best that they can be,” Montano said.
City council will take a final vote on the matter this week.
Councilwoman Barbara Warwick of District 5 sent us this statement:
“Deteriorating sidewalks create a major accessibility issue for many of our most vulnerable residents, so I’m glad that DOMI is piloting new ways to address the problem. That said, it’s going to be important that they work closely with respective council members to be sure that residents are informed and involved and that the places of greatest need are where we’re focusing efforts. Overall, though, I’d really like to see the city take over responsibility for all of our sidewalks and start prioritizing pedestrian access and safety to the same degree that we prioritize access for cars. Perhaps some type of sidewalk fund that could be paid for in part by citing illegal parking - especially parking on sidewalks - which damages our infrastructure and also makes those sidewalks impassible for people on foot.”
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WASHINGTON CO., Pa. — Authorities in Washington County are looking for the public to come forward and help solve a 44-year-old cold case.
Police say Douglas Bryner, 32, was last seen on July 23, 1979. He was traveling from his home in Redstone Township, Fayette County, to the home of Ralph Good in West Bethlehem Township, Washington County, when he disappeared.
Good is incarcerated for a different homicide and authorities say he’s not cooperating in this investigation.
Anyone with information about the case should contact PSP Washington Station at 724-223-5200 and speak to Trooper Dowlin. Tipsters can also contact Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-8477 or submitting a tip online. There is a cash reward for information.
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The Dayton Daily News is investigating a state program that collects money from the estates of deceased Medicaid recipients after they die — and how that impacts grieving families who are often unaware of the program until they get the bill.
Here are five key takeaways from our recent investigation in Medicaid Estate Recovery:
1. Ohio Medicaid collected $87.5 million in 2022 from Medicaid recipients’ estates after they died. The amount collected by the state has increased steadily from $40.6 million in 2017, totaling $366 million over that time period.
2. Ohio Medicaid collects more in estate recovery than most other states. A 2019 report found that the five states with the largest collections — Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Wisconsin — account for 38.5% of all recoveries.
3. People can lose their homes. Collecting unpaid Medicaid funds from a deceased recipient often includes placing a lien on the person’s property after they die. One woman reporter Nick Blizzard interviewed was her father’s live-in caretaker for years before he died and now fears she’ll lose her home. A local attorney noted another similar case in Kettering happening now. “That happens on a regular basis,” said attorney Ted Gudorf.
4. Changes need to be made, according to local experts and advocates for the elderly. Issues include insufficient efforts to educate people about the program when they apply for Medicaid, and more exemptions for surviving family members facing hardship.
5. There are steps families can take to protect assets from Medicaid Estate Recovery, but people must be proactive and often it requires the help of legal experts. This story looks at options and a local group that works to help educate families about the program.
We are continuing to dig into this program and how it affects local people. If your family has been impacted by Ohio Medicaid Estate Recovery, please fill out our form below.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — With the start of a new work week came some bad news for Florida drivers.
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AAA said the average price for a gallon of gas was nearly 20 cents more than a week ago and almost 30 cents higher than two weeks ago.
In fact, the auto club said motorists have recently been paying the highest prices of the summer.
READ: FHP: Man, 28, killed in crash on John Young Parkway in Orange County
On Friday, a gallon of regular unleaded fuel averaged $3.67 in the Sunshine State.
It was the highest daily average price since mid-April, but remained below this year’s high of $3.72 per gallon, AAA said.
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“Oil prices are the primary culprit behind the recent jump at the pump,” according to AAA’s Mark Jenkins.
“The U.S. price of oil rose 15% through the past five weeks, which raised the cost of producing gasoline,” he said.
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Additionally, record-breaking heat has led to some refinery outages along the Gulf Coast, leading to reductions in fuel.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando’s Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute is offering a new technology for golfers and soccer players recovering from injuries.
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It’s an interactive soccer and golf simulator that will help people return to sports stronger than ever.
It gives real-time feedback to both the patient and physical therapist by tracking data that will help guide treatment following an injury.
As an example, the simulator can provide information on a golf athlete’s swing speed, ball speed, and spin rate. It provides similar data for soccer players who are working to get back on the field.
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“A lot of times, patients are a bit fearful of returning to the activity that caused their injury,” said Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute physical therapist Bryan Manarte, PT, DPT. “This allows them to test their swing or kick with their therapist at their side. We can then use the data to see what we need to work on next.”
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — KOIN 6’s Kohr Harlan has been featured in the annual ‘Chicken Daddies’ calendar since its inception in 2021.
As “Mr. May,” Harlan has posed in daisy dukes, yellow tutus, and now a vintage-style swimsuit for the calendar’s 2024 edition.
On Monday morning, he headed out to Hillsboro for a photoshoot alongside a feathered-colleague.
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BOULDER, Colo. — A 17-year-old National Team bicyclist was hit and killed by a car while training in Boulder County this weekend, USA Cycling said.
Magnus White was preparing to compete in the Junior Men’s Mountain Bike Cross-Country World Championships in Scotland on Aug. 10, and was set to start his senior year of high school in a few weeks.
According to Colorado State Patrol (CSP), the crash happened at about 12:33 p.m. on southbound Highway 119 past North 63rd Street. A Toyota Matrix, driven by a 23-year-old woman, was driving southbound when the vehcile went onto the shoulder, hitting the back of White's bike.
White was injured and taken the hospital where he later died, according to Trooper Gabriel Moltrer with CSP.
The investigation into the crash is ongoing. Drugs, alcohol and excessive speed are not factors in the crash, Moltrer said.
White is survived by his parents Jill and Michael, his brother Eero "and countless friends worldwide," the USA Cycling's website says.
"White fell in love with cycling at an early age through Boulder Junior Cycling. He was a rising star in the off-road cycling scene and his passion for cycling was evident through his racing and camaraderie with his teammates and local community," USA Cycling said.
"We offer our heartfelt condolences to the White family, his teammates, friends, and the Boulder community during this incredibly difficult time," the organization said.
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MAINE, Maine — Dozens of Mainers met up on Bailey Island to support fisheries and to show opposition to offshore wind development as legislation signed into law this week moves the project forward.
LD 1895 "An Act Regarding the Procurement of Energy from Offshore Wind Resources," signed by Gov. Janet Mills, works to lay out a plan to develop the offshore wind project responsibly, add strong standards for workers, both on and off the water, as well as avoid disruption of important fishing grounds.
The New England Fishermen's Stewardship Association held a Save Our Fisheries fundraiser to show their disapproval of the bill and project.
More than 50 local businesses and stakeholders were in attendance, along with a lobster boat parade to show solidarity on the water.
"There's not a man or woman fisherman on the coast that agrees that offshore wind development is a good idea," NEFSA Founder Jerry Leeman said.
But not everyone is opposed. Backing the bill is the president of the Maine Building and Construction Trades Council, Jason Shedlock. He said he thinks the project is inevitable, and the recent legislation will lay out protections for project workers and fishermen.
"We did all we could as the state of Maine to make sure that these structures as the federal government sites them, are sited outside of areas that have the most impact to people that earn their livings on the water," Shedlock said. "Rather than cross our arms and say no, we don't want this, we said how do we want it to happen."
However, Leeman said the project could be invasive for fishermen's proprietary fishing areas, and it is hard to predict the fishing values of the Gulf of Maine for the project site.
"How do we pick the least impactful place when you...can't tell me the parameters of what we're looking for," Leeman said. "You can't tell a fisherman to stop fishing but what you can do is over-regulate them to a point where they can't financially go anymore."
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MAINE, USA — She didn’t drive.
She couldn’t schedule appointments on her own.
She wouldn’t be able to hold a job and was dependent on others to get through the day.
The petition filed in the Hancock County Probate Court by Julie Thielen-Montgomery in 2011 painted a helpless picture of her daughter, Cindy Thielen.
Thielen-Montgomery was asking the court to make her the guardian of her 19-year-old daughter, who was diagnosed with autism at 13. That meant the mother would have complete control of her daughter’s life choices for years to come.
Cindy Thielen didn’t want this. She knew she needed some help but wanted to control her own life.
She was soft spoken and kept her eyes downcast when a court-appointed assessor, known as a “visitor,” met her to prepare a report for the judge. Her autism was a “pervasive developmental disorder” that may require Thielen to have a guardian for the rest of her life, the visitor wrote, urging that the guardianship be approved.
On the day of the hearing, Thielen wasn’t in the courtroom even though she wanted to be, she said later. A case manager told the judge it would cause Thielen too much anxiety to attend the hearing.
Thielen-Montgomery, in an interview, didn’t recall her daughter asking to be at the court, although she said her memory has faded in the 12 years since then. Thielen signed a court notice of the hearing, and she went to school that day like it was any other Tuesday. By the time she got home to their Ellsworth apartment that afternoon, her mother had the guardianship paperwork.
Thielen-Montgomery said guardianship was the right choice, “at the time, but I should have given her a chance.”
“I felt afraid of her getting used by somebody, (and them) taking advantage of her in regards to money,” Thielen-Montgomery said in a recent interview.
Everyone in Thielen’s life, at the time, was saying she couldn’t be on her own.
“I don’t think they felt like I was going to amount to much or have the chance to live on my own,” said Thielen, now 31 and living independently in Bangor. “It made me feel sad, because I knew that there was more that I could do to try to do good things in the world.”
For decades in Maine, when someone with an intellectual or developmental disability has turned 18, the decision by the courts often has been to put them in a guardianship — one that can last a lifetime.
Laws that went into effect in Maine in late 2019 require judges to first consider a less restrictive alternative called “supported decision-making,” a nationally recognized tool used by people with disabilities to help them assess the consequences of big and small decisions.
The person picks supporters and talks through a decision — like any adult might consult a friend in the medical profession before agreeing to surgery, or a group of friends would discuss ways to save money for a car.
Guardians are supposed to be a last resort to make medical, financial and housing decisions for an adult whom a judge deems cannot make or communicate their own choices.
But in the nearly four years since the law passed, Maine’s probate judges have infrequently gone for supported decision-making. A limited amount of training has been offered to probate judges on this alternative, and some say they are unsure how to apply it.
No court or state entity has tracked the use of supported decision-making. Nor does anyone track guardianships statewide.
Some of Maine’s 16 independent county probate courts only recently began tracking adult guardianships, a survey sent by The Maine Monitor in April found. Among the probate courts that responded to the survey, several didn’t know the number of active guardianships in their counties. A few courts said they don’t know if the people in guardianships are still alive, the Monitor reported in June as part of an ongoing investigation of the state’s part-time probate courts.
Supported decision-making avoids the severe restrictions of guardianship. The judge decides the adult can make choices, with help, and retains the right to make decisions without any further court involvement. But it may not work for everyone.
Some family members of adults with a range of disabilities say a full guardianship is essential to protect their relatives, who are vulnerable to scams, exploitation or abuse. They say having legal status as a guardian allows them to make decisions about medical care, education, housing and how fixed Social Security incomes are spent.
They are at odds with the state’s top disability advocacy organization, Disability Rights Maine, which has taken a hard-line stance against guardianship. The disability rights group contends that guardianships are overused in Maine. The organization has represented people with disabilities in probate court to end their guardianships.
Too often attorneys with the organization said they find that people were not assigned a lawyer when a petition for guardianship was first filed with the probate court, said Lauren Wille, a disability rights attorney who used to be a criminal defense lawyer.
“If the same percentage of criminal defendants did not have attorneys as people coming under guardianship — which is really just as restrictive — I think people would be flabbergasted,” said Wille.
One Topsham mother, Debbie Dionne, agonized about whether guardianship was necessary for her daughter, Kate Riordan, who has cerebral palsy and an intellectual disability following a traumatic birth four decades ago. Dionne ultimately decided Riordan needed a guardian.
Now 43, Riordan can select quickly on an iPad the people she wants to be with — Nancy, Kristi and Matt, who are friends she grew up with or lives with at a Brunswick group home. But she doesn’t know how long she has lived at her home or how to describe her medical needs.
Many are pushing supported decision-making, Dionne said, but she doesn’t see it as the right choice for everyone.
“You know in your heart what is best for your son or daughter, and I would never presume to make decisions for her,” Dionne said.
“Yeah!” Riordan said immediately.
Judges unsure
Probate judges considering less restrictive alternatives to a guardianship said there is little direction in the law. This has left some of them unsure about how to apply “supported decision making.” Yet the law requires probate judges to rule it out before appointing a guardian.
Judge William Avantaggio said he made supported decision-making a part of an order for limited guardianship in a few cases at the Lincoln County Probate Court.
The most successful supported decision-making cases are among family members who were already using it before coming to court, Avantaggio said.
“It is difficult to blend with a court order,” Avantaggio said. “I’ve tried … in cases where it’s warranted to use more language like ‘obtain,’ ‘consider’ — that sort of stuff — but ultimately someone has to make a decision.”
The American Bar Association adopted a resolution in 2017 that urged states to amend their guardianship laws, and for courts to recognize supported decision-making as an alternative to guardianship.
About one-third of states have a definition of supported decision-making in state law, according to a 2022 analysis by the American Bar Association.
Fifteen states have taken an additional step to define what a supported decision-making agreement entails or how it can be terminated, but Maine law does not.
For example, Rhode Island has strict rules about having written, signed and dated supported decision-making agreements that authorize certain people to help with specific decisions. The law also disqualifies an employer or a person paid to provide direct support services from helping with those decisions.
There is disagreement among guardianship experts about whether detailed laws about supported decision-making are necessary, said David English, a University of Missouri law professor and chair of the national committee that wrote the revised guardianship laws Maine adopted.
These laws can formalize the supported decision-making process and potentially give banks or medical providers more confidence in a person’s capacity to make their own choices, English said. But the laws various states passed are very detailed and are all different.
“There’s a serious debate whether these detailed statutes are useful or effective,” said English.
There are also options other than full guardianship that already give another person the right to make limited decisions for another adult, such as a power of attorney or an advanced health-care directive. There are also arrangements that allow someone to manage the Social Security benefits of an adult who needs help.
The test
A probate judge in any adult guardianship case ultimately decides whether a person can safely make their own decisions or whether they need someone else to make them.
Families in all walks of life find themselves in the courtroom to make this decision for parents with dementia, people in early adulthood with schizophrenia or teens with disabilities approaching their 18th birthdays.
Resisting a petition for guardianship can be particularly challenging for young adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities. They are in the unique position of having to prove to a judge at age 18 that they are capable of making “good choices.” Complex family dynamics are often at play and teens don’t realize the rights they are giving up when they agree to let a parent be a guardian, legal experts said. And the outcome can be permanent.
“Guardianship takes away your civil rights. It takes away your civil liberties and formally — not in some abstract way — is the court taking away your rights and giving those rights to someone else to hold on your behalf or exercise on your behalf,” said Zoe Brennan-Krohn, an attorney with the national ACLU Disability Rights Program.
Guardianship can be hard to undo. It is not a simple matter of a guardian agreeing to relinquish their decision-making power, she said. A judge needs to be convinced that the adult has regained the capacity to make their own decisions. The judge can assign another guardian if the judge thinks the person still lacks a decision-making capacity. It’s a monumental task for any adult, whether they have a guardian because of illness, injury, age or disability.
“Very often, people end up staying in guardianships because they still have a disability,” Brennan-Krohn said. “You don’t stop having most types of disabilities.”
Brenda Clough has worked as a case manager for Special Children’s Friends in Hancock County for more than 15 years. She starts advising parents about guardianship when their children reach high school. It all comes down to safety, she said. Together they go in detail through the teen’s skills, such as their ability to use a stove or a toaster oven without catching themselves or the kitchen on fire, she said.
“Most of my kids have gone to full guardianship with the intent that supported decision-making will be reconsidered in the future once the skills are learned,” Clough said.
But reconsideration of a guardianship for supported decision-making has not happened with her clients, Clough acknowledged. In fact, the opposite has happened, with some parents seeking full guardianships, she said.
Disability Rights Maine trained 2,000 family members, case workers, lawyers and probate judges about supported decision-making as the law was coming into effect. The group also wrote a user guide and provided copies to each probate court.
“The default in Maine used to be full guardianship at 18,” said Staci Converse, a managing attorney with Disability Rights Maine.
Maine’s new guardianship law is a leap forward in progressive thinking about guardianship, she said.
Still, some forms the probate courts rely on to evaluate the need for a guardian are skewed toward finding the adult lacks the ability to make decisions on their own, she said.
For example, a doctor’s report is required with every guardianship petition. The two-page form asks the medical professional to check boxes on a list of skills the person is incapable of doing, such as finding a home, pursuing medical care or appropriately spending money.
“It leads almost to a determination that a person needs a guardian as written,” Converse said.
A court-appointed visitor also is assigned during every adult guardianship case to advise the person of their rights and make a recommendation to the probate judge. There is no formal training program for the visitors, and they had limited training after the guardianship law changed in 2019.
Susan Mauro, a visitor contracted with the Kennebec County Probate Court, said adding supported decision-making to the law made her job more difficult and “clouded” the choice between guardianship or not.
Mauro’s recommendations are based on an interview with the adult and proposed guardian. She watches their behavior to see if they’re aware of their surroundings, she said. For example, when she asks a teen with an intellectual disability about their date of birth or hobbies and they look to their parents, “you can see that they’re not ready to be a fully independent adult,” Mauro said.
Judge Elizabeth Mitchell, who assigns Mauro to cases, said she makes her own determination and doesn’t always follow a visitor’s recommendation.
“(The) probate court does not order supported decision-making. We ask on all our forms that petitioners and visitors explore that as a possibility,” Mitchell said.
‘Kate is thriving’
Kate Riordan wants to know when certain workers will be at the house. She wants the pictures, plush bears and flowers on her nightstand arranged a certain way. And she wants to spontaneously call family members on FaceTime. Riordan is a strong-willed woman living with cerebral palsy and an intellectual disability, and she relies on her mother, who is also her guardian, to make major decisions.
Riordan’s mother, Debbie Dionne, struggled to decide whether to seek guardianship when Riordan turned 18. Dionne decided it was the best option to ensure Riordan’s medical and housing needs were met while leaving Riordan in control of her daily social decisions.
A barrier to Dionne and Riordan using supported decision-making is that Riordan does not initiate decision-making. She does not have the language tools to ask for advice, Dionne said. When a decision needs to be made, Dionne starts their discussions.
Riordan has used sign language since she was in preschool, but because she has cerebral palsy, she lacks the fine motor skills to spell words with her fingers. She fills in the gaps with gestures, spoken words, and an iPad filled with icons and programmed responses representing her favorite foods, family members and critical information like her full name and address.
Dionne fills in the missing details during an interview on a recent Tuesday, asking Riordan, “Can I add a little bit to that? Is that OK?”
Riordan’s life is full of choices at the home she shares with other adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities run by the Independence Association in Brunswick. She moves freely around the one-story building, eating meals in the large central kitchen, watching Animal Planet in the living room, and making crafts from the beads, paper and paints that are always available.
Riordan is Dionne’s only child. Dionne labored for more than 14 hours at the Parkview Adventist Medical Center, now Mid Coast Hospital, in Brunswick on Oct. 28, 1979. The fetal monitor strapped across her full-term abdomen showed a flat line. Riordan arrived in the world without a sound.
“It seemed like forever, but it was 10 minutes,” Dionne said. “She was resuscitated by the pediatrician. He just kept working on her and working on her. And she didn’t cry and she didn’t cry; then finally, it was this horrid cry.”
Doctors said Riordan would be tube-fed the rest of her life, wouldn’t sit up, wouldn’t walk and would be blind. Dionne was advised soon after birth to send Riordan to live at the Pineland Center, the state’s institution for the disabled. Pineland closed in 1996.
Only one doctor offered a different opinion: “You should take her home and love her just like you would have if this never happened. Just love her.”
Riordan rose above the doctors’ expectations. She started walking when she was 8 years old and still uses a rolling walker for balance. She wears lavender glasses over attentive blue eyes. She loves to eat lobster – like a true Mainer.
Her favorite hobby is “bowling,” she says, using an iPad. She navigates to the “people in my life” and selects Matt, or “Hubba Hubba,” who she plays Wii bowling with, and is her longterm boyfriend. There’s a framed picture of them on her dresser.
“I’m a very different person than I was when she was born,” said Dionne. “Sometimes you don’t always get what you want, but it’s actually better. You have all these dreams.”
Dionne, 71, trails off at the end of her thought. She, like many parents, dreams of a day that their child could be independent. She worries about who will take over as guardian when she is gone.
Dionne has seen Riordan shut down when she can’t tell people what she likes. During one particularly difficult period, “she retreated, got depressed, lost 10 pounds,” said Dionne. Riordan started seeing a counselor who uses sign language and has improved.
Riordan’s life is the best and most stable it has been in a long time, and that is because she’s had a guardian intervening. Riordan pats a spot on the bed beside her, inviting her mother to sit. Together, with gentle suggestions from Dionne, Riordan finds the answers to questions on her iPad. When asked, Riordan knows that her mother is her guardian. She doesn’t have the words to say what a guardian does.
“Kate is thriving and happy and flourishing,” Dionne said, “because I’m in her life and making sure that happens.”
Overuse of guardianship?
Maine adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities who receive state services appear to be subjected to full guardianship much more often than the national average, although that may be changing.
Maine contracts with providers of group homes, day programs and shared living arrangements to meet people’s needs, which are funded by MaineCare. Two major programs are the Section 21 and Section 29 waivers.
There are 1,985 adults waiting for the Section 21 waiver, which supports people who need near-constant supervision, according to state data.
People with intellectual or developmental disabilities who are at risk of abuse, neglect or exploitation are the state’s top priority for any opening in the Section 21 waiver program, according to state rules. Those with a lower priority level can wait years for a spot to open. The state is in the process of creating a new “lifetime waiver” to eliminate the wait lists, the Monitor reported in January.
A survey of 400 adults in Maine receiving Section 21 and Section 29 waiver services found 60% had a full guardianship. The finding, part of the 2018-2019 National Core Indicators survey, is above the national average of 33% of surveyed adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities having full guardianships.
The Maine Developmental Disabilities Council testified to state lawmakers in 2019 that they did not know why Maine’s use of guardianship is so high, and would welcome legislation “that has the potential to impact guardianships.”
Current state data indicates that 495 adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities are subject to guardianship in Maine, making up 8% of individuals in the state’s Sections 21 and 29 waiver programs, said Jackie Farwell, a spokeswoman with the Department of Health and Human Services.
Disability Rights Maine, the state’s designated Protection and Advocacy agency for people with disabilities, has taken the stance that guardianship is not justified if a person can communicate, even minimally.
There are people within the disability community who may never be able to use supported decision-making. And attempts to remove guardianship as an option in Maine have frightened parents of adults with complex needs.
One of those parents, Kim Humphrey of Auburn, gave up a career in public health to advocate for her son, Dan Humphrey.
At age 2, Dan was diagnosed with congenital dysphagia with the possibility of autism, which was later confirmed to be autism. He requires around-the-clock support from multiple people to get through the day. He communicates with head nods, and has an iPad but only limited capacity to navigate it. He was enrolled at an out-of-state school specializing in students with autism and intellectual and developmental disabilities from ages 11 to 20, where he received one-to-one support.
With the right help, Dan, now 34, can help deliver food through Meals on Wheels with his support team, be better understood by those who help care for him, and care for his basic hygiene. Without support, those skills diminish. And when there are not enough direct support professionals or if the people don’t understand Dan, or if he’s in pain, he can also become aggressive, his mother said.
