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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Yahoo
CBI: Missing Center teen was not returned to parents
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is looking for a teen from Center, Colorado, in the San Luis Valley, who was not returned to her parents. According to CBI, 12-year-old Abiegail Fee is believed to be with 45-year-old Kristen Smith Keeton, who had not returned Fee to her custodial parents. Fee was last seen on Monday, May 19. Keeton was last seen in a blue 2008 GMC Yukon with Georgia license plate RVR4193. The Yukon was last seen in Colorado Springs around Kelly Johnson and North Academy Boulevards on Wednesday, May 21. Fee is described as a white girl with blonde hair and blue eyes, 5'8″ and 140 lbs. Keeton is described as a white woman with red hair and blue eyes, 5'4″, and 240 lbs. If you see Fee, you are encouraged to call 911 or the Center Police Department at (719) 655-2525. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Yahoo
Mass. State Trooper's cruiser struck by alleged drunk driver
MILTON, Mass. (WPRI) — Massachusetts State Police are investigating after they say an alleged drunk driver struck one of their cruisers early Saturday morning. Officials say around 3:00 a.m., a Dodge Durango struck the cruiser on I-93 South in Milton while the trooper was investigating a separate two-car crash. The trooper, who is not being identified at this time, was inside the vehicle at thew time of the accident. The driver of the Durango, later identified as Charles Keeton, 31, of Dedham, continued driving until another trooper stopped it just south of Exit 3. Keeton was arrested and charged with OUI Alcohol. He is expected to be arraigned Monday in Quincy District Court. The Trooper suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Download the and apps to get breaking news and weather alerts. Watch or with the new . Follow us on social media: Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
28-03-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Why are flags in Texas at half staff? Honoring Carole Keeton
Texas and American flags are flying at half staff in the Lone Star State on Friday to honor longtime public servant Carole Keeton . Keeton, also known as Carole Strayhorn, died on Wednesday at age 85. Keeton served two terms as the Texas State Comptroller , the first woman to occupy that office. She was also a three-term mayor of Austin and served on the Texas Railroad Commission and the Austin ISD Board of Trustees. She also mounted unsuccessful bids for governor and the U.S. House of Representatives. Gov. Greg Abbott issued a proclamation on Thursday for flags to be lowered to half staff until sunset on Friday. Flags at the state Capitol and state cemetery will also be at half staff on the day of her burial, the proclamation said. "As a mark of respect for her public service as school board president, state insurance commissioner, mayor, railroad commissioner, and comptroller, it is fitting that flags be lowered to half-staff in her honor," Abbott said in the proclamation. "On behalf of Texas, the First Lady and I offer our thoughts and prayers on behalf of the Keeton family in their time of mourning. I urge all Texans to appropriately remember Carole's service to Texas." In an obituary published online , her sons wrote, "Her tireless dedication and ability to get things done were unmatched. She stood firm on principle, always focused on what was best for those she served and doing the right thing the right way."
