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Yahoo
29-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
New Mexico State Police release video of fatal police shooting in Truth or Consequences
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico State Police have released video of a traffic stop that turned deadly in Truth or Consequences. An NMSP officer stopped 75-year-old Dennis Jones, who had a warrant out for his arrest, but when he pulled a gun on the officer, things took a turn. Juvenile sentenced for 2024 vehicular homicide in Española Dennis Jones had an active arrest warrant for violating his probation in Arizona for sexual assault. When the officer stopped him and told him to step out of the car, police said he drew his gun, and that's when shots were fired. Jones then led the officer on a high-speed chase. Just moments later, Jones stepped out of the car, and the officer told him one last time to back down. Jones began firing, and an officer fired back. Jones died on scene. The district attorney's office is still investigating the incident. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
BBC News
19-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Government ends three-year review into Peterborough City Council
The government has ended a review lasting more than three years into a cash-strapped council's governance and government minister Jim McMahon confirmed Peterborough City Council's non-statutory government intervention had a letter to council leader Dennis Jones, he said the authority had made progress – but that "risks remain".Jones said: "This is fantastic news from the government and testament to the improvements we have made in the past three years." He said financial challenges remained - "as they do for many councils" - and added: "We now have the foundations in place to support the necessary reform in this area."In December 2021, the city council began an improvement plan after an external team found "significant and urgent" financial challenges at the independent panel was required to report back its progress every six Badenoch, then minister for equalities and levelling up communities, said she was concerned the council had not "fully grasped" the scale of financial challenges facing the time, Peterborough City Council predicted a £27m budget gap for 2022-23 and had proposed £10m of cuts and savings. Matt Gladstone, Peterborough City Council's chief executive, said the authority was "unrecognisable" compared with three years said the council had put a three-year financial plan in place and reviewed its companies, with some brought back in-house and others disbanded."We know that financial pressures remain," said Mr City Council predicts a £23m budget gap for 2025-26 and has proposed cutting services including closing libraries to make Gladstone said: "We are developing innovative and creative ways to provide services differently so that they meet the needs of residents whilst supporting our efforts to become financially sustainable." Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Yahoo
Las Cruces man killed in shootout with State Police during traffic incident
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways May 7—A Las Cruces man wanted on a probation violation was killed in a noon shootout with a New Mexico State Police officer north of Truth or Consequences on Tuesday. Dennis Jones, 75, was pronounced dead at the scene on N.M. 181, NMSP spokesperson Ricardo Breceda said in a news release Wednesday, updating the incident. According to the police, an officer pulled over Jones around 12:10 p.m. after running his license plate and finding that Jones was wanted in Arizona on a probation violation in connection with a sexual assault case. Police said during the traffic stop, "an altercation ensued," and the officer fired at least one shot from his pistol at Jones, who stayed in his pickup truck and fled onto N.M. 181. "The officer caught up to the vehicle, which had stopped in the middle of High Winds Road," Breceda said in the release. "The officer gave commands to Jones, who then began firing at the officer. The officer returned fire with his duty-issued rifle. After the exchange of gunfire, officers approached the vehicle and located Jones unresponsive." The officer, whose name won't be released until interviews are completed, was not injured. He has since been put on administrative leave, which is standard.
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Pooler Mayor, City Manager discuss takeaways from last hurricane season, plans for future
Chatham Emergency Services Director Dennis Jones said they are expecting an above-average hurricane season for Coastal Georgia this year, and really all of the East Coast, as has been the case for the last several years. At this point, 'above average' is really becoming the norm, he said. In preparation for that, the City of Pooler held a hurricane preparation workshop early last week, with a presentation from Jones. Pooler Mayor Karen Williams said that they wanted people to have access to those resources early on, and to know they were trying to get that information out there as the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane season approaches starting June 1. Last hurricane season brought 18 named storms, with 11 becoming hurricanes and five of those becoming major hurricanes. The Savannah-area experienced flooding, hurricane-force winds toppling trees and no power in back-to-back Tropical Storms Debby and Helene, and rounding out the season with high winds from Hurricane Milton. Pooler is located about 30 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean, with no major creeks or rivers nearby, but drainage problems have plagued some of the residents for as long as they can remember. Barrington Estates off Quacco Road in Pooler was just one of the many neighborhoods in the area left with detrimental flooding. Sara Hartley said in an interview at the time than the flooding they experienced during Tropical Storm Debby seemed worse than Hurricane Matthew in 2016. She believed they experienced 11 inches of rain in a day-and-a-half. The water was almost up to their knees. "Our lot specifically backs up to one of the branches of the canal system that