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Yahoo
a day ago
- General
- Yahoo
Mount Gilead community rallies to support slain deputy's family, friends
MOUNT GILEAD, Ohio (WCMH) – It's been a week since the people of Morrow County began mourning the tragic death of one of their own. Morrow County Sheriff's Deputy Daniel Sherrer was shot and killed one week ago on the evening of Memorial Day. His accused killer, 53-year-old Brian Wilson, is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday for the first time since the shooting. Columbus continues affordable housing fight as some funding drops The community has shown up over and over again for the Morrow County Sheriff's Office who lost a colleague and a friend, and for the family who lost a loved one. The day the shooting happened, a memorial was starting to be built on the deputy's cruiser in front of the Morrow County Sheriff's Office. It's now covered in flowers, memories, keepsakes, and other items to memorialize Sherrer. Blue ribbons were hung throughout the town of Mount Gilead. A local gym bought blue lights for people to put on their porch in order to 'light the county blue' for Sherrer and the rest of the law enforcement community. The people of Morrow County showed up again for Sherrer and his family on Monday. Former Ohio doctor's defamation trial against Mount Carmel begins 'The community, that's who supports our business,' said Pizzaburg Pizza owner Jason Bentz. 'They buy pizza from us, so we want to support them as much as we can. We donate 30% of all of our sales, but then all tips and donations go back to the officer. Also, officers, family.' The local pizza shop, run by Bentz and his wife Meghan, is normally closed on Mondays, but this Monday, it was staffed like it was a busy Friday night. 'We're hoping to be able to raise at least $3,000, $4,000,' Bentz said. 'We'll see what happens.' Between 5-6:30 p.m., the phone rang non-stop and the pizzas and strombolis were coming out of the oven at a steady pace. More than 150 pizzas were ordered by supporters who made the special trip to town on a Monday night. Columbus illuminates City Hall for Pride Month, honor local LGBTQ+ advocates 'I am happy to be a part of this community, and I feel like all of the people in the community support each other like an extended family, and that's unusual in this day and age,' Rhonda Taylor, who has lived in Marengo for 20 years, said. Taylor walked into the pizza shop Monday night wearing a black t-shirt with the Morrow County Sheriff's badge on it, and a memorial to Sherrer. She said she bought it from a local clothing store to support her community and mourn the loss. 'I felt like I had been stabbed in the chest with an icicle,' she said. 'It's just like a cold shot ran right through my chest because he was a very good person and way too young to die. He was the kind of guy that always would help people, no matter what was going on. He would try to help. And it just seemed so sad to me that he tried to help someone and lost his life because of it.' For Taylor, helping her community during a time of need is a no-brainer. Federal cuts hit Columbus summer youth program 'I want to at least acknowledge and show my respect for a person that made the ultimate sacrifice trying to help someone,' she said. 'Daniel was one of those people who still cared for people as individuals, and saddens me that he is gone so soon.' A public visitation service for Sherrer will run from 1-7 p.m. Tuesday at Northmor High School in Galion. On Wednesday morning, a public funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. at the same high school. Sherrer will be buried in a private ceremony in Marion later that day. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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4 days ago
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Man accused of killing Morrow County sheriff's deputy released from hospital
DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) – The suspect accused of shooting and killing a Morrow County sheriff's deputy nearly a week ago has been moved to jail. Brian M. Wilson was released from the hospital Saturday and booked into Delaware County jail, according to the county's sheriff's office. Wilson is charged with aggravated murder in the shooting death of Morrow County Sheriff's Deputy Daniel Sherrer, 31, on Memorial Day. Sherrer was shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call at a home on County Road 26 south of Marengo, a community 35 miles north of Columbus. According to court records, Wilson allegedly told Sherrer, '…you better just f—— go if you want your family to see you tomorrow,' before an alleged shootout between Wilson and Sherrer took place. According to the Delaware County Sheriff's Office, the lead investigating entity in the case, Wilson was shot during the incident and hospitalized for treatment. Wilson is set to be arraigned in Morrow County, but a hearing has not been scheduled. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Herald Scotland
7 days ago
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- The Herald Scotland
Our politicians must have the courage to rethink energy policy
