Broward Sheriff's Office missing persons detectives are helping Georgia law enforcement look for a missing woman whose vehicle was found Wednesday night in Deerfield Beach.
Ivy Dawn Merck, 24, was last seen Aug. 23 in Kingsland, Ga., detectives said.
Merck's dark green 2008 Honda CRV was found around 10 p.m. Wednesday in the parking lot of a Marshalls store at 3850 W. Hillsboro Blvd., in Deerfield Beach.
Tuesday night, the town’s animal services board voted 5-0 to recommend an amendment to the town’s code of ordinances as it relates to chickens and roosters.
Board member Christine Hastings, who works for the town’s animal services division, abstained, voicing her concerns on the amendment. Specifically, the ordinance would allow residents living on less than one acre to have a maximum of three chickens.
The current ordinance prohibits residents from having chickens on lots less than one acre.
The amendment also calls for the coop or encaged structure to be located no closer than 10 feet from a property line. The amendment also specifically outlines the regulations for roosters. Roosters would be allowed on property of one acre or greater. That was the previous regulation, but roosters had been grouped with fowl in its ordinance, and this amendment is aimed to further clarify rules on roosters.
The town council must vote on the ordinance, and it is unclear when the council will see the item. If a zoning change is needed, the planning and zoning commission may see the item as well. Tuesday’s vote moves forward an issue that had stalled months ago. Some residents had asked the town to change its ordinance to allow chickens on property of less than one acre. But confusion about various recommendations and legal issues kept the item from progressing until Tuesday.
HAMILTON – The burned, orphaned black bear cub that was rescued from the Mustang Complex of fires along Idaho’s Salmon River has become a national celebrity, according to state wildlife experts who are nursing it back to health.
Nicknamed Boo Boo by his rescuers, the 4-month-old bear, with severe second-degree burns on all four paws, was found in a tree by a fisherman last weekend.
The cub hadn’t eaten in four or five days, but Idaho state veterinarian Mark Drew has been caring for and feeding the cub for the
past week while he tries to locate a suitable wildlife rehabilitation facility that can adequately care for the animal.
According to Idaho Fish and Game conservation educator Evin Oneale, the young bear’s saga of fire-related injuries and rescue by national forest and Idaho Fish and Game personnel spread across the country in a matter of hours. Boise National Forest and Idaho Fish and Game offices have been inundated with phone calls and emails from people offering good wishes and monetary support, and many others have asked about volunteer opportunities to care for the cub.
“We’ve heard from folks all across Idaho and from other states, including California, Texas and New York,” Oneale said. “Each note or phone call has the same common theme – concern for this young bear.”
Because of the severity of its burns, the young bear faces a long recovery, Oneale explained.
“Infection is the main concern right now,” he said. “At this time, our state veterinarian is evaluating local facilities that can give the cub the medical attention it needs to make a full recovery.”
Meanwhile, Oneale said, the cub is being cared for at a Fish and Game facility where it is eating regularly and receiving necessary medical care.
Monetary donations have been one of the common themes among people contacting the office, Oneale said.
“We have no good mechanism to accept donations related to this bear cub’s treatment,” he explained. “Once a care facility is selected, we’ll let people know where and how they can provide funding to cover the costs of care and treatment.”
The Ravalli Republic has been flooded with calls and emails from people across the country concerned for the bear as well, with many offering monetary support or other services.
Richard Gilbreth of the International Exotic Animals Sanctuary in Boyd, Texas, called to say he would even arrange to fly to Idaho to pick up the bear.
“We have a large sanctuary here in Texas, and we take in orphaned and abused and abandoned animals,” he said. “We’ve had a lot of bears. We have a five-acre natural habitat. And we were certified by the National Association of Zoos and Aquariums. They live on site just like they live in the wild. They dig dens and everything. So he’s got a home if they want to send him down this way. I’ve offered to fly up and pick him up.”
Gilbreth is just one of many people who have been touched by the bear’s story.
“It’s gotten a lot of attention,” Oneale said. “It’s very gratifying to know that so many people care.”
ISLAMABAD (AP) — U.S. drones fired a barrage of missiles at a vehicle and a house in a Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least five suspected militants, Pakistani officials said.
The "Hawk on Crack" kills five more !
The strikes in the North Waziristan tribal area were the first since news that a top commander of the powerful Haqqani militant network was killed in a drone strike late last month, also in the tribal region.
Two intelligence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to brief the media, said U.S. drones fired seven missiles at targets in the village of Degan in an area of North Waziristan close to the Afghan border.
