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Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Yahoo
Former St. Tammany school system employee arrested after discovery of ‘questionable purchase'
ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. (WGNO) — A former St. Tammany Parish Public School System employee has been arrested after the discovery a 'questionable purchase.' According to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office, they began investigating the matter of falsified documents after receiving a tip from the public alleging that a former employee purchased a fish fryer on the school system's account. Young victim in Algiers shooting dies from her injuries days later Deputies identified the employee as Brad Taylor. Reportedly, while employed with the school system's maintenance division, Taylor allegedly falsified documents to purchase the fryer from a Slidell hardware store. St. Tammany Parish deputies said the falsified document listed the purchase as a 'fan motor.' Deputies add that Taylor did reimburse the school system so 'no actual theft occurred.' Man found shot, killed in Gentilly neighborhood 'He went to great lengths to hide his original purchase, including doctoring documents and purchasing a fan motor, to hide the initial purchase of the fish fryer,' said STPSO deputies. On May 15, a warrant was issued for Taylor's arrest. On May 16, he reportedly turned himself in and was booked into the St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center charges of obstruction of justice and filing or maintaining false public records, according to the governor vetoes reparations bill CBS News president steps down amid Trump lawsuit The 10 cities most popular with Gen Z home shoppers, according to mortgage data Los Angeles barbershop blasts 'Baby Shark' to ward off homeless More storms take aim at the central US after tornado deaths Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Light of Hope, Eastern Hills to commemorate first anniversary of May tornado
After a tornado ravaged Claremore last May, Eastern Hills Baptist Church became a gathering place of sorts. The church, which sits on a hill overlooking 4200 Road east of Claremore, sustained little damage compared to the ruined homes that surrounded it. Melissa Fullerton, the church's administrative assistant, said she had full faith God had planned to use Eastern Hills to help the community recover. For the next six weeks, people dealing with the tornado's aftermath would flock there for food, supplies and something to do besides ruminating on what they'd lost. One year later, the church will soon host "Hope after the Storm." It will run from 5 to 8 p.m. June 16 at the church, 16912 E. 480 Road in Claremore. Pastor Brad Taylor said the free event is an opportunity for people to rekindle the camaraderie they'd found in the wake of the storm. "We're at the anniversary of the storm, so there's anxiety because we're in another storm season," Taylor said. "... We can't fixate on the storm ... if another storm comes, it's OK because we can put back the pieces. God has put around us great resources of life and friends and family and neighbors that will help guide us." The church will offer food and raffle prizes, and News on 6 meteorologist Travis Meyer will give a presentation reflecting on the tornado. Eastern Hills is hosting the event jointly with Light of Hope. Nancy Phelps, the nonprofit's executive director, said the two formed a partnership "from about the first minute and a half after everything happened." Phelps said many other tornado recovery partners will come to the event to host breakout sessions and information booths, such as Claremore/Rogers County Disaster Assistance and Rogers County Emergency Management. "It's kind of like a reunion," Phelps said. "All the ones that started, and now everybody's coming back together." Phelps said the storm placed a burden on many people's mental health. She said mental health professionals and Sara Wallace, a Claremore yoga instructor, would come to the event to provide strategies for weathering the metaphorical storms disasters can whip up. Taylor said a tornado survivor had told him they were unsure if they could go to the event. He said they told him it would dig up painful memories they had deliberately stowed away. "The reality is, that's the person [who] needs to come because items undealt with is what brings about other issues in life," Taylor said. "This is an opportunity to face that fear, realize there is hope."
NZ Herald
25-04-2025
- Sport
- NZ Herald
Awapuni's comeback meeting abandoned after one race
The refurbished Awapuni track passed recent trial tests but was shut down after the first race at the Anzac Day meeting today. Photo / Race Images. Awapuni's long-awaited return to racing on its newly renovated grass track has ended in disappointment, with their Anzac Day meeting abandoned after a slip in the opening race. 'A horse slipped on the outside,' RACE's general manager of racing Brad Taylor said. 'Walking the track, there is no visual slip, but we have got to have jockeys' safety first. 'They are the ones going out there and riding on it and it's on us that this has happened. 'It's really unfortunate, but we will learn from it and put the plans and processes in place to make amends for it and hopefully be back here in three weeks.' The rail had been put out six metres for the meeting, and Taylor said this was done on the advice of a number of track specialists who the club has contracted over the 19-month renovation process. 'There were two reasons (for putting the rail out six metres),' Taylor said. 'The first one was that we had jump-outs here for local ones (horses). There was a patch at the 600m, a half-metre by half-metre square, where a rock was brought up when we were verti draining and a bit of repair had to go into the track, hence why the trials went out to three metres. 'Then obviously we had the weather that day, we had 13ml of rain before the first (heat) and it rained throughout. There was quite a lot of damage. 'It is a young, immature track, so on the advice of the experts, we moved it (rail) out six metres. People say it's a dumb decision, but we are just following the advice of the experts. 'We have had plenty of horses over it right through the process. 'We will go back and work with them (experts) and the plan always was for the meeting on the 17th (of May) to go back to the true position to give that small area an extra three weeks. That will be our plan at this stage. 'It is only going to get better the more horses over the top of it and a bit more maturity. 'The riders' feedback was that it felt good under foot. Unfortunately, we have had this one slip that we can't hide behind and it's been the telling factor of the track. 'We will go through the process we had leading into today, learn from it and we will come back bigger and better.'