Transmission charging is a legitimate issue which has been around for decades. However, nothing has changed since the ScotWind licences were applied for and gobbled up. So why are companies which bought them (cheaply) now sabre-rattling about walking away? Possibly, they feel in an increasingly strong position to do so in the absence of other options for governments which have bet the house on offshore wind. Or maybe it reflects growing nervousness among institutional investors about the sector. Or maybe a bit of both. Read more by Brian Wilson Any way, these threats demonstrate the vulnerability that this one-club approach is leading us into. What if half a dozen ScotWind licensees decided for their own reasons to abandon or put on hold the projects? By their standards, the money paid for licences is small change. Where is Plan B? Yesterday, a study by Bloomberg warned that even as things stand, the UK is likely to fall far short of its offshore wind target for 2030 on which the net zero strategy depends, with only a small number of projects going ahead before that date. Studies come and go, circumstances change … but these doubts being cast on assumptions which underpin the whole net zero enterprise surely need to be taken seriously and become part of the mix which demands a rethink of the current target-led fixation. At present, a lot of things are happening in isolation but nobody seems to be joining them up into a coherent strategy which the public – also known as the electorate – can sign up to. If that void continues to exist, it is likely to be filled by scepticism towards objectives which need not be in dispute. In fairness, part of the problem – which did not exist in the past – is the fragmentation of responsibilities. Both UK and Scottish governments have fingers in the pie, not to mention a regulator, Ofgem, which has far too much power to frustrate the potential for clear-cut policy. The great majority of people subscribe in principle to the idea of a 'just transition' towards renewable power. At the moment, however, they have difficulty seeing anything very 'just' about what is happening as jobs disappear in the North Sea without any clear plan in place to replace them. Vast sums are already being spent on infrastructure but as Gary Smith, general secretary of the GMB union, pointed out, neither the skills nor the manufacturing capacity are in place to turn that into jobs. 'We seem to have fired the starting gun without being race ready', as he put it. That is a pretty serious indictment of neglect over the past decade when the transition was much spoken of but little planned for. Far too many politicians who should have been ensuring the reality of a 'just transition' were motivated by a desire to kill off the North Sea as quickly as possible without genuine concern for what happened next. Much is written about Reform UK and its positioning on race and immigration. However, its biggest recruiting sergeant at present, at least in Scotland, is its commitment to scrap what it refers to as 'net stupid zero targets', the virtue of which other parties have pretty much taken for granted. Looking across the Atlantic, it not difficult to see how this polarisation of attitudes translates into votes and the less credible the march towards 'clean power' appears to be, the greater the risk will be of that baby being thrown out with the bathwater of populist politics. That tipping point in public opinion may be closer than governments in either Edinburgh or Whitehall care to admit. There are multiple reasons why it would make sense to recognise that running down the North Sea prematurely, while we will still need oil and gas for decades to come, may be politically unsaleable – as it deserves to be. Any uncertainty which surrounds the delivery of offshore wind developments and the promised jobs that go with them can only add to the belief that an urgent reset is required. Gary Smith, General Secretary of the GMB (Image: Colin Mearns) Setting dates to meet unrealistic targets and clinging to them in the face of unpalatable evidence delivers nothing. The pace of travel is less important than the direction and it has always seemed likely that the transition could be accelerated, rather than inhibited, by maximising synergies with the existing North Sea industry. Politicians need the courage to acknowledge these realities sooner rather than later and for guidance we could look to history. Above a certain age, everyone in Scotland associated hydro electricity with the name of Tom Johnson, the Secretary of State for Scotland who won the blessing of Winston Churchill to launch the great hydro construction boom, while war still raged. Jump forward 20 years and we entered the age of nuclear power. Again there was political leadership and a sense of mission. Anthony Wedgwood-Benn, as he then was, personified the Wilson government's drive to harness 'the white heat of technology' which civil nuclear power epitomised. Each of these energy revolutions has served Scotland exceedingly well but neither would have happened without the clear political will to face down opposition and drive them through. As it happens, each provided us with low-carbon sources of electricity, long before 'net zero' was heard of. Our current energy revolution would be in a lot better place if the same political leadership could exist. Politicians in both Edinburgh and London could surely agree that an energy policy which they expect people to buy into must also be recognisable as common sense and a genuinely 'just transition'. Brian Wilson is a former Labour Party politician. He was MP for Cunninghame North from 1987 until 2005 and served as a Minister of State from 1997 to 2003
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Utah family prepares to bury WWII pilot who was MIA for 80 years
