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08-03-2025
- Climate
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Last Day of Read Across America
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU)— In this week's final chapter of Read Across America, we take you around NEPA where some members of 28/22 News were reading to some local students. First, we take you to State Street Elementary School in Larksville. That is were Nick and Candace read Friday to some very attentive young people. Candace read two books including 'Horton Hatches the Egg' to Mrs. Hoover's 3rd grade class. And just down the hall in 4th grade Nick read 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' to Ms. Aed's class. A lot fun and we thank you for inviting us. Meteorologist Logan Westrope was back on the reading trail again. This time he stopped by Ross Elementary School in Hunlock Creek. Logan read 'Misty the Cloud' a very stormy day to students, who Logan said were very attentive and asked him very good questions. 28/22's Gianna Galli got into the Read Across America spirit. She stopped by St. Nicholas St. Mary's School in Wilkes-Barre Friday afternoon to read 'Incredible You' to Ms. Halchak's and Ms. Frank's second grade classes. Gianna also gifted the students coloring books and crayons. All this week members of the 28/22 News team stopped by area schools to read books to kids. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Politics
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Sheriff preparing for Daytona 500 as if the ‘president is going to be here'
There is speculation that a high-profile guest from Washington, D.C. could make a stop at the Daytona 500 this year. Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said he doesn't want to get ahead of the White House but said his team is preparing for the race as if President Donald Trump will be in attendance. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS Chitwood was part of that process before when Trump came to the track in 2020. 'Municipal, county, state and federal partners, everybody is here. We are planning that the president is going to be here so that has ramped up security even more,' said Chitwood. While Chitwood couldn't discuss specific security plans or the president's potential schedule, his team did give Eyewitness News video of the mobile command center at the speedway. The sheriff said attendees will see a lot of heavily armed law enforcement, but there will also be a large undercover presence. Plus, patrols will be in places one may not expect, like the sky. Chitwood let Eyewitness News go up in his helicopter to learn what law enforcement might be looking out for ahead of the president's potential arrival. 'What's his movements going to be? What does the secret service need from us? How many snipers do you need? How are we going to target harden the airport? How are we going to target harden the route?' he said. Read: NASCAR's lone Black Cup driver Bubba Wallace 'couldn't care less' if Trump attends Daytona 500 When it comes to safety, the sheriff can't take his foot off the gas, so he needs everyone else to. He suggests showing up early to get the best experience. 'You are going to want to see Air Force One, you're going to want to see the beast on the track, and because of the heightened level of security, everyone is getting searched. I mean let's face it, the world we live in today,' said Chitwood. Eyewitness News' coverage of the race will continue over the next few days. We will be at the track when the green flag drops on Sunday. Click here to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.
Yahoo
06-02-2025
- Politics
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Mayor of Deltona defends trip to D.C., saying he never went to inauguration
The Mayor of Deltona is speaking out for the first time after he was accused of going to the presidential inauguration on the city's dime. Mayor Santiago Avila Jr. said he was only in D.C. for the US Conference of Mayors. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS The mayor claims he did get approval for the trip. But he admits that approval didn't come from the commission. The mayor said the city manager was aware and signed off on it. We asked the city if that was true and were told the city manager doesn't have that power but is in favor of any commissioner attending events where decision-makers are present. Read: 7-year-old girl dies after junior drag racing accident in Orange County, family says 'I spoke to the city manager, I said look the U.S. Conference of mayors, I got a cool email from Senator Scott's office, they gave me a personal invitation to be at the inauguration,' said Mayor Avila. We learned the Mayor's Conference has a $1,500 registration fee and a city spokesperson said Deltona didn't pay for that. Instead, the spokesperson said Avila attended as someone's guest. Commissioner Dori Howington said she doesn't care why he was in D.C.; she just wanted to be made aware. Read: Florida citrus growers say disease, weather impacts could spell end of the industry 'That isn't a factor. Because the fact that he got there without our permission, that's a concern,' said Howington. Howington also believes city business could have been handled in Florida. 'He can travel within Florida! He can actually attend up to three conferences here in Florida without commission approval,' said Commissioner Howington. Read: State of hospitality and tourism discussed in Central Florida We asked the mayor if he was aware of the travel policy, and he said he was aware of one from 2013 but that commissioners were going off one from 2007. We looked at both policies and each says elected officials must get commission approval before traveling out of state. The commission has agreed to discuss a vote of no confidence for the mayor's actions at the Feb. 17 meeting. Click here to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Politics
