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Opening a new neighborhood bar could become more difficult Quad-City TImes DAVENPORT, Iowa (Quad-City Times) A temporary pause on the opening of new neighborhood bars in certain parts of Davenport in an effort to crack down on nuisance establishments could become permanent. Davenport aldermen will meet Wednesday to consider approving the first of three readings of a proposed ordinance amending various city zoning codes. Among the recommended changes is removing bars and minor vehicle repair services as a special use in neighborhood commercial zoning districts, mainly clustered along Locust, Harrison, Brady and Washington streets and parts of Rockingham Road. Existing neighborhood bars would not be impacted by the zoning change. They would be considered legal nonconforming grandfathered uses, said Laura Berkley, city development and planning administrator. ....
City to use portion of public housing sale to kick start juvenile enter DAVENPORT, Iowa (Quad-City Times ) Davenport city officials intend to use a portion of proceeds from the pending $6.35 million sale of a downtown public housing property to get a long-talked about Juvenile Assessment Center off the ground. Davenport aldermen met Tuesday for a work session to discuss recommendations from a council task force on how the city should use the proceeds from the sale of The Heritage, a city-owned building that offers Section 8 rental-assistance. The three-member working group of aldermen recommend the city use $1 million in proceeds from the pending sale as seed money to launch a community-based component of the Juvenile Assessment Center to provide early intervention screening, assessment and services for youth and families to identify and address factors contributing to concerning behavior that, if unchecked, could lead to criminal activity. ....
These alleged anti-government extremists emerged in North Texas months before the Capitol riot The boogaloo boys want to overthrow perceived government tyranny, experts say, and they were hoping the summer’s civil justice protests in Dallas and in other cities across the U.S. would help spark it. Two North Texas men with active criminal cases are linked to that movement. Members of the boogaloo boys stand near the Virginia Capitol in Richmond on Jan. 18, 2021.(Evelyn Hockstein / The Washington Post) Federal authorities continue rounding up North Texans for allegedly taking part in the deadly Washington insurrection. But months before the Capitol assault, some connected to a different type of anti-government movement were menacing Dallas streets and threatening violence against police, court records show. ....
Herald Democrat A 24-year-old Dallas man was sentenced to 50 years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to murder in the death of his grandmother back in February of 2020. In April, Jerkeylon Norvell, was indicted on one count of murder and one count of aggravated assault in the death of 62-year-old Anne Wilson. During a hearing held by ZOOM Thursday, Norvell said nothing that explained why he killed his grandmother. At the time of the shooting, Denison Police Lt. Mike Eppler said officers responded to a shots fired call at the Circle Apartments at 1527 S. Austin Ave. around 10:30 p.m. Feb. 13, and when they arrived, they found a woman who had been shot. ....
Proposal to breach Snake River dams prompts praise, concern Updated Feb 08, 2021; Posted Feb 08, 2021 Water moves through a spillway of the Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River near Almota, Washington.AP Facebook Share A new proposal to tear down the four Lower Snake River dams has people agreeing on one thing the dams’ value to the Northwest region. But many of those who rely on the dams now to produce low-cost and reliable electricity, to barge farm products for export, to provide irrigation water and for recreation are dubious despite the plan’s attempts to make them economically whole. U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson of Idaho has proposed breaching the dams and spending $33 billion to dismantle them, build new energy and transportation systems and address the economic impacts of their loss. ....