PARK CITY, Utah () — A Utah family is getting ready to lay to rest U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. George Frank Wilson on the 81st anniversary of his plane being shot down over France during WWII. Lt. Wilson, the pilot of a B-17G 'Flying Fortress' bomber, was killed when his plane crashed in northern France after being hit by anti-aircraft fire on July 8, 1944. For 80 years, he was considered missing in action. Now, his family has some closure. Brian Frank Wilson, who shares the same middle name as his grandfather, told that even though he never met his grandfather, he feels close to him, especially now that the family knows what happened and is preparing to bury him on the 81st anniversary of his death and disappearance. 'It's like the stars are aligning, you know, it's crazy,' Brian Wilson said. 'I feel his soul. I feel there is a purpose to all of it.' Like the tides of war, a turning point is bringing relief to 1st Lt. George F. Wilson's descendants. Santaquin Police Department remembers Sgt. Bill Hooser's legacy one year later 'When he fell out of formation, and everyone was bailing out, one of his closest friends, the engineer, lost his parachute,' Brian Wilson stated. 'I guess Frank (Lt. Wilson) was still alive and gave him his parachute, the last one, and told him to get out.' Brian Wilson told that this happened on July 8, 1944. His grandfather, a young 22-year-old pilot, saved his crew after taking enemy fire. 'They were certain he went down with the plane. It exploded. It was on fire, and that was the last of it,' he added. Then radio silence. In 1951, Wilson was declared non-recoverable. In 2018, the family would start to get some answers as to what happened to Lt. Wilson. 'Eric Bornemeier, who we owe a ton of gratitude towards, married my cousin years ago,' Brian Wilson stated. 'He's in the military. He thought this was a cool story, and he went out and spearheaded a search to find George in this field in northern France. Lo and behold, they found him.' At least, they hoped it was him. 'In July 2018, a member of Wilson's family provided DPAA with new information about a potential crash site for Wilson's aircraft,' explained the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. 'One of Wilson's family then traveled to Monchy-Cayeux and met three witnesses who remembered the crash.' The DPAA added: 'In 2019, a DPAA investigation team visited Monchy-Cayeux and discovered a concentration of wreckage consistent with a B-17 at the site, which they then recommended for excavation.' It would take a few more years for all the questions to be answered. 'From Aug. 6-30, 2021, DPAA partner Colorado State University excavated the site and accessioned all recovered evidence into the DPAA laboratory,' DPAA explained. 'They returned to the site for another excavation from July 25 to Aug. 13, 2022, finding additional evidence which was also accessioned into the DPAA laboratory.' Then, in 2024, the government reached out to Brian Wilson requesting a sample of his DNA. 'To identify Wilson's remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis, as well as material evidence,' DPAA stated. 'Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA, Y-chromosome DNA, and autosomal DNA analysis.' It was a match. 'They said there's a one in 84 billion chance it's not him,' added Brian Wilson. 'So pretty positive match it's him, they said.' Lt. Wilson was considered accounted for on Nov. 21, 2024. 'Wilson's name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at Normandy American Cemetery, in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, along with others still missing from WWII,' stated DPAA. 'A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.' The family got a full government briefing about what happened to Lt. Wilson on May 15, 2025. At that time, Brian Wilson accepted medals, including a Purple Heart, on his grandfather's behalf. 'I just feel an immense amount of pride being his grandson,' he said. 'After seeing and receiving those medals and reading the whole accounting, I'm just totally blown away.' On July 8, 2025, George F. Wilson will finally be laid to rest in Bountiful next to family. 'To have this all come around 81 years to the day, there's something, there's a higher source that's in control,' Brian Wilson stated. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Health Line
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Health Line
Wilson Phillips' Carnie Wilson on Living With Depression: ‘It Ebbs and Flows'
Carnie Wilson of the '90s pop group sensation Wilson Phillips opens up about her mental health journey. The 'Hold On' singer and daughter of Beach Boys' Brian Wilson is raising awareness about tardive dyskinesia (TD), an involuntary movement disorder linked to some mental health medications. In the 'Connecting with Carnie' campaign, Wilson interviews people living with TD, their care partners, and other healthcare professionals. Singer Carnie Wilson is revered as a member of the iconic pop music trio Wilson Phillips. The group and their acclaimed 1990 single 'Hold On' made a comeback in the 2011 movie 'Bridesmaids.' Now, the hit song is back at the forefront of Wilson's mind as she plays her part in helping erase the stigma surrounding mental health. Don't you know, things can change Things'll go your way If you hold… on for one more day 'The point is, people don't have to wait anymore to talk about their mental health. Music is a good inspiration for us all,' Wilson told Healthline. From the time she was a child, Wilson shared that she navigated mental health challenges. 'I grew up with some depression as a young girl. I remember being bullied and teased,' she said. 