Olympic gold medal winning cyclist Dani Rowe to launch the scheme LEADING housebuilder Persimmon Homes has launched a £1million charity giveaway to support young people across Britain. The Building Futures scheme aims to support community groups working with under-18s across three categories – education and arts, health and sport. Scott Waters, managing director for Persimmon Homes Yorkshire, said: “Young people are at the heart of all our futures, and we are fortunate to be able to provide support and help create positive outcomes through our Building Futures campaign. “We will make donations from £1,000 to £100,000 to grassroots sports groups, charities dealing with physical and mental health issues, as well as community arts and education projects.
Kansas walleye Initiative Leads to Higher Survival Rate
PRATT – In March, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) fisheries biologists and other staff collected nearly 100 million walleye eggs. Thanks to the Kansas Walleye Initiative, a record percentage of the walleye and saugeye hatched from those eggs will likely end up on the hooks of Kansas anglers.
“We’ve been having some great success, and the program is only four or five years old,” said Scott Waters, KDWPT fisheries biologist and chairman of the walleye committee. “It’s already leading to more catchable walleye.”
The program began in 2015, with meetings between fisheries biologists and a variety of researchers and hatchery staff. Waters was also quick to thank the Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Commission for ongoing support for the program.
Businessman part of southwest Ohio corruption case faces witness tampering charges
By Lynn Hulsey - Journal-News, Hamilton, Ohio (TNS)
Dayton businessman Brian Higgins has been indicted on additional federal counts, including tampering with witnesses in his fraud trial.
The superseding indictment filed on Dec. 17 includes three counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud and two counts of tampering with a witness. The witness tampering and one wire fraud charge are new, but the others were in the original indictment.
Details of the insurance fraud allegations remain the same as in the first secret indictment filed in 2018 and announced in 2019 as part of the broader Dayton corruption case.