“If you say that ‘nobody’ needs a guardian and then you meet somebody like him, well then, is he nobody?” Kim said.
Kim explored 10 provider agencies that operate group homes that could possibly meet her son’s needs when it was time to move Dan back to Maine. Without the full authority of guardianship, she doesn’t think she could have gotten him into the right home. Dan was approved for a Section 21 waiver in 2009.
None of the nine guardians interviewed by the Monitor said they wanted to take away decisions from their relative with a disability. Their fears were of fires – set in kitchens when unattended – food eaten in excess, to the point they became sick, or situations where sexual exploitation was possible.
Maine is transitioning from all guardianships to some supported decision-making, said Margaret Cardoza of Portland, an adult living with a developmental disability.
“Just like any law that gets changed. It may be the law, but the lifestyle, the culture, the traditions, the attitudes take longer to adjust. And attitudes are the most difficult part that needs to change,” Cardoza said. “It’s about time.”
Cardoza is married and owns a home. She is also a vocal self-advocate and has pushed for the state to make supported decision-making available to people with disabilities since 2013. Through her advocacy she’s met other people with disabilities who have not been allowed to get married, live in places that allow them to come and go freely, or even vote.
Under guardianship, adults retain only three privileges — the right to marry, vote and retain a lawyer. Still, probate judges have the discretion to take away the privileges to marry and vote.
People with disabilities, such as Cardoza, who are visibly “on the front lines” advocating for themselves for self-determination, choice, independence and civil rights, have the potential to do a lot of good to eliminate the stigma of people with disabilities, Kim said.
But people like her son, and some people with higher needs, are not among them and may never be, she said.
The strong opposition to anything other than supported decision-making risks cutting services, policies, money and resources for people who need guardianship. The stigmatization of guardians also has the risk of dividing the disability community between the people who need guardians and those who don’t — making the people in guardianship invisible, Kim said.
A journey to be free
As Cindy Thielen tells it, no one would listen when she spoke about her future.
A curtain of long brown hair covers Thielen’s profile, and she speaks softly with a unique rhythm. Years of speech therapy fixed what she describes as “gibberish” she spoke as a young child. She also spent a long time working on making eye contact with people.
One of her special education teachers in high school said she “sounded like a 5-year-old,” Thielen recalled.
How a person speaks can be a flawed measure of their ability to make decisions, especially people with disabilities who may speak in an unconventional way.
“A lot of our clients communicate in sort of non-traditional ways,” said Wille, the lawyer with Disability Rights Maine. “You spoke with Cindy (Thielen); her voice is not a traditional voice. People hear her voice and they jump to all sorts of conclusions about her. And then when you hear what she’s actually saying, she breaks apart those notions.”
Thielen, who uses supported decision-making informally, said people see her differently because of her autism. With her disability, it was assumed she couldn’t attend college, even with good grades and after taking the SAT.
The special education teachers recommended Thielen do two more years of high school and not graduate when she was 18. Instead, her mom suggested a compromise, Thielen recalled. She would complete an additional year at the Hancock County Technical Center, where she was already attending half of the school day.
“I would say what I wanted, and it seemed like it would go their way anyway,” Thielen said. “They wanted me to stay back and graduate essentially with a blank diploma cover, and I didn’t want that. I got so upset, I wanted to almost walk out the door.”
Most parents pursue guardianship of a child with disabilities, said Linda Henderson, who was Thielen’s case manager and who filled out much of the guardianship petition and plan that was submitted to the probate court in 2011. Parents often want help going through the court process, she said.
Henderson said she did not remember Thielen, and that she was not the typical client if she was able to attend college. Thielen clearly had strengths, Henderson said.
“I don’t think she quite understood the legality of what guardianship meant,” Thielen said of her mother, who went to probate court in 2011 to gain guardianship of Thielen, “because I don’t think she really understood what was involved and what she had to do.”
Thielen told The Maine Monitor that her life was far less stable than the one described on paper to the probate court.
Thielen-Montgomery struggled to get approved for Social Security disability benefits for more than three years following a workplace injury, she said. The checks were not enough to cover all their living expenses.
They were forced out of their apartment in Ellsworth because the electricity was shut off, and they briefly lived in a homeless shelter in late 2011, Thielen said. Her mother abandoned another apartment and moved into a private residence where Thielen said she didn’t feel safe. In 2015, her mother withheld two months of Thielen’s Social Security disability payments — worth $1,466, a probate judge ruled.
Thielen doesn’t believe her mother was ill-intended with the guardianship. But it meant Thielen-Montgomery controlled the bank account where her Social Security disability payments were deposited. Thielen-Montgomery said Thielen had a debit card and they would discuss what to buy.
Thielen also could not sign paperwork at the doctor’s office on her own, and the physician would speak directly to her mother — even when Thielen was in the room, she said. Thielen-Montgomery said this was true, and that the doctors should have spoken to Thielen.
During those tumultuous years, Thielen had applied and was accepted into college. From her dorm room in 2015, Thielen emailed the probate court and asked to terminate her mother’s guardianship.
By then, she was about halfway to graduating from the University of Maine with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in studio art. She’d lived on campus, and had navigated the social and academic demands of college.
She was immediately appointed an attorney, which Thielen had not been afforded when she was 19 and her mom was first seeking to be made Thielen’s guardian.
After one hearing, the judge suspended the guardianship.
Adults subject to a guardianship petition are advised they have the right to hire a lawyer, but are also told that the cost of paying for a lawyer may come out of their own pockets.
A state bill proposed in 2019 would have required lawyers for all adult guardianship cases. Probate judges were among the stakeholders to object, in part because of the added cost to county budgets. The bill did not pass.
“This is another unfunded mandate, mostly unnecessary. Now if the State agrees to pay for all those attorneys, I might be OK with it even though I’m not convinced that it is totally necessary,” Somerset County Probate Judge Robert Washburn wrote in an email to the other judges at the time.
All 10 probate courts that responded to a Monitor survey said they will assign an attorney if the person opposes a guardianship. Probate courts are separate from the rest of Maine’s judiciary and are funded by county governments.
In Thielen’s situation, the guardianship suspension left her case in limbo. She graduated from college in 2017, started working in the Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies at the university, and moved into her own apartment, but technically she was not free.
In November 2021, Disability Rights Maine intervened to finish the termination of her mother’s guardianship. Thielen-Montgomery didn’t fight the request, she said.
“I felt as though she could handle it and I knew my daughter well enough — she still calls me on a daily basis. We do that. She communicates with me what she needs and what she might get and she asks me, ‘what do I think?’ ” Thielen-Montgomery said.
It had been nearly 11 years since the day Thielen came home from school and her mom had those guardianship papers.
Eleven years since she lost control of her own life.
Eleven years since she could make almost any significant decision on her own.
On April 12, 2022, a probate judge gave Thielen her life back.
“There’s a lot of us out there that want to prove — yes we can,” she said.
This story was originally published by The Maine Monitor, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from the Monitor, sign up for a free Monitor newsletter here.
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It was more than 40 years ago that a family business was launched inside a downtown hole in the wall called the Green Frog Lounge.
The tiny bar — along with a few other taverns and shops on P Street — was eventually torn down to make room for the Embassy Suites, but Roger Patton was just getting started.
He would soon open Risky’s Sports Bar & Grill at 48th Street and Leighton Avenue in what had previously been a dry — alcohol-free — part of town. He eventually opened a second Risky’s location in Beatrice.
His bars were managed by Terri Patton, his daughter, who also did the bookkeeping. Meanwhile, Roger’s other children and grandchildren worked at the family business tending bars and waiting tables.
Risky’s closed recently, but Terri Patton — with some financial help from Roger — is keeping the family legacy alive.
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In May, she opened Lil’ Risky, 4620 Bair Ave. in north Lincoln. The name is an homage to her father’s bars but also shows her own playful side.
“It’s just a little risky,” Terri Patton said. “Just a little.”
With her bar ownership, Patton has broken through a glass ceiling, so to speak. She’s watched over the years as the industry, most of it run by males, has moved forward.
“I’ve been in the bar business for 35 years,” she said. “As a female, I’ve got lots of stories I can tell you.
“It’s a good old boy network and always has been.”
Gender aside, Patton has followed the same blueprint for staffing her new bar. Just like the days of her father’s empire, Lil’ Risky is loaded with family members.
Her son, Phillip Mays (who goes by the nickname Pip) is the bar’s manager, while his daughter, Haizey — a Nebraska Wesleyan University student majoring in social work — is the night manager.
“That’s four generations of this family who have worked in our bars,” Patton said.
Lil Risky is located inside the former Heidelberg’s Sports Bar & Restaurant. About 2,000 square feet were lost in the renovation to make room for a Little Caesars location.
That leaves about 5,400 square feet for Lil Risky, more than enough room, says Patton, adding that big bars are a thing of the past.
“No one can afford to pay for that kind of square footage,” she said.
Lil’ Risky has a full-service kitchen that specializes in burgers, Patton said.
The upcoming start to the football season brings with it a lot of excitement, said Patton, who remembers being so close to Memorial Stadium during the days of the Green Frog.
That changed a little with the opening of Risky’s, which was located more in the middle of town. However, Lil’ Risky is situated minutes from the stadium — which should enhance the game day experience.
Patton said Lil’ Risky will provide a shuttle service to Husker games. For $10, vans will provide round-trip transportation and a post-game drink upon arrival.
“I miss all of that,” she said. “I remember game days being so much fun.”
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A Crete man was treated at a hospital in Crete after he accidentally shot himself with his friend's handgun at a barbecue Saturday evening about 15 miles southwest of Lincoln, according to authorities.
The 29-year-old man picked the Glock 9 mm up off a picnic table, cocked it and pulled the trigger after the gun's owner, a 22-year-old Lancaster County man, had set it down while showing it off to friends at the barbecue, said Capt. Tommy Trotter of the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office.
The shooting happened at a property near the southwestern edge of Lancaster County, two miles east of Crete, Trotter said. Crete police called the sheriff's office to investigate after determining it happened in Lancaster County.
"The investigation revealed that it was completely accidental," Trotter said.
The man shattered a metatarsal bone in his right foot and was treated and released from Crete Area Medical Center.
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Prayer vigil in aftermath of shooting
David Penticuff
Muncie Star Press
MUNCIE, Ind. − A community prayer vigil in the wake of the early morning shooting Sunday at Hackley and Willard Streets will be conducted at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Berea Church at 1201 Wheeling Ave. The public is welcome.
A 30-year-old Muncie man, Joseph E. Bonner III, died at the scene, according to Delaware County Coroner Gavin Greene. Muncie police reported 18 other people were treated at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital, with 17 of those victims believed to be suffering from gunshot wounds.
No related arrests had been made as of Monday morning.
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While many businesses struggled during the pandemic, one saw revenues grow by the millions: the short-term rental (STR) industry.
Under the pressure of travel restrictions, Pennsylvanians looking to take a break from the confines of their homes while staying safe turned to the outdoors – especially the Poconos. Situated about two hours from Philadelphia and New York City, the pandemic turned the quiet mountains running through Wayne, Pike, Monroe, and Carbon counties into a vacation destination.
However, while the Poconos saw increased traffic during the pandemic, Chris Barrett, President and CEO of Pocono Mountain Visitors Bureau (PMVB), says the Poconos has always been a hotspot for STRs.
“The Pocono Mountains and its surroundings and beauty kind of lends itself naturally to short-term rentals. And that type of rental has been happening in this area for centuries,” says Barrett.
Apps like Airbnb and VRBO turned STR into a buzzword, says Barrett.
“It's so much more mainstream now, because the guest really has control of selection of where they want to stay and the amenities that they want. Even [in the] 1940s and 1950s, a lot of real estate agents handled the direct booking of what short-term rentals were at that time: cabins, second houses, whatever you want to call them,” says Barrett.
Nowadays, the Poconos sees over 30 million visitors per year, according to a 2023 study conducted by East Stroudsburg University for PMVB. The same study found that tourism saves Poconos residents around $1,500 in taxes per year. However, while STRs revitalized the Poconos economy during the pandemic, their resurgence led to a series of unanticipated questions about their regulation.
Shawn McGlynn, a zoning/building/code enforcement officer for 14 municipalities across the Poconos and surrounding areas, says municipalities are defining what STRs are following the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Slice of Life decision. The 2019 ruling allows local government to ban short-term rentals in single-family residential districts.
“At the very core, short-term rentals are a zoning matter,” explains McGlynn. “So, they should be regulated by municipalities through their zoning ordinance. So, anyone who wants to change the use of a property from a single-family dwelling to a transient-for-profit, short-term rental use would have to get a permit.”
While beautifully built STRs highlight the Poconos’s idyllic mountains and lakes, McGlynn adds that mismanaged ones can disrupt local communities.
“Some, particularly a certain number of short-term rental investors, really capitalized on this concept of the party house,” says McGlynn. “They would maximize how many beds, they would claim that they could sleep thirty. People would show up in buses.”
Some communities have opted to ban all STRs altogether to stop party houses from taking over their neighborhoods. Wayne Mauzer, President of Cobble Creek Community Association, manages one of these communities. WVIA News reached out to over ten HOAs and Cobble Creek was the only one who agreed to an interview. Two other HOAs spoke to us off-the-record.
“The serenity of the property, the area, the quietness, would not lend itself to short-term rentals. Again, I told you we have some people that have tried to short-term rent their properties by saying they were friends [of the owner] and so forth and so on. And we get, we get parties, all of a sudden, and you see there's eight, nine, ten cars in a particular house, and there's parties and they're drinking and shooting off fireworks,” says Mauzer.
As the industry’s opponents push for increased legislation or outright bans on STRs, many supporters advocate for better enforcement of existing laws on STRs. Chryssa Yaccarino mangages her family’s STR, which has run for around 50 years. She expressed frustration with the quality of STR regulation.
“Good STR owners were jumping up and down saying, 'Crack down on these bad houses!' And they wouldn't -- it was like they were hesitant to do anything. Which is utterly unfair. Do enforce the rules you have in place. Don't now make it harder for everybody else,” says Yaccarino.
While townships, boroughs, and homeowners associations have authority to regulate STRs, many people – both STR owners and those living nearby – say current legislation has not done enough to protect local communities. Amy Young, vacation rental business owner and administrator of “Things to Do in the Poconos,” a Facebook group with over 40,000 followers, says STR regulation has a long way to go.
“People are still complaining about the same things and the same houses. And I think that the government is limited on how to enforce this. I think a lot of them are still kind of learning the process in order to take these houses down,” Young says.
Aside from municipalities, STR owners often regulate themselves to ensure that their businesses are protected from disrespectful renters and general wear and tear. Bill Allen, a STR owner, says he monitors who enters his property.
“If I see a list with like, six or seven guys, I'll ask 'Is this a bachelor party?' Or they'll tell me, 'Hey, we're coming out there for paintball or fishing or skiing.' Y'know, I kind of vet that a little bit,” Allen says.
Owners are also creating their own groups for STR resources and support. Earlier this year, a group of STR owners created PoconosVRO, a trade association focused on lobbying for STR owners’ interests. President Mark Shay says the association educates owners and municipalities on STRs.
“We don't regulate ourselves. There is a pledge that we ask our members to take which is focused on delivering quality service, being a good neighbor. And then for these as businesses, because technically they are operating as independent small businesses, we want to provide services and support to help them run a better business, and ultimately a profitable business,” says Shay.
However, neither owners nor associations can predict who will abuse their properties. Municipalities and HOAs often only find out about a bad renter after he disrupts neighbors. Allen says he focuses on community impact when dealing with his renters.
“I don't know what's going on behind anybody's closed doors, whether they're a renter or resident,” says Allen. “And that's, and that's not my concern, what my concern is affecting the quality of life of the neighbors.”
Neighbors often have to take it into their own hands to alert their HOA and local municipalities of issues caused by bad renters and STR mismanagement. Some say no one is listening.
“It seems like the more people express how concerned they are about the situation, the more it gets ignored.”
That’s Patrick Garrity. He used to work the gate of a private community before suffering serious health issues from stress. The line outside of the gate reaches a mile long during rush hour – because of the explosion of STRs in the community. Every night after coming home from work, he says his voice cracked from the pressure.
“There are bad actors, y'know, that are involved in this that are just making it a nightmare for everyone. It's not all of them. It's a small percent that no matter what restrictions you put on them, they're gonna go that extra inch until the line to see how far they can go before it's dealt with and it's killing people. People want out. And for everyone that gets out, it becomes a rental. It's just a downward spiral,” Garrity says.
People like Garrity, fed up with party houses and overburdened communities, wish to leave their homes for a calmer part of the Poconos. However, many say investors inundated the marketplace, making it difficult for families and individuals to find affordable housing. Zoning/Code/Building Enforcement Officer Shawn McGlynn says that new businesses are taking advantage of the housing crunch by creating alternatives for Poconos residents.
“STRs have really driven up real estate values to the point that there are no rental units for worker housing. So, now we have a real demand for apartment buildings in the region. Because there's no place for the people who work at Kalahari or a Great Wolf. There's no place for them to live because it's much better if you're going to buy a residential property to turn it into an STR than would be to rent long-term. Your profits are far greater as an STR,” McGlynn says.
However, some residents wanting to move away from STR communities feel trapped by today’s housing marketplace. Garrity says that the damage from living in a community saturated by STRs limited his financial options.
“You can't get out of here.” Garrity says. “I mean, we were looking online for listings the other night to see what our options would be. Even if we had the money, we would have to go far enough that we would both have to find new jobs because there's absolutely nothing around here because they're all bought up by short term rentals.”
Just as some neighbors are negatively affected by STRs, some owners say they face undue blame for the Poconos’ financial struggles. Longtime owner, Chryssa Yaccarino, says she has become their scapegoat.
“Well, I'm being vilified, I guess. Y’know, for something that we've done – I've been a part of for my entire life. I'm taking away property, I'm part of the housing crisis, I'm part of pollution, I'm part of crime increasing…I’m part of everything that's anything bad that's happening in the Poconos," says Yaccarino.
Many STR owners are not blind to the issues nearby residents face from mismanaged properties and overwhelmed communities. However, they can only ask that disgruntled neighbors report their concerns to the authorities. STR business owner Amy Young says she acknowledges the pain of living in communities overwrought by bad STRs.
“I feel genuinely bad for people who live next to a party house and houses that have destroyed quality of life. And the problem is, is that for a long time, I've gone out to township meetings and I've listened to people cry, y'know. Every weekend people come in and the guests are just horrible. And I would say to them is just keep reporting them,” says Young.
STRs inevitably change the communities they pop-up in. Sometimes for the better, through beautification efforts and raising property values, but other times they leave long-time residents feeling disempowered in their own communities. As many people say, both owners and neighbors, STR regulation is a slow moving process. One thing is for certain – STRs and its part in the greater tourism industry – is at the heart of the Poconos.
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The Coos History Museum will be hosting the August First Tuesday Talk program on August 1st, 2023 at 6:00 PM. Join us for a presentation from author Bonnie Henderson, “6,000 Years of the Oregon Coast Trail,” as she delves into this world-class long-distance hiking trail that spans the coast from the Columbia River to the California border.
Presenter Bonnie Henderson is a journalist and author of three hiking guidebooks from Mountaineers Books and two nonfiction books from Oregon State University Press focused mainly on the Oregon Coast. Her most recent guidebook, Hiking the Oregon Coast Trail, will be available for purchase after the presentation.
This program will be hosted in-person and is open to the public with an admission price of $7 for non-members and is FREE for CHM members.
Those who wish to save time and be admitted directly to the program can pre-register and pay in advance by contacting the museum. Reservations can be made by phone at 541-756-6320 or register in person at the museum’s front desk. Walk-ins are welcome for all Tuesday Talk programs!
Established in 1891, The Coos County Historical Society is an Oregon 501(c)3 not for profit organization and the 2nd oldest historical society in the State. For more information about the Society and the Coos History Museum, visit cooshistory.org
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The Douglas County Board of Commissioners are pleased to announce that Douglas County was awarded an Oregon Heritage - Veterans and War Memorial grant from the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department to renovate the 52-year-old Douglas County War Memorial, located at the Douglas County Courthouse in Roseburg. The grant, in the amount of $58,919, requires a 20% match in funding/donations which will come from the county, the local veteran’s community, military organizations and in-kind donations. The total renovation project is expected to begin this summer and is projected to take about a year to complete. The total cost of the renovation is estimated at $80,000.
Douglas County is partnering with the Douglas County Veterans Forum (DCVF) (a federally recognized 501 (c) (3) organization (non-profit partner) and the Douglas County Veterans Advisory Committee (DCVAC) to facilitate the renovation project. The project includes refurbishing and replacing bronze plaques containing the names of fallen Douglas County wartime heroes; refurbishing and updating the aging memorial grounds, base, concrete and wall; adding a new Purple Heart Memorial; adding new bronze gold star and blue star plaques; adding two new flag poles to the front of the courthouse in order to properly display the United States, Oregon and POW/MIA flags and beautifying the grounds around the memorial.
The memorial proudly resides on the well-kept grounds of the Douglas County Courthouse, on the lawn near the front entrance under the beautiful canopy of our 125-year-old Courthouse Heritage Elm Tree. The memorial was originally built in 1971 to honorably display a list of Douglas County casualties of war. Over the years, the memorial has been added to with plaques containing names of fallen wartime individuals and new battles/conflicts. The memorial underwent a small restoration project in 2007, but several repair items were able not to be completed due to budget constraints. The memorial has experienced continued disrepair, deterioration, and erosion from the elements over the years that desperately need to be addressed.
“The primary goal of this restoration project is to preserve the integrity of our war memorial site, so it remains beautiful, reverent, and accessible for future generations. Our county motto, "We Honor Veterans," stands as a testament to our commitment and ongoing support for our local veterans and in honoring those who have given all in service to our country. The restoration project allows us to continue to provide an impactful historical point of interest that honors our fallen wartime heroes, reaffirms our sincere gratitude for their ultimate sacrifice and reminds our community that they will never be forgotten,” stated Commissioner Tim Freeman.
The project came to fruition via a concern presented at a DCVAC meeting in late 2022. It was then discussed at several DCVF meetings and voted on at the January 17 meeting. Members of DCVF motioned and voted unanimously to have the DCVF provide support for the project. The proposal was brought before the DCVAC Board and the DCBOC for their support. Both boards tendered their full support and commitment to the restoration project. The project is being managed by the Douglas County Building Facilities Department, with help from a cadre of dedicated local veterans led by veteran and purple heart recipient Rick Sciapiti, the DCVF and the DCVAC.
“The Douglas County Forum is pleased to provide support for the upgrade to the Douglas County War Memorial. This Memorial is a tribute to Douglas County Veterans who lost their lives while serving this country. We owe a big thank you to Rick Sciapiti for his vision and drive to see this project through. He enlisted the help of many organizations both in and outside of the veteran’s community, as well as state and county governments to see this project through. When he approached our County Commissioners, they were eager to help with this project. The Commissioners continue to support and honor all veterans and particularly those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.” said Gwen Best, President of the Douglas County Veterans Forum.
The Oregon Heritage - Veterans and War Memorial grant is one of a variety of the $13 million in grants offered annually by OPRD to support outdoor recreation, historic preservation, conservation, and more. The Veterans and War Memorial grant is available to local governments for building and restoring veteran's and war memorials.
