Jan. 22—MIDDLETOWN — City staff, City Council members and residents heard recommendations from a task force regarding the future of city-owned Central Connections during a six-hour special meeting Saturday. After the city purchased the property last year for $1.8 million with American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, City Manager Paul Lolli formed a task force […]
Rescue workers carried out the grim task on Thursday of recovering the remains of the 23 apparent victims of a fireworks factory explosion in central Thailand. Only part of the building frame stood at the site of the devastated factory in an otherwise-empty rice field in rural Suphan Buri province the day after the blast. […]
Ohio should ditch plans to build a new youth prison and instead use the state money to construct smaller, closer-to-home juvenile lockup facilities, a task force created by Gov. Mike DeWine said on Tuesday. The Ohio Department of Youth Services had been planning to replace the Cuyahoga Hills Juvenile Correctional Facility, which has open dorm-style […]
HOLLAND — Representatives for LG Energy Solution said the company intends to create a task force, of sorts, to evaluate what comes next for Holland’s Old Wing Mission. The property was purchased by the company last year, along with several other homes along 147th Avenue. The topic sparked intense concern from locals, who want to […]
This article was originally published in Kansas Reflector. TOPEKA — Rep. Kristey Williams and Sen. Renee Erickson agreed there was little value in convening a task force to study the state’s shortfall in funding public school special education programs because the financial issues were too complex and the only remedy suggested by education advocacy groups […]
The West Hills DUI Task Force says only one driver was arrested for DUI during targeted enforcement operations on New Year’s Eve. Task force officials say four departments participated in the roving DUI patrols. Throughout the night, the task force says 39 vehicles were stopped. Of those stops, five drivers were detained for field sobriety […]
Charlotte City Council member seeks to create task force as New Year’s Eve shooting victim speaks CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A member of Charlotte City Council is calling for the creation of a crime task force following an uptown shooting on New Year’s Eve that left five people injured. Councilman Tariq Bokhari says incidents like the […]
After an eight-month investigation detailed alarming conditions inside juvenile lockups, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine asked a group of experts to “think big” and find fixes. But recommendations for sweeping changes as well as tweaks aren’t expected until at least spring, according to Tom Stickrath, the former youth prisons director who is now leading the task […]
Dec. 28—PRINCETON — Finding productive ways to spend $1.9 million resulting from a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors could become the focus of county and regional task forces. Attorney Truman Chafin of The Chafin Law Firm stopped Dec. 20 at the Mercer County Airport to present a $1,997.51.09 check to the Mercer County Commission. […]
The Texas Department of Public Safety task force dedicated to policing Austin will cease operations on Saturday, the state agency confirmed Thursday. Troopers will be redirected to the southern border “due to the ever changing situation,” according to Ericka Miller, a press secretary for the Texas Department of Public Safety. On Monday, Gov. Greg Abbott […]