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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Tunnel to Towers gives mortgage-free home to fallen Air Force veteran's family in Fort Walton Beach
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (WKRG) — The family of Air Force Master Sergeant Chrystal Stuckey, who died in 2017 from a service-connected illness, can now live with a roof — not a mortgage — over their head. Mobile firefighters respond to morning blaze; children among those treated Massive bull shark caught outside mouth of Mobile Bay The Tunnel to Towers Foundation provided the family with a mortgage-free home in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, in honor of Memorial Day, according to a Tunnel to Towers news release. The home is one of 25 that the foundation will be giving out to Gold Star families nationwide this holiday. MSgt. Stuckey came from a military family and followed her father's footsteps, enlisting in the Air Force in 1998. She served in the Air Force for nearly two decades before her death, the release said. While stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, she met her husband, Deverris. 'We shared the same work ethic, values and morals,' Deverris said of his wife. 'Chrystal was the best wife, mother and friend any man or child could have.' MSgt. Stuckey was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal and Air Force Achievement Medal during her service, the release said. 'In tribute to her service, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation ensures that Deverris and their four children now have a forever home that is a testament to MSgt Stuckey's legacy,' the release said. Truck and dump truck crash head-on in Mobile; man critically injured The Tunnel to Towers Foundation's Gold Star Family Home Program honors those who have made the ultimate sacrifice by providing the spouses and young children left behind with mortgage-free homes or paying off their mortgages, the release said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Franklin State of the City address highlights road widening project, resources for crime victims
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WKRN) – Franklin held its annual State of the City address Wednesday morning, talking about a wide range of topics, one of those being a widening project in the works. Mayor Ken Moore invited city administrator Eric Stuckey onto the stage to talk about the Mack Hatcher Parkway widening project. Stuckey showed a snapshot of Mack Hatcher during rush hour, cars bumper to bumper, which he said consistently causes frustration for Franklin residents. Neighborhood News: Stories impacting your community | Read More The city is proposing that a portion of the 2026 budget be dedicated to funding in partnership with TDOT for widening the road from two lanes to four lanes, both Mack Hatcher Southeast and Northwest. He says the widening will be crucial to alleviating traffic on that road, they just need to secure more funding. 'We've gotten some initial good news. Southeast has been included in the initial round of its 10-year capital program. It's not fully funded, we've got a little bit left to go, so we're still working on that. Northwest is not yet funded, there's a second round of funding, because the governor recommended up to $1 billion in additional one-time infrastructure funding,' said Stuckey. The mayor also brought up members of the police department, including Chief Deborah Faulkner, to discuss things happening at their agency. Faulkner talked about how the department has done a lot of things to improve the internal health of the department and each individual officer. Police officers see so much on a day-to-day basis, so they have routine checks for their officers to make sure they are mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually well. However, a new position the department just created focuses on counseling victims of crimes. Chief Faulkner said a lot of times their officers act as counselors to victims, but having someone who is solely dedicated to that role has become essential. 'A victim support counselor can provide crisis intervention and referral assistance to the victim, not just that day, but for many days and weeks and months to come, because it needs to be a continual check-in.' ⏩ Read today's top stories on Another new thing for the department is updated traffic light technology that allows first responders to change red lights to green so they can get to scenes faster. Do you have news happening in your neighborhood? Let us know by sending an email to neighborhoodnews@ Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WKRN News 2.
BBC News
04-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Bronze Age Cambridgeshire debris hoard 'like our recycling bins'
A hoard of metal fragments found on farmland was the Bronze Age equivalent of a modern-day recycling bin, an expert stash of copper-alloy debris, dating back more than 2,000 years, was found by a metal detectorist David Stuckey from Stevenage in a field in Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, in December county's finds liaison officer, Helen Fowler, said the hoard was most likely deposited in one go to be melted down later, once there was enough metal to make the process worthwhile."The hoard is like our blue recycling bins here [in parts of Cambridgeshire]," she said. The hoard is the subject of a treasure inquest and Cambridge University's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology hopes to acquire it, subject to 66 fragments date from the late Bronze Age - between 1050BC and 800BC - and include chapes, pieces of metal used to protect the sharp end of a bladed item such as a a report to the Cambridgeshire coroner ahead of a decision on whether it should be declared treasure, Mrs Fowler and colleague Dr Edward Caswell, finds liaison officer for Oxfordshire, referred to the items as a "founder's hoard".The term is used to describe a collection of bits and pieces gathered together by a metalworker - or a smith, or a founder - for re-melting at a later report stated: "The objects were found in close proximity and are associated, therefore representing a single find all of which appears to have been deposited in the late Bronze [Age]. "As such this represents a collection of more than two base metal objects of prehistoric date and consequently qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 (Designation Order 2002)." Mr Stuckey, 69, said he had been detecting on the land where he found the hoard for about seven years."About a foot down I suddenly saw fragments of green-coloured metal coming out of the hole. I picked up the pieces and could see that they were bronze fragments of 'something'," he said."As more pieces came out I noticed that some of them had identifiable characteristics of Bronze Age metalwork."Afterwards I showed the hoard to the landowner, who was very excited by what I'd found."Mr Stuckey said there were Bronze Age barrows (burial mounds) on the land, so to find artefacts from that period was of great interest to its owner."Being pre-historic I was obliged by law to report the find," he there was a significant delay because of the Covid-19 pandemic, meaning he could not deliver the hoard to be properly assessed by an expert."It was quite some time before I was asked to bring the hoard in, followed by a two-year wait until I heard anything more," he said. The hoard contained a number of "plate fragments" that Mrs Fowler said were the most intriguing to said "plates", generally, were "a bit of a mystery" to archaeologists."We're not sure what they are yet, but mystery is one of the nice things about archaeology. There are more questions than answers - always," she said."There is lots of research to be done on these Bronze Age plates - we need to know more and that's what's most intriguing to me." But, whatever these items were, they were almost certainly destined for the scrap heap."We certainly didn't invent recycling and in the Bronze Age you would save up everything until you had enough to melt down for something else as the melting process takes a lot of work," said Mrs the hoard was acquired by a museum, it would provide "the potential for future research, and that's what is important", she added. Follow Cambridgeshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Dream Flights takes senior veterans to the sky for free lifetime experiences
