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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Yahoo
Here's why a Springfield attorney was suspended for 2 years
A Springfield attorney has been suspended for two years for falsifying work records. The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, which operates under the state's Supreme Court, last week ruled on the case of Salena Rachelle Young after a complaint was submitted in 2024. Young "knowingly" submitted timesheets to the Illinois Attorney General's office showing she worked full days while she also worked part-time as a Sangamon County assistant public defender and operated a solo law practice. More: New technology, 'realistic budgets': New police chief, fire chief detail what's ahead In a separate case, Young's husband, Jason Paul Young, was also suspended by the ARDC in late 2024. On at least three dozen occasions, according to the complaint, Salena Young falsified worked work between November 2021 and June 2023. As a public defender, Young handled juvenile abuse and neglect cases. The ARDC said after leaving the attorney general's office, Young worked as an attorney for the city of Springfield and during that time allegedly forwarded emails to her "romantic partner." Young no longer works for the city. Young's suspension is effective on June 12. Jason Young was suspended for 90 days, also for submitting false timesheets. According to the ARDC website, Jason Young made court appearances on at least 18 occasions in Morgan County for his wife while he was working as an assistant attorney general. Contact Steven Spearie: 217-622-1788; sspearie@ X, This article originally appeared on State Journal-Register: Springfield attorney suspended for falsifying work records
South Wales Argus
12-05-2025
- South Wales Argus
Blackwood drink-driver sent to prison for 20 weeks
Newport Magistrates' Court heard how Jason Young, 45, was stopped on Libanus Road in Blackwood at the wheel of a Volkswagen Scirocco car. He was found guilty of drink-driving with 137 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. Young's offence took place on March 26, 2024. The defendant Montclaire Avenue, Blackwood was locked up for 20 weeks and banned from driving for 50 months. He was also ordered to pay £650 costs and a £154 surcharge. Young also admitted failing to surrender on June 18 last year.
ABC News
11-05-2025
- Science
- ABC News
Logan council drone survey maps out koala habitat tohelp protect endangered species
A buzzing sound fills the usually calm evening air on the edge of a forest in Logan, south of Brisbane. The sun sinks fast, taking the warmth with it and bringing an autumn chill. Locals begin gathering near a group of people clustered around monitors. They wonder: 'What's going on? What is that noise?'. Then they see it — a drone about the size of a bedside table, hovering in the dark. A powerful spotlight beams from beneath it, scanning the surrounding bushland. Operators are using thermal cameras, mounted to the drone, to detect heat signatures in their search for koalas and other endangered animals that call the area home. It's part of a large count of the marsupials underway to try and better protect their habitat. "What we see from the sensors is like a light bulb inside a tree," operator Jason Young said. "We go and take a closer look, and we have a very, very bright light that we turn on and then a high-definition camera that we can zoom in … while maintaining that distance away from the animal. He's searching for the koalas on behalf of the Logan City Council, who are undertaking a census of their population to better understand the local numbers. Mayor Jon Raven said this $25,000 project was the first time the council had undertaken an extensive, detailed and accurate study of the region's koala population. "So that means it's really important we get out there and find these koalas and understand how they're moving through our city." The data, Mr Raven said, would also be used to help determine future planning needs for the city. "The data that we collect through this will inform our new planning scheme and help us to make sure that the wildlife corridors we already have strategically mapped out across the city are fit for purpose — now and into the future." While new for Logan, it's not the first time drones have been used to count koala populations. Other searches have taken place on the Gold Coast and in across north Queensland. Queensland's Environment Department also has their own similar technology. "It hasn't been around for very long … it's pretty new." But conservationists believe — while studying population numbers is a good start — more needs to be done to protect koala habitat. "It's good that we're looking to see how many koalas they are, because south-east Queensland is critical for koala," Dave Copeman from the Queensland Conservation Council said. "The koala is endangered, and we are seeing numbers dropping. "We don't have a current census, and so this counting is really important, because we need to know if the precipitous decline in koala numbers has stabilised or not." An update to the Queensland government's koala conservation strategy is expected this year, as are several other counts of populations around the state. But Mr Copeman said he was concerned by large Priority Development Areas (PDAs) earmarked across south-east Queensland — including large housing developments in Logan, Ipswich and Moreton — that were planned for land on, or near, koala habitat. "If you're putting roads through koala habitat, you see more car strikes. If you're building houses in there, you get more dog attacks, and ultimately also the more koalas are compressed, you see higher stress in the population, and that results in less resilience and greater disease," he said. "So, the most important thing councils can do is protect the habitat that's there and be involved in restoring areas. "The science is clear. We need to [be building] up, not out." He suggested this could involve more "gentle density" in areas that already had stronger population bases. "If we keep doing these giant new PDA developments in the last vestiges of remnant forest in south-east Queensland, we are signing a death warrant for the koala," he said. It would also benefit the community and economy, according to Mr Copeman. "It means that you're not sprawling out and then requiring more expensive developments of schools and services," he said. "That's the best result for south-east Queensland nature.