"The 250 names on the Douglas County War Memorial represent unequaled courage, strength, and sacrifice. Securing that their sacrifice will always be remembered begins right here where they grew up. It’s an honor to be a part with so many other people working on the upgrade and restoration of the Douglas County War Memorial site," remarked Rick Sciapiti.
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Fishtrap Road (Coquille) will be closed to all traffic from Mile Post 1.8 to Mile Post 3.1 to allow for pavement repair operations. The closure will be August 7th to August 11th, 7am to 7pm daily.
Emergency vehicles will be accommodated during the closure. All others, please chose an alternative route during this time.
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Do you want to listen to lots of live Oldtime Music and Fiddling? Well, come to Winchester Bay and join the Oregon Oldtime Fiddlers as we host our 15th Annual “Fiddle at the Beach”event.
The gathering begins on Thursday, August 17, and concludes on Sunday, August 20. The festivities will be held at the Winchester Bay Community Center located at 635 Broadway in Winchester Bay. Thursday, Friday and Saturday will be filled with open jams all day long. So feel free to bring your acoustic stringed instrument and join the music! An evening stage show will begin each evening at 6 p.m.
Friday will be Contest Night with this year's theme of “Sea to Shining Sea-Across America.” Performers often wear costumes adding humor and frivolity to their chosen song. The festivities will conclude Sunday morning with our Gospel Show which begins at 9 a.m. and concludes once all signed up musicians have played their song, typically around 11.
This event is hosted by District 5 which is the Southern/Central Coastal region of the Oregon Oldtime Fiddlers. This is their biggest event of the year, and musicians from all the different districts in Oregon attend, so there is always a wide variety of tunes, instruments and skill levels.
Admission is free! Cookies and coffee provided. They are happy to be playing “live” music once again and hope you will join in the efforts to keep “Oldtime” Music and Fiddling alive and well.
The Oregon Oldtime Fiddlers Association is a non-profit 501C organization which was founded in 1964 with the sole purpose of “preserving, promoting and perpetuating old-time music and old-time fiddling”. If you enjoy “Old Time” music please join us at this very fun, musical event. For more information call Dawn at 541-347-4561 or Mapril at 541-572-5532.
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A while ago, I had the opportunity to spend some time in Washington D.C. Although most of what I did was work, I did end up with a few hours to look around. I went through the Capitol Building and saw historic chambers used for the Supreme Court and the early House of Representatives. I also sat in the Senate Chamber. While listening to the debate, I looked at the ancient desks and thought of the multitudes of issues that have been argued over them.
I also found a lot of other things in our Nation’s capitol. Weather was marginal, people were often very abrupt and prices were out of this world. It was good to get home.
We are truly blessed to live on the Oregon Coast where our surroundings are beautiful, our weather is wonderful year round, and the people you meet on the street actually talk to you. If we love this community, we must work to keep it and improve it for tomorrow. We work, often as volunteers. Volunteers addressing issues that we feel are important. What needs do you see? Let me encourage you to find your answer and do something. Your willingness to step up, simply because it’s the right thing to do, will determine how outstanding Oregon’s Bay Area can be.
What do you expect this area to be in ten years? Your expectations are important, because seldom do you exceed them. You don’t get what you want, you get what you expect. So let’s expect greatness and figure out what we need, and how to apply it, to get there. One key is to be an active member in your Chamber. With like minded people, looking to make something happen, we find opportunities and solutions for today and tomorrow. In this pandemic world it is even more critical that we work together to enable our community to thrive, once again. Give me a call and I’ll set you up.
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Sunnyvale Police have released a new video they hope will lead to the arrest of a man who opened fire on a family's vehicle last month, killing a woman, injuring her brother and critically wounding his three young children.
The video released Monday shows a black sedan pulling into the Riverstone Trail Townhomes on 201 Planters Road. The vehicle stops behind a parked pickup truck and a man hops out of the passenger side and runs toward the truck.
There is no audio in the video, but police said the man then fired several shots at the family before running back to the car and speeding away. As the gunman drove away, a man injured in the shooting can be seen running through the parking lot.
Tyesha Merritt, 27, of Mesquite, was killed in the shooting. Her brother and his three children were critically injured but police said they've all since recovered. Merritt's brother, police said, is the one seen running away from the pickup truck.
Police have described the gunman's vehicle as a late model black Toyota Camry with custom wheels. A second video clip showed the vehicle before the shooting near the intersection of U.S. Highway 80 and Belt Line Road in Mesquite.
Witnesses described the shooter as a Black man, more than six feet tall and weighing about 230 pounds. He was wearing a mask. No description of the driver was available.
Officials have not released a motive for the attack.
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Anyone with any information about this incident should contact North Texas Crime Stoppers at 1-877-373-8799. Tipsters may remain anonymous and are eligible for a reward of up to $25,000 for information that leads to the arrest and indictment of a suspect(s).
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As North Texas continues to endure unrelenting heat, a Dallas-based organization is stepping up to provide relief for workers required to work outdoors.
A ‘hydration station’ has opened at the Mark Cuban Heroes Basketball Center in Dallas for essential workers. The center is located at 1800 Bonnie View Road.
The initiative through The Mark Cuban Foundation, The Dirk Nowitzki Foundation, and The Heroes Foundation includes free hydration kits complete with water, ice, towels, handheld fans, sweatbands, and more for USPS carriers, delivery drivers, lawn care service providers, construction workers, first responders, along with city, county, and state employees working outside daily.
They can be picked up between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Employees will be asked to present a work ID badge. Staff and volunteers with the Mark Cuban Heroes Basketball Center are also delivering hydration kits to workers who are unable to make it to the center.
Trina Terrell-Andrews, CEO of the Mark Cuban Heroes Basketball Center, said the initial plan was to offer the kits until Aug. 1, but there has been a large demand. Terrell-Andrews said they are prepared to make several kits and will extend the initiative for the time being.
“A lot of the folks that we work with that are our vendors, they’re out in these extreme conditions. That’s the first reason. They’re family, our neighbors, a lot of parents, a lot of guardians of these children work in these extreme conditions,” she said.
The public is invited to drop off bottled water and other hydration items at the center through Aug. 1 between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
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MID-MICHIGAN (WJRT) - The Budweiser Clydesdales will be making three appearances around Mid-Michigan in August to help raise money for Folds of Honor.
The world famous horses will be at Sharky's Sports Bar on Center Road in Burton from 7 to 9 p.m. Aug. 16, the Flint Farmers Market from 3 to 5 p.m. Aug. 17 and the Lapeer Days beer tent from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 18.
The public will be allowed to take photos with the Clydesdales and donate to the Folds of Honor scholarship fund during each of the appearances.
Budweiser is partnering this summer with Folds of Honor, which raises money to support fallen or disabled U.S. military service members and first responders.
Anheuser-Busch, which is the parent company of Budweiser, and beer wholesalers like Fabiano Brothers have raised nearly $22 million to support 44,000 scholarships for families receiving assistance through Folds of Honor.
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MONTOURSVILLE, Pa. — A Turkey Hill store in Lycoming County sold a $1.7 million winning lottery ticket.
A winning Cash 5 with Quick Cash ticket for the Sunday, July 30 drawing matched all five balls drawn—8,27,32,33,37—to win $1,713,561.
The Turkey Hill store on Route 87 in Montoursville gets a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
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TAMAQUA, Pa. — Fitness enthusiasts of all ages are working out together in Schuylkill County in a space that wasn't always a fitness center.
When Sheila Davison-Bray and her sister first purchased the Perla building in downtown Tamaqua, little did she know they would take the rooms left behind from an old movie theatre and transform them into the Perla Power Fitness Center.
She decided to fill the extra storage space with gym equipment.
"There are gyms, but there weren't any gyms that attracted the different age groups that we were looking to do," said Davison-Bray, the CEO of CARES, a community nonprofit providing social services in the Tamaqua area.
"Growing up in Tamaqua, we didn't have any indoor facilities, so to come and see this space be utilized by the youth, it's very important," said Lance Williams, the marketing director of CARES.
The organization is also thinking of older residents who are trying to stay active.
"Many seniors have told me that they have gone backwards, that they have declined, their health has declined since they weren't working out regularly," Davison-Bray said.
The people who run the fitness center say their goal was to fill the vacant rooms in the Perla Building with a variety of ways to work out, from lifting weights to playing basketball.
"There's just a lot of options, and that's what we want for people, to give them options rather than a treadmill or a bicycle," said Brian Turner, Perla Power's manager.
They believe that a community that dances together or sweats together sticks together.
"We're a big family. They're amazing with how supportive they are. I'm always here for them, and I truly love teaching all of these people," said instructor Stefanie Gensure.
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FRACKVILLE, Pa. — A convenience store in Schuylkill County sold a Powerball ticket worth $150,000 for the Saturday, July 29 drawing.
The ticket matched four of the five white balls drawn—10, 25, 27, 34, 38—and the red Powerball 2 to win $150,000. Without the $1 Power Play option, the ticket would have been worth $50,000.
Central Highway Oil on Altamont Boulevard in Frackville gets a $500 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
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LOS ANGELES — Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian whose character Pee-wee Herman became a cultural phenomenon through films and TV shows, has died. He was 70.
The character with his too-tight gray suit, white chunky loafers and red bow tie was best known for the film “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” and the television series “Pee-wee’s Playhouse.”
The Pee-wee character would become a cultural constant for much of the 1980s, though an indecent exposure arrest in 1991 would send him into entertainment exile for years.
Herman created Pee-wee when he was part of the Los Angeles improv group The Groundlings in the late 1970s. The live “Pee-wee Herman Show” debuted at a Los Angeles theater in 1981 and was a success with both kids during matinees and adults at a midnight show.
The show closely resembled the format the Saturday morning TV “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” would follow years later, with Herman living in a wild and wacky home with a series of stock-character visitors, including one, Captain Karl, played by the late “Saturday Night Live” star Phil Hartman. In the plot, Pee-wee secretly wishes to fly.
HBO would air the show as a special.
“Pee Wee got his wish to fly,” Steve Martin tweeted after his death. “Thanks Paul Reubens for the brilliant off the wall comedy.”
Reubens took Pee-wee to the big screen in 1985’s “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure.” The film, in which Pee-wee’s cherished bike is stolen, was said to be loosely based on Vittorio De Sica’s Italian neo-realist classic, “The Bicycle Thief.” The film, directed by Tim Burton and co-written by Phil Hartman of “Saturday Night Live,” sent Pee-wee on a nationwide escapade. The movie was a success, grossing $40 million, and continued to spawn a cult following for its oddball whimsy.
A sequel followed three years later in the less well-received “Big Top Pee-wee,” in which Pee-wee seeks to join a circus. Reubens’ character wouldn’t get another movie starring role until 2016’s Pee-wee’s Big Holiday,” for Netflix. Judd Apatow produced Pee-wee’s big-screen revival.
His television series, “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” ran for five seasons, earned 22 Emmys and attracted not only children but adults to Saturday-morning TV.
Both silly and subversive and championing nonconformity, the Pee-wee universe was a trippy place, populated by things like a talking armchair and a friendly pterodactyl. The host, who is fond of secret words and loves fruit salad so much he once married it, is prone to lines like, “I know you are, but what am I?” and “Why don’t you take a picture; it’ll last longer?” The act was a hit because it worked on multiple levels, even though Reubens insists that wasn’t the plan.
“It’s for kids,” Reubens told The Associated Press in 2010. “People have tried to get me for years to go, ‘It wasn’t really for kids, right?’ Even the original show was for kids. I always censored myself to have it be kid-friendly.
“The whole thing has been just a gut feeling from the beginning,” Reubens told the AP. “That’s all it ever is and I think always ever be. Much as people want me to dissect it and explain it, I can’t. One, I don’t know, and two, I don’t want to know, and three, I feel like I’ll hex myself if I know.”
Jimmy Kimmel posted on Instagram that “Paul Reubens was like no one else — a brilliant and original comedian who made kids and their parents laugh at the same time. He never forgot a birthday and shared his genuine delight for silliness with everyone he met.”
Reubens’ career was derailed when he was arrested for indecent exposure in an adult movie theater in Sarasota, Florida, where he grew up. He was handed a small fine but the damage to the character was incalculable.
He became the frequent butt of late-night talk show jokes and the perception of Reubens immediately changed.
“The moment that I realized my name was going to be said in the same sentence as children and sex, that’s really intense,” Reubens told NBC in 2004. “That’s something I knew from that very moment, whatever happens past that point, something’s out there in the air that is really bad.”
Reubens said he got plenty of offers to work, but told the AP that most of them wanted to take “advantage of the luridness of my situation”,” and he didn’t want to do them.
“It just changed,” he said. “Everything changed.”
In 2001, Reubens was arrested and charged with misdemeanor possession of child pornography after police seized images from his computer and photography collection, but the allegation was reduced to an obscenity charge and he was given three years probation.
Born Paul Rubenfield in Peekskill, New York, Reubens, the eldest of three children, grew up primarily in Sarasota before going to Boston University and the California Institute of the Arts.
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Associated Press Writer Alicia Rancilio and Film Writer Jake Coyle contributed to this report.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A dead man was found lying along the road in Birmingham over the weekend.
On Sunday, members from the Birmingham Fire and Rescue crew found an unresponsive man lying on the grass shoulder of a road in the Wylam community. According to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office, the BFR crew was returning to their station from an unrelated call when they found him in the 200 block of Quebec Drive Wylam at 6:35 a.m. Six minutes later, the victim was pronounced dead.
An autopsy will be performed Monday to determine the identity of the man and the cause and manner of his death. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death.
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ATLANTA — Atlantic Station will look a little less like an outdoor mall and a little more like a beach this coming weekend, as nearly 900 tons of sand will be spread out to create three courts for the AVP Gold Series Atlanta Open.
The tournament brings together the world's top beach volleyball players from August 4 to the 6th.
According to a release, the "sand will be delivered in 50 truckloads from South Georgia."
Once the tournament ends, the sand will be "repurposed in Atlanta and the surrounding areas for beach volleyball and other purposes."
General admission tickets are $25 per day Friday-Sunday, "with the option to purchase premium seating tickets for Club AVP and Premium Club AVP, ranging in price based on the day."
You can purchase tickets at www.AVP.com/tickets.
The competition will run from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday, Noon-10 p.m. Saturday and 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday.
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GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Gwinnett County officials have decided to extend a summer program that helps families who are in need of a free meal.
"There is a strong need in the community and I’m grateful the Summer Meals Program is able to help fill that void and serve those in need," said Chris Minor, the county's Parks and Recreation director.
The county made their decision on Monday to extend the program from Aug. 4 until Sept. 1 on Friday nights.
Families with children from ages 18 or younger or ages 19 and older with physical or mental impairment will be able to grab free meals on the go.
According to Minor, the program has helped feed over 200,000 Gwinnett County families and counting.
Officials said that meals can be picked up at six different sites from 5 p.m. unil 7 p.m. while supplies are out there.
Here are a list of pick up locations:
- Bogan Park Community Recreation Center in Buford
- Best Friend Park Gym in Norcross
- Lilburn Activity Building in Lilburn
- Lenora Park Gym in Snellville
- Rhodes Jordan Park Community Recreation Center in Lawrenceville
- Shorty Howell Park Activity Building in Duluth
For those in need and who would like more information, click here or call 770-822-8840.
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3 injured, one seriously, after head-on crash on US 151 in Fond du Lac County
Southbound lanes of U.S. 151 were closed for about an hour after the crash Sunday night.
FOND DU LAC – Three people were hurt, one seriously, after a head-on crash on U.S. 151 near Hickory Road Sunday night.
Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office said the county Communication Center received the report of a wrong-way driver headed north in the southbound lanes of U.S. 151 near County Y in Lamartine Township at around 10:40 p.m. Sunday.
Deputies with the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area to intercept the vehicle with their emergency lights and sirens activated.
A responding Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office deputy was traveling down the on-ramp to U.S. 151 from Hickory Road and observed the vehicle still northbound in the southbound lanes of U.S. 151 near Hickory Road, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
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Before the deputy could intercept the wrong-way vehicle, it collided head-on with a southbound vehicle.
Deputies were immediately on scene and began rendering aid.
The driver of the southbound vehicle sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was not hospitalized. He was identified as a 20-year-old man from the Madison area.
The passenger of the wrong-way vehicle sustained serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, and was transported to ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah. The sheriff’s office said she is in stable condition and was identified as a 28-year-old woman from Menomonee Falls.
The driver of the wrong-way vehicle sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital. He was identified as a 27-year-old man from Menomonee Falls. Deputies noted signs of impairment, and the driver was determined to be under the influence of an intoxicant while operating the motor vehicle.
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The sheriff’s office said alcohol and driving the wrong way on a divided highway are contributing factors in the crash. All occupants of the vehicles were wearing their seatbelts.
The southbound lanes of U.S. 151 were closed for approximately one hour.
Contact Brandon Reid at 920-686-2984 or breid@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @breidHTRNews.
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14 people displaced after fire at Taycheedah apartment complex
The people displaced by the fire received assistance at the scene from the American Red Cross.
TAYCHEEDAH – Fourteen people were displaced from their homes after a fire at Meadowlark Village Apartments in the township of Taycheedah Sunday.
Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office said it began receiving multiple 911 calls about the fire at the complex, which is at N7353 Spring St., at around 10 a.m. Sunday.
No one was hurt during the fire, but the building sustained heavy fire and water damage and is believed to be a total loss, the sheriff's office said. The property is owned by Hill Properties LLC.
Although no one was hurt in the blaze, one resident escaped the fire by jumping from a second-story window, according to the sheriff's office.
The people displaced by the fire received assistance at the scene from the American Red Cross.
The building where the blaze occurred is the middle of three buildings that each contain eight units. The other buildings were evacuated until the fire was extinguished. Those buildings sustained minor heat damage to the siding and are still habitable.
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The sheriff’s office said the fire is believed to have started on the second floor, but the exact cause is yet to be determined.
The fire remains under investigation by a fire investigator from the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office.
Contact Brandon Reid at 920-686-2984 or breid@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @breidHTRNews.
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Waupun examines staffing options as fire department sees rising call volumes
City leaders are seeking public feedback through a survey available online through Aug. 23.
WAUPUN – Faced with increasing call volumes, declining volunteerism, an aging workforce, ambulance service failures and the high cost of adding an additional contracted ambulance, Waupun Common Council is launching a study to examine staffing models for fire and emergency response services.
The Waupun Fire Department currently operates with two full-time and 28 paid-on-call firefighters, and a contracted ambulance service, serving a city with a population of 11,344 as of the 2020 census.
An Emergency Medical Responder program was added in 2022 to support increasing call volumes and is staffed with volunteers.
Fire Chief and Emergency Management Director BJ DeMaa said in a news release: “Our volunteers do an excellent job of supporting the needs of this community. However, volunteerism is declining and, as demands for service increase, we recognize that our current service-delivery model is being stressed and will face challenges ahead. City leaders need to plan for the future to ensure sustainability of these essential services.”
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A public information page on the city’s website, cityofwaupun.org, shares more details about the study. According to the page, Public Administration Associates is helping with the study because of specific expertise it has in fire and emergency response management.
City leaders are seeking public input via a community survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HC9T6PY. The survey will remain open until Aug. 23.
Public Administration Associates is a consulting firm based in Whitewater. The firm has worked with more than 175 Wisconsin municipalities on a variety of consulting projects, including more than 30 studies of fire and EMS service consolidation and staffing assessments.
Contact Brandon Reid at 920-686-2984 or breid@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @breidHTRNews.
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WIMBERLEY, Texas — Wimberley's Blue Hole Regional Park has been awarded a Tripadvisor "Traveler's Choice" award for a third consecutive year.
Traveler's Choice awards are given out every year by TripAdvisor to showcase places around the world based on their reviews and ratings over the past 12 months. According to a post on Blue Hole's Instagram, the award places the park in the top 10% of attractions worldwide.
According to the park's page on TripAdvisor, in 2005, the City of Wimberley began raising money to save Blue Hole from the threat of residential development. After "unprecedented fundraising efforts," the City purchased the land to use it as a community park.
The City has since developed the 126-acre park, including approximately 4.5 miles of trails, picnic areas, a community pavilion, a playscape, a basketball court, a sand volleyball court, an amphitheater and a swimming area.
"The park balances the needs of the community while preserving and restoring the historic Blue Hole and surrounding ecosystems," TripAdvisor said.
Located about 45 minutes from Austin, the entire park is open to visitors within its regular operating hours, though swimming is only allowed during the designated swimming season. Reservations are required to swim.
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ODESSA, Texas — The crew from Odessa Firehouse 6 helped save a kitten over this past weekend out of a tree on the corner of 42nd and Grandview near the Kent Kwik.
Miguel Puente went up in the tree to rescue the cat, which led to what the City of Odessa called "the puuurrrrfect ending" according to their Facebook page.
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Six Tucson breweries are teaming up with a dozen Tucson restaurants for “Brews & Bites,” a celebration of our vibrant craft beer and restaurant scene.
The event, a fundraiser for Tucson Originals, will feature some friendly competition in between samples of local brews paired with small plates created by some of Tucson’s most popular chefs.
“Brews & Bites” will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, at The Highlands at Dove Mountain, 4949 W. Heritage Club Blvd. in Marana. Tickets are $50 in advance through brewsNbites2023.eventbrite.com or $60 at the door.
Participating chefs: Ken Foy of Dante’s Fire, Janet Balderas with MoJo Cuban Kitchen, Devon Sanner of Zio Peppe, Brian Steiner with The Highlands at Dove Mountain, Rocco’s Little Chicago chef-owner Rocco DiGrazia, The Dutch’s Marcus Van Winden, Mary Steiger of Gourmet Girls, Nate Cluff with Vero Amore Dove Mountain, El Rústico’s Juan Almanza, Michael Elefante with Mama Louisa’s, Mat Cable with Fresco Pizzeria and Pastaria and Eric Reese of Noble Hops.
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Participating breweries include Crooked Tooth Brewing Co., Barrio Brewing Co., Fire Truck Brewing Company, Dillinger Brewing Company, Pueblo Vida Brewing Company and Dragoon Brewing Company.
“Brews & Bites” is presented by Tucson Originals, which represents independent Tucson restaurants, and Tucson Foodie.
Learn more at tucson
originals.com or by calling 520-477-7950.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The southbound lanes of Kansas Highway 15 between the Derby Wastewater Treatment Facility has been closed temporarily.
A Facebook post from the City of Derby says a materials spill caused the closure of the highway between 91st Street and 95th Street.
Cleanup is currently taking place. The city is asking drivers to use an alternate route until the cleanup is complete.
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RENTON, Wash — Multiple fire crews have responded to a plane crash at Renton Municipal Airport early Monday morning, Renton Firefighters said in a tweet.
According to Renton fire crews, two patients are being treated at the scene, and their condition is unknown. The Renton Regional Fire Authority PIO released an update just after 9:30 p.m., indicating that one of the patients is being taken to a local hospital and the other was being treated and released at the scene.
An active fuel leak is also being controlled at the scene.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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MELBOURNE, Fla. – A 13-year-old girl was shot early Monday but is expected to be OK, according to the Melbourne Police Department.
Police were called to North Wickham Road and Fountainhead Boulevard around 12:09 a.m. for reports of gunfire.
According to a news release, when officers arrived, they received another call from the Sabal Palms Apartments from a 13- year-old girl saying she had just been shot.
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Police said the teen was taken to a hospital and treated for a superficial, non-life-threatening wound to her arm.