'I was always coming home very sad because I was made fun of because of my weight, and that helped contribute to my depression.' Her father, Brian Wilson, a member of 'The Beach Boys,' and her mother were also singer-songwriters. Growing up around a 'rock and roll lifestyle' made her feel anxious, she said. 'I still suffer from some anxiety and depression, and many years ago, I turned to drugs and alcohol, and I think it exacerbated my depression… but it was really about escaping and hiding and not wanting to feel,' said Wilson. Now 20 years sober, Wilson prioritizes her mental health daily. To help others open up about their mental health, she teamed up with Neurocrine Bioscience to launch ' Connecting With Carnie ' to support people with uncontrollable movements caused by tardive dyskinesia (TD). The involuntary movement disorder is associated with the use of certain mental health medications to treat bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, and schizoaffective disorder. TD affects at least 800,000 adults in the United States, yet as many as 60% remain undiagnosed. For the initiative, Wilson interviews people living with TD, their care partners, and other healthcare professionals so they can share their journeys, experiences, and expertise to help others. Greg Mattingly, MD, CEO of Midwest Research Group and co-chair of Psych Congress, explained that signs of TD typically consist of abnormal, involuntary, and repetitive body movements, which can be rapid and jerky or slow and writhing and vary in severity. 'Even mild TD movements can have a negative impact on patients physically, socially, and emotionally,' he told Healthline. 'The movements can often cause unwanted attention, social isolation, embarrassment, and difficulties with physical activities like chewing, swallowing, and walking.' According to a survey conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of Neurocrine Biosciences, 56% of people with TD canceled social plans and avoided others or public outings due to their symptoms, and 86% said their movements made them feel judged or stared at. While Wilson does not have TD, she said she can relate to the stigma associated with it. 'I have suffered from… Bell's palsy,' she said. 'I know what it feels like to deal with something that is abnormal with the face, and so that also really made me feel for people who have TD.' Healthline spoke with Wilson to learn more about her mental health journey, how she copes, and why she is advocating for TD. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity and length. How does music affect your mental health? Wilson: Music has always been a part of my life. [As a child,] there was always music playing. Obviously, my father, the Beach Boys, and so many people coming over to the home, and knowing that was my destiny, but what I realized when I first started singing was the healing that came from harmony. So when we formed Wilson Phillips, it had a deeper meaning for us. Can you share more about your depression? Wilson: My psychologist years ago diagnosed me with low-chronic depression. There are days when I wake up and my outlook is just a little more fearful, and those are the days that I want to isolate. Then there are days when I feel hopeful and I want to seize the day. The point is that it ebbs and flows, and that's OK. Did a 12-step program help you stay sober? Wilson: Yes. I have been sober for 20 years, and I am very involved with being surrounded by people who are just like me, or I am like them. I also believe there is a higher power. I was on my knees this morning asking God for a beautiful day to give me the opportunity to reach a lot of people today and in the coming years. What inspired you to help others? Wilson: When we don't understand something, we're fearful. I'm a people person, and I just want to connect with people. I feel like my being open to say, 'I have felt fearful or anxious or weak' or 'I didn't want to feel things' or 'I need help' helps others. I share that when I did reach out [to others], my healing began. I believe that people who suffer from mental illness are sensitive and they're beautiful people because they feel deeply. I know this from growing up with family members who suffered from mental health issues. [I want others] to see that there is recovery, there's hope, there's treatment, there's a solution. It's very easy to brush it off and say, 'My uncle has depression, and he has these movements, and I can't deal with it because I don't understand it.' That's where I want to draw the line. I want to stop people from being scared to reach out to someone they know and love, and for people to be their own advocate. We have to advocate for each other. That's the only way we're going to be better in this world. We need that connection. Tell us more about the 'Connecting with Carnie' campaign Wilson: It's making my heart so full. A year ago or so, I didn't know what TD was. When I learned about it, my heart went out to people who suffer from TD because I'm a control freak by nature. My husband always says, 'Stop tying to control everything.' I want the safety. I want the balance. I want to have control over things. I'm especially sympathetic and empathetic to people who can't control these movements, and these movements can be so debilitating. If it's extreme, they have trouble sleeping, driving cars, living normal lives — and then there's just the very subtle movements like blinking of the eyes or movement of the tongue. I've heard stories about school teachers who stopped being a teacher because they are so embarrassed of their symptoms and it is my mission, my goal, to raise awareness and say it's okay to talk about what we struggle with and to ask for help.
