‘Whoever did this was an animal’: The Oklahoma City bombing in 1995
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His wife, LaRue, and his granddaughter, 4-year-old Ashley Eckles, were with him.
Julie Welch, 23, worked at the Social Security office. She worked with Spanish-speaking clients.
It was a normal day for all of them that ended in horror.
On Wednesday, April 19, 1995, at 9:03 a.m. a bomb exploded at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
The “bombing in the heartland” killed 168 people, including 19 children younger than 6 years old. More than 500 people were injured.
Oklahoma City fire Capt. Chris Fields carries 1-year-old Baylee Almon, in this file photo shot Wednesday, April, 19, 1995 at the Alfred Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. The child died of her injuries. (AP Photo/Charles H. Porter IV, File)ASSOCIATED PRESS
Keep Evansville Beautiful giving away 100 free trees for Arbor Day By Jill Lyman | April 19, 2021 at 10:43 AM CDT - Updated April 19 at 10:43 AM
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - To celebrate Arbor Day 2021, Keep Evansville Beautiful and the City of Evansville’s Urban Forestry Department are giving away 100 free trees to the public.
It will take place at Wesselman Park on Friday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The public is welcome to claim their free tree at the Arbor Day drive-through event.
You are asked to stay in your vehicles.
“We’re excited to partner with the City of Evansville, CenterPoint Energy and On The Spot Utility Resources to celebrate Arbor Day in such a unique way,” said Julie Welch, executive director of Keep Evansville Beautiful. “The purpose of this event is twofold: contribute to planting more trees around our beautiful city and educate the public about important safety messages such as contacting 811 before digging and following the Right Tree,
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When Marion County Judge Jason Warner s role in the hit-skip crash from last June became public, many residents questioned whether the justice system could hold one of their own accountable.
Online comments asserted that Warner and his wife, Julia, would get special treatment because of his position. A local judge would be treated better than a regular Joe or Jane.
The resulting photos of Jason Warner being led away in handcuffs on Wednesday should have put such concerns to rest.
Yes, the justice system can often be excruciatingly slow, but in this case it showed that it can work to ensure people in power are not given special treatment.
By Premiere Networks
Apr 16, 2021
BRETT: One of the areas of this audience that you and Rush appreciated are the owners and those operators of small businesses in this business. Now, in Rush s honor, you ve created the Great American Business Award, and you re taking nominations. How s the response been so far?
KATHRYN: It s been huge. We ve received many, many nominations over these last weeks. As you mentioned in the beginning, Rush wanted to start this, actually, at the start of this year. But unfortunately, he couldn t. So he wanted to recognize small businesses throughout the country that really make our country work, and so we re continuing it on in his honor. But the response has been quite overwhelming and wonderful at the same time.
By Premiere Networks
Apr 16, 2021
BRETT: Those are just absolutely remarkable stories. We have Zimmerman Meats out of Summersville, Missouri; we have Julie Welch s Oak Knolls Manor, LLC; and, of course, Patty and Rick Kline, Sittler Golf out of Pennsylvania. Remarkable stories all.
KATHRYN: Yes and, like I say, we received thousands of nominations, and we ve gone through a lot of them, and every story is as remarkable, to be completely honest, and it s very difficult to choose. But I know that s what we have to do.
BRETT: Yeah.
KATHRYN: So we have picked a winner for this week, which will be the second Rush Limbaugh Great American Business Award, and that recipient will be receiving, one, the award, but also a $25,000 grant.