According to the release, the teen told detectives she and a group of her friends were confronted by a man driving a white truck or SUV. The man accused the group of throwing rocks at his vehicle, police said.
The teen told officers the man began shooting toward them and the children took off back into the apartment complex.
At the same time, Melbourne police said they received other calls from drivers complaining of children throwing rocks and cinderblocks at passing vehicles in this area.
“As a result of this information, detectives believe this is an isolated incident and have no reason to suspect an active or ongoing threat to the community. Currently, there is neither video of the incident available to law enforcement nor a more specific description of the suspect or vehicle,” the release read in part.
Detectives are continuing to investigate this incident and ask that anyone with information call the Melbourne Police Department at 321-608-6731 to speak with a detective or call the Central Florida Crime Line at 1-800-423-8477.
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LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – Two people were arrested and two others are on the run after an early morning gas station robbery Monday, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said they responded to Kangaroo Express gas station located at 10030 County Road 44 in Leesburg around 4:14 a.m. after receiving a 911 call from the business.
According to a news release, the caller described being robbed by four thieves wearing ski masks.
The robbers made off with a large amount of cigarettes and left the scene in a white Chevrolet Malibu, deputies said.
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The vehicle was later located by Leesburg police, deputies said.
Officers were able to locate two men hiding in a carport near the vehicle who matched the description of two of the thieves in the robbery, according to the release.
Leesburg police arrested the two individuals on trespassing charges and they were booked into the Lake County jail, deputies said. Investigators have not released the identities of the two people arrested.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando police are hoping the public can help identify three people seen on video during a rash of vehicle break-ins over the weekend in Orlando’s Ivanhoe Village neighborhood.
Officers said they responded to several locations in the area of North Orange Avenue and Ivanhoe Boulevard Saturday evening and early Sunday morning.
Officers responded Saturday evening & early Sunday morning to several locations in reference to vehicle break-ins in the area of N. Orange Ave & Ivanhoe Blvd. It is believed that these break-ins have the same suspect(s). If you recognize them, please call OPD or @CrimelineFL. pic.twitter.com/71KaJFWYo3
— Orlando Police (@OrlandoPolice) July 31, 2023
The agency released surveillance video showing three people walking into a parking garage Sunday morning around 3 a.m.
The people are wearing dark coats, are masked and wearing gloves.
If you know anything about the incidents you are asked to call Orlando police, or Crimeline at 1-800-423-8477.
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WINTER SPRINGs, Fla. – A precautionary boil water advisory has been issued for a Winter Springs neighborhood after a water main break, city officials announced on Monday.
According to a news release, the water main break and water outage is in the area of Sheoah Boulevard in the Highlands area.
“On July 31, 2023, a private contractor installing fiber optic lines for WOW! Fiber Internet Services hit a 12 inch water main near the intersection of Sheoah Boulevard and Clearn Court,” the release read in part.
Officials said crews are in the process of repairing the water line to restore utility service to the area.
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Due to the break, a precautionary boil water notice has been issued for 24 homes along Clearn Court and Tam Court.
Addresses impacted by this boil water notice are:
- 620-636 Clearn Court
- 650-659 Tam Court
According to the release, residents should follow these precautions until further notice:
- Boil water intended for consumption: It is recommended to bring water to a rolling boil for at least one minute before using it for drinking, cooking, making ice, brushing teeth, or any other activity that involves consuming water.
- Use boiled or bottled water: Please use boiled water or commercially bottled water for all food preparation, including washing fruits and vegetables, and making beverages such as coffee and tea.
The notice will be lifted once laboratory testing shows negative results for any biological contamination within a 48 hour period. For more information and updates, click here or call Winter Springs Utilities at 407-327-1800 or after-hours service at 407-327-2669.
To contact WOW customer service call 1-866-496-9669.
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What to Know
- A large number of asylum-seekers have been outside of the city’s arrival intake center since Friday sleeping on the sidewalk as they wait to get assigned to a shelter for a bed to sleep in -- if there is one available.
- NBC 4 New York was told that the buses parked in front of the hotel on East 45th Street and Madison Avenue Monday morning were brought in to help get people off the sidewalks while they wait for a room -- a process that can take an average of 24 to 48 hours. However, in some cases, migrants have been waiting for five to six days.
- With an average of 300 to 500 people arriving by day, the city is taking new drastic steps, like giving unaccompanied migrants already under the city’s care a 60-day notice to find another roof over their heads.
A large number of asylum-seekers have been outside of the city’s arrival intake center since Friday sleeping on the sidewalk as they wait to get assigned to a shelter for a bed to sleep in -- if there is one available.
NBC 4 New York was told that the buses parked in front of the hotel on East 45th Street and Madison Avenue Monday morning were brought in to help get people off the sidewalks while they wait for a room -- a process that can take an average of 24 to 48 hours. However, in some cases, migrants have been waiting for five to six days.
Jefferson – a migrant from Colombia – told News 4 New York Saturday that his bed for the previous four days has been a piece of cardboard. The dream sold on social media that he would get a bed and a job in New York City has become a nightmare he now says he regrets. Jefferson now has a message to other Colombians thinking of making the journey to the states, telling News 4 New York in Spanish: "Stay there. Don’t come here."
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Mohamed Sale – who arrived Saturday in Manhattan– from the west African nation of Mauritania also has his regrets.
"For now I regret coming. Maybe when I take a hotel and stay for two months to get on my feet, maybe I won’t regret," he told News 4 New York.
Over the weekend, intake center employees handed out meals and bottled water to the migrants on line. For days, Mayor Eric Adams has sounded the alarm that the city has run out of space for asylum seekers.
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With an average of 300 to 500 people arriving by day, the city is taking new drastic steps, like giving unaccompanied migrants already under the city’s care a 60-day notice to find another roof over their heads.
The city says it will always give housing priority to families with children. In response to the images of dozens of migrants sleeping outside of the Roosevelt Hotel intake center, a spokesperson for Adams told News 4 New York issued the following statement:
“As we've said for a while now, with more than 93,000 asylum seekers coming through our intake system since last spring, our teams run out of space every single day and we do our best to offer placements wherever we have space available. Children and families continue to be prioritized and are found a bed every night. While we at least offered all adults a temporary place to wait off the sidewalks last night, some may have chosen to sleep outside and, in all honesty, New Yorkers may continue to see that more and more as hundreds of asylum seekers continue to arrive every day. This is the heartbreaking reality and something our teams have worked tirelessly to avoid, but while our compassion is limitless, our resources are not. We still desperately need help from our state and federal partners. In the meantime, we encourage migrants to take us up placements available outside of New York City as they become available.”
It is important to note though that the Roosevelt Hotel is only an option to families with children and not single men. At this point, the mayor’s office says that more than 56,000 asylum-seekers have been registered in the homeless shelter system since the spring of last year. Which is why city officials say that New Yorkers will probably see more scenes like this one where some people have chosen to sleep out in the streets given the current limitations on space and resources to manage the continuous arrival of migrants in town who are desperate for help.
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Expect to see a big cut to the amount of cutlery that comes with food delivery orders in New York City.
Under a new law in the city going into effect on Monday, restaurants won't be forking over utensils in takeout and delivery orders any longer — at least not without the customer stating so. Those placing the order will have to ask for the single-use utensils be included with the food.
It's not just utensils, either. Don't expect to see restaurants packing the bag with ketchup packets nor napkins. So that drawer full of plastic forks and knives, or plastic baggie full of old ketchup, soy sauce and duck sauce packs, will now finally come in handy, as far fewer of those items will be automatically included with the order.
“Let’s be real: Most people have utensils at home. And all we do is save those packets," said Adrienne Esposito, Executive Director at Citizens Campaign for the Environment. "I would bet you most homes in New York City have a drawer stuffed full of plastic forks and knives and spoons in plastic wrapping that are unopened.”
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All delivery apps must set the default setting to not include those items, but have a way for customers to request the items if they so choose.
The new measure is part of a law that Mayor Eric Adams signed earlier in 2023 that is aimed at reducing plastic waste in the city. Restaurants that are found to not comply could face up to a $250 fine for each offense after a year-long warning phase.
The mayor's office estimated that in 2019 about 36 millions pounds of single-use plastic foodware was collected from NYC's residential waste stream.
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“These plastics, they don’t really degrade and go away,” said Enrico Nardone, executive director of Seatuck Environmental Association, a nonprofit based at the Suffolk County Environmental Center in Islip. “They breakdown into smaller and smaller pieces, but there’s still plastics that are being consumed throughout the food chain ... and ending up in the bodies of all types of wildlife and having negative impacts.”
NYC is not the first city to enact a law taking aim at the items coming in delivery orders. Los Angeles made disposable foodware available at restaurants only when requested by customers in Nov. 2021. That ordinance prohibits facilities from having self-service disposable foodware dispensers and from providing or offering disposable foodware accessories to dine-in customers and take-out customers, except when requested.
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HARFORD COUNTY, Md. — The Harford County Sheriff's Office is investigating a criminal complaint alleging violations of Maryland's wiretap statue involving the illegal interception of electronic communications.
The victims identified in the complaint are elected and government officials as well as members of the business community.
"If founded, this case is particularly egregious, as Maryland boasts some of the most comprehensive and stringent wiretapping laws in the nation, emphasizing the protection of citizens' privacy," said the Harford County Sheriff's Office.
This investigation is ongoing.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A 75-year-old woman is seriously condition in a local hospital after the truck she was driving reversed over her.
The Kingsville Police Department stated in a Facebook post that the accident happened at about 10 p.m. Sunday after the woman fell out of her truck while stopped at the light at the corner of E. General Cavazos Boulevard and Brahma Boulevard.
The driver's side door was open, the post states, and the woman began reversing. While her Nissan Frontier was in reverse, she fell out of the vehicle and the front tire of the truck rolled over her.
Kingsville PD Cmdr. Bradley Lyle said the department doesn't know why the vehicle door was open, nor why the truck was in reverse.
The woman, whose identity was not released, was alone in the truck, according to the post, which eventually rolled into a nearby culvert.
She was brought to a hospital in Corpus Christi by HALO-Flight.
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Mervin Mayo wears many hats: police officer, school resource officer, gospel recording artist. All of them have become intertwined while he has served the city of Richmond for nearly 20 years.
Mayo, 47, grew up in the Creighton Court housing projects on the city’s East End. He became inspired to pursue a career in law enforcement after being befriended by Officer Curtis Simmons through the Police Athletic League.
Mervin Mayo is shown at Truth Ministries in Richmond, VA., on Monday, July 24, 2023. Mayo, minister of music at the church, also works as a police officer and school resource officer. His songs have earned millions of digital streams, and he has recently released new music.
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Simmons took Mayo to places like Kings Dominion, Water Country USA and Bush Gardens, keeping him off the streets and out of trouble. Mayo is now an 18-year veteran of the Richmond Police Department.
“As cliché as it sounds, I always said if I had an opportunity to become a police officer, I wanted to work with the youth like he did and give back,” Mayo said.
Mayo also gives back as minister of music at Truth Ministries . He has been involved in music since age 13 as a singer, pianist and drummer. He sang in a local R&B group called CHARM, which later became known as CHANGED as the group shifted to gospel music.
At Truth Ministries, Mayo and several other Richmond officers serve in different roles. The church had congregations of around 30 people prior to COVID-19. During the pandemic, the church grew to 600 in-person and online attendees who tuned in from California all the way to Africa.
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Each year, the church hosts its Moment of Truth event, where non-local members fly to Richmond and gather at a larger venue such as the Hippodrome Theater or the Robinson Theater Community Arts Center. Truth Ministries is also working on building a church in Sierra Leone.
During bad days, Mayo will stop by the church and hop on the piano. In 2020, he sat down and recorded himself performing Marvin Sapp's "The Best in Me."
After posting it to social media, the video went viral, garnering more than 1 million views on Facebook and being featured on CNN Headline News. Mayo was also signed to gospel record label Tyscot Records as a result of the video.
Mervin Mayo is shown at Truth Ministries in Richmond, VA., on Monday, July 24, 2023. Mayo, minister of music at the church, also works as a police officer and school resource officer. His songs have earned millions of digital streams, and he has recently released new music.
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“I would like to think that my music brings hope and brings positivity,” Mayo said. “Just knowing that my music helped one person, that’s good enough for me.”
In addition to helping his community and his church, Mayo has been working as a school resource officer at Richmond Alternative School the past eight years after spending another eight years in the same role at Huguenot High School.
While Mayo has had to physically intervene during student altercations at times, he looks for different ways to reach the students instead of placing them under arrest.
“We try to rehabilitate the kids instead of just throwing handcuffs on them,” he said. “We calm them down, take them to McDonald’s and explain to them what they did wrong. I explain to them that if this happens in the street, and another officer is involved, they’re not going to take you to get anything to eat.”
Mayo said he handed out only one arrest last school year when he could have had two or three a day.
“They’re not bad kids, they just made bad decisions,” Mayo added. “Most of the challenges from the kids don’t stem from what’s going on in the school, it stems from what’s going on at home, and they wind up bringing it to the school.”
After Mayo released his latest song “God Did It,” he featured students from Richmond Alternative School in the music video.
“I was thinking, 'what can I do to bring hope to the kids, what can I do to get them involved?'” Mayo said. “They were like ‘man, I don’t want to be in your corny video,’ but when I kept talking to them, they said they would do it. It turned into a success; just to be on TV, it’s a big thing for them.”
Mechelle Mayo, CEO of Mervin Mayo Productions and Mervin’s wife of 12 years, credits her husband with finding ways to connect with students who are going through struggles.
Mervin Mayo is shown with his wife, Mechelle, at Truth Ministries in Richmond, VA., on Monday, July 24, 2023. Mayo, minister of music at the church, also works as a police officer and school resource officer. His songs have earned millions of digital streams, and he has recently released new music.
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“Because his past is very similar to theirs, he’s able to bring a different aspect in how he reacts to what they do,” she said. “I think they receive his redirection a lot more than a lot of the school staff. There’s so many different things that he does just to give back to community, so I support him 100%.”
Despite keeping busy as an officer, Mayo still maintains his love of music and continues to use it while delivering his own form of ministry.
“Music is in me,” Mayo said. “I’m at home on the piano and I’m just doing music until (Mechelle) says ‘get off the piano, I’m sick of it!’ It’s just in me.”
The Times-Dispatch's 'Photo of the Day'
Jan. 1, 2023
Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb (24) carries the ball as Washington Commanders cornerback Danny Johnson (36) tries to stop him during the first half of a NFL football game between the Cleveland Browns and the Washington Commanders on Sunday, January 1, 2023 in Landover, MD.
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Jan. 2, 2023
Sharon MacKenzie of Mechanicsville walked with her friend Cindy Nunnally and her golden retriever, Sunny, during a GardenFest for Fidos at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden on Jan. 2.
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Jan. 3, 2023
People remember 8-year-old P’Aris Moore during a vigil in Hopewell on Jan. 3. The girl was shot and killed while playing in her neighborhood.
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Jan. 4, 2023
UR's Jason Nelson presses down court as George Washington's Brendan Adams, left, and Hunter Dean defend in the Robins Center Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023.
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Jan. 5, 2023
Manchester's Olivia Wright reaches in on James River's Alisha Whirley at James River Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.
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Jan. 6, 2023
Daron Pearson plays basketball at Smith Peters Park in the Carver neighborhood on Friday, January 6, 2023 in Richmond, Va.
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Jan. 7, 2023
UR's Tyler Burton takes a shot as Duquesne's Joe Reece defends Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023.
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Jan. 8, 2023
Park ranger Bert Dunkerly leads a walking tour of Revolutionary Richmond on the grounds of the Chimborazo Medical Museum in Richmond on Jan. 8. The tour was part of a multiday annual event interpreting Richmond’s Revolutionary history, including the capture of the city by British General Benedict Arnold on Jan. 5, 1781.
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Jan. 10, 2023
Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital COO Joey Trapani and Richmond City Councilwoman Cynthia Newbille react after cutting the ribbon to commemorate the opening of the East End Medical Office Building on Tuesday. Bon Secours Richmond Market President Mike Lutes (left) and Del. Delores McQuinn, D-Richmond, were also part of the festivities.
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Jan. 11, 2023
Pages are introduced at the Senate chamber during the first day of Virginia General Assembly at Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Va., on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023.
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Jan. 12, 2023
Sen. Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax, worked at his desk at the Virginia State Capitol on Thursday. Above him is a portrait of former Lt. Gov. Don Beyer, now a congressman representing the 8th District in Northern Virginia.
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Jan. 13, 2023
Elizabeth Leggett is photographed with her pup Pallas, 10, in her neighborhood in Richmond's business district on January 13, 2023. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
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Jan. 14, 2023
Aubrey Nguyen, age 5, and Andrew Nguyen, age 8, eye the dragon as it comes by during the Tet celebration at Vien Giac Buddhist Temple Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. Jow Ga Kung Fu, of Virginia Beach, performed the Dragon Dance.
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Jan. 15, 2023
The St. James's West Gallery Choir sings during "Evensong, A Celebration of the Life and Work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." at St. James Episcopal Church Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023.
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Jan. 16, 2023
James "States" Manship of Thornburg came to the gun rights rally at the Bell Tower in Capitol Square on Lobby Day, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, dressed as President George Washington.
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Jan. 17, 2023
Del. Emily Brewer, R-Suffolk, confers with Del. Sam Rasoul, D-Roanoke, at the state Capitol on Jan. 17. Brewer sponsored the bill on state purchasing, House Bill 2385.
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Jan. 18, 2023
Aaliyah Rouse, 9, and Jennifer Rouse stand by as Aaron Rouse is sworn in in the Senate by Clerk of the Senate Susan Clarke Schaar during a general assembly session at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Va., on Wednesday, January 18, 2023. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
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Jan. 19, 2023
Gov. Glenn Youngkin talks to the media at George W. Carver Elementary School on Jan. 19.
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Jan. 20, 2023
VCU's fans cheer for the team against Richmond during the second half of the NCAA men's basketball game at University of Richmond, Richmond, Va., on Friday, January 20, 2023.
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Jan. 21, 2023
Jacqueline Dziuba, bottom left, and Steven Godwin, who live in Greenville, N.C., and other visitors check out the exhibits at the Poe Museum in Richmond in January as the museum celebrates Edgar Allan Poe’s 214th birthday and its own 100-year anniversary.
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Jan. 22, 2023
Paul McLean (left), founder of the Virginia Minority Cannabis Coalition, listens alongside Mark Cannady during the “Is Social Equity in Off the Table in 2023?” portion of the program on Sunday on the second full day of the Virginia Cannabis Conference presented by Virginia NORML at Delta Hotels Richmond Downtown. Lobby Day takes place Monday.
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Jan. 23, 2023
The flags at the Executive Mansion are at half-staff to honor those killed and injured in Monterey Park, California last weekend. Photo was taken on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023.
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Jan. 24, 2023
Sen. Steve Newman, R-Lynchburg, listens to debate during a Senate floor session in the state Capitol on a bill to make Daylight Savings Time year-round.
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Jan. 25, 2023
Gov. Glenn Youngkin listens to George Daniel as he tries some Brunswick stew on Brunswick Stew Day at the Capitol Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Next to Daniel are (L-R) Dylan Pair, stewmaster Kevin Pair and Austin Pair. The yearly event returned to the Capitol for the first time since the pandemic.
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Jan. 26, 2023
Meghan Vandette is photographed with her dogs, Pepper, a deaf mini Australian shepherd, and Finn on Thursday, January 26, 2023 at Ruff Canine Club in Richmond, Virginia.
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Jan. 27, 2023
Three-year-old London Oshinkoya (from left) and 3-year-old twins Messiah and Malkia Finley go through the toys brought by Crystal Holbrook-Gazoni near the Gilpin Resource Center in Richmond on Friday.
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Jan. 28, 2023
Dance instructor Paul Dandridge (foreground) works with youngsters as he teaches a theater dance during the “Genworth Lights Up! Youth Series: On the Road” at the Center for the Arts at Henrico High School on Saturday. The series offers free workshops and performances throughout the year for youth of all ages.
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Jan. 29, 2023
Ronnie Jenkins II of Chesterfield County sits inside a Barefoot Spas hot tub with his 11-year-old son, Connor, and his wife, Amber, during the RVA Home Show at The Meadow Event Park in Caroline County.
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Jan. 30, 2023
Frank Saucier listens as elected officials give remarks during a vigil for Tyre Nichols on Monday at Abner Clay Park in Richmond. Nichols died from the injuries he sustained after being beaten by police officers in Memphis.
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Jan. 31, 2023
Mayor Levar Stoney gets ready to deliver his State of the City on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at the Richmond Main Street Station in Richmond, Virginia.
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Feb. 1, 2023
Gov. Glenn Youngkin attends the Virginia March for Life in Richmond, VA on February 1, 2023. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
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Feb. 2, 2023
Petersburg High School's basketball standout Chris Fields Jr. on Thursday, February 2, 2023 at the Petersburg High School in Petersburg, Virginia.
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Feb. 3, 2023
Shawnrell Blackwell, left, a Southside Community Development & Housing Corporation homeowner and board member, watches as Dianna Bowser, president and CEO of SCDHC, shares a moment with Suzanne Youngkin during a ceremony at Virginia Housing in Richmond on Friday after Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the first lady presented the first Spirit of Virginia Award of 2023 to the affordable housing nonprofit.
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Feb. 4, 2023
Members of the Break it Down RVA Line Dancing group perform during a Black History Month Celebration at Virginia State University on Feb. 4.
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Feb. 5, 2023
Wide receiver Terry McLaurin (17) of the Washington Commanders, right, look on before the flag football event at the NFL Pro Bowl on Sunday in Las Vegas. With him are, from left, NFC wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown (14) of the Detroit Lions, NFC wide receiver CeeDee Lamb (88) of the Dallas Cowboys and NFC wide receiver Justin Jefferson (18) of the Minnesota Vikings.
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Feb. 6, 2023
(From left) U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman, and Sethuraman Panchanathan, Ph.D., director of the National Science Foundation, arrive for a tour of VCU's Nanomaterials Core Characterization Facility with lab director and physics professor Massimo Bertino, Ph.D. (right) on Monday, Feb. 6. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
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Feb. 7, 2023
Sen. Dick Saslaw, D-Fairfax, is seen 4 1/2 hours into Tuesday's crossover session at the state Capitol.
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Feb. 8, 2023
Chef Patrick Phelan works with his staff on Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at Lost Letter in Richmond, Virginia.
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Feb. 9, 2023
Onlookers stand near a shattered window on East Broad Street following a shooting on Thursday. One person was killed and another wounded.
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Feb. 10, 2023
Colonial Williamsburg moves a 260-year-old building, originally called the Bray School, on a truck to a new location a mile away, where it will be put on public display, in Williamsburg, Va., on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. The Bray School is believed to be the oldest building in the US dedicated to the education of Black children.
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Feb 11, 2023
Randolph-Macon celebrate after beating Roanoke College during a NCAA Division III Basketball game on Saturday, February 11, 2023 at Randolph Macon Crenshaw Gym in Ashland, Virginia. With today's win, the Yellow Jackets hold the longest home winning steak in NCAA Division III history.
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Feb. 12, 2023
The Science Museum of Virginia hosted a competition for student engineers during a commemoration of Celebrate Engineering Ingenuity Day. A packed crowd watches Sunday as a team of “Bridge Breakers” from the American Society of Civil Engineers puts students’ inventions to the test.
