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Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
WWII Veteran turns 100; shares about his time in the Army
GATE CITY, Va. (WJHL)- World War II veteran Hubert McClellan just turned 100 years old on Tuesday, May 27. 'I was in the infantry in the platoons. We carried the mortar weapons,' he said. McClellan spent most of his time in Rome after he was drafted into the Army. 'We were following a tank corps, and we were moving so fast that the German tank corps passed… They captured it,' he said. 'We used the same spring [as the Italians] for water. They'd fire shots. Nobody would fire at each other. They'd just shoot every once in a while… if you went to get water, they'd fire a couple of rounds over your head just to let you know that they were still there.' Sister of fallen Blountville soldier reminds people of true meaning behind Memorial Day He remembers the day he found out President Roosevelt died. 'They got everybody together and was telling them about that,' McClellan said. 'Then the Germans launched a few shells over and killed two or three at that.' McClellan ended up in the kitchen, on the advice of his friend. He mostly drew up rations. 'He signed us up [to be] cooks. I said, 'I can't boil water.' He said I can't neither,' McClellan recalled. 'But he said I thought it'd be safer, so that's where I spent my time in Rome.' The Army helped him get his education after he got out. He then landed a job at Eastman. He's also been involved in the Gate City community. 'About 63 years I've been in Civitan,' he said. 'It gives you a sense of helping people. And we help a lot of people and a lot of things, and all clubs do that.' Friends and family gathered at the Civitan Park to celebrate his milestone birthday. 'I just keep breathing, I don't know why I'm here. I don't think I've done anything different,' he said. 'They just haven't rung the bell yet.' News Channel 11 asked McClellan what he did to make it to this milestone. 'I tried to take care of myself, and if I have a sickness, I don't try to doctor myself,' he said. He also encouraged others to get involved in their community, whether it be a club or a church, because he fears volunteerism is dying out. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
St. Louis nonprofit executive admits $2.3 million student meal fraud
ST. LOUIS – The owner of a St. Louis nonprofit appeared in federal court Tuesday and admitted defrauding the Missouri government of millions of dollars that were intended to be used to feed low-income Missouri children before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said Cymone McClellan, 32, owned and operated the nonprofit Sister of Lavender Rose (SOLR). From January 2019 to June 2022, McClellan filed phony reimbursement claims to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) as part of the Food and Nutrition Programs for Children. McClellan served 860,876 meals to children but only bought enough food and milk to feed fewer than a quarter of those meals. As a result, she defrauded the state out of approximately $2.3 million. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now McClellan admitted providing fake sign-in sheets for meal recipients and food distribution locations and submitted fraudulent management plans claiming the Missouri funds were being spent properly. Prosecutors said McClellan used $60,000 in state money to make a down payment on a home in Collinsville, Illinois. She spent another $86,172 on a home in Florissant, Missouri. She used nearly $135,000 to buy five vehicles: a 2021 Chevrolet Traverse, a 2012 Chevrolet Express G3500 van, a 2020 Mercedes-Benz Metris van, a 2012 Ford E350 box truck, and a 2018 Lexus RX SUV. McClellan pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. As part of her plea, McClellan agreed to forfeit the vehicles and houses she purchased with her ill-gotten gains. She'll be sentenced on Aug. 26 and will also be ordered to repay the rest of the money she stole. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Yahoo
Law enforcement links suspects to multiple crimes
May 24—An ex-convict accused of robbing a burrito stand at gunpoint last month is now facing multiple other charges after police said they've linked him to the arson of a church and multiple burglaries throughout West Texas. John Houston McClellan, 33, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated robbery April 6, two days after three men entered the Chavito's Burrito stand on South Moss around 7 a.m. and found the owner inside. According to an Ector County Sheriff's Office report, one of the men put a pistol to the woman's forehead and ordered her to the ground after which the trio robbed her of $1,800 in cash and other items, the report stated. Before leaving, the men broke the woman's phone and told her not to get up, the report stated. On April 6, authorities found the suspects' vehicle being driven by McClellan, the report stated. According to the report, another person inside the vehicle gave details of the robbery they'd learned from McClellan and another suspect — details only the suspects could know. According to the report, McClellan told the cooperating witness he was the suspect with the pistol. McClellan posted a $120,000 surety bond and was released from the Ector County jail April 9. According to court documents released Friday, on the same day McClellan was arrested on the robbery charge, authorities were investigating a subset of the Aryan Brotherhood and the theft of several safes, $220,000 in cash and three shotguns from a business in Crane when a suspect in that case admitted she'd stolen two assault rifles and a handgun from a residence for McClellan and his friend, Jeran Loschiavo, 31. On April 18, authorities developed information leading them to believe that McClellan stole a 2000 H1 Hummer, valued at $100,000, a 2009 Harley Davidson motorcycle valued at $6,000 and a 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe valued at $50,000 from CMT Storage on Faudree Road, the reports stated. Then, on April 19, deputies were dispatched to Goldsmith Grocery, 2023 W. Gulf, on a burglary call. They discovered two safes containing cash, tobacco products and lottery tickets were taken. According to the reports, during the investigation, deputies received information the stolen items could be found at a trailer in the 4800 block of North Golder Avenue. They were also informed McClellan, Loschiavo and a third man, Christopher Glenn, 34, were doing burglaries throughout Ector County and other parts of West Texas. In searching the vehicles on the Golder Avenue property and a trailer, deputies found items from the Goldsmith burglary and other burglaries in Ector and Howard counties, including some that had been taken from CMT Storage, the reports stated. Glenn, a Midland