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Former Austin Mayor Carole Keeton dies at 85: 'One tough grandma'
Carole Keeton, who went from being a 37-year-old mayor of Austin as a single mother of four boys to the "one tough grandma" in charge of Texas' finances a generation later, was remembered as a political trailblazer with a dervish-like personality that "filled a room." She died around midday Wednesday surrounded by family in the home in Austin's Tarrytown neighborhood that her grandparents had built. She was 85. "Mom was first in a lot of things — first woman mayor of Austin, first woman comptroller, but first of all she was a mom and a grandma," said her son Brad McClellan, an Austin lawyer. "Always the most important things were her sons — my brothers — and her grandkids. There's no question about that." Keeton, the daughter of a legendary dean of the University of Texas law school and the mother of a White House press secretary, served three terms as Austin mayor from 1977 until 1983. Austin's current mayor, Kirk Watson, said Keeton's imprint on the city and on Texas is lasting and genuine. "Carole Keeton was a historic figure in Austin and the state," said Watson, whose first stint as mayor came after Keeton was the first woman to hold that office. "Importantly, she gave so much of herself to the city and state she loved and to the people both as a community and individually." Before serving as mayor, Keeton was the first woman to preside over the Austin school board. And after her city service, she was three times elected to statewide office. "She was a powerful personality that filled a room and pushed people to think about the future but also made you laugh at the drop of a hat," Watson said. Keeton — who also was known as Carole Keeton, Carole Keeton McClellan, Carole Keeton Rylander and Carole Keeton Strayhorn during her long public service career — after serving as mayor, made an unsuccessful bid in 1986 to unseat longtime U.S. Rep. J.J. "Jake" Pickle, running as a Republican in the heavily Democratic district. Eight years later, she was elected to one of three seats on the Texas Railroad Commission. In 1998, she won a razor-close race to be the state's top financial officer. An irrepressible campaigner, Keeton announced that she would challenge incumbent Gov. Rick Perry in the 2006 Republican primary. It was an uphill battle from the start, so she shifted gears and rebranded herself as an independent. Keeton came in third in a crowded field that also featured Democratic former U.S. Rep. Chris Bell and entertainer Kinky Friedman, who also ran as an independent. An attempted comeback as a candidate for Austin mayor in 2009 also came up short. Keeton' father was W. Page Keeton, who was the UT law school's dean from 1949 until 1974. And her youngest son, Scott McClellan, served as White House press secretary during President George W. Bush's administration. During her career holding statewide political office, Keeton embraced the nickname of "One tough grandma," which became both her moniker and her campaign slogan. Known for a rapid-fire speaking style that included her own coined aphorisms, including "the Girl Scout Cookie Index" to measure economic conditions and "too much month at the end of the money" to illustrate the challenges of people living paycheck to paycheck, Keeton campaigned as a relatable everywoman in Texas. More: Strayhorn calls for energy referendum Former Austin Mayor Ron Mullen, who served on the City Council in the late 1970s and early 1980s with Keeton and succeeded her as mayor, said she "was really quite an achiever." "To think about the frontiers that she overcame being a woman," Mullen said. "She was a unique person who really was a high achiever to help our city grow and flourish." Brad McClellan, one of Keeton's four sons, said his mother's public life was just part of his upbringing and continued after he and his brothers had grown and started families of their own. He recalled that in her first campaign for mayor, she was the only woman in the crowded field. She earned a spot in the runoff and won the race in a nail-biter that was not finally decided until the wee hours of the morning after the election. Supporters of the other candidates, McClellan recalled, said the rigors of being mayor of Austin was "too tough for a woman." "This is 1977 Austin, Texas, even then the most progressive liberal city in Texas," he said. But, McClellan added, even as a single mother, Keeton had more than enough energy for every aspect of her life. "She'd be doing laundry in the middle of the night, and then get up to take us to school," he said. "And then she'd go to City Council. I don't think she ever slept." Keeton remained politically involved even after her days of seeking public office had ended. In 2012, her organization Austinites For Action helped pass a proposition to improve access to health care in Travis County with a modest increase in property taxes. And in her only social media post on the platform Threads on Nov. 1, just days before Election Day, Keeton made an impassioned plea on behalf of Democratic presidential nominee and then-Vice President Kamala Harris as well as for U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, who was challenging incumbent Ted Cruz for U.S. Senate. "I vote for protecting individual freedoms and rights in law and in reality, putting families first, a government for all the people unifying and caring not controlling, and a government in the sunshine for truth," she wrote under the handle "onetoughgrandma." Such actions, McClellan said, underscored her commitment to public spiritedness. "She was born in Austin, Texas, and died in Austin, Texas," her son said. "She loved this city and this state more than anything besides the family." In addition to Brad and Scott McClellan, Keeton is survived by sons Mark and Dudley McClellan, and nine grandchildren. Keeton's family will be holding a private service for her and will organize a public memorial in the next couple of months, according to her obituary. This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Former Austin Mayor, Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton dies
