Twenty students from the Class of 2021 were awarded membership to Newcomb-Tulane College’s William Wallace Peery Society. First presented in 1965 in honor of Dr. Peery, a professor of English and dean of Tulane's College of Arts & Sciences from 1955 to 1964, the Peery Society is the university's top academic honor. It recognizes exceptional seniors who represent the top 1% of
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A local clubâs focus on children brought three wheels of fun to two youngsters this week.
Johnson City Kiwanis Club members presented Raef Hammerbacher, 10, and Carson Sanders, 4, with AmTryke Adaptive Tricycles on Tuesday.
âSince our focus is on kids, itâs an excellent way to demonstrate that commitment to helping children, and particularly those most vulnerable, and particularly those who canât go out and ride a regular bicycle,â said Kiwanis Club Lt. Gov. Howard Smith.
The AmTryke tricycles are designed for people who have limited muscle strength or developmental coordination and who might otherwise not be able to ride a bicycle. The tricycles are adjustable, and can be modified as the user grows.
Urbana Police Division receives Walmart grant
From left are Sgt. Shawn Schmidt, Carson Sanders of Walmart, Chief Matt Lingrell and Sgt. Todd Pratt.
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Carson Sanders of Walmart watches as Sgt. Todd Pratt develops latent prints from a confiscated firearm using the enclosed Forensic Ductless Workstation purchased with a Walmart Local Community Grant.
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The Urbana Police Division received a Walmart Local Community Grant in the amount of $4,500 to purchase an enclosed Forensic Ductless Workstation for criminal investigations. The unit makes evidence testing safer for officers.
The Air Clean Ductless 600 Workstation protects officers operating the system from toxic vapors, fumes, powders, particulates and smoke, as they process or test evidence. Officers will use this system while they are searching for and developing latent prints from items of evidence; to conduct presumptive tests on evidence containing blood or other bodily fluids; and to conduct
Blood all over : Florida man bitten by shark, returns home before calling 911 Print this article
A man in Florida was bitten by a shark and returned to his home to await paramedics, according to audio of an emergency call.
The 39-year-old, who has not been publicly identified, was swimming on Tuesday off the coast of Siesta Key, a barrier island in southwest Florida located near Sarasota, when he was bitten by a shark. After walking home, a woman dialed 911.
“It’s an emergency,” the woman told the dispatcher. “He made it home, he was swimming in the ocean. … There’s blood all over my house.”