Westbrook ups business development exec Jesse Uram to SVP, growth Westbrook Inc. the mediaco founded by Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, Miguel Melendez and Kosaku Yada has upped Jesse Uram to senior vice president, growth from his former . May 7, 2021
Westbrook Inc. the mediaco founded by Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, Miguel Melendez and Kosaku Yada has upped Jesse Uram to senior vice president, growth from his former role as VP of business development.
In his new role, Uram (pictured) will leverage Westbrook’s industry relationships to incubate, launch and scale new strategies, growth opportunities and partnerships across Westbrook Studios, Westbrook Media, and Good Goods that are synergistic with the company’s overall mission.
Educationally Speaking May 4, 2021
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Educationally Speaking, we are talking to a panel of guests about how our Nevada County schools are and will be working with Social Emotional Learning, SEL, for our teachers and students alike. Our guests consist of local leaders like Andrea Marks, Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Accountability for Nevada County Superintendent of Schools, Emily Gallup, an MFT certified counselor who works with Forest Charter and Grass Valley School districts, Jaclyn Sayklay and Nicole Murphy who are school psychologists for Nevada Joint Union High School district, and Megan Taplin, a school psychologist for Pleasant Ridge School district.
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Police have released the identity of a person who died in a fiery crash April 28 on U.S. 36 near Dana in Vermillion County.
Sarah Nichole Murphy, 38, of West Terre Haute, died at the scene, said Sheriff Mike Phelps. Murphy was identified by DNA, and her family was notified Tuesday.
Two vehicles collided head-on, resulting in entrapment and a fire. A witness told police that one vehicle crossed the center line, overcorrected and went out of control.
Motorist Shane Moran, 46, of Chrisman, Illinois, was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, Phelps said.
An Indiana State Police accident reconstruction team assisted in the investigation.
Wheeling man charged with assaulting girl over 10 years held without bail Vincente Almanza
Updated 5/5/2021 4:32 PM
A 51-year-old Wheeling man was ordered held without bail on charges he sexually assaulted a girl over the course of a decade.
Vincente Almanza, 51, is charged with one count of predatory criminal sexual assault and two counts of criminal sexual assault.
Prosecutors say he began abusing the girl, now an adult, once or twice a month beginning in 2010. Almanza told the girl if she told anyone, he would go to prison, said Assistant Cook County State s Attorney Nicole Murphy.
Over the years, Almanza sent the girl messages and nude photographs that she showed family members, one of whom confronted him about the sexual content of the messages, Murphy said.
How former gold-mining town Bendigo became one of the world s great food cities
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Photo: Richard Cornish
When retailer Darren Daz Murphy arrived in Bendigo from north-east Victoria in 1998, he was intent on setting up a food store based on local seasonal produce, but there was not a lot to find.
He could get his hands on some apples from nearby Harcourt and organic milk from the local dairy, but the city did not have a local food culture. All the produce went to Melbourne, says Murphy. Then the [Bendigo] restaurants and stores ordered it, and it came back by truck,