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The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims and a philanthropist, dies at 88
The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world's millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate and poured a material empire built on billions of dollars in tithes into building homes, hospitals and schools in developing countries, died Tuesday. He was 88. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS His Aga Khan Development Network and the Ismaili religious community announced that His Highness Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims, died in Portugal surrounded by his family. His successor was designated in his will, which will be read in the presence of his family and religious leaders in Lisbon before the name is made public. The successor is chosen from among his male progeny or other relatives, according to the Ismaili community's website. It said his burial and will-reading will be held in the coming days, followed by an homage ceremony. Considered by his followers to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad and treated as a head of state, he was a student when his grandfather named him as successor to lead the diaspora of Ismaili Muslims, passing over his playboy father and saying his followers should be led by a young man 'who has been brought up in the midst of the new age.' Over decades, the Aga Khan evolved into a business magnate and a philanthropist, moving between the spiritual and the worldly with ease. Ceremonies were being held Tuesday in Ismaili communities in the U.S. and others were held elsewhere in the world Wednesday. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called him 'a symbol of peace, tolerance and compassion in our troubled world.' Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called him a very good friend and 'an extraordinarily compassionate global leader.' Condolences poured in online from charity groups he supported, as well as the equestrian world, where he was a well-known figure. The Aga Khan was given the title of 'His Highness' by Queen Elizabeth in July 1957, two weeks after his grandfather the Aga Khan III unexpectedly made him heir to the family's 1,300-year dynasty as leader of the Ismaili Muslim sect. He became the Aga Khan IV on Oct. 19, 1957, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on the spot where his grandfather once had his weight equaled in diamonds in gifts from his followers. He had left Harvard to be at his ailing grandfather's side, and returned to school 18 months later with an entourage and a deep sense of responsibility. 'I was an undergraduate who knew what his work for the rest of his life was going to be,' he said in a 2012 interview with Vanity Fair magazine. 'I don't think anyone in my situation would have been prepared.' A defender of Islamic culture and values, he was widely regarded as a builder of bridges between Muslim societies and the West despite — or perhaps because of — his reticence to become involved in politics. The Aga Khan Development Network, his main philanthropic organization, deals mainly with issues of health care, housing, education and rural economic development. It says it works in over 30 countries and has an annual budget of about $1 billion for nonprofit development activities. A network of hospitals bearing his name are scattered in places where health care had lacked for the poorest, including Bangladesh, Tajikistan and Afghanistan, where he spent tens of millions of dollars for development of local economies. The extent of the Aga Khan's financial empire is hard to measure. Some reports estimated his personal wealth to be in the billions. The Ismailis — a sect originally centered in India but which expanded to large communities in east Africa, Central and South Asia and the Middle East — consider it a duty to tithe up to 12.5% of their income to him as steward. 'We have no notion of the accumulation of wealth being evil,' he told Vanity Fair in 2012. 'The Islamic ethic is that if God has given you the capacity or good fortune to be a privileged individual in society, you have a moral responsibility to society.' The Ismaili community's website said he was born on Dec. 13, 1936, in Creux-de-Genthod, near Geneva, Switzerland, the son of Joan Yarde-Buller and Aly Khan, and spent part of his childhood in Nairobi, Kenya — where a hospital now bears his name. He became well-known as a horse breeder and owner, and he represented Iran in the 1964 Winter Olympics as a skier. His eye for building and design led him to establish an architecture prize, and programs for Islamic Architecture at MIT and Harvard. He restored ancient Islamic structures throughout the world. The Aga Khan lived at length in France and had been based in Portugal for the past several years. His development network and foundation are based in Switzerland. He is survived by three sons and a daughter and several here to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.