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS)—Dream Flights is a nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring the service and sacrifice of America's senior veterans through a life-changing flight. In a 15-minute flight, veterans as young as 105 years old experience the freedom and exhilaration of being 1,000 feet in the sky in an open-cockpit biplane. 'Communication is difficult in this open-cockpit airplane, but we are able to see each other through a little mirror underneath the wing so a lot of the times I can see their emotions and I live for that,' said Hunter Stuckey, volunteer pilot with Dream Flights. Stuckey has been with the organization for five years. Veterans advocate says he is working to understand rapid change at VA for La. vets Prior to the flights, all veterans from nursing and rehabilitation centers were recognized with certificates. Facilities participating in this event included Garden Park Nursing and Rehabilitation, Cypress Point Nursing and Rehabilitation, Roseview Nursing and Rehabilitation, Magnolia Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation, Southern Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation, and Harmony House Nursing and Rehabilitation. Jennifer Peters, Administrator for Garden Park Nursing and Rehabilition Center said, 'for many of them, it did trigger stories, but to include their families now, see them get recognized for their service, and to fly over the city and get that view, I mean it's exhilarating not one of them has not got off the plane saying how much they loved it.' For the senior veterans who wanted to fly, Byrd High School JROTC honored them while they walked to salutes. Stuckey, Dream Flights Crew Chief Jenny Garza, and major sponsors helped each veteran on and off the plane, ensuring safety as some veterans used wheelchairs. Heather Ainsworth, Area Manager for SportClips, has been working with the nonprofit for seven years. She says the experience is emotional and rewarding. More Veterans' stories 'My first one was actually here at this airport. And that one was a little emotional, it makes me a little emotional now because my grandfather actually served so and he's not here anymore so you know, you get the see the families bond together and be able to support you know the people who have served whether it was World War II or whether it's now,' said Ainsworth. Dream Flights says the program 'closes the generation gap and opens us up to a clearer understanding of ourselves and our world.' After a flight with one of the veterans, Stuckey said, 'Truman here was a helicopter mechanic back in the day and so he is very interested in aviation and had just a blast in the airplane. He said he didn't have much experience with fixed wing aircraft, so he was really looking forward to this flight, and he had so much fun. I was watching him in the mirror, and he was all smiles.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBC
15-04-2025
- CBC
Stories of suffering and hope emerge at discussion of homelessness
In taking a hard look at London's struggles with addiction, mental health and homelessness, Nigel Stuckey's documentary film Atrocity pulls few punches. Among the unhoused people he interviews is a man who reveals for the camera crippling burns and skin infections, the result of living outside. In another interview that a security guard tries to end, a couple in Victoria Park explain their inability to escape fentanyl addiction. Another man struggling with addiction explains the challenges of supporting a $400-a-day habit through petty crime, including shoplifting. The interviews put human faces to the grim toll the combined crises of opioid addiction, missing mental health supports and a lack of affordable housing are having on downtown London. About 200 people attended Monday's screening at The Palace Theatre in London's Old East Village, a neighbourhood hit particularly hard by addiction and housing scarcity. After the screening Stuckey, along with city councillors Sam Trosow and Susan Stevenson and Chantelle McDonald of London Cares took part in a panel discussion about the film and the troubling reality it raises. Last winter was 'inhumane' Stuckey had some of the strongest comments. He was particularly horrified at what he witnessed in January when overnight temperatures dipped to -20 C and the city, under pressure from service agencies, opened an emergency shelter at the Carling Heights Optimist Centre. "What happened last winter was deplorable," said Stuckey, who prior to making Atrocity spent years as a police officer in London. "It can't happen again. It was inhumane." Some spoke of the ongoing challenges at Watson Park, the homeless encampment that was the scene of a fire and explosions last week. Some city councillors say the encampment should be removed, but with few clear answers about where to relocate its displaced residents. Also featured in the film and joining the panel discussion was Lauralea Collins. During her interview in the film Stuckey captures Collins only a few months into a period of sobriety and speaking about the fear of living in a tent. Since then, Collins has managed to find a path to living housed and drug-free. "It took me a lot of self-will, and self-care," she said in an interview with CBC News after the panel discussion wrapped up. It was a meeting with someone working for St. Joe's Cafe, which operates drop-in meals for people in need, that helped point her in the right direction, Collins said. She's now working as a peer support worker. Although no longer living outside, she's trying to help those who still do. "In the winter I had six individuals come and stay with me in my two-bedroom apartment just so they could stay warm with their animals," she said. The city needs to do more to reverse a problem "that isn't getting better, it's getting worse," Trosow said. Stevenson derided the city's response, which she said isn't funding enough permanent overnight beds. "Something is clearly not working in the city," she said. For his part, Stuckey said he's not done turning his camera onto the Londoners left desperate as they face addiction, mental health challenges a lack of housing or all three. He plans to focus his next film on Cheryl Sheldon, a London who died last year in what police have described as an intimate partner killing. Sheldon was turned away from one London shelter the day she was found severely injured in her apartment.