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Feb. 13, 2023
A crew from Walter D. Witt Roofing installs a new roof for Melvin Washington, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, as part of the Owens Corning National Roof Deployment Project in Richmond, VA on February 13, 2023. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
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Feb. 14, 2023
Richmond City Council member Cynthia Newbille pulls the winning raffle ticket as Marc Edwards, from InnovAge Virginia PACE, holds the basket during the 9th annual "For the Love of Our Seniors" event at Main Street Station in Richmond, VA on February 14, 2023. The event is a resource fair for senior residents and caregivers in Church Hill. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
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Feb. 15, 2023
A crew from the Richmond-based company Cut Cut installs the new art installation "McLean" by Navine G. Dossos on the façade of the Institute for Contemporary Art in Richmond, VA on February 15, 2023. The installation is part of the exhibit "So it appears" opening February 24th. The vinyl pieces being used are adapted from a series of paintings. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
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Feb. 16, 2023
Giov. Glenn Youngkin meets with the community at Westwood Fountain in Richmond, VA on Thursday, February 16, 2023. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
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Feb. 17, 2023
Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Alison Linas, left, and Franklin greet Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Jennifer Guiliano and attorney Alex Clarke at the Henrico County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court building on Friday.
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Feb. 18, 2023
Fans take pictures during the All-alumni Block Party before VCU’s game against Fordham on Saturday.
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Feb. 19, 2023
Virginia Tech's Georgia Amoore, left, waits for a pass from Elizabeth Kitley (33) during the first half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against North Carolina State on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023, in Blacksburg.
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Feb. 20, 2023
Richmond resident David Scates filed an appeal with the VEC last summer four days after the state agency notified him that he had been overpaid unemployment benefits after catching COVID-19 and losing his job. Now, Scates is one of almost 17,000 Virginians at risk of having their appeals dismissed because the VEC contends they filed too late.
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Feb. 21, 2023
State Sen. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, greets chief election officer and college friend Sheryl Johnson (right) at the Tabernacle Baptist Church polling station in Richmond, VA on Tuesday, February 21, 2023 as (from left) election workers Katie Johnson and Eric Johnson look on. McClellan is running to succeed Rep. Donald McEachin, D-4th. McClellan would be the first African American woman to represent Virginia in Congress and would give Virginia a record four women in its congressional delegation. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
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Feb. 22, 2023
Members of the media tour Fox Elementary School in Richmond, VA after Richmond Public Schools Chief Operating Officer Dana Fox provided an update on construction plans to rebuild the school on Wednesday, February 22. The building, which dates to 1911, was heavily damaged in a three-alarm fire on the night of Feb. 11, 2022. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
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Feb. 23, 2023
Marley Ferraro and her boyfriend, Zack Bannister, both VCU freshmen, spend time together between classes at Monroe Park as Thursday weather reaches around 80s in Richmond, Va., on Feb. 23, 2023.
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Feb. 24, 2023
Sen. Aaron Rouse, left, D-Virginia Beach, talks with Sen. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, before a general assembly session at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Va., on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023.
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Feb. 25, 2023
Jenna Anderson of Cosby High shows her medal to her dad, Waylon Anderson, after winning the 112-pound weight class during the VHSL Girls State Open Championships at Unity Reed High in Manassas on Saturday.
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Feb. 26, 2023
Contestants in a duathlon race (run-bike-run competition) dash from the starting line in the first event of the West Creek Endurance Festival at the West Creek Business Park in Goochland County on Sunday.
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Feb. 27, 2023
Eric and Linda Oakes speak to a small crowd before unveiling a plaque and bench dedicated to their son, Adam Oakes, in the VCU Student Commons building near the office of Fraternity and Sorority Life on February 27, 2023. The date marks the two-year anniversary of Oakes' death in a hazing incident, and VCU is calling this an annual hazing prevention day and day of remembrance for Oakes. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
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Feb. 28, 2023
Jess Tanner (center) looks on as her daughters Aubrey (left), 10, and Charleigh, 8, deliver Girl Scout cookies to school counselor Michelle Nothnagel (right) and the other teachers and staff members at Manchester High School on February 28, 2023. With help from groups of retired teachers and others in the community, the girls, who are members of Girl Scout Troop 3654, raised over $1,000 to purchase the cookies for the staff. Jess Tanner, is an art teacher at Manchester and also a co-leader of their troop. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
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March 1, 2023
Shirley Wiest, left, and Wilma Bowman, center, show a blanket for a veteran with the help of Julie Wiest, daughter of Shirley Wiest, at Sunrise of Richmond in Henrico, Va., on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Shirley Wiest and Wilma Bowman sewed over 3000 blankets for people at the VA Hospital, the Children’s Hospital and Moments of Hope Outreach among others.
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March 2, 2023
Carl Gupton, president of Greenswell Growers, is shown at the greenhouse of the company in Goochland, Va., on Thursday, March 2, 2023. Greenswell Growers, an automated indoor farming, can produce 28 times more greens per acre than traditional farming. They just sealed a deal with Ukrops and will start selling on Kroger shelves all across the mid-Atlantic.
Daniel Sangjib Min/TIMES-DISPATCH
March 3, 2023
Highland Springs walks off the court after beating Stone Bridge during the Class 5 boys basketball quarterfinal on Friday, March 3, 2023 at J.R. Tucker High School in Henrico, Virginia.
SHABAN ATHUMAN/TIMES-DISPATCH
March 4, 2023
Nutzy plays with Shane Paris-Kennedy,9, during the Richmond Flying Squirrels Nutzy's Block Party on Saturday, March 4, 2023 at The Diamond in Richmond, Virginia.
SHABAN ATHUMAN/TIMES-DISPATCH
March 5, 2023
Patrons wait in line for Caribbean soul food from Mobile Yum Yum, one of the food trucks participating in Mobile Soul Sunday in Monroe Park. The event kicked off the Richmond Black Restaurant Experience, a weeklong celebration of Richmond’s Black-owned restaurants.
Sean McGoey
March 6, 2023
Henrico County officials celebrate the start of renovations at Cheswick Park in Henrico's Three Chopt District on March 6, 2023. The 24.5-acre park, Henrico's oldest official park, will receive $2.1 million in improvements, including a new open fitness area and upgrades to its trails, playground, restroom facilities, pedestrian bridges, parking lot, main entrance, stormwater management infrastructure and signage. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Eva Russo
March 7, 2023
Congresswoman-elect Jennifer McClellan heads into the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC for orientation on March 7, 2023 in preparation for her swearing in as the first Black Congresswoman from Virginia. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Eva Russo
March 8, 2023
Kate Chenery Tweedy shows the exhibition of Secretariat at Ashland Museum in Ashland, Va., on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Kate Chenery Tweedy is spearheading an effort to bring a monument of Secretariat to Ashland.
Daniel Sangjib Min/TIMES-DISPATCH
March 9, 2023
John Marano of Top Trumps USA speaks to the media next to Mr. Monopoly at Maggie Walker Plaza in Richmond, Va., on March 9, 2023. Top Trumps USA, under license from HASBRO, will design a Richmond-specific board that highlights the region’s favorite historic landmarks.
Daniel Sangjib Min/TIMES-DISPATCH
March 10, 2023
The U.S. Postal Service commemorate the history and romance of train travel with the unveiling of its Railroad Stations Forever stamps during a ceremony at the Main Street Station in Richmond, Va.
Lyndon German
March 11, 2023
Susie Williams of Richmond gets a makeover at the Shamrock the Block Festival in Richmond on Saturday. The festival was relocated to Leigh Street this year.
Daniel Sangjib Min, TIMES-DISPATCH
March 12, 2023
A procession of Fifes and Drums moves down Duke of Gloucester Street in Colonial Williamsburg on Sunday. It traveled from old Colonial Williamsburg Courthouse to the Raleigh Tavern, where Thomas Jefferson and other leaders formed a Committee of Correspondence in 1773.
Sean Jones photos, Times-Dispatch
March 13, 2023
Cuong Luu, foreground, a volunteer of Feed More, prepares boxes of meals with other volunteers and staff at the food bank in Richmond, Va., on Monday, March 13, 2023.
Daniel Sangjib Min/TIMES-DISPATCH
March 14, 2023
Bill Barksdale, technical director of Virginia Video Network, works with Kelli Lemon, director of digital programming, at the video studio of Richmond Times-Dispatch in Richmond, Va., on March 14, 2023.
Daniel Sangjib Min/TIMES-DISPATCH
March 15, 2023
Del. Eileen Filler-Corn, D-Fairfax, looks on a portrait after unveiling it as former Speaker of the House at the house chamber of the State Capitol in Richmond, Va., on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Filler-Corn made history as the first woman and first Jewish Speaker in Virginia.
Daniel Sangjib Min/TIMES-DISPATCH
March 16, 2023
MIKE KROPF, THE DAILY PROGRESS Virginia's Isaac McKneely (11) becomes emotional after an NCAA Tournament first round game against Furman in Orlando, Fl., Thursday, March 16, 2023.
Mike Kropf
March 17, 2023
Brian Erbe, center, a pipe manager, and other members of Greater Richmond Pipes and Drums perform to celebrate St. Patrick's Day at Rosie Connolly's Pub Restaurant in Richmond, Va., on Friday, March 17, 2023.
Daniel Sangjib Min/TIMES-DISPATCH
March 18, 2023
Virginia Tech's Mekhi Lewis takes down Oklahoma State's Dustin Plott during the consolation semifinals at the NCAA Division I wrestling championships, Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Tulsa, Okla. (Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP)
Ian Maule
March 19, 2023
Virginia Tech's Kayana Traylor (23) is congratulated by teammates after scoring just before halftime of a second-round college basketball game in the women's NCAA Tournament, Sunday, March 19, 2023, in Blacksburg, Va. (AP Photo/Matt Gentry)
Matt Gentry
March 20, 2023
Hannah and Ty Bilodeau of Lynchburg visit the recently completed Richmond Virginia Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with their children, Blythe, 5, Goldie, 4, and Graham, 2, in Glen Allen in Henrico, Va., on Monday, March 20, 2023.
Daniel Sangjib Min/TIMES-DISPATCH
March 21, 2023
Doug Ramseur, center left, and Emilee Hasbrouck, center right, defense lawyers for Wavie Jones, one of three Central State Hospital employees , who was charged in death of Irvo Otieno, speak to the media at Dinwiddie Courthouse in Dinwiddie, Va., on Tuesday, March 21, 2023.
Daniel Sangjib Min/TIMES-DISPATCH
March 22, 2023
WRANGLD's, from left, senior customer success manager Trevor Lee, chief business officer Andy Sitison and CEO Jonathan "JD" Dyke work at their office of the 1717 Innovation Center in Richmond, Va., on Wednesday, March 22, 2023.
Daniel Sangjib Min/TIMES-DISPATCH
March 23, 2023
New Bon Secours Community Health Clinic is open in Manchester, Richmond, Va., on Thursday, March 23, 2023. The clinic will serve scheduled appointments and same day call-in appointments for the uninsured. The 8,000 square foot building is also home to the Bon Secours Care-A-Van, a mobile health clinic.
Daniel Sangjib Min/TIMES-DISPATCH
March 24, 2023
Liz Kincaid, CEO of RVA Hospitality and owner of Max's On Broad, is photographed at the restaurant in Richmond, VA on March 24, 2023. Max's On Broad will be closing April 1 and will relaunch as a new concept in the summer. Kincaid also owns Tarrant's & Bar Solita. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Eva Russo
March 25, 2023
Henrico County families gather at Deep Run Park & Recreation Center on Saturday to celebrate all things agriculture during the county's second annual Farm Graze event. Children went booth to booth learning about the wonders of agriculture while participating in fun activities and scavenger hunts.
Lyndon German
March 26, 2023
Church Hill resident Alex Gerofsky finishes the Hill Topper 5K at the Church Hill Irish Festival with a time of 20 minutes, 26.8 seconds.
Thad Green
March 27, 2023
Wyatt Kingston, center, conducts a strength training session with Marshall Crenshaw, left, and Kevin Wright at Hickory Hill Community Center in Richmond on March 27.
Daniel Sangjib Min, TIMES-DISPATCH
March 28, 2023
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, center, talks about the ongoing housing crisis in the city during a news conference on March 28.
Daniel Sangjib Min, TIMES-DISPATCH
March 29, 2023
From left, Caroline Ouko and Leon Ochieng, mother and older brother of Irvo Otieno, react near the casket during the celebration of life for Irvo Otieno at First Baptist Church of South Richmond in North Chesterfield on March 29.
Eva Russo
March 30, 2023
Senior students in Charlottesville-Albemarle Technical Education Center's culinary program presented Taj Mahsala: an Indian fusion menu.
SYDNEY SHULER, THE DAILY PROGRESS
March 31, 2023
Richmond Police address onlookers Friday, March 31, 2023 at the intersection of North Avenue and Moss Side Avenue, near Washington Park. Richmond police shot a man who was suspected of shooting a woman earlier in the day in the 1100 block of Evergreen Avenue on Richmond's Southside.
April 1, 2023
Sculptor Jocelyn Russell takes photos of the crowd after the unveiling of her statue of Secretariat at Ashland Town Hall Pavilion on Saturday.
Michael Martz photos, TImes-Dispatch
April 2, 2023
Drivers race in the Toyota Owners 400 at the Richmond Raceway in Richmond, VA on April 2, 2023.. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Eva Russo
April 3, 2023
Dinwiddie County Commonwealth’s Attorney Ann Cabell Baskervill plans to resign from her post to attend graduate school in Paris, where she will start a master’s program in international governance and diplomacy at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, colloquially known as SciencesPo.
EVA RUSSO, TIMES-DISPATCH
April 4, 2023
From left, Judy and Ron Singleton pose for a photo on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. MIKE KROPF/TIMES-DISPATCH
Mike Kropf
April 5, 2023
Beatrix Smith dips her matzah in salt water as she enjoys a Pasover Seder with her classmates (from left) Helen Corallo, Camp Maxwell, and Amara Ellen at the Weinstein JCC Preschool Program in Richmond, VA on April 5, 2023. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Eva Russo
April 6, 2023
Virginia Community College System Chancellor David Doré speaks with students at Piedmont Virginia Community College on Thursday.
SYDNEY SHULER, THE DAILY PROGRESS
April 7, 2023
A worker pushed water off a tarp on the field at The Diamond Friday, when the Flying Squirrels were scheduled to open their season against Reading.
MIKE KROPF/TIMES-DISPATCH
April 8, 2023
Ember O’Connell-Evans, 1, plays with hula hoops during the Dominion Energy Family Easter event at Maymont on Saturday.
Mike Kropf, TIMES-DISPATCH
April 9, 2023
Mike Kearney plays an early form of badminton with grandkids Savannah and Ashton on the lawn of Montpelier during “We, the Kids” Day.
ANDRA LANDI, FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY REVIEW
April 10, 2023
Gov. Glenn Youngkin, center left, tours Richmond Marine Terminal with W. Sheppard Miller III , Virginia Secretary of Transportation , center right, as Stephen A. Edwards, left, Virginia Port Authority CEO, and Christina Saunders, manager of Richmond Marine Terminal, give them the tour on Monday, April 10, 2023.
Daniel Sangjib Min/TIMES-DISPATCH
April 11, 2023
Inaara Woodards, 5, of Henrico, visits Italian Garden at Maymont with her mother, Victoria Crawley Woodards, and three brothers, Kai, 13, Zion, 12, and Avion Woodards, 11, during their home-school field trip to the park in Richmond, VA., on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. "It’s gorgeous!" Victoria Crawley Woodards said of Tuesday weather. She said it was the perfect weather for the field trip and other activities.
Daniel Sangjib Min/TIMES-DISPATCH
April 13, 2023
Clarence Thweatt, right, a lead trainer for Chesterfield Public Schools, works on marking points during a transportation road-e-o event, which is friendly competition of school bus drivers demonstrating their driving skills and knowledge of laws, at Chesterfield County Fairgrounds on Wednesday, April 12, 2023.
Daniel Sangjib Min/TIMES-DISPATCH
April 14, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at Liberty University.
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April 15, 2023
Tyson Foods workers attend a job fair at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church on Mechanicsville Turnpike. The Glen Allen plant is closing, displacing about 700 employees.
Em Holter
April 16, 2023
A display of 32 white balloons were raised and a 32-second moment of silence was observed in honor of the victims of the April 16, 2007, tragedy at the start of the 2023 3.2-mile Run in Remembrance on the Virginia Tech campus.
MATT GENTRY, The Roanoke Times
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April 17, 2023
Albert Hill Middle School sixth-grader Drew Sirpis looks for birds during the educational boat trip on the James River on Monday.
Eva Russo, Times-Dispatch
April 18, 2023
Richmond Flying Squirrels Luis Matos steals the second base against Erie SeaWolves shortstop Gage Workman in the 3rd inning at The Diamond, Richmond, VA., on Tuesday, April 18, 2023.
Daniel Sangjib Min/TIMES-DISPATCH
April 19, 2023
Children participate in Little Feet Meets at Matoaca High School in Chesterfield, VA on April 19, 2023. A total of 1,400 Special Olympic athletes from grades PK-5 throughout Chesterfield County Public Schools competed in Little Feet Meets between two dates, April 12 at James River High and April 19 at Matoaca High. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Eva Russo
April 20, 2023
Mike Blau, center, a line cook, and others work on preparing a soft opening of The Veil's new taproom, located in Scott’s Addition at 1509 Belleville St., on Thursday, April 20, 2023.
Daniel Sangjib Min/TIMES-DISPATCH
April 21, 2023
(From left) VCU sophomore Caroline May, of Pittsburgh, PA, and senior Lee Finch, of Norfolk, VA carry a coffin with a blow-up Earth ball during a VCU Student Climate Protest in Richmond, VA on April 21, 2023. The small crowd walked from the James Branch Cabell Library, though Monroe Park, to the office of VCU President Michael Rao in a mock funeral procession. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Eva Russo
April 22, 2023
Anthony Clary gestures as he runs through confetti during the Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k on Saturday.
Mike Kropf, TIMES-DISPATCH
April 23, 2023
A volunteer picks up an old wooden palate and brings it to a trash pile during Friends of Fonticello Park's community cleanup on Sunday.
Sean Jones, Times-Dispatch
April 24, 2023
Kay Ford spends time with her cat, Patches, at her home in Mechanicsville, VA., on Monday, April 24, 2023. Ford recently adopted Patches, a 40-pound cat, from Richmond Animal Care and Control. The story of Patches went viral after RACC publicized the cat.
Daniel Sangjib Min/TIMES-DISPATCH
April 25, 2023
Emily Cover, a project manager with DPR Construction, is shown at Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, left top, in Richmond, VA., on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. DPR is the team that built the hospital.
Daniel Sangjib Min/TIMES-DISPATCH
April 26, 2023
Guests tour the Anthropology Lab at the new College of Humanities and Sciences STEM building on West Franklin Street in Richmond, VA on April 26, 2023. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Eva Russo
April 27, 2023
Police tape marks the scene outside George Wythe High School.
ANNA BRYSON/TIMES-DISPATCH
April 28, 2023
Sculptor Kate Raudenbush takes in her finished piece "Breaking Point" in the Flagler Garden Near the Monet Bridge at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden on April 28, 2023. The garden is set to debut "Incanto: An Oasis of Lyrical Sculpture" on Saturday, April 29, 2023. Incanto features five designed, allegorical sculptures, accompanied by poetry, throughout the garden. The exhibition is the work of Raudenbush and poet Sha Michele. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Eva Russo
April 29, 2023
Pharrell Williams performs during the Pharrell's Phriends set at Something in the Water in Virginia Beach on Saturday.
Kendall Warner
May 1, 2023
A man carries a piece of furniture through a neighborhood in Virginia Beach, Va. on Monday May 1, 2023. The City of Virginia Beach declared a state of emergency after a tornado moved through the area and damaged dozens of homes, downed trees and caused gas leaks. (AP Photo/Ben Finley)
Ben Finley
May 2, 2023
Sports Backers Stadium is shown next to The Diamond in this drone photo, in Richmond, VA., on Tuesday, May 2, 2023.
Daniel Sangjib Min/TIMES-DISPATCH
May 3, 2023
CAL CARY, THE DAILY PROGRESS UVa cheerleader, Madison DeLoach, in front of other UVa cheerleaders tour the The Avelo Airlines Boeing 737 after landing at Charlottesville Albemarle Airport coming from Orlando on May 3, 2023. Avelo Airlines launched its first Charlottesville to Orlando flight line at the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport on May 3, 2023. The inaugural event consisted of a returning flight from Orlando to Charlottesville Albemarle Airport, a firetruck water salute upon arrival and a tour of the airplane.
Cal Cary
May 4, 2023
(From left) Maryann Macomber, of Mechanicsville, VA, leads a small group prayer with Gloria Randolph, of Richmond, VA, Randolph's great-grandson Xavier Jones, also of Richmond, and John Macomber, of Mechanicsville, during a National Day of Prayer event at the Bell Tower in Capitol Square in Richmond, VA on May 4, 2023. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Eva Russo
May 5, 2023
Steffiun Stanley preps dishes at Birdie's in Richmond, VA on May 5, 2023. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Eva Russo
May 6, 2023
People at the ¿Qué Pasa? Festival sit on the grass and enjoy the weather on Brown’s Island on Saturday.
Mike Kropf/TIMES-DISPATCH
May 7, 2023
Arts in the Park saw thousands pass through Byrd Park over the weekend. The festival is sponsored by the Carilion Civic Association.
Charlotte Rene Woods, Times-Dispatch
May 8, 2023
Gov. Glenn Youngkin shares a quiet moment with Holocaust survivor Halina Zimm on Monday afternoon before ceremonially signing a bill that adds a definition of antisemitism to Virginia law.
David Ress, Times-Dispatch
May 9, 2023
The Molcajete Sinaloa at Mariscos Mazatlan in Henrico, VA on May 9, 2023. Mariscos Mazatlan focuses on traditional Mexican cuisine from the city of Mazatlan and all along the Mexican coast. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Eva Russo
May 10, 2023
A goose, seen here on May 10, 2023, has built a nest in a median of the parking lot near Dilliards at Short Pump Town Center. The mall has put out orange cones to keep cars away and Jerome Golfman, assistant manager at Fink's Jewelers, said he regularly brings it water, cracked corn and other grains.
Eva Russo, TIMES-DISPATCH
May 11, 2023
Mary Finley-Brook, a professor of environmental studies at the University of Richmond and an expert on American gas infrastructure, says repairing the pipes no longer makes sense as gas prices continue to rise.
Mike Kropf, TIMES-DISPATCH
May 12, 2023
(From left) Sam Amoaka, a freshman at Virginia State University, helps his girlfriend, Tamia Charles, a freshman at Virginia Commonwealth University, move out of her dorm along with her dad, Thomas Charles, of Fredericksburg, VA, in downtown Richmond, VA on May 12, 2023. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Eva Russo
May 13, 2023
Virginia’s Thomas McConvey (left) defends the ball from Richmond’s Jake Kapp during an NCAA Tournament game at Klockner Stadium in Charlottesville on Saturday.
Mike Kropf/TIMES-DISPATCH
May 14, 2023
University of Richmond outfielder Christian Beal made a catch on the run during the Friday game of Spiders-VCU series at The Diamond.
