Audrain sheriff: Fugitive arrest required big response

KMIZ on September 3, 2025

Matthew Sanders

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Audrain County’s sheriff posted on social media Wednesday that the arrest of a Marion County, Missouri, fugitive led to the large response in Vandalia the night before.

Sheriff Matt Oller wrote in the post that deputies got reports about a wanted man in the area of Home Street and Central Avenue in Vandalia late Tuesday into Wednesday. The man was later identified as Scott J. Adams, 41, of Bowling Green, wanted for a misdemeanor sexual abuse charge out of Marion County.

Law enforcement officers set up a perimeter and “methodically” searched it, Oller wrote.

Adams was arrested at Walsh Boulevard and Lincoln Street, Oller wrote. An MSHP trooper suffered a leg/ankle injury and was taken to University Hospital, though Oller didn’t give more details about the injury.

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Palm Springs man accused of lewd contact with a minor

KESQ on September 3, 2025

Jesus Reyes

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A Palm Springs man accused of lewd contact with a minor from out of the state was arrested Tuesday.

The suspect, a 42-year-old man, was arrested in the area of 1200 E. Palm Canyon Drive.

Palm Springs police said they were alerted last week to inappropriate online communications involving an adult male and a juvenile who resides out of state.

“Investigators reviewed the information provided and confirmed evidence of sexually explicit conversations between the suspect and the juvenile, who is 15 years old,” police said.

Police added that the suspect is alleged to have knowingly communicated with the juvenile while aware of their age.

He was booked into the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio, where he was being held on $10,000 bail. Police said he faces charges of contacting a minor with intent to commit a sexual offense and arranging a meeting with a minor for lewd purposes.

The suspect is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio.

The Palm Springs Police Department is continuing to examine electronic evidence related to this case and will coordinate with out-of-state authorities as needed. Anyone with information about Simmons or who believes they may have been a victim is encouraged to contact Detective Gilberto Alcaraz at 760-323-8123 or gilberto.alcaraz@palmspringsca.gov.

Stay with News Channel 3 for continuing updates on this case.

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Samaritan Counseling Center receives donation from Ancient Order of Hibernians

News-Press NOW on September 3, 2025

Patrick Holleron

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The Ancient Order of Hibernians donated a check in the form of $2,200 to the Samaritan Counseling Center to assist in its services to the community.

The money was raised at this past year’s Devin Delaney Memorial Irish Road Bowling Contest. The contest was made to honor and remember St. Joseph resident Devin Delaney, who passed away due to a seizure on Dec. 11, 2022.

In talking to Devin’s father, Dennis Delaney, he believes the donations are invaluable to the services provided by the Samaritan Counseling Center. He noted that Devin was a strong supporter of the center and always helped those struggling with mental health.

“That’s exactly why we raised the money,” Dennis said. “We are a nonprofit, but we support several organizations here in town. The Samaritan (Counseling) Center was one that was close to Devin’s heart.”

The donation will help assist in the services the Samaritan Counseling Center offers such as medical therapy.

“Anything that we provide for our patients, who don’t always have (the) money to pay for (health) services, helps,” Addiction Specialist Dr. Robert Corger said. “And certainly the awareness of this is also important for patients that have addiction.”

For more information on the Samaritan Counseling Center and how to donate, visit their website at: http://www.thecenterlistens.org/

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See How Many Clubs Allan Hancock Students Can Join at Bulldog Bow WOW

KEYT on September 3, 2025

Jarrod Zinn

SANTA MARIA, Calif. – The annual Bulldog Bow WOW event broke the ice for new students at Allan Hancock College on Wednesday.

Students say they appreciate this welcoming event.

Fall classes just started at Allan Hancock College, and new students got the chance Wednesday to connect with their peers, discover counseling and career path services, or join a club.

“We’ve got Volleyball Club, Eco-Revive, Nutritional Health and Wellness,” says student ambassador Averi Gault. “We’ve got fashion club inside as well as our Dream club.”

Studies have shown that students with higher engagement in their campus communities through clubs reflect higher G.P.A.’s and acceleration through their college careers.

