Month: August 2022

CEDAR FALLS – Pickleball Club representatives met with city officials last week to discuss doubling the size of the courts at Orchard Hill Park, Department of Community Development officials said. A recent survey of club members found that the number one priority is to increase the number of courts, said Charles Blair-Broeker, past president and club spokesman. The Council was told that a ‘pedestrian bridge’ was built on private property, near where Eden Way and Andy Avenue merge, as a ‘shortcut’ to the school. The sport has grown in popularity across the United States, including Cedar Falls. “The city’s response…

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that 20 people who voted in the 2020 election will be arrested and charged Thursday with violating the state’s felon voting laws. The measure was described as the “opening salvo” of the Office of Election Crimes and Security, created by DeSantis and approved by the Florida Legislature. Some fear the office may discourage minorities and other communities from voting. The office began its work on July 1. DeSantis said the 20 people arrested were convicted of murder or sexual assault and were mostly from Miami-Dade and Broward counties. He added that they were not…

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Los Angeles police continued to search Thursday for a gunman who opened fire in Panorama City, leaving one dead and three wounded. Jonathan Santillano, 37, of Sylmar, died at the scene of Wednesday’s shooting, authorities said. One person was taken to a hospital and was in stable condition, another was taken to a hospital in unknown condition and a fourth was treated at the scene, authorities said. The shooting happened around 2:30 p.m. near the intersection of Parthenia Street and Tobias Avenue. The four victims had been involved in a three-car crash and had stopped to exchange information when the…

Arrests for crimes weapons – Ricky Alexander Castaneda, 33, of the 500 block of Newtown Street, Medford. Medford Police and Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Castaneda on Tuesday on felony counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, first-degree robbery, delivery and possession of methamphetamine and on a warrant for failure to appear in court on a previous charge of unlawful possession of methamphetamine. No information about Castaneda was available Thursday at the Jackson County Jail. involuntary manslaughter – John Paul Larson, 38, of the 100 block of Laurelhurst Street, Central Point. Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Larson…