MIKE KROPF, TIMES-DISPATCH
May 15, 2023
The flags at Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission building are flown at half-staff on Monday. Governor Youngkin announced that flags would fly half-staff in honor of Peace Officers' Remembrance Day.
Mike Kropf/TIMES-DISPATCH
May 16, 2023
Ukrop's crumb cake has been picked up by Kroger and is being sold nationwide. Here, fresh cinnamon crumb cakes are packaged at the Ukrop's bakery in Richmond, VA on May 16, 2023. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Eva Russo
May 17, 2023
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney officially proclaims May as Jewish American Heritage Month during a celebration held in collaboration with the Jewish Community Federation of Richmond and the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) at Richmond City Hall in Richmond, VA on May 17, 2023. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Eva Russo
May 18, 2023
Acting Police Chief Richard Edwards stands by as Penn and Victoria Burke places a flower in honor of Sergeant J. Harvey Burke in the wreath at the memorial stone at the Richmond Police Training Academy in Richmond, VA during the Richmond Police Department Police Officers' Memorial Service on May 18, 2023. The ceremony, which took place during National Police Week, paid homage to Richmond's fallen officers. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Eva Russo
May 19, 2023
Doumit Bouhaidarat fries falafel balls to order during the St. Anthony Lebanese Food Festival on Friday.
Mike Kropf, TIMES-DISPATCH
May 20, 2023
Dogs compete in the Subaru Ultimate Air Dogs — Splash Qualifier #4 event on the second day of Dominion Energy Riverrock on Saturday.
Eva Russo, Times-Dispatch
May 21, 2023
The Virginia men’s tennis team celebrates after winning the national championship on Sunday in Orlando.
Courtesy UVa athletics photos
May 22, 2023
Vietnam War veteran Stuart Blankenship is photographed at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, VA on Monday, May 22, 2023. Blankenship is one of 50 Vietnam War Veterans from throughout the Commonwealth featured in the exhibit “50 Years Beyond: The Vietnam Veteran Experience” which opened at the Virginia War Memorial on January 28, 2023. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Eva Russo
May 23, 2023
Wilbert Hobson poses for a portrait at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Va, on May 23, 2023. Hobson was part of the 101st Airborne unit of the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war. Hobson is very active in his chapter of the American Legion and helped found the Friends of Dupont, and organization. Graduating from an all-Black high school, Vietnam was Hobson’s first real experience with integration. MARGO WAGNER/TIMES-DISPATCH
Margo Wagner
May 24, 2023
Powhatan Owen, shown at the Virginia War Memorial, volunteered for a Burial Honor Guard company in Washington state to commemorate the service of fellow veterans and has further connected with veterans while attending powwows across the U.S.
Eva Russo, Times-Dispatch
May 25, 2023
Madi Mabry laughs with other members of Mango Salon at the 2023 Top Workplaces awards in Richmond on Thursday.
Margo Wagner, Times-Dispatch
May 26, 2023
A solar cell receives light at the Agecroft Hall and Gardens on May 26, 2023, in Richmond, Va. MARGO WAGNER/TIMES-DISPATCH
Margo Wagner
May 27, 2023
Julia Hunter, a shawl dancer, participates in the Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe’s powwow on Saturday.
Mike Kropf, TIMES-DISPATCH
May 28, 2023
Festival organizers Pete LeBlanc, left, and Zavi Harman enjoy the second installation of Daydream Fest in front of the Main Line Brewery stage on Sunday.
Gabriela De Camargo Goncalves
May 30, 2023
Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks during the Commonwealth’s Memorial Day Ceremony at the Virginia War Memorial on Monday.
Margo Wagner, Times-Dispatch
May 31, 2023
Earl Gary, owner of YME Landscape, used a compact tractor to move topsoil for a temporary landscaping at the former site of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's statue on Monument Ave. in Richmond, Va., on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.
Daniel Sangjib Min/TIMES-DISPATCH
June 1, 2023
Jorge Figueroa leads tenants and New Virginia Majority organizers in a rally at Southwood Apartments, in Richmond, VA on June 1, 2023 to protest rent increases. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Eva Russo
June 2, 2023
This screenshot from the Virginia Department of Transportation's real-time traffic cameras shows multiple southbound lanes of Interstate 95 closed after a crash near the Belvidere Street exit the morning of Friday, June 2, 2023.
Virginia Department of Transportation
June 3, 2023
Richmond Kickers defender Simon Fitch shoots the ball defended by Chattanooga Red Wolves forward Walter Varela at City Stadium on Saturday, June 3.
Mike Kropf, TIMES-DISPATCH
June 4, 2023
Mark Whitfield and Ciara Dickson watch Samaya Dickson throw the ceremonial first pitch at the Flying Squirrels game on Sunday.
Gabriela de Camargo Gonçalves, Times-Dispatch
June 5, 2023
People bow their heads before eating as Dr. Stepfanie Ramsey gives the invocation at the 2023 Times-Dispatch/Sports Backer Scholar Athlete Awards Ceremony on June 5, 2023 at the Jefferson Hotel. MARGO WAGNER/TIMES-DISPATCH
Margo Wagner
June 6, 2023
A radar measure the speed of passing cars on Main Street on June 6, 2023, in Richmond, Va. MARGO WAGNER/TIMES-DISPATCH
Margo Wagner
June 7, 2023
A piece from a mortar board lays on the ground at the site of a shooting at Huguenot High School's graduation ceremony.
Mike Kropf/TIMES-DISPATCH
June 8, 2023
A participant holds a candle during a vigil hosted by Grace & Holy Trinity Church on Thursday to remember Huguenot High School graduate Shawn Jackson and his stepfather, Renzo Smith.
Mike Kropf, TIMES-DISPATCH
June 9, 2023
Louisa softball players celebrate after beating Hanover 5-3 in the Class 4 state semifinals on Friday, June 9.
Mike Kropf/TIMES-DISPATCH
June 10, 2023
Riverside lacrosse players and coaches run on the field after defeating Freeman in the Class 5 championship game in Ashburn on Saturday, June 10.
Mike Kropf/TIMES-DISPATCH
June 11, 2023
The Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground featured drumming, dancing and music Sunday as visitors gathered for Elegba Folklore Society’s 27th annual Juneteenth, A Freedom Celebration, on Sunday.
Katie Castellani, Times-Dispatch
June 12, 2023
Leigh Sewell plans to open Monkee's, a boutique clothing store in Carytown, after leaving her job as local hospital president. Sewell poses for a portrait in front of where the clothing store will be on June 12, 2023, in Richmond, Va. MARGO WAGNER/TIMES-DISPATCH
Margo Wagner
June 13, 2023
Horace Trower Jr walks down a ramp at the Richmond International Airport on June 13, 2023 in Henrico, Va. MARGO WAGNER/TIMES-DISPATCH
Margo Wagner
June 14, 2023
Ellie Fishman, 5, spoons ice cream out of her cup at Ellie’s Hot Dogs & Ice Cream on June 14, 2023, in Richmond, Va. MARGO WAGNER/TIMES-DISPATCH
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Richmond Police detectives on Monday announced the arrests of two individuals in connection with the homicide of Terrance Willis Jr. on Saint James Street on the night of July 24.
Rasheed Fleming, 22, of Richmond, has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder. Sherron Noel, 19, of Richmond, has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and shooting inside of an occupied vehicle. Additional charges are pending, police said.
Officers previously had responded to a report of a shooting on the 1300 block of Saint James Street at around 10:41 p.m. on July 24. They found Willis unresponsive with an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Anyone with further information about this homicide is asked to call Detective M. Godwin at (804) 646-5533 or contact Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000. The P3 Tips Crime Stoppers app for smartphones also may be used. All Crime Stoppers reporting methods are anonymous.
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The Stonehill Village development is continuing to transform the landscape, schools and roads off Trebein Road in Greene County, where about 1,000 homes and apartments are built or will soon start construction.
The impact is significant: Schools have to find room for more students, even if it’s in modular trailers. A multimillion-dollar state project is turning Trebein’s intersection with U.S. 35 into a real highway exit in part to accommodate increased traffic. Beavercreek Twp. built a new fire station and is pondering the various impacts on the community.
Stonehill Village is by far the township’s largest residential development, and it claims to be the largest master planned community in Southwest Ohio.
“Over a decade, this will get built out,” said Max McConnell, economic development and zoning administrator for Beavercreek Twp. “That is the expectation we have, that these — especially the ones we’re approving now — will fill up over the course of 5-10 years, rather than two to five.”
Located on either side of Trebein Road, and bounded by Hilltop Road to the east, the development was first set aside for residential homes in 1993, and later revised in 2016. After some homes were built were built early on, construction took off again in the second half of last decade.
While the first houses were built in the early 2000′s, housing construction took off in the second half of the last decade.
McConnell said current market forces are catching up with planning that happened 30 years ago,
The township has approved eight applications from multiple developers to build 980 single-family residences and an additional 246 multi-family units across as many subdivisions. Of those, just under 600 homes have actually been constructed.
One subdivision, called the Courtyards at Stonehill Village, began construction last year. Developer Artisan Communities, a subsidiary of Dublin, Ohio-based Epcon Communities, held its grand opening Thursday, in a neighborhood that has an expected 162 luxury ranch-style homes, built over three phases. Artisan Communities President Dan Armbruster said he estimates the first residents will move in as soon as six months from now.
“Stonehill Village is a special place. It’s going to stay that way,” Armbruster said. “We’re proud to be here and we’re going to build a nice community here.”
Artisan Communities’ target market is homeowners 55 and older, Armbruster said, who are seeking to downsize in their empty-nester years, but who still want high-quality, luxury homes and amenities.
“They want to be close to shopping, the doctors, all the people that service them,” Armbruster said. “People can sell their larger homes, and move into (something) maintenance-free, all on one level. So there’s a huge demand for that.”
Housing prices at the Courtyards start at $400,000, but many are priced around the $550,000 mark, Armbruster said.
Housing industry analysts say the Dayton area has too few homes for sale, with realtor.com this spring ranking the region fourth-worst in the nation for the year-over-year change in number of homes for sale.
John Morris, executive director of the Home Builders Association of Dayton recently said the region will struggle to attract new business if there aren’t enough places for workers to live.
McConnell said Beavercreek Twp.’s balance of rural character, right on the edge of more urban areas, makes the township popular for housing developments. Much of the land in Stonehill Village had previously been in agricultural use, owned and managed by Nutter Enterprises, LLC.
Other forces like the Honda battery plant coming to neighboring Fayette County, as well as the continuing personnel demands of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, have pushed developers to seek out the land for housing, McConnell said.
“On the community development side, we’re thinking about the challenges (of new residences), but on the economic development side, we are thinking about it positions Beavercreek Twp. to benefit from the kind of new employment opportunities from something like the Honda plant,” McConnell said.
At just under two square miles, Stonehill can have a maximum of 1,835 housing units, and of those, more than 1,300 must be single-family homes and 512 can be condos, apartments, or other multi-family units, per Beavercreek Twp. zoning.
A ninth neighborhood, Crown Point Estates at Stonehill Village, has been proposed northeast of the intersection between Trebein Road and Dayton-Xenia Road, east of Jacob Coy Middle School. Developer Kerwn Gold submitted a pre-development concept plan to Greene County Regional Planning in May, proposing 287 residential units across the 38-acre parcel. The developer must submit plans to Beavercreek Twp. zoning officials before being approved by Regional Planning, Greene County officials said.
Growth already prompted the township to construct another fire station in 2021, at the intersection of Trebein Road and Fairground Road, giving firefighters easier access to the surrounding residential developments.
The ongoing $40 million upgrade to the U.S. 35, Trebein and Valley Road intersection will include a new bridge over U.S. 35, that will carry northbound and southbound traffic between Trebein and Valley roads.
The new full highway interchange will replace the current four-way traffic light that governs between 12,000 and 14,000 vehicles per day, often with congestion causing backups in multiple directions.
Beavercreek City Schools continue to adjust to growth in the community as well, now educating just shy of 8,000 students.
Classroom space in Beavercreek Schools is at a premium, district officials said, particularly in the elementary schools. As more families continue to move to the area, those new students will also require more teachers, technology, buses, and equipment.
During the 2020-2021 school year, the district added a portable structure with six classroom spaces outside of Trebein Elementary School, and opened additional portable classrooms of the same size at Main Elementary School and Fairbrook Elementary School in the fall of 2022.
“Ultimately, the greatest need we see is staffing and space,” district Superintendent Paul Otten said.
The school district will have a tax levy on the ballot this November, seeking replacement of an existing permanent improvement (facilities) levy, originally passed by voters in 1989. The existing one-mill levy collects approximately $920,000. The new levy would collect approximately $2,175,000 at current property valuations if approved, officials said.
The money will “more closely cover today’s cost” to maintain the district’s facilities, upgrade equipment and will be used to replace an aging bus fleet, Otten said.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — An Orlando man has won $1,000 a week for life in the CASH4LIFE Week game from the multi-state lottery drawing.
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Wilford Hancel of Orlando won the drawing on Tuesday, January 31, 2023.
Hancel chose to receive his winnings as one lump sum and will be taking home $1 million bucks.
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Hancel purchased his winning CASH4LIFE ticket from 7-Eleven, at 1755 North Econlockhatchee Trail in Orlando.
The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning CASH4LIFE Draw game ticket.
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Since joining the multi-state CASH4LIFE Draw game in 2017, Florida has had more than 26.1 million winning tickets totaling more than $158.5 million in prizes. Additionally, the game has generated more than $154.25 million for Florida students and schools.
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PALM BAY, Fla. — A small plane made an emergency landing in a Palm Bay field on Monday.
Palm Bay Fire Rescue said the plan landed in a field off Center Lane Road and Hereford Lane around 11:30 a.m.
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Firefighters said the plane made the emergency landing due to engine failure.
Firefighters said no one was injured, and the FAA is investigating.
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BANGOR -- 14-year-old Olyvea Spade is reported missing.
According to the Bangor Police Department, they officially reported her missing on July 30th.
According to the family, she was last seen around 11:00 p.m. on Friday, July 28th.
Her family realized she was not home the next morning and contacted the police.
There is no known clothing description available.
Olyvea is 14-years-old, described as 5'6'' tall, weighs around 145 lbs., and has black hair with brown eyes, according to the Bangor Police Department official media release.
If anyone has seen, heard, or has any information on Olyvea, authorities ask that you contact Detective Andrea Gurecki by email at andrea.gurecki@bangormaine.gov
To contact the Bangor Police Department call (207) 947-7384.
To leave an anonymous tip call (207) 947-7382, extension 3.
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STATEWIDE- If you've filled up your car lately you've probably noticed a big jump in what it cost.
According to GasBuddy's survey of more than 1,200 stations around the state, the price rose almost 12 cents a gallon in the last week.
The average price is now $3.75 a gallon.
That's more than 14 cents a gallon higher than a month ago but over 81 cents a gallon lower than a year ago.
Patrick De Haan, Head of Petroleum Analysis at GasBuddy, says " Gas prices suddenly soared over the last week due to heat- related refinery outages that impacted some of the largest refineries in the country."
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Alex Murdaugh accomplice Russell Laffitte to be sentenced; Feds seek at least 10 years
- On Nov. 22, former Hampton banker was convicted in federal court for his role in the Alex Murdaugh crime saga.
- Laffitte is set for sentencing at 10 a.m. Tuesday in federal court in Charleston.
- The federal government is seeking a prison sentence ranging from 9 to 11 years.
- Laffitte is asking the court for mercy, despite claims from prosecutors that he shows little remorse.
For years, Palmetto State Bank officer Russell Laffitte decided who in Hampton County was worthy of getting loans from his family's deep coffers, all the while making back-door deals with accused fraudster and convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh and helping himself to vulnerable people's money.
On Tuesday, Laffitte, the disgraced and convicted heir to the century-old Laffitte banking mini-empire, will face the federal government and be sentenced for his crimes. Federal prosecutors are seeking to give him at least a decade in federal prison for his financial transgressions.
But Laffitte, convicted on multiple federal crimes, is pleading with the court for a reduced sentence, despite the fact that prosecutors say he is showing no remorse for his actions.
Here is what you need to know ahead of Tuesday's sentencing hearing, which is set for 10 a.m. at the U. S. District Court House in Charleston.
Who is Russell Laffitte, and how is he connected to the Murdaugh crime saga?
Russell Laffitte, former Palmetto State Bank CEO, is a member of a South Carolina banking family that traces its roots back more than a century and owns banks in several S.C. Lowcountry counties.
In 2022, Laffitte was accused of bank fraud, conspiracy, and other crimes in connection with Alex Murdaugh's decade-long, multi-million financial crime spree. He was terminated from the bank in January of 2022 then charged with state and federal crimes later that year.
On Nov. 22, 2023, Laffitte was convicted on federal charges that included bank and wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit those frauds. His appeals have twice been denied.
What sentence is the federal government seeking for Russell Laffitte?
On July 27, federal prosecutors filed a 35-page sentencing memorandum requesting that Laffitte be sentenced to a term ranging from 108 to 135 months (9 years to 11.25 years). There is usually no option for parole or early release in federal prisons.
Here are some highlights from that extensive court filing:
- Laffitte repeatedly shows "a continued unwillingness to accept any responsibility for his actions or acknowledge the harm his actions have inflicted on the victims," say federal prosecutors.
- The federal government claims that Laffitte and "his coconspirator Alex Murdaugh were held responsible for at least $3,784,368.98 in loss" from victims, but Laffitte disputes those numbers.
- Laffitte and Murdaugh allegedly defrauded vulnerable people, including a "quadriplegic car accident victim livingin a nursing home," cites the court filing.
- Laffitte "used and abused his position of power and trust to exploit unusually vulnerable victims in a complex scheme of deception and concealment. And when faced with the inevitable discovery of his and Murdaugh’s scheme, the Defendant engaged in a desperate yet elaborate attempt to cover it up."
- Many of Murdaugh's thefts would not have been possible without Laffitte's assistance, say prosecutors. In fact, they go on to claim, Laffitte is the only person that could have stopped him.
- Laffitte allegedly lied under oath four times and refuses to take responsibility for his actions, states the sentencing memorandum.
What is Russell Laffitte's plan of defense?
Laffitte disputes the government's calculations of the financial extent of his crimes, as well as calculations for how much prison time he is entitled to.
On July 31, Laffitte's attorneys filed a motion with the federal courts seeking a "downward variance" in Laffitte's prison sentence and financial compensation to victims.
Follow the Greenville News/USA Today's coverage on this sentencing hearing Tuesday afternoon. Follow Michael DeWitt's reporting on the Murdaugh crime saga, and follow him on Facebook and Twitter at @mmdewittjr
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Online fundraisers have been launched for the two young people killed after the truck they were passengers in crashed into the wall of a Kenosha business early Friday morning.
Five people were in the vehicle and 21-year-old Jenna Barrette and 22-year-old Dylan Zamora, both of Kenosha, died from their injuries.
Online GoFundMe fundraisers launched by their loved ones to help pay for funeral expenses and support their families have already surpassed their fundraising goals.
"Dylan Zamora was one of the lives lost. He was a smart, kind, loving and loyal friend to many," the fundraiser in his honor reads.
"As you can imagine no family could possibly prepare for such a tragedy. We are hoping to help alleviate the financial stress of funeral costs so the family can focus on grieving the life of Dylan. If you can help, any contribution would be appreciated."
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Supporters have raised some $19,000 for his family.
"Jenna Barrette could light up a room," the fundraiser in her honor reads.
"She was a Carthage nursing student, a graduate of Tremper, a WI Junior volleyball player a member of the Tabernacle Church, and she fostered kittens in need volunteering her time to help animals. Most of all Jenna was a daughter, a sister, a friend, and a teammate to so many. Her light will live on in all the people whose lives she has touched. We would like to give the gift of Jenna’s final rest, as a community, to her loving family as a thank you for sharing this beautiful girl with us all."
Barrette's supporters have raised over $24,000.
Barrette was a senior at Carthage College. The college's dean of students offered a statement about Barrette and said the community is "devastated."
"The Carthage community is devastated by the loss of Jenna, a rising senior who transferred here to her hometown college in fall 2021," dean Nick Winkler said.
"She was a friend to many, including those in her nursing cohort, former teammates from her time with the Firebirds' volleyball team, and campus co-workers in the TARC. We have encouraged grieving students to use our summer counseling resources and will determine the best way to honor her memory when classes reconvene this fall."
Cards, flowers and candles have been placed near the crash in honor of Zamora and Barrette.
Fatal crash
At about 3:25 a.m. on Friday, Kenosha Police officers responded to a vehicular accident at 4017 75th St. Arriving officers observed a red pickup truck partially inside the building of Play it Again Sports.
The individuals inside the vehicle included Zamora, 22, and Barrette, 21.
Also inside the vehicle at the time of the crash included a 20-year-old male driver in critical condition, a 21-year-old rear passenger in critical condition and a 22-year-old front seat passenger who was treated at a local hospital and released.
An investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Kenosha Police Department Detective Bureau at 262-605-5203. Or callers who want to remain anonymous can call Kenosha Area Crime Stoppers at 262-656-7333.
Kenosha neighbors: Obituaries for July 31
Read through the obituaries published today in Kenosha News.
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School district reminds parents to register new students before class starts. Here's how
Alachua County Public Schools is reminding parents to register their new students with the district before schools open their doors next week for the new year.
On Aug. 10, students return to school in Alachua County. For some parents, it's a daunting reminder that summer fun is over. Others, however, rejoice.
Here's what to know:
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Who needs to register?
Students who will be entering an Alachua County school for the first time, such as kindergarteners, need to register. That includes those who just moved into the district, or students entering an Alachua County public school from a private, charter, or home school will also need to register.
Students moving into a new school zone also need to register at their new school.
When should you register?
Schools are open now to aid families in registering students. Families can complete the process quickly now and avoid the rush that typically occurs the week of school, said district spokeswoman Jackie Johnson.
School and district staff hope to have fewer last-minute registrations, as it makes preparations for the upcoming school year more difficult.
In some cases, like Lake Forest Elementary, only a third of the expected incoming students have registered.
What if you don’t?
Students may experience delays in starting class, as well as fewer course options, especially in middle and high schools. Scheduling becomes more complicated without accurate information on how many students will be attending a school, what grades they will be in, and what courses and services they will need.
What are the steps?
For a student entering an Alachua County school for the first time, parents can complete the online registration form at www.sbac.edu/enrollment. Required documents – including the child’s birth certificate, two proofs of primary residence, proof of a recent physical and proof of immunizations – should then be taken to the child’s zoned school.
Those who have stayed in Alachua County, but just moved to a different school zone will only need to take two proofs of the new residence to the child’s zoned school.
Contact the district’s zoning office at (352) 955-770 or email zoning@gm.sbac.edu. This also applies to parents who are unsure which school their child is zoned for.
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PINE TOWNSHIP — Police say an intoxicated driver, who was found to be more than two and half times the legal limit, was responsible for forcing a passenger bus off U.S. 12 and disabling the vehicle Saturday afternoon.
A bus carrying 30 passengers of the South Shore railroad was forced into a ditch after the driver of a yellow Volkswagen Bug disregarded a stop sign in the area of Central Avenue, Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District Police Chief Jessie Watts Jr. said.
The westbound bus was forced to steer off the two-lane highway around 3:30 p.m. Saturday, but remained upright, Watts said.
No one was injured and the passengers were placed on another bus and continued on to their destination at the Gary Metro Center, he said. Train passengers are being bused between Gary and Michigan City as a result of the double tracking project underway.
