Month: August 2022

Congratulations to the Logos team Please join me in congratulating the Logos Public Charter School Rogue Pack, coached by Chris VanNess, for winning the regional and then state environmental science competition called the Envirothon. The four-time state champion team represented Oregon at the national competition in July in Ohio, earning 27th place nationally in a tough competition. Webletters Graphic.jpg This is North America’s largest Envirothon, where each year more than 25,000 high school students compete with their innovative solutions to balance quality of life and quality of the environment. They competed in soil, forestry, wildlife and a topical issue (the…

Authorities say police in suburban Fort Worth, Texas, fatally shot a man who pointed a rifle at them. RICHLAND HILLS, Texas — Police in suburban Fort Worth fatally shot a man who pointed a rifle at them, authorities said. Friday’s shooting in Richland Hills happened as two officers were investigating reports of shots fired along a city street. They found a man carrying a rifle about two blocks away, according to Richland Hills Officer Sheena McEachran. “The suspect raised and pointed what has been identified as a semi-automatic rifle at the officers,” McEachran said. “Officers fired at the suspect,” who…

The accused man performing a stab attack against “Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie has entered a plea of ​​not guilty in a New York court to charges of attempted murder and assault. A lawyer for Hadi Matar, 24, entered the statement on his behalf during an arraignment hearing. Matar appeared in court wearing a black and white jumpsuit and a white mask. His hands were cuffed in front of him. Matar, of Fairview, New Jersey, was charged with attempted second-degree murder and second-degree assault, Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said in a statement Saturday. Matar was arraigned Friday night…

Arrests for crimes Theft – Ila Ann Ashker, 49, of the 3000 block of Falcon City Street, White City. Jackson County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Ashker Friday on charges of first-degree burglary, first-degree burglary, first- and second-degree criminal trespass and first-degree criminal mischief. Ashker was being held Friday in the Jackson County Jail without bond. Theft – Jason Lee Cheatham, 33, a transient from Redmond. Deputies with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office arrested Cheatham Friday on charges of first-degree robbery, second-degree kidnapping, second-degree disorderly conduct, harassment, unlawful entry into a motor vehicle and reckless endangerment. Cheatham was held at the…

NEW YORK (AP) – Early and in-person voting began Saturday in New York’s congressional party primaries, which will set the final field for a series of competitive contests in this fall’s general election. Voters in two parts of the state are also choosing new members of Congress in special elections to replace members of the US House who resigned. Some of the tightest contests will be an early test of where the Democratic and Republican parties are headed in the midterm elections. In a special election in the Hudson Valley and Catskills, Ulster County Executive Patrick Ryan, a Democrat, has…