“The clubs really do invigorate our campus life and it keeps us all involved in just being a community and embracing each other,” says the Alpha Gamma Sigma club’s spokesperson Ora Shrecengost.

Allan Hancock College’s student population is a diverse mix from recent high school graduates to older non-traditional students.

“I think it’s a really cool mix of people who come out to these events, not only people who work here, who are supporting with their service, but also community members just trying to make it a better, more inclusive space, which I think is awesome,” says Gault.

Other club options include but are not limited to Alpha Gamma Sigma, Fashion, Pride, Robotics, and more.

Community partners such as the Marines and the City of Santa Maria Police Department also participate, offering career path opportunities.

“When I got here, I didn’t really know a lot of people,” says Gault. “And through this event, we got to walk around together. We got to kind of experience the same things.”

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A New Look Coming to Downtown Santa Barbara with One Block Pedlet Trial 

KEYT on September 3, 2025

John Palminteri

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A creative change to the look of downtown Santa Barbara is taking place beginning Monday.

The 500 block between Cota St. and Haley St. will have a new walkway known as a pedlet. It will be next to the curb and serve as the primary walking area.

The sidewalks will then be used for dining and retail space.

The parklets will all be removed.

For those walking the street, the pedlet will be the main area for pedestrians, but they can also use the street in a shared space with bikes.

The sidewalk use for tables, chairs, and retail racks will have to have accessibility space for wheelchairs and those who are mobility challenged.

Servers from restaurants for example will be able to go directly from the front door of the business to the guest tables, instead of crossing through a pedestrian walkway with food and drinks to get to a dining area.

The pedlet plan is temporary with no end date at this time.

Businesss are being asked to remove their parklets Sunday night. Anything remaining Monday morning will be torn down with heavy equipment and put into a rolloff dumpster.

The pedlets will be installed Tuesday and Wednesday and be in use starting Thursday, September 11.

Chair and tables in the future will have to meet certain city design standards to be compatible in the Historic El Pueblo Viejo Landmark District, which preserves the city’s Spanish Colonial Revival architecture and early-American history.

Two businesses have put in metal posts for their outside seating plan. The city says the permanent style including concrete around the base was not approved. A temporary set up was in the plan.

Routine cleaning is part of the future in this area with a newly approved tax.

More information on the pedlets can be found here.

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Falls Valley Elementary unveils new secure entry to enhance student safety

KIFI on September 3, 2025

Michael Coats

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — In a move to improve student and staff safety, Bonneville Joint School District 93 cut the ribbon on a new office and security entry to Falls Valley Elementary in Idaho Falls on Wednesday. 

The renovation places the school office directly at the main entrance, creating a more secure and efficient entry point. The new setup features a single-point access system with locking security doors, ensuring all visitors must pass through the office before entering the school. This also provides a much larger workspace for staff and makes it easier for parents and visitors to pick up and drop off students without navigating the school’s hallways.

“This is more functional, it’s safer,” said school secretary Tiana Sautter. “Some of them [students and teachers] are not used to change… but for the most part, everybody loves it.”

The project was made possible by funding from Idaho’s House Bill 521, which is part of a broader, district-wide effort to improve school infrastructure without requiring a local bond or levy vote from taxpayers.

“It makes such a huge difference to be able to greet our community and our family members who come in to pick up the kids or drop the kids off,” said Falls Valley Principal Tina Orme. “To have that space to be able to do it has made a world of difference to a lot of our parents.”

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Riverside County Department of Animal Services transports 52 dogs to Maine

KESQ on September 3, 2025

Jesus Reyes

Riverside, Calif. (KESQ) – 52 dogs were transported to Maine this week to help them find homes amid critical overcapacity at Riverside County shelters.

The pets are destined for Miracle Lane Farm and Sanctuary (Maine), Give a Dog a Home Rescue (Maine) and SPCA Westchester (New York).

The Riverside County Department of Animal Services (RCDAS) partnered with Wings of Rescue for the transportation.

“These are 52 lives changed thanks to our amazing Wings of Rescue partners who continue to show up for RivCo pets looking for a second chance,” said RCDAS Manager Daylin Valencia. “I’m grateful to be part of a team that is committed to lifesaving where we rally to get these pets ready for their flights whenever the opportunity presents itself.”