The driver of the yellow Volkswagen, later identified as Wendy Lee, 72, of Valparaiso, was stopped shortly after the near-crash in the area of Ind. 49 and Porter Avenue, Porter County police said.
The determination of the fatal injuries is pending autopsies scheduled for Monday.
Lee reportedly told police she had a couple of drinks at lunch with friends and her blood alcohol concentration was found to be 0.209%, which exceeds the legal limit of 0.08%.
Lee was taken to the Porter County Jail and faces several charges of operating while intoxicated, including a count of endangering others, police said.
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40,000 lost power after monsoon storm hit Tucson over weekend
Over the weekend in Tucson, strong monsoon storms caused widespread power outages with damage to at least 40 electric poles, according to Tucson Electric Power.
As of Monday morning about 100 customers were out of power in Tucson with crews working to fix any remaining outages. But as of Saturday morning, more than 40,000 customers were affected by the outages with the majority having their power restored overnight.
Officials asked for residents living in areas affected by the power outages to seek other arrangements for overnight accommodations, especially if they were sensitive to heat. Ice distribution stations were set up to assist customers.
On Saturday morning, crews were frantically working to restore power.
“Please note that while we are updating the outage map as quickly as we can to reflect our crews’ repairs across our system, estimated restoration times may not be up to date as we prioritize more than 450 jobs and respond to others we have not yet had an opportunity to assess,” according to an emailed statement from Tucson Electric Power.
The monsoon on Friday brought Tucson strong winds, hail and heavy rainfall, with 0.18 inches of rain reported by the National Weather Service.
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Heat-related illnesses are on the rise in ongoing Arizona heat wave
How the hot weather is affecting health in Arizona
Heat waves across Arizona may lead to an increase in heat-related illnesses, injuries and deaths.
According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, there have been 2,558 emergency department visits for heat-related illnesses in the state in 2023. Out of every 10,000 emergency department visits this year, 48.7 are due to a heat-related illness.
As the month of July progressed, the amount of heat-related illnesses reported increased almost every week. In the first week of July in Arizona, there were 286 heat-related illnesses reported, the second week there were 436, the third week there were 712 and in the fourth week there were 366.
Eric Cummins, an emergency department physician at Banner Gateway Medical Center, said the hospital has seen a correlation between the hotter weather this summer and emergency department visits for heat-related illnesses.
"We are certainly treating an increased amount of heat exhaustion and burns," Cummins said. "Unfortunately, the more severe form of heat-related injury, heat stroke, is on the rise at our emergency department as well."
Heat exhaustion does not always happen on the same day, according to Cummins. The condition may be the result of being outside for numerous days in a row and not properly hydrating.
Cummins said heat-related injuries are taken very seriously at the emergency department. The hospital has been trying to spread awareness of the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion.
The groups most at risk for heat-related injuries are children younger than five as well as people older than 65, according to Cummins.
"Generally, the patients we see are young and relatively healthy, but they work in jobs that require them to spend extended periods of time outside."
Cummins provided information on the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion as well as how to prevent heat-related illness.
Signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion to look out for:
- Fatigue
- Muscle cramping
- Headaches
- Nausea/vomiting
- Increased thirst
What to do if you start experiencing symptoms of heat exhaustion
- Take yourself into a shaded area
- Move to where there is air conditioning
- Apply cool water to your skin with a damp towel
- Immerse yourself in a cold bath
- Spray yourself with tepid water and then use a handheld fan to lower your body temperature
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Tips for combatting heat-related illness
- stay hydrated
- Take breaks every 45-60 minutes when outside to drink fluids
- Drink beverages with electrolytes
Burns are also becoming more prevalent due to the hot air outside. When the temperature outside is 120 degrees Fahrenheit, asphalt can get as hot as 160-200 degrees Fahrenheit.
"A significant burn can occur to your feet in less than 20 seconds," Cummins said. "Make sure if you have small children that they are wearing shoes while outside. In addition, if you suffer from a condition that affects your sense of touch (such as neuropathy), always wear shoes when leaving your home."
What to do if you suffer burns from the heat
According to Cleveland Clinic, second-degree burns can be treated at home if they are small. Burns that cover large areas of skin, affect a person's ability to use their body or show signs of an infection should be treated by a health care provider.
If you have a third-degree burn you should visit an emergency department for treatment, according to the clinic.
At-home steps:
- Use cold water to wash the burn. Keep it under water for at least five minutes. Pat dry with a clean towel
- Cover the burn with a clean bandage
- Avoid touching the burn
- Change the bandage at least once a day
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When is the next Mega Millions drawing? No big July 28 winner. Jackpot cracks $1.05B
With no winner this weekend for the Mega Millions jackpot, the pool of prize money has now grown to over $1.05 billion with a cash option of $527.9 million.
Nobody has won the jackpot since April. And now it's tied as the fourth largest prize in the lottery's history.
Lottery players looking to be America's next millionaire — or billionaire — will have their shot at the prize during the next Mega Millions drawing later this week on Tuesday, Aug. 1.
Before you go out and purchase your ticket, here is everything you need to know about playing the Mega Millions, where to purchase a ticket and how to watch the results of the next draw.
What were the Mega Millions winning numbers for July 28, 2023?
The winning numbers for Friday night's drawing were 5, 10, 28, 52, 63 and the Mega Ball was 18. The Megaplier was 5X.
Did anyone win Mega Millions on July 28, 2023?
No one matched all six numbers for the estimated $940 million jackpot for Friday night's drawing. However, you do not need to match all six numbers to win a prize on the Mega Millions.
There were winners of the Match 5 prize for the sum of $1 million in the states of California, New York, Pennsylvania and here in Arizona. There was an additional Match 5 winner with the added Megaplier in Pennsylvania.
How much is the Mega Millions jackpot now?
Because no one hit it big on this last draw, the jackpot has now grown to an estimated $1.05 billion, with a cash option of $527.9 million.
When is the next Mega Millions drawing?
The next opportunity to win the Mega Millions jackpot is on Tuesday, Aug. 1.
When are Mega Millions drawing days?
Mega Millions drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. ET or 8 p.m. Arizona time.
What time is the next Mega Millions drawing in Arizona?
Mega Millions drawings are at 11 p.m. ET or 8 p.m. Arizona time.
How to watch the next Mega Millions drawing in Arizona
You can watch the drawing of the next Mega Million live by streaming at MegaMillions.com.
Where to buy Mega Millions tickets in Arizona
Mega Millions tickets are sold in 47 different jurisdictions across the U.S., including most states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands, with the exception of Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah.
You can buy a ticket at your local gas station, convenience store or grocery store. You can find a retailer using the Arizona Lottery's finder tool.
Mega Millions tickets are sold in 47 different jurisdictions across the U.S., including most states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands, with the exception of Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah.
Have a question you need answered? Reach the reporter at rromeroruiz@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @raphaeldelag.
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'Emotional event for all involved': Glendale police won't release details on ongoing Alicia Navarro case
On Monday morning, Glendale police provided an update on the Alicia Navarro case to say they do not have any new information to release.
In an emailed statement, police said that no information will be released on the names and identities of the individuals associated with the case as the investigation is ongoing.
Moreover, police said they would not release details on the reunification between Alicia and her family.
“As you can imagine, this has been an emotional event for all involved. With that, we will not be releasing specific details surrounding the reunification and will allow Alicia and her family to discuss the circumstances if they choose to do so,” the statement read.
Navarro first went missing four years ago when she was 14. Police said that since she is now 18 years old and an adult, she can decide whether to return to Arizona, or remain in Montana or any other place.
Police also said that detectives are no longer in Havre, Montana, and are working to learn what happened in the last four years. They said they are also in contact with Navarro daily to assess her needs and safety.
What we know:'Miracle' reappearance of Glendale teen Alicia Navarro
What do we know about the disappearance?
The Police Department in Havre, a town in Montana that is a little more than 100 miles away from the Canada border, released a statement on social media describing how Navarro was located.
Navarro on July 23 walked into the station and told authorities she had been missing and wanted to clear her status, police said in the statement released Thursday.
Navarro was reported missing on Sept. 15, 2019, when she was 14 years old, leaving a handwritten note apologizing and saying she would return.
“I ran away. I will be back, I swear. I'm sorry. - Alicia," the note read.
Additionally, Navarro, as a child, was diagnosed as "high functioning" on the autism spectrum.
On Tuesday afternoon, Glendale police released two short videos recorded during a FaceTime call where Navarro told investigators she had not been hurt in any way.
Navarro, with closed eyes, stutters as she tells officers that she understands when they say they want to ensure she is safe. Investigators in the second video thank her for talking to them, and Navarro calmly thanks them for offering help.
Republic reporter Jose R. Gonzalez contributed to this article.
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'We both love pizza': Phoenix couple celebrates wedding reception at Peter Piper Pizza
Matt and Tori Laund met each other in 2016, started dating and as they fell in love, they bonded over their love for pizza.
"We both love pizza," Matt Laund said. "It's probably my favorite food, I think I could always eat pizza."
At that point, however, they did not imagine that seven years later they would be celebrating their wedding reception at a Phoenix-based pizza restaurant.
Sunday's celebration at Peter Piper Pizza's location on Bell Road and Seventh Street was adorned with heart-shaped pizzas, crunch desserts, pizza-themed cake, breadstick bouquets, free games and the presence of friends and family.
The reception came about two months after their wedding, which they celebrated at Disneyland in May.
"It was magical, it was extra special," Tori Laund said. "But it took up pretty much our entire budget, so we couldn't have a big party."
The couple had even extended an invitation to the Peter Piper Pizza company.
"Having a lot of memories growing up with Peter Piper Pizza, we wanted to share the special moment with them, so we sent out an invitation to the company," Matt said. "Whether that meant Mister Peter Piper himself coming to the wedding or other members of their team."
But neither Peter Piper nor anyone else on the team was able to make it. It was then that company representatives reached out to the couple and offered to host their wedding reception at the restaurant so they could celebrate the important occasion with their families.
"It wasn't anything we ever expected," Matt said. "I think it speaks volumes to the company, and it's really awesome that they were willing to do that for us."
An ordinary pizza life
Sunday's romantic celebration was not the first time pizza partook in the Launds' important life moments.
"A lot of the birthdays that me and my brothers would have would always be at Peter Piper, so we spent a lot of time there, we used to go there all the time with my grandma," Matt said.
As he made plenty of memories at the restaurant while growing up, pizza earned a significant spot in his heart. So much so that he and his then wife-to-be invited Peter Piper Pizza's staff to their wedding.
"We just have a lot of fond memories there, so it kind of always felt very dear to me," Matt said. "We wanted to share our special moment with them."
It didn't come as a surprise to Matt when his mom suggested they host their dinner rehearsal at Peter Piper Pizza in California the night before their wedding.
"We ended up going another route, but it was just really coincidental that once they received the invitation, they messaged me and said they wanted to do something special for us," Tori said
Anna Beasley, spokesperson with Peter Piper Pizza, said the team could not attend the couple's wedding back in May, but the planning for the big surprise reception began in earnest.
"We wanted to do something to help celebrate their wedding with them since they're Peter Piper fans," Beasley said. "It's pretty much a generational thing. People that are getting married had their birthday parties here as toddlers, and they're bringing their kids here to Peter Piper, so this just one gesture in return for their loyalty."
The couple said they are thankful to the restaurant for the surprise.
"As we're starting a new chapter of our life, we're really thankful that they thought that we were worthy of involving us in this gesture. It's definitely a really fun experience."
'They're the power couple'
Pizza is not the only thing that makes Matt and Tori Laund a unique couple.
When they first met each other, she thought he was a caring, dry-humored guy. He thought she was "a bit weird," he said, but he later fell for her playfulness and spontaneity.
Alongside pizza, they share many interests together, their values and principles are as similar as they can get and they always put family first, said Matt's mom Heather Laund.
She's more extroverted, while he tends to be more laid-back. He likes to think well through significant decisions, while she tends to be more impulsive, according to Heather.
"She complements my son to a tee. Anything that's his weakness is her strength, and her weakness is his strength. I couldn't design a better wife for my son," Heather said. "Everyone should watch out because they're the power couple."
Tori and Matt Laund purchased a house together in 2019, got two dogs and "created a little life together," Tori said.
After many pizza date nights together, Matt proposed to her last year. After they got married in Disneyland, Sunday's reception was their opportunity to celebrate their love with friends and family members, most of who live in Arizona, that could not attend their wedding in the neighboring state.
In addition to the wedding reception, Peter Piper Pizza offered the couple a coupon for monthly date nights on the 15th day of every month for one year, until their wedding anniversary on May 15, for them to enjoy many New York 3-Cheese pizzas with pepperoni, which is their favorite on the menu.
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Law enforcement officials in Upper Darby, on Monday, announced charges against the township's director of parking enforcement the claim she stole money collected from parking meters for her own use.
According to Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer, Sekela Coles, 45, who has served as Upper Darby’s director of parking enforcement for just over three years, has been charged with theft, receiving stolen property and related charges after a months-long investigation into her conduct.
He said the charges relate to Coles' alleged misuse of funds collected from parking meters.
“All of us working in government have a sacred trust to act in the best interest of our communities. The defendant was entrusted with one of the basic functions of government – collecting parking meter money and depositing the cash. However, rather than acting in the best interest of the citizens of Upper Darby, the defendant is alleged to have taken a portion of the parking meter cash and used it for the purchase of food, birthday cakes, office parties, and restaurant trips for the defendant and her staff. This kind of behavior erodes public trust and must be prosecuted to the full extent of the law,” Stollsteimer said in a statement.
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In addition, the DA alleged that Coles voided parking violations for her family members.
According to Stollsteimer, investigators believe Coles allegedly told employees to give all the coins collected from parking meters to an employee in her office, who would convert the coins into cash that Coles would then store in her own desk.
In an interview with officers, Stollsteimer claimed, Coles admitted to using these funds for "the purchase of food, birthday cakes, office parties, and restaurant trips for her and her staff."
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Overall, Stollsteimer claimed that Coles has stolen $4,314, though about $2037 of that had been returned.
In a statement, Stollsteimer claimed that Coles told officers that she used the parking meter funds as a "petty cash" fund to be used by her office.
Court documents note that charges were filed on Monday and Coles is awaiting a preliminary hearing.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — The Dallas Wings (14-11) take on the Chicago Sky (10-15) back-to-back on Aug. 4 and Aug. 6 at the College Park Center in Arlington, TX.
This will be a themed night, with the theme being “Inspiring Women’s Night.” Fans are encouraged to celebrate the inspiring woman in their life.
If you can’t make it in person, no worries! You can still catch the game on the WNBA League Pass for streaming, Bally Sports Southwest Extra, ESPN3 and Marquee Sports Network.
Tip-off is at 7 PM, so don’t miss out! If you want to show your support, buy your tickets and grab some gear here! Go Wings!
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One dead, one injured after rollover in Hockely County on Sunday evening
One person died in a rollover incident in Hockley County on Sunday evening, and another person received non-life-threatening injuries, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety news release.
Roman Angel Solis, 18, was driving a 2008 Toyota Avalon west on Sunrise Lane with a 19-year-old male passenger.
The driver, from Levelland, drifted into a ditch. He tried to correct, but it resulted in him losing control of the car, according to the release. The car rolled before coming to a rest.
Solis was transported to UMC in Lubbock via Aerocare, where he later died due to his injuries.
The passenger was transported to Covenant Hospital in Levelland via EMS for non-life-threatening injuries received in the rollover.
Neither the driver or passenger were wearing seatbelts. The weather condition was clear and the road was dry, according to DPS.
More:Two motorcyclists killed in separate South Plains crashes
This became the third fatal crash incident from the weekend. On Saturday, Dennis Allen Mundfrom, 63, of Georgetown, died after losing control of a motorcycle in Garza County. Later on Saturday, Jeffrey Michael Husketh, 34, of Abernathy, died after a motorcycle-Jeep crash in Lubbock County.
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FRISCO, Texas — The Frisco Police Chief is apologizing today to a family from Little Rock pulled over and held at gunpoint this past Sunday because the officers mistakenly believed they were in a stolen car: a mistake Frisco PD says happened because an officer entered the vehicle as being from Arizona, not Arkansas.
On Sunday, a Frisco police officer saw a black Dodge Charger with an out-of-state license plate leaving a hotel. Police said due to recent burglaries and vehicle thefts in which Chargers are frequently stolen, the officer conducted a computer check of the vehicle’s Arkansas license plate. However, when entering the information, the plate was mistakenly entered out of Arizona, according to police. The error resulted in an incorrect registration return, leading the officer to believe that the vehicle was possibly stolen.
The officer then reportedly initiated a "high-risk traffic stop" on the Dallas North Tollway, which police said is standard procedure for stolen vehicles.
The officer who pulled over vehicle waited inside her squad car for nearly four minutes until additional officers arrived. In body cam videos released Friday, the officers use their PA system to shout commands at the family.
"Everyone put their hands outside, do it now," an officer yells. "Walk a little faster. The tollway is shut down," the officer shouts at the female driver. "Keep walking backwards."
After the driver is out of the vehicle and placed in a squad car, officers yell at a teen in the back seat to get out next. He turns out to be the 6th grade son of the driver.
"If you reach in that car, you may get shot so be careful. Do not reach in the car," the officer shouts once they have been told, by the driver, that her licensed handgun is locked in the glove compartment.
Then, 10-minutes into the traffic stop, you can hear the officers in the body cam videos realizing their mistake.
"Are you serious," an officer asks.
"The wrong tag was written. This isn't a stolen vehicle," another officer tells him.
The passenger in the front seat, the driver's husband, breaks down in tears. The boys in the back seat are his son and a nephew. He is their basketball coach and they were headed to a youth basketball tournament and were supposed to be playing their first game at 9AM.
"Listen but we're just here for a basketball tournament," he tells the officers. "Man don't do this to my sons bro," he says as he beings to cry. "Y'all put a gun to my son for no reason."
"So it looks like I made a mistake," the officer who made the initial computer entry tells them.
"We're so sorry it happened like this," another officer says. "We're human as well and we make mistakes."
On her TikTok account the driver, who identifies herself as Demi Janale, recounted what she called a traumatizing encounter.
"It's just I can't make sense of it. And why my son was treated that way. Why he was not treated as a child," she said. "It's not OK. And I thank God that we were not physically injured but we have suffered a lot of mental and emotional trauma from this."
"I've cried so much today I don't know if I have any more tears to cry. Every time I see the video of my baby, I just can't believe it. I feel like this is a very bad dream."
“We made a mistake,” said Frisco Police Chief David Shilson in a written statement. “Our department will not hide from its mistakes. Instead, we will learn from them. The officer involved quickly accepted responsibility for what happened, which speaks to integrity. I’ve spoken with the family. I empathize with them and completely understand why they’re upset. I apologized on behalf of our department and assured them that we will hold ourselves accountable and provide transparency through the process. This incident does not reflect the high standard of service that our officers provide on a daily basis to our residents, businesses and visitors.”
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James Fork Regional Water District (JFRWD) has announced the implementation of Phase II water conservation for customers in Sebastian County on Monday, July 31. JFRWD says this is due to "extreme high temperatures and excessive water usage."
Here's what that means:
JFRWD advises residents to avoid the following:
- Lawn watering
- Car washing
- Filling pools
- Filling fountains
- Fire hydrant testing
- Hosing down hard surface areas such as sidewalks, walkways, driveways, patios, parking lots, or any "hard surface areas."
JFRWD says gardens, plants, trees, and shrubs should only be watered with a "handheld hose."
How long?
JFRWD says these recommendations will be in place "until further notice."
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Wichita City Council will consider on Tuesday issuing $60 million in Industrial Revenue Bonds and a 100% 10-year tax abatement to construct a new 300,000-square-foot building for Air Capital Flight Line LLC.
The company intends to construct the building on 40 acres of land at 3800 S. Oliver. The building is being built for use as an office and manufacturing by Spirt AeroSystems and will be leased by Spirit.
The facility will contain cranes, furnaces, specialized equipment and improvements, air compressor systems, autoclave buildings, clean room, and offices, among other items.
Spirit anticipates creating 150 new jobs over four years with annual wages of more than $100,000 per employee.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Wichita City Council on Tuesday will consider rezoning a residential area in east Wichita near Wesley Medical Center.
The area of rezoning runs from north of East Central Avenue to Elm Street between Chautauqua and Lorraine.
An applicant requests the zone change of 14 properties to construct a new medical office.
According to city documents, the existing structures will be demolished, and a new proposed building and parking will be constructed. The proposed building measures 189 feet by 120 feet, for 22,680 square feet.
The Metropolitan Area Planning Commission has recommended approving the application, and District Advisory Board 1 recommended denial of the application.
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IRVING, Texas — A Silver Alert is now active to help find a missing 74-year-old man from Irving.
Police say Nghi Si Huynh was last seen on Sunday, July 30, at 6:45 a.m. in the 3200 block of Country Club Drive West near Belt Line Road.
Huynh only speaks Vietnamese. He also has been diagnosed with dementia and other health conditions that require daily medication.
Mr. Huynh is about 5 feet tall and weighs around 130 pounds. He has gray hair and was last seen on foot wearing a black shirt, gray shorts and slides.
Anyone with information on Huynh's whereabouts should call Irving PD at 911 or 972-273-1010.
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Cyclist hit by Indianapolis police vehicle on East 10th Street
John Tufts
Indianapolis Star
An Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer was involved in a crash involving a cyclist.
The crash happened shortly before 3 p.m. Monday in the 3400 block of East 10th Street.
Police are asking drivers and pedestrians to avoid the area of East 10th Street between North LaSalle Street and Olney Street.
The cause of the crash and the conditions of the cyclist and officer were not immediately released.
This article will update.
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Man in wheelchair, 64, shot and wounded on Detroit's west side Sunday
Charles E. Ramirez
The Detroit News
Detroit police are looking for a suspect or suspects who shot and wounded a 64-year-old man in a wheelchair Sunday, officials said.
The shooting happened at about 4:50 p.m. in the area of Eight Mile Road and the Southfield Freeway, according to authorities.
Police said the victim was grazed by a bullet fired by an unknown suspect.
Medics took the wounded man to a hospital where he is listed in stable condition.
Media reports said the man is a double amputee who doesn't have any legs and frequently panhandles in the area.
Anyone with information about the shooting or the suspects should call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) SPEAK-UP.
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Razing of Detroit building with ties to former Chinatown district sparks outcry
Standing in front of the rubble of a demolished building that had deep ties to Detroit's Chinese-American community, more than a dozen members of the Asian-American community and other supporters said they fear an important part of Detroit history is being erased.
The two-story structure at 3143 Cass Avenue was torn down Saturday morning after a week of drama that saw City Council approve delaying demolition of the long-vacant building for one month to research the building's historical significance. The building played a key role in the former Chinatown district.
But city officials quickly overruled council's unanimous vote, contending the roofless, blighted building was a public threat that had been labelled a "dangerous building" back in 2018.
The building owners, Olympia Development of Michigan, the real estate arm of the powerful Ilitch Holdings Inc., went ahead with the demolition even as Detroit City Councilwoman Gabriela Santiago-Romero still was seeking a way to give the building an official historical designation that could have prevented it from being razed.
The move has sparked a flurry of response from the Asian-American diaspora not only in Metro Detroit, but in other states. State Sen. Stephanie Chang recalled Monday she worked in the building as a college student with the civil rights group, American Citizens for Justice.