They said the area is dominated by anti-American militant commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur, but they did not know whether the men killed belonged to his group.
American agents who were shot last Friday, along with a Captain of the Marina of Mexico, as they headed to the shooting range and Marines Infantry training field located Xalatlaco area, belong to the Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA, for its acronym in English), confirmed official sources close to the investigation, which added that the attack took place after the attackers were in close view of the diplomatic vehicle occupants.
According to the obtained information by this newspaper, the aggression against the American agents and of the marine was direct and the fact that there were no fatal victims, it was because the Toyota SUV they were travelling in was amour grade 7 ( highest level).
The reports given the same day of the incident, which occurred near Tres Marias, Morelos, the U.S. embassy reported that it had been an ambush , while the Federal Police said it had been a confusion
.Interception
The information from the Attorney General's Office (PGR) said that the CIA agents who were to conduct follow up shooting courses at the Marine Corps Training Field. As they traveled in the stretch of dirt known as El Capulin, in Xalatlaco, Mexico State, they encountered a Dodge Van with several heavily armed civilians who, at gunpoint, forced them to stop.
While not aiming their weapons, two of them approached the Toyota. , Suddenly, the driver of the U.S. embassy vehicle abruptly threw the vehicle in reverse while turning it around then sped to the federal highway with the gunmen shooting at the vehicle in full pursuit.
The pursuit grows
During the pursuit a second vehicle, a Sentra,appeared attempting to block the embassy vehicle, while four gumen in the Sentra opened fire with heavy artillery.
During the chase, and with two vehicles in pursuit, they passed through a village near a junction, where eight plainclothes men in two vehicles, joined the Toyota aggression and also began firing weapons.
Now chased by four cars, and U.S. agents tried to signal Marines at a gas station, but after failing the pursuit continued.When reaching the junction there awaited a fifth vehicle, that joined the chase and also began shooting.
Once in the federal highway, because of the impact damage, the Toyota was immobilized and yet still sustainingshots of high-caliber weapons.One of the assailants with an AK-47 (cuerno de chivo/goat horn) blasted the armored diplomatic vehicle.It was during the attack with the AK47 when U.S. agents were injured, they were in the front seats and the Marina officer in the rear.
The informant added that directly after the shooting ceased three Federal Police vehicles arrived at the scene.
Federal agents got out of their patrol cars with weapons drawn. One of them approached the Toyota and was when officers identified themselves as U.S. diplomats.
Fourteen federal officers involved in the attack have been detained and transfered to a Mexico City prison for a 40 day hold, until the investigation can clarify exactly what occurred. In the photo above families of the officers involved are protesting this action.
Los Angeles still plans to bill families of Irma Zamora and Stacey Schreiber (Yahoo News composite. Original images …The families of two Good Samaritans who were electrocuted after racing to the scene of a car wreck will still be charged for ambulance fees by the city of Los Angeles.
On August 22, Irma Zamora and Stacey Schreiber died after rushing to the scene of a car wreck. Four others were also injured in the incident, after an estimated 4,800 volts of power flowing from a snapped streetlight fixture made contact with water spewing from a broken fire hydrant at the scene of the car accident.
LAist reports that City Councilman Paul Krekorian is holding a press conference on Thursday during which he will announce plans to help raise funds for the victims' families.
"No one who puts themselves in harm's way should have to struggle to pay the bills that accrue as a result of their altruism," Krekorian said in a statement.
City fire officials say they do not have the power to circumvent municipal codes and waive the mandatory paramedic fees, even in cases during which a citizen is accidentally injured or killed
LIBERTY, Texas (AP) — The first defendant to face trial among a group of men and boys accused of repeatedly raping a young Texas girl vanished Wednesday during a break in the proceedings, following emotionally charged testimony from the alleged victim.
Eric McGowen, 20, is among 14 adults accused of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl during a nearly three-month span in 2010. Six juveniles also were charged.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys huddled briefly with Judge Mark Morefield after McGowen failed to return to the courtroom following an afternoon break. The judge then told jurors the trial will go on without him.
Morefield later said a bench warrant had been issued, and McGowen's bail was increased from $35,000 to $250,000. The judge denied a defense motion for a continuance in the case and said the trial will resume Thursday morning.
"Your client left voluntarily," Morefield told defense attorney Matthew Poston.
Poston and prosecutors did not comment outside the courtroom because of a gag order in the case.
McGowen is charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child and faces up to life in prison if convicted.
MISSING SINCE AUG -23