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Reported plan to curtail federal funds for HIV prevention alarms provider
Vivent Health conducts tests for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Federal funds that cover the cost of those tests and other HIV prevention services are being considered for drastic reductions. (Photo courtesy of Vivent Health) Wisconsin stands to lose at least $1.2 million a year to help prevent the spread of HIV if the federal government follows through on reported plans to drastically cut HIV prevention. The Wall Street Journal reported this week that the administration of President Donald Trump was planning sharp reductions at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Division of HIV Prevention housed there. The U.S. spends about $1.3 billion annually on HIV prevention. That includes just over $1.2 million that goes to the Wisconsin division of Vivent Health, a multistate nonprofit specializing in care for people who have HIV or are at risk of being infected. Vivent Health's federal HIV prevention grant comes through the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. A department spokesperson said the agency could not provide the total it receives each year in federal HIV prevention funds by the end of the day Thursday. At Vivent, the money has helped reach tens of thousands of people across the state to help them avoid infection with the human immunodeficiency virus, said Bill Keeton, Vivent's vice president and chief advocacy officer. The funds are used for outreach to people who are vulnerable for HIV, he said. They cover the costs of testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. They also cover services to help people who are candidates for medication that can prevent HIV infection as well as medication after being exposed to the virus. 'We do thousands of tests a year throughout the state,' said Keeton. Vivent has 10 clinics around in Wisconsin and additional mobile clinics for outreach to people who use drugs. Drug use can heighten the risk of transmitting HIV, he said. In addition, HIV prevention funds cover condom distribution and other methods of harm reduction, Keeton said, along with education to help people learn how to use condoms properly and other ways to protect themselves from HIV infection. 'These are services and programs that are designed to reach out and provide education, testing and resources designed to prevent HIV from occurring,' Keeton said. 'These dollars that we get from the federal government comprise the lion's share of the resources we get to do this work.' In 2024, Vivent in Wisconsin provided 2,200 HIV tests, about half that number for Hepatitis C and nearly 1,900 for other primary sexually transmitted infections. The organization distributed 300,000 condoms and 2.7 million clean syringes for drug users. American taxpayers and health care consumers will bear the brunt of these shortsighted policy changes. – Bill Keeton, vice president and chief advocacy officer at Vivent Health Vivent assisted 369 people with navigating the decision to use pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, daily medication to ward off the HIV virus in a person who is not already infected. Vivent has 678 patients in Wisconsin using PrEP. The CDC has reported HIV infections have fallen by 12% nationally, from 36,300 in 2018 to 31,800 in 2022. Cutting off prevention funds could reverse that trend, Keeton said, and would be a setback to efforts to end HIV — an objective that has been embraced by the last three presidential administrations, including Trump's in his first term. 'New diagnoses will increase,' Keeton said. 'New transmissions will occur — unfortunately, that means people will take on $500,000 in lifetime health care costs managing their HIV.' People will get sick, deaths will increase along with the difficulty of managing chronic illness that would otherwise be avoidable, he said, along with increasing health costs. 'American taxpayers and health care consumers will bear the brunt of these shortsighted policy changes,' Keeton said. With continued support, however, those outcomes can be avoided. 'We have the tools, we have the science, we have the interventions that can work to end HIV,' he said. 'What we lack is the resources.' Keeton told the Wisconsin Examiner that Vivent and other providers of HIV-related care started getting word earlier this week that the HIV prevention division was 'getting a lot of attention' in the White House. He acknowledged that replacing the federal money would be a challenge given the $1 billion price tag it would carry nationally. Other organizations involved in HIV health care and advocacy are looking at mounting a court challenge if the Trump administration follows through on the proposal to cut the prevention programs. For now, however, Vivent's focus is on heading off the potential cuts. Keeton said the organization is advocating with members of Congress and encouraging them to 'weigh in with the administration' to keep prevention programs funded. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