"Some of us are really devastated by the demolition that happened, that is still occurring," Chang, D-Detroit, said in front of the building Monday.
The Cass Avenue building once was part of the historic Chinatown, a 20th-century enclave of businesses and residences catering to the local Chinese community. The building dated back to 1883. In 1963, it was purchased by the Chinese Merchants Association Hall (On Leong Tong) and served as the heart of the recently displaced Chinese American community in Detroit.
Metro Detroiters Carolyn Chin and Jason Lee talked about descendants of their family who ran a restaurant in the building decades ago. Roland Hwang talked about how in the 1980s, a group met in the building to discuss ways to speak out about the racially motivated killing of Vincent Chin. That group, American Citizens for Justice, remains an active civil rights group.
"It's really sad to see that history is fleeing. But at the same time it's a really pivotal moment for us, and I think Olympia, and Ilitch, to make this a space that honors our history," Chin said.
Many who spoke Monday urged the city and building owners Olympia Development to develop something that recognizes the former Chinatown's history.
Olympia Development didn't respond for requests to comment Monday. The former Chinatown is now near the 50-block area called The District Detroit. The district on the northern edge of downtown includes the corporate headquarters of the Little Caesars pizza chain, Little Caesars Arena, Comerica Park and the Fox Theatre.
Those facilities are either controlled or owned by entities linked to Ilitch Holdings. In total, entities linked to the Ilitches own or control at least 60% of the properties in the 50-blocks of The District Detroit, ranging from parking lots and various empty parcels, according to a Detroit News analysis of the area.
Several other buildings in the former Chinatown have been renovated and found new life in recent years. Among those fairly new businesses are the Peterboro restaurant, Iconic Tatoo and 8 Degrees Plato. In May, a building on the same block as the Cass Avenue building is expected to become an Asian-themed eatery.
That building, 3175 Cass, was the former Chung's restaurant, which closed more than two decades ago. None of the revived buildings and developments are owned or controlled by Olympia Development.
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Detroit Zoo marks 95 years with month-long celebration in August
Birthday greetings are in order for the Detroit Zoo, which starting Tuesday, is marking 95 years with an entire month of festivities.
Its 95th anniversary celebration will include special events, discounts, themed merchandise and more, officials said. On Tuesday, the zoo will open its gates at 8 a.m., an hour early, and officials early said the first 95 non-member guests will receive free admission.
The first 995 people who enter the zoo will enjoy a free, one-way train ride on the Tauber Family Railroad.
"The Detroit Zoo opened to the public for the first time on Aug. 1, 1928," Hayley Murphy, executive director and CEO of the Detroit Zoological Society, said in a statement. "Since then, it has built an incredible legacy of excellence in animal well-being, conservation, education and sustainability.
"We have a lot to celebrate during this milestone anniversary, and this is one party you will not want to miss," she said. "We cannot wait to celebrate the past 95 years, and we look forward to a bright future here at the Detroit Zoo."
On Sunday, the zoo will host a family-friendly 8 p.m. concert with country music singer Hannah Ellis. Advanced ticket purchases are required and cost $19.95.
Here's a look back at the zoo's 95-year history and some of its interesting twists and turns:
Location, location, location
The decision to put the zoo where it is now in Royal Oak took forever. The Detroit Zoological Society was organized in 1911, but the zoo didn’t open until 1928. In between, the zoological society and the city argued over where to put the zoo, and the society bought two other tracts of land for a possible zoo development before acquiring George Hendrie’s former estate at 10 Mile and Woodward.
There was also a ballot question in 1922 that proposed putting the zoo in what is now Rouge Park that voters rejected (the 10 Mile and Woodward plot had already been purchased at that point, but some people wanted it to be in Wayne County, where most of the taxpayers were).
Bear close call
On the day the park opened, John C. Nagel, the acting mayor of Detroit, arrived late and parked his car by the bear dens.
As he was walking to the reception, a polar bear jumped the moat and approached Nagel, who is said to have held his hand out and said, “He’s the welcome committee."
Zookeepers corralled the bear back into its habitat and Nagel was unharmed.
A Detroit News tie to zoo's train
The zoo's 2.5-mile miniature railroad was created with a $20,000 donation from William E. Scripps, son of James E. Scripps and president of The Detroit News.
The train was created because people complained that it was hard to walk around the entire zoo. The train first left the station in 1931.
A group of Huntington Woods residents filed a suit in June 1931 to stop operations of the train which they said was noisy and decreased their property value. To address the issue, zoo officials resanded the tracks; regrinded the wheels; and redesigned the track so it would only run along the south side of the park, in a loop.
The News train was retired in 1948 due to the equipment becoming obsolete for the time.
Birthday festivities
Throughout the month of August, the zoo is offering a variety of perks. They include:
∎ Membership discounts — All new and renewing members can get $10 off the membership level of their choice,
∎ One-of-a-kind merchandise — Guests can pick up a unique water tower and other 95th anniversary-themed merchandise at the Detroit Zoo’s Zoofari Market,
∎ Food and beverage specials — The zoo is offering 95-cent specials, including $1.95 for regular sodas, 95-cent refills on souvenir cups, and buy one bear track and get a second for 95 cents at select locations. Bear tracks are fried dough sprinkled with cinnamon sugar.
∎ An exclusive beer — The Detroit Zoological Society and Griffin Claw Brewing Company have teamed up to create the Celebrating 95 Years IPA, which will be available at Zoo food and beverage locations.
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Oxford hearing set to resume Tuesday to decide if shooter should get life in prison
The third day of the hearing to determine whether the Oxford High School shooter is sentenced to life without parole in prison or a term of years is scheduled to begin Tuesday morning, when his lawyers will resume arguing for him to get a chance at parole.
Ethan Crumbley's attorneys began presenting their case Friday afternoon for why the teen should be sentenced to a term of years in prison — which would be no less than 25 to 40 years at a minimum and no more than 60 at a maximum — after an emotional morning when prosecutors brought up two students who witnessed the shootings and an assistant principal who tried to save 16-year-old Tate Myre. Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald's office has argued that the shooter's behavior was so egregious that he should be incarcerated for life.
Tate and three other students — Madisyn Baldwin, 17; Hana St. Juliana, 14; and Justin Shilling, 17 — were killed in the Nov. 30, 2021, shooting at Oxford High School. Six other students and a teacher were injured in the shooting. Teacher Molly Darnell was the only witness testifying for prosecutors who had been injured in the shooting.
Prosecutors have the burden of proof to show that the shooter is deserving of a life without parole sentence and that the sentence is proportional to the crime, even with mitigating factors like the teen's age, mental health and childhood.
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The shooter's defense attorneys, Paulette Loftin and Amy Hopp, presented evidence that he struggled with depression and paranoid thoughts and heard voices in his head, but did not receive the help he said he needed from his parents. Their goal is to convince the judge that factors, including his family and home environment, the circumstances of the crime and the possibility of rehabilitation, make a life without parole sentence disproportionate.
Loftin questioned Oakland County Sheriff's Office Detective Edward Wagrowski about several Google searches the teen did in the weeks and months before the shooting, asking questions about depression, anxiety and being a sociopath. She also detailed text messages he sent a friend, detailing worries about seeing things and hearing things, along with struggles with his parents.
His mom "thinks the reason I'm so mad and sad all the time is because I take drugs and she doesn’t worry about my mental health," Crumbley texted to his friend in March 2021. "They make me feel like I'm the problem." In one text exchange, he said he asked his dad to take him to the doctor, but "he just gave me some pills and told me to suck it up." He said he contemplated calling 911 to get help but decided not to do it because his parents would be mad.
Shooter cries during principal's testimony
Prosecutors wrapped up their witness presentation Friday morning with students Keegan Gregory, who was in the bathroom with Justin when he was shot and killed, and Heidi Allen, who rendered possibly lifesaving aid to a wounded classmate, and Oxford High School Assistant Principal Kristy Gibson-Marshall.
Oxford teacher stood between school gunman and victim during 2021 attack
Gibson-Marshall's gut-wrenching testimony left much of the courtroom in tears, including the shooter, who showed emotion for the first time during her testimony about trying to save Tate, whom she had known since he was 3. He had been shot in the back of the head.
Crumbley pursed his lips as tears began dripping down his face during Gibson-Marshall's testimony Friday morning.
"It was crushing," Gibson-Marshall said through tears. "I had to help him. I just needed to save him. For his mom. ... I just kept talking to him, saying that I love him. That I needed him to hang with me. He was blue, but when I was giving him breaths, he was getting lighter so I thought they were helping. So I kept giving him breaths."
After Gibson-Marshall finished testifying, she and Tate's parents, Sheri and Buck Myre, hugged and sobbed in the gallery.
Shooter's mental state since the attack
Psychiatrist Fariha Qadir, who has worked with the teen since he entered the Oakland County Jail, said she saw him daily or every three days for all of December 2021. She has seen him more than 100 times, with 15-minute visits, she said.
Qadir said Ethan talked about having two types of voices, one internal and one external. The external voice didn't interfere much with his life and came and went, she said. His internal thoughts were "more significant," Qadir said, and he struggled to get rid of them. They got worse in the two weeks before the shooting, she said.
Qadir diagnosed him with adjustment disorder with anxiety and major depressive disorder. Adjustment disorder is usually related to something going on in someone's life, she said. He has regularly been taking Prozac, an antidepressant; hydroxyzine, which was used to help with sleep; and Trileptal, which is a mood stabilizer that Qadir said helped him with some of his anger episodes. She did not elaborate on what the anger episodes were or how often they occurred.
Shooter's own words used against him
One of the portraits that emerged of the shooter from testimony Thursday from several deputies from the Oakland County Sheriff's Office was of a teenager who loved to kill — it gave him pleasure and power to torture and maim small creatures like baby birds.
"God, I want to kill now and am I getting that feeling where I need to kill again," the shooter, then 15, texted a friend after videotaping the torture of several baby birds in June 2021, five months before his attack on the Michigan high school.
The night before the shooting, the teen recorded two videos where he laid out his plan for the shooting and railed against a society he believed has collapsed. He said the shooting would "teach them a lesson of how they're wrong, how they're being brainwashed."
"I'm not only shooting up the school because I'm mentally depressed or mentally ill," Ethan said. "Unfortunately, the people I kill are the people I kill, and I'm sorry their families have to go through this, but it's for the right of humanity."
In a second video filmed shortly after the first one, the shooter spoke in a near whisper. "That was bull---- what I said. I'm going to have so much fun tomorrow," he said. "I have a goal. It is to kill everyone."
Oakland County Sheriff's Office Lt. Timothy Willis read multiple entries from the teen's journal on the stand, many of them violent. The teen vowed to cause the biggest shooting in Michigan's history and wrote about how he wanted to record the shooting so the victim's parents would have to see it in court. Willis said the journal included dozens of drawings.
In an entry where he talked about having a mental breakdown, he wrote, "I have completely lost my s---. ... My grades are falling, my parents hate each other, we have no money, I have zero HELP for my mental problems and it's causing me to SHOOT UP THE F-----G SHOOL."
In contrast to the prosecutor's presentation of Ethan's journals, Loftin read portions talking about the teen's mental health. He wrote about how his hallucinations were kicking in, how lonely he was and how few people he had to talk to. His dog had recently died, and his best friend had suddenly left the area.
"I talk to no one. I have very little talks with my parents and sometimes talk more with my cat dexter (sic) than people," Crumbley wrote. "I have no life and no future."
He wrote that his dark side had taken over, but that he didn't like it anymore. He wanted one of his teachers to send him to the office so he could confess about a bird head he left in the bathroom. He said he had barely made it through ninth grade because of how bad his depression had been and asked how he was supposed to make it through high school when he was past his breaking point.
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Delaware man in critical condition after shooting near Detroit airport
A Delaware man is in critical condition after attempting to stop a robbery in a hotel near Detroit Metro Airport Saturday.
According to Romulus police, police received calls around 4 p.m. Saturday that a man had been shot at a Marriot hotel.
Two Delaware men had traveled to a Marriott hotel on the 30500 block of Flynn to purchase a large number of cellphones from private sellers.
When they were inside a room, the "sellers" pulled handguns on the Delaware men who then tried to disarm the suspects.
One Delaware man disarmed a robber and the other Delaware man was shot in the arm during the struggle with the other robber.
Both robbers fled the hotel and the Delaware men went into the lobby to ask for help. The wounded man collapsed and medical aid was given by hotel staff until Romulus police arrived and had him transported to Beaumont in Dearborn in critical condition.
The first suspect was described as a man with short hair in his early twenties, last seen wearing a black Adidas zip-up hoodie, and black tennis shoes.
The second suspect is described as a man with short black hair in his early twenties, last seen wearing a blue long-sleeve sweatshirt, blue jeans with 2 small rips in the right knee and a large rip/tear in the left knee, black and white tennis shoes, and a baseball hat carrying a black backpack.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Romulus Police Department at 734-941-8400.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Two teenage boys taking part in a church camp are accused of taking part in a string of thefts at Rockaway Beach and robbing a convenience store clerk at knifepoint, according to the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office.
The 16- and 17-year-old boys were arrested on July 21 for the string of thefts that took place earlier in July, authorities said. Video surveillance from the robbery at Rockaway Beach Center Market shows the teens pointing knives at the clerk while trying to steal several items including alcohol and vape products.
After the store owners posted screen grabs from the surveillance video, a member of the public identified the teens as members of a weeks-long leadership workshop at a local youth church camp.
The teens, who have not been publicly identified, were arrested at the camp and their parents “refused to allow them to be interviewed or cooperate with the investigation,” authorities said.
“I originally took a shoplifting call involving these two juveniles in the beginning of July. Over the course of a couple of weeks, they escalated their crimes to Robbery in the First Degree. Luckily, no one was hurt,” said Rockaway Beach Patrol Deputy Kevin Grogan.
The teens were taken to Tillamook County Juvenile Department before they were taken to a juvenile detention center in Yamhill County, authorities said.
The case was referred to the Tillamook County District Attorney’s Office and the Tillamook Juvenile Department for further consideration.
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Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is sending more than 60 Nebraska Army National Guard soldiers to the U.S.-Mexico border to aid Texas authorities in their efforts to counter immigration and drug trafficking there.
The soldiers, who will depart Wednesday from Nebraska and will return in early September, are being sent to the border to provide "additional observation and reporting near the border" to assist Texas law enforcement involved in "Operation Lone Star," Pillen's office announced Monday.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott launched the operation in March 2021, deploying resources from the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas National Guard to the border in an effort to secure the area. The operation has been ongoing since.
“This mission is critical to the security of Nebraska as well as other states,” Pillen said in a news release announcing Wednesday's deployment of Nebraskans.
“We need to maintain the safety of our citizenry and stem the ongoing influx of illegal drugs, weapons and criminals into our borders.”
Pillen's team noted Nebraska's participation in the operation comes at the request of emergency management officials in Texas. Federal funds "directed through the Nebraska National Guard will cover costs associated with this deployment," the governor's office said.
The state was not reimbursed for costs of that deployment, which was paid for through the State Patrol's budget, the governor's office said then.
May's deployment marked the third time a Nebraska governor has sent troopers to the border. The state's tab for such deployments has already pushed north of $600,000, the Nebraska Examiner reported last week.
In Monday's announcement, Pillen's team pointed to President Joe Biden's "ineffective" border policies as impetus for Nebraska's presence at the border.
Pillen said failing to address the situation at the border "only opens the door to threats that we can’t fully recognize yet.”
Citing statistics provided by Abbott's office, Pillen's team said authorities working on Operation Lone Star have apprehended nearly 400,000 illegal immigrants, made 31,800 criminal arrests resulting in 29,300 felony charges, and seized 422 million doses of fentanyl.
It's unclear how much fentanyl constitutes a dose.
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The last two decades have brought unimaginable change at the Journal Star — enormous digital growth, development of new businesses and a new, state-of-the-art office in the Telegraph District to name a few.
Today, I write about another change, a more personal one. After 20 years at the Journal Star, I have decided it is time to embark on new adventures in my life, focused on family and new challenges. I know firsthand how exciting and vibrant Lincoln’s business community is, and I am eager to help foster it, perhaps in a new way.
Over my career, I have had a front-row seat to watch our community grow. Moreover, I have had a first-class team at the Journal Star to report on and help shape that growth – sometimes through news coverage, sometimes, one business at a time, through our range of advertising solutions.
I leave with great pride in our dedication to accuracy and integrity, which have been two constants amid all the other changes. I am grateful for the chance I have had to lead and learn from this staff, and I am grateful for the window into our community that my membership in various community causes has afforded me.
The foundation of what we do in both news and advertising is to help people and businesses navigate their own changing world. As president — and before that in other leadership roles — I have helped steer a number of rewarding projects — building an events arm of our business, including the creation of our Inspire program; celebrating both women and young leaders in our community; launching many new digital initiatives and products; and helping, as part of our growing video efforts, to launch the Daily Minute, a five-days-a-week summary of local headlines.
The Journal Star has been a labor of love for me, and I am grateful for the unwavering support of our readers and clients throughout this journey. Your commitment to staying informed and engaged with the issues that shape our community has driven our growth and success. Our audience across all platforms is larger than ever, and digital subscriptions and e-edition readership are growing particularly rapidly.
So in parting, I express my deepest gratitude to our readers for your support and your feedback, to our advertisers, for making us part of your business’ success story, and to my co-workers, who embody the highest professional standards.
This decision did not come easily, but it is with immense joy that I embrace the opportunity to spend more time with my two girls and to focus on my next professional chapter. I am passionate about this amazing community and will continue to give my time, talent and treasure to help make Lincoln stronger, however and wherever I can.
And, of course, I'll remain a loyal Journal Star subscriber.
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Natalia Wiita is president of the Lincoln Journal Star.
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MITCHELL — Mitchell’s Regional Emergency Management Services division is implementing a new fee structure for ambulance standbys at events.
Mitchell Fire Chief Dan Pollreisz said the hourly rate structure will help the division cover overtime costs that come with ambulance standbys during events in the Mitchell area.
Under the new rate structure, all events that request an ambulance presence provided by Mitchell’s EMS division for one hour will be subject to pay a $125 fee.
“What happens when we do an ambulance standby for somebody’s event, we have to call in off-duty personnel and pay them overtime,” Pollreisz said. “All we’re trying to do is recoup the money that we are spending for somebody else’s event.”
Considering many small towns surrounding Mitchell lack ambulance services, Pollreisz said Mitchell’s EMS personnel providing ambulance standbys are common for high school football games. Locally, Pollreisz said rodeos and other special events request an ambulance presence.
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According to Pollreisz, any ambulance standby services that extend over an hour will be charged by quarter-hour increments, which amounts to 15 minutes. Event coordinators must fill out and submit a request for an ambulance presence within 30 days of the event, according to the terms of the new rate structure.
“We feel that it’s fair that when we do ambulance standbys that everybody would pay the same. And they would pay per hour,” Pollreisz said.
Pollreisz noted the fee structure does not impact any patient care or responses during events that have an ambulance presence.
The new rate structure agreement was approved by the Mitchell City Council during its recent July meeting.
Prior to implementing the hourly rate structure, Mitchell’s Regional EMS division was providing ambulance standbys at no cost. The city of Mitchell was responsible for covering the overtime costs associated with the ambulance presence requests at events in the area.
Mitchell’s EMS division covers a wide territory, spanning 900 miles in the Mitchell region.
To have adequate first responders on staff at all times handling emergencies and fires in the Mitchell area, the division doesn’t pull personnel on scheduled shifts at the Mitchell Department of Public Safety to handle ambulance standbys. Rather, off-duty emergency responders who may have just completed a long shift handling fires and emergency responses are tasked with handling ambulance standbys at events.
The minimum staff of first responders each shift operates with is five. Lately, first responders are handling about 10 emergency calls per day.
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LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — Pennsylvania will direct up to $400 million in federal money over the next five years to reimburse organizations that train new infrastructure workers on the job, under an executive order signed Monday by Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro.
A portion of the $19 billion that the state will receive from two federal programs for infrastructure projects will, under the governor’s order, fund the new training program.
Organizations doing infrastructure work — such as repairing roads and bridges, replacing lead pipes and expanding high speed internet — could receive up to $40,000 for each new worker they train. A maximum of $400,000 could be reimbursed through the program, which will be managed by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.
The grants are meant to reimburse the cost of workers' salaries and other training costs. Additionally, the money can be used to help employees with housing, child and dependent care, tools, uniforms, educational testing and transportation. The Shapiro administration aims to create 10,000 new jobs.
Shapiro said that reopening a collapsed section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia in less than two weeks showed “what’s possible when our highly skilled workers get to work and when we have their backs.”
“We need the workforce to be able to do it,” the governor said at a press conference in Pittsburgh. “So one of the biggest hurdles we face is having enough workers trained and ready for these kinds of projects at a time when we now have more money than ever before for this type of investment.”
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BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) — The City of Bristol, Virginia said the railroad crossing on Spurgeon Lane near Commonwealth Avenue will be closed for reconstruction beginning on Wednesday.
A release from the city said the Norfolk Southern Railway crossing will undergo a reconstruction that requires the closure of that portion of Spurgeon Lane.
The closure begins on Aug. 2 and is estimated to last for at least three days, according to the release.
The city asks drivers to avoid the area and use alternate routes while the work takes place.
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Free financial literacy workshop for minority businesses is Aug. 8
NORTH CANTON − The Stark County Minority Business Association, Huntington Bank, PNCBank and KeyBank have partnered for a financial literacy workshop from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Aug. 8.
The workshop is designed to bridge the gap between minority, women and veteran business owners and financial institutions, according to a news release.
This free event will be at the Walsh University Barrette Conference Center (Room C), 2225 E. Maple St. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. Light breakfast will be provided. Space is limited, so participants are encouraged to RSVP soon by visiting www.bit.ly/SCMBAFinance.
In collaboration with these banks, SCMBA aims to amplify financial literacy, create healthy bankingrelationships and improve loan approval rates.
During the session, business owners will have discussions on credit (personal and business), banking resources, and building strong banking relationships.
Participants will follow the Money Smart (Module 6) guide, provided by the FDCI. In this module,participants will be educated on credit reports and credit scores. In addition, they will learn how to disputeerrors on a credit report, and build, repair and maintain a productive credit history.
For more information about SCMBA or this workshop, contact Skyler Parks at 330-458-2082.
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https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2023/07/31/free-financial-literacy-workshop-for-minority-businesses-is-aug-8/70479012007/
| 2023-07-31T20:16:30
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Huddle Up for Hunger food drive Friday at Pro Football Hall of Fame
CANTON − A “Huddle Up for Hunger” food drive benefiting the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, 2121 George Halas Drive NW.
Massillon-based Sugardale and the Pro Football Hall of Fame will be collecting the Super Six, the most-needed nonperishable food items, including boxed cereal, canned beef stew, canned tuna, canned soup, canned vegetables and peanut butter.
Sugardale will give a free ticket to the Aug. 5 Class of 2023 Enshrinement at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium to the first 500 people who bring six nonperishable food items. Contributors may also be entered into a drawing to win VIP tickets to see Zac Brown Band in concert Aug. 5, as well as other prizes.
After dropping off their donations, visitors are encouraged to stay for music, food, and appearances from special guests.
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https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/2023/07/31/huddle-up-for-hunger-food-drive-friday-at-pro-football-hall-of-fame/70485207007/
| 2023-07-31T20:16:36
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