resident, was arrested on suspicion of two counts of theft of property and several outstanding Ector County warrants. Loschiavo, an Odessa resident, was arrested on April 29 on suspicion of possession of stolen property, theft of property $150,000-$300,000, two counts of theft of firearm and two counts of engaging in criminal activity He was released May 4 after posting surety bonds totaling $405,000. McClellan was arrested on April 26 on suspicion of burglary of a building in a Crane County case and he was released from the Ector County jail the same day after posting a $5,000 surety bond. According to the recently released reports, dispatchers received a report the Second Chance Fellowship, 812 W. Hillmont, was on fire around 3:45 a.m. May 9. During the subsequent investigation, authorities learned a $4,000 cargo trailer and sound equipment valued at $15,000 was stolen roughly four hours before the fire broke out. They obtained security camera footage showing the burglary and a few hours later, a Dodge pickup truck belonging Loschiavo pulling into the alley near the church and two men getting out minutes before the fire, the report stated. According to the reports, a cooperating witness identified Loschiavo, McClellan and a third man as being involved in the incident. The witness also said McClellan sold the sound equipment the morning after the burglary and he split the proceeds with Loschiavo. The reports indicate McClellan confessed to selling the equipment, but said another person borrowed Loschiavo's pickup truck, burglarized the church and started the fire. McClellan was booked into the Ector County jail May 14 on suspicion of theft of property $150,000-$300,000, possession of stolen property, theft of firearm, arson at a place of worship, two counts of engaging in organized criminal activity, theft of property and burglary of a building. His bond was set at $545,000, but he's also being held without bail for allegedly violating his parole and for allegedly being a fugitive from justice in a Lea County, New Mexico, case. According to Ector County District Court records, McClellan was sentenced to six years in prison in June 2022 after pleading guilty to engaging in organized criminal activity. Under the terms of his plea agreement, burglary of a building and evading arrest charges were dismissed. Loschiavo was arrested Thursday on suspicion of arson of a place of worship, engaging in organized criminal activity, theft of property and burglary of a building. He was booked into the Ector County jail and his bail has been set at $145,000. There are no jail records showing an arrest for the third suspect in the arson case, although jail records indicate the ex-convict was released from the Ector County jail April 1 after posting bond in a case involving drugs, endangerment and firearm charges.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Virginia Dem: GOP tax cuts would be on ‘backs of millions of Americans'
Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-Va.) warned during an appearance on NewsNation's 'The Hill Sunday' that the tax cuts that have been floated in GOP budget proposals would hurt 'millions of Americans' who rely on Medicaid and food stamps. 'This budget is going to make the tax cuts permanent on the backs of millions of Americans losing their health care and millions of Americans losing access to SNAP benefits,' McClellan told host Chris Stirewalt on Sunday. Republicans have been trying to cobble together a budget resolution to advance President Trump's agenda, including cementing tax cuts implemented during his first administration, while making deep spending cuts. Current savings proposals include establishing Medicaid work requirements on 'able-bodied' adults and forcing states to share the cost of food assistance programs for the first time. Republicans have pointed to potentially billions of dollars in savings captured if states implement new work requirements for some Medicaid recipients, but McClellan said she's forcefully pushing back on the idea, as it could kick some people off the rolls who need health care coverage. 'In Virginia, when we expanded Medicaid, we looked at work requirements and found they were more trouble than it's worth,' said McClellan, who was a Virginia state senator from 2017 to 2023 and state House member before that. 'The administrative cost to create and run that system would eat up any life savings that Virginia would get.' 'States that have put work requirements in place have found that the administrative cost is higher than the savings,' she said. Similarly, some Republicans have proposed that states take on some of the funding for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly called food stamps, as well as narrowing SNAP eligibility requirements and preventing future increases in monthly benefits. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
18-05-2025
- Health
- The Hill
Virginia Dem: GOP tax cuts would be on ‘backs of millions of Americans'
Rep. Jennifer McClellen (D-Va.) warned during an appearance on News Nation's 'The Hill Sunday,' that the tax cuts that have been floated in GOP budget proposals would hurt 'millions of Americans' who rely on Medicaid and food stamps. 'This budget is going to make the tax cuts permanent on the backs of millions of Americans losing their health care and millions of Americans losing access to SNAP benefits,' McClellan told host Chris Stirewalt on Sunday.' Republicans have been trying to cobble together a budget resolution to advance President Trump's agenda, including cementing tax cuts implemented during his first administration, while making deep spending cuts. Current savings proposals include establishing Medicaid work requirements on 'able-bodied' adults and forcing states to share the cost of food assistance programs for the first time. Republicans have pointed to potentially billions of dollars in savings captured if states implement new work requirements for some Medicaid recipients, but McClellan said she's forcefully pushing back on the idea as it could kick some people off the rolls who need health care coverage. 'In Virginia, when we expanded Medicaid, we looked at work requirements and found there were more trouble than it's worth,' said McClellan, who was a Virginia state senator from 2017 to 2023 and state House member before that. 'The administrative cost to create and run that system would eat up any of life savings that Virginia would get.' 'States that have put work requirements in place have found that the administrative cost is higher than the savings,' she said. Similarly, some Republicans have proposed that states take on some of the funding for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly called food stamps, as well as narrowing SNAP eligibility requirements and preventing future increases in monthly benefits.