RCDAS continues to operate in critical overcapacity for dogs, where three to four share a kennel designed for only two. To help get pets into homes and reduce overcrowding, adoption and reclaim fees are waived at all shelter locations.   

“Fall In Love” fee-waived adoptions include spay/neuter surgery, microchips, age-appropriate vaccinations and engraved ID tags. With over 1,000 dogs across the shelter system, there are a wide variety of breeds, ages and personalities to choose from.

Check Out: Pre-adoption program hopes to get lost pets out of Riverside County shelters

If community members cannot adopt but want to give a pet a break from the shelter, short-term fosters are also needed. Families can take advantage of the Dog Day Out field trip program that helps give a dog a break from their kennel while exposing them to potential adopters. Dogs who go out on just one day trip get to exercise, socialize and destress making them 5 times more likely to be adopted.  

For more information on fee-waived adoptions and how to sign-up to foster, visit www.rcdas.org

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U of I Professor helps discover new moon orbiting Uranus

KIFI on September 3, 2025

News Release

The following is a news release from the University of Idaho:

MOSCOW, Idaho (KIFI) — A team led by the Southwest Research Institute and including University of Idaho’s Matthew Hedman, a professor of physics, discovered a new moon orbiting Uranus. The team used imagery captured from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to visualize the planet’s 29th confirmed satellite, among the smallest known moons of Uranus.  

Using JWST’s Near-Infrared Camera, the scientists captured 10 40-minute, long-exposure images on Feb. 2, 2025, and spent the spring and summer processing and analyzing the images. The newly identified moon joins a fleet of smaller moons on tightly looping paths around the planet, while five larger moons circle farther from the ice giant.  

“This planet system pushes us to study its moons,” said Hedman, a co-investigator on the project. “This is the most densely packed satellite system we’re aware of, but there’s a few places where there aren’t many moons. We wanted to know, is that just because we haven’t found them yet? Or is that because the chaotic interactions among moons have led to one not being there?”   

Hedman said computer simulations of Uranus and its satellites show that the smaller moons orbit so close together that their gravitational pulls tug on each other, likely eliciting occasional collisions.     

Hedman’s primary contribution to the team was helping process the imagery from JWST.   

“One of the things that convinced us that we had a new moon was that we saw it in all 10 pictures, and it was roughly the same brightness in all 10 pictures,” Hedman said.  

In addition, the moon was moving around Uranus at the expected speed for a planet with Uranus’s gravity. Hedman and his colleagues estimate the moon to be only 6 miles in diameter.  

Hedman and his graduate students will continue to analyze the images, looking to understand how the moons interact and for other previously unseen satellites.   

“Understanding how this moon interacts with its neighbors and whether it has a role in sculpting the planet’s rings will be two big things that we’ll want to study,” Hedman said.   

The new moon is unofficially named S/2025 U1 until it is formally named by the International Astronomical Union — all of Uranus’s moons bear names from works by Shakespeare and Alexander Pope. 

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One man seriously injured in Harrison County motorcycle crash

News-Press NOW on September 3, 2025

News-Press NOW

HARRISON COUNTY, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — A 71-year-old Stover, Missouri man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash just six miles north of Gilman City.

The crash occurred around 10:55 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 2, as the male, driving a 2008 Honda Gold Wing motorcycle, was going east on Route MM. He saw an animal in the roadway and went off the south side to avoid the animal.

The driver was partially ejected during the event, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.

Both the motorcycle and driver skidded before coming to rest facing west off the south side of the roadway.

The motorcycle was totaled and the man was taken by LifeFlight to Mosaid Life Care in St. Joseph.

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Town of Wellton to distribute sandbags to residents

KYMA on September 3, 2025

Andrea Turisk

WELLTON, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – The Town of Wellton is taking extra precautions and prepping for potential storms.

According to a post on Facebook, sand and sandbags will be available for Wellton residents starting Thursday, September 4.

Sand will be delivered and placed in the town’s empty property located at Los Angeles Avenue and Helen Street, just west of the bank, for residents to use in filling sandbags.

They’ll be available Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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