then links into a branch of the system along 95, and flows out, I believe, into the Ogeechee," Hartley said in an interview in August. "So, part of it is because it's all linked to that, and eventually it just gets inundated with all the stormwater runoff and can't go anywhere fast enough. They did do work to improve our drainage after Matthew, but we haven't had any significant flooding until now." Pooler City Manager Heath Lloyd, who was hired in August, just days after Tropical Storm Debby dissipated, said one of the first things he heard coming into the city was the localized flooding residents were experiencing in Kelly Drive and Barrington Estates. Pooler has a collection of detention ponds where water is held and slowly released into the canals. In November, the city initiated a contract with Coleman Engineering to do surveys to figure out how to improve the drainage in Kelly Drive. A few weeks ago, they received the results and are now trying to move forward with a three-phase project. The first phase will be to restore the drainage pattern on Kelly Drive, and Lloyd said the city will try to move forward with that project sometime in the second quarter of the year, but probably not before the beginning of hurricane season. The other project with Barrington Estates, which is off the Hardin Canal, involves working with the developer to create 'essentially a nine acre lake.' Lloyd said that project is moving slower than they wanted it to, but the wheels are turning. This project would not only help those in Barrington Estates, but everyone who is impacted by the December, Pooler City Council approved the widening of the Piper Makers Canal from Pooler Parkway to I-95, a $1.6 million project, which will be finished up right before hurricane season starts, to help hold more water. Lloyd mentioned that the city had a bit of a setback in developing a city-wide stormwater master plan, like Savannah, when the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced an end to its Building Infrastructure and Communities (GRANT) program. Pooler would have received half a million dollars to look at drainage improvements needed for large waterways and local flooding. Another thing that could help with any local flooding would be for Homeowner Associations to clean out their detention ponds, which Williams said many associations did not know they were responsible for. The city has begun having monthly meetings with Pooler HOA's to explain that they may not be holding the water that they should be and are required to hold. 'We made it perfectly clear to them that they are responsible for getting that sludge cleaned out periodically,' Williams said. More: For one Pooler neighborhood, the waters of Tropical Storm Debby have yet to recede More: Savannah's location made it more susceptible to Helene's hurricane-force winds Williams said the biggest takeaway from last hurricane season is that they always have to be prepared, because you never know what direction the storms are coming. 'We did an excellent job as a city and staff to prepare,' Williams said. 'We were the lead on a lot of things, like being the first to get sandbags, and those are the types of things we'll continue to do.' Lloyd said the biggest takeaway for him, was how the city responded in the aftermath of a storm event. In accordance with that, two things expected to come up in council will be the recommendation of a contract for Pooler to have its own debris management and an emergency response contractor. In the past, Pooler piggybacked off the county's debris management contract. 'Piggybacking doesn't give you that priority level of service though, so we're going to move forward, hopefully by June,' Lloyd said. '[The emergency response contractors] have what they call a 72-hour window where you can have a contractor clear your roadways and allow you to begin to restore your city. So what I'm looking at is having multiple options to respond to storms and restore our city.' Williams emphasized that the city is being proactive to try and handle any issues that may arise. 'I think it's important for the residents to understand that we're not going to be able to solve it all overnight, but we are going to systematically, you know, try to improve drainage for the entire city,' Lloyd said. Jones' presentation on how residents can personally prepare for hurricane season can be found on the Pooler website. He encouraged residents to start defining an emergency plan for their families and putting together an emergency kit. Destini Ambus is the general assignment reporter for the Savannah Morning News, covering the municipalities, and community and cultural programs. You can reach her at DAmbus@ This article originally appeared on Savannah Morning News: Pooler Mayor, City Manager discuss hurricane preparation
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Demolition of Raac-affected pool begins
A swimming pool where reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) was found has started to be demolished. Racc was first discovered at Peterborough's Regional Pool in September 2023, and the site also had issues with asbestos and out-of-date mechanical installations. Demolition work is expected to take place until July, and it was hoped a new £30m replacement pool would be open by 2028. Peterborough City Council shut the Bishop's Road car park near the site for 14 weeks, but access to the city's athletics club remained open. The Labour-run council leader, Dennis Jones, previously admitted there were no cheap options to rebuild the site. The authority said it would cost £26m to repair the facility, which was built in the 1970s. The decision was made to permanently close the centre in March 2024 due to high repair costs. It was expected that a new contract to build a replacement facility would be awarded by January 2026. Peterborough's Lido, which is due to open on 24 May, is currently the only public swimming pool in the city centre. The council initially proposed cuts to the outdoor pool to save £400,000 a year, but reversed the plan after opposition. Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Demolition work at Raac-affected pool due to begin Delight at plans to reopen threatened city lido Peterborough City Council
