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USA Today
13-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Two Notre Dame football stars, Drayk Bowen and Jaiden Ausberry, host a youth camp
Notre Dame football's family is all about the community, and over the weekend linebacker's Drayk Bowen and Jaiden Ausberry did exactly that. The pair hosted the inaugural Jr. Irish Football Camp in Butler, Indiana, giving some of the local youth some high-level instruction as reported by WANE15's Josh Ayen. It comes after star running back Jeremiyah Love did the same for the South Bend community. It's pretty great to see the current players using their platform to show that they aren't just making plays on Saturday, but that they genuinely care about the next wave of college football stars. Notre Dame continues to show that they not only recruit great players, but great young men as well. They all understand what Irish football means to the state, and while they are just about to start fall camp, they still have enough time to host an event like this. While this was the first one, hopefully this is the beginning of an annual tradition where Bowen and Ausberry are giving back to the kids.
New York Post
01-06-2025
- New York Post
Video captures white men in biker-gang gear spewing racial slurs, beating black man in Indiana bar
Viral video captured a group of white men in matching biker-gang vests spewing racial slurs as they violently attacked a black man at an Indiana bar, according to authorities and reports. The attackers, whose vests said, 'Outlaw' — the title of an infamous biker gang — launched the brutal beatdown Friday night at Pike's Pub in Waynedale, according to the footage and outlets. Screams erupted from patrons as the brawlers knocked over drinks on tables, the clip shows. 3 A group of white men in biker-gang vests began to pummel a black man to the ground after yelling racial slurs, video shows. LongTimeHistory/X Advertisement Police responded to the bar around 11 p.m. in response to a call about a potentially intoxicated person who needed to be removed from the bar, the Allen County Sheriff's Department said in a press release. When cops arrived, the victim did not want to provide information on the men who attacked him, authorities said. The victim was then taken to an area hospital in fair condition, police said. Advertisement 3 The victim of the brutal beatdown did not want to give information on the men responsible when cops arrived, police said. LongTimeHistory/X The owner of Pike's Pub, Kelley Rost, who was not at the bar when the altercation occurred, said the man had refused to pay his bill, which provoked the attack, WANE 15 reported. 'There are two sides to every story,' Rost told the outlet. The attackers appeared to be affiliated with the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, a notorious biker group in Fort Wayne. Advertisement A 2013 Federal Case convicted two members of the Fort Wayne chapter for engaging in 'extortion and the distribution of prescription drugs,' amongst other crimes, as part of club operations, according to an FBI press release. The bar has since taken down its Facebook and Instagram pages and has remained closed since Saturday, the outlet said. The incident has since sparked an outpouring of outrage from local politicians and social-media users. 3 Pike's pub has since closed, and protesters have gathered nearby to demonstrate against it. WANE Advertisement 'I must say, it was very disturbing to watch. I am seeking answers as I am sure many of you are, too,' Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker said in a comment under a social media post, the outlet reported. 'I am in communication with our team and will continue to gather information as it becomes available,' Tucker said Several protesters at one point lined up in a nearby nursing-home parking lot to demonstrate against the bar, the outlet reported. Officers returned to the bar Saturday to continue the investigation, and the case will be handed off to the Criminal Investigations Division, cops said.
The Independent
12-02-2025
- Health
- The Independent
Mom made up child's terminal illness to raise money so they could meet Elsa at Disney World, cops say
A 41-year-old mother faked her child's terminal illness and launched a GoFundMe to send the child to Disney World to meet Princess Elsa, Indiana police say. Katherine Jackson of Decatur, Indiana, is now facing two negligence charges and one fraud charge after police arrested her on February 6, according to public records. Police first started investigating Jackson in 2022, the Fort Wayne Police Department said in a statement, after they 'became aware' of potential child abuse and fraud. But there wasn't enough evidence to charge her — that is, until Jackson's daughter was placed in foster care. Now, the department says Jackson falsely claimed her child had a terminal illness, sought help from 'various charities,' including GoFundMe and got 'at least one trip' out of Make-a-Wish, a charity that grants the wishes of terminally ill children. The saga began in July 2021 when a GoFundMe was launched to raise funds for Jackson's daughter, local outlet WANE15 reports. Jackson collected $1,563 from the GoFundMe, which claimed her daughter had Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome and suffered 80-90 seizures a day, 21AliveNews reports, citing court documents. The fundraiser said the girl had at most a year to live, and that her final wish was to go to Walt Disney World and meet Princess Elsa, 21AliveNews reports. The Make-A-Wish Foundation later approved a trip to Disney World for the child, WANE15 reports. Then in 2022, Jackson brought her six-year-old daughter to Parkview Regional Medical Center, 21AliveNews reports. She told doctors her daughter had an irregular heartbeat and suffered seizures. But doctors were concerned about potential child abuse, 21AliveNews reports, and they ran further tests that showed the child wasn't receiving any of the seizure medication she had been prescribed. A doctor with the Peyton Manning Children's Hospital in Indianapolis then reviewed the child's case, determining several of the child's prescriptions hadn't been filled, including those for seizures and a lung disorder, 21AliveNews reports. She also found the child had been undergoing painful blood draws and unnecessary radiation exposure. That doctor says the child suffered 'extensive maternal falsification and likely induction consistent with medical child abuse,' 21AliveNews reports, citing court documents. Another doctor determined the child did indeed have Pilarowski-Bjornsson Syndrome, a genetic disorder that is not terminal, 21AliveNews reports. Jackson's children haven't been with her since 2022. The 41-year-old, while going by the name Katherine Conapinski, was previously convicted of theft and fraud after falsely claiming to represent an organization collecting money for a young boy with cancer, 21AliveNews reports. Jackson's attorney Tracey Harkins told 21AliveNews the allegations against the 41-year-old are false. 'At no point in time did Ms. Jackson lie, exploit, or exaggerate the truth of her daughter's illness,' Harkins said. 'The claim that Ms. Jackson was not providing her children with the proper medication after days of being in the ER is not only absurd, given that said care was now the responsibility of medical staff, but also false.' 'Her devotion to her children is what motivates her to keep fighting nonstop through illegal medical document deletions, diagnosis denials, and outright fabrications,' Harkins added. 'She will continue to take every legal step necessary to get her children back, and we look forward to watching the truth prevail in court.' Harkins added that 'all the funds in the GoFundMe account, which was set up by a friend, were donated by Ms. Jackson back to the MakeAWish Foundation.'
