Former Columbia man shares update one year after being detained by ICE

KMIZ on September 24, 2026

Gabrielle Teiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A former Columbia man detained by ICE in Chicago after a trip to Europe last year shared a glimpse this week of his new life one year later.

Blue Note and Rose Music Hall’s former head of security, Owen Ramsingh, was detained at O’Hare Airport in Chicago in September 2025 after returning from visiting family in the Netherlands.

Ramsingh posted on Facebook Wednesday, saying that he and his wife have obtained residency in Mexico and that he got his driver’s license. Their daughter is expected to visit in November.

He wrote that his mental health is still bad some days due to PTSD from his time in detention.

“I have a wonderful doctor here that is helping,” Ramsingh wrote. “It’s hard not being able to work after so many years of working multiple jobs at once and always being busy but I take early morning sunrise bike rides to the beach to clear my mind.”

He was detained because of a drug conviction in 1998, when he was 17 years old, according to court records obtained by ABC 17 News. Ramsingh was transferred at least once and spent his detention time at a facility in El Paso, Texas.

A New Mexico immigration judge ordered Ramsingh to be deported for life last December. Ramsingh lived in the Netherlands as a child and was deported back to the Netherlands in February.

Before his deportation, Ramsingh had lived in the U.S. since he was a child. He was issued a green card as a child of a U.S. citizen in 1986.

Ramsingh wrote that an album release is coming, sharing his experience from his time being detained.

“Anyone that knows me well, knows life has not been easy since childhood. Thank you again for all of the support. We miss everyone! Continue to pray for my family as this becomes a new normal. I will continue to fight the fight and will never give up,” Ramsingh wrote.

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Middle Tennessee woman paralyzed after man falls from tree at Louisville music festival

CNN Newsource on September 24, 2026

By Kelsey Gibbs

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    CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — A Middle Tennessee woman is paralyzed after a man fell from a tree and landed on her during a music festival in Louisville last weekend.

Jamie Will Ulshoffer was attending Louder Than Life with her husband and friends Friday night when the incident happened.

Her niece, Cheyenne Will, said she learned something was wrong after getting a text from Jamie’s husband, Conor.

“I got a text message from her husband Friday night saying something happened at the concert and she was in the ER,” Will said.

When she called him, she learned a man had fallen from a tree and landed directly on Jamie.

“He told me they ended up in the hospital because some guy fell out of a tree and landed on her,” Will said.

Jamie suffered severe spinal injuries. According to her family, doctors said her spinal cord was severed, and she is now paralyzed from the waist down.

Will described her aunt as active and adventurous.

“We’re very big on kayaking, hiking, line dancing,” she said. “We like to stay moving.”

Despite the life-changing injuries, her family says Jamie is staying positive and determined.

“I don’t think she will let it set her back,” Will said. “I think she’ll be determined to still do anything and everything.”

Jamie is expected to remain hospitalized in Louisville for at least another week before her family hopes to transfer her closer to home in Clarksville.

Her family says the recovery ahead will include extensive medical care, rehabilitation and modifications to her home.

Will and her fiancé have set up a GoFundMe to help with medical bills and long-term costs.

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California sheriff unlawfully seized over 650,000 ballots and must return them, state Supreme Court rules

CNN Newsource on September 24, 2026

By Matthew Rodriguez, Chelsea Hylton

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    LOS ANGELES (KOVR) — The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco violated the state’s election law by ordering his deputies to seize more than 650,000 ballots tied to the Proposition 50 special election.

The justices ruled unanimously in two cases against Bianco, stating that he violated the law when he seized the ballots and also ignored directives from Attorney General Rob Bonta.

The court ordered Bianco to cease his investigation into election fraud claims and return the ballots to county officials. The court also said he must “refrain from further handling of the ballots except as necessary to comply with our order.”

“In short, Bianco’s arguments fail to persuade us that we should interpret section 15551 in a manner inconsistent with its plain text, which mandates that voted ballots remain in the custody of elections officials,” the court wrote in its ruling.

CBS LA has reached out to Bianco for a statement and is waiting for a response. When the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office seized the ballots earlier this year, Bianco, who lost his bid for California governor in the primaries, seized more than 611,000 ballots from the special election in which voters approved a redistricting measure that shifted five of California’s Republican U.S. House seats to be more favorable to Democrats in the midterm elections this year.

Bianco claimed his agency was investigating a complaint from a local group alleging a possible discrepancy in which about 45,800 more votes were reported to California’s Secretary of State. He described the probe as a “fact-finding mission.”

The investigation faced fierce backlash, including legal challenges from California Attorney General Rob Bonta, UCLA’s Voting Rights Project, whose lawsuit resulted in the court’s decision, and local leaders in Riverside who petitioned to have the ballots returned to the Registrar’s Office. County elections officials also disputed Bianco’s claim, saying the machine count and the final count submitted to the state differed by about 100 votes. The Riverside County Registrar of Voters said it “will continue to comply with all lawful court orders and with all legal obligations applicable to election materials and election administration.”

After the filings, Bianco said in late March that he would pause his investigation “because of the politically motivated lawsuits and court filings” before the state Supreme Court ultimately issued a formal order to halt the probe in April.

The ballots were confiscated and held in an undisclosed location during the case, according to Riverside City Councilmember Clarissa Cervantes, one of the local leaders who petitioned the court.

Bianco echoed President Trump’s allegations of election fraud in the 2020 election during a podcast appearance on the Ben Maynard Program in October 2025. “We absolutely know there was fraud,” Bianco alleged, claiming that “mail-in ballots are purposely designed for fraud.”

He reiterated similar claims while the court heard oral arguments, claiming that the investigation was about “corruption in California.”

“There’s not one state constitution that allows for an individual to stop a lawful investigation into a crime,” Bianco said in late August. “This is about whether or not a corrupt attorney general can stop a lawful investigation.” The court also ruled unanimously that Bianco ignored directives from Bonta when he was told to pause his investigation.

“I’m grateful that our State Supreme Court reaffirmed my authority as Attorney General to supervise county sheriffs,” Bonta wrote in a statement. “I take my responsibility to exercise that authority in the public interest seriously. This was an extraordinary situation that required extraordinary action.”

Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former state attorney general Xavier Becerra is part of UCLA’s Voting Rights Project.

Over the weekend, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of bills that would prevent anyone from seizing ballots. “Today’s ruling affirms that in California we will defend democracy — using every branch of government. And the new laws I signed just last week add new protections so attacks like this cannot happen again,” Newsom wrote in response to the rulings. “People deserve to know their ballot is counted and secure, and in California we will do everything we can to protect that constitutional right — this year, and beyond.”

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Popular local DJ opens up about suicide attempts

KVIA on September 24, 2026

Hillary Floren

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Most people are shocked to hear the news. The outgoing, funny guy they listen to on the radio each morning has had some really dark times. He even tried to end his life multiple times.

Fernando Montejano, or “Grizz,” is half of the popular Iris & Grizz morning DJ duo. He had a rough start in life. His troubles started when he was only five.

“It’s tough to talk about but that’s what we’re here for.  My mom had a lot of problems growing up.  She was an alcoholic and went to jail very young in my life…my dad had to come get me,” Grizz says.

With his mother in and out of jail, he struggled.

“I was away from my sisters and they were my support system.  We’d been through the same things and dealt with sexual abuses and being exposed to the drug life. I was angry, sad, but I didn’t know why I felt what I was feeling in side.  

He turned to drugs, alcohol, and eventually suicide.

“The first attempt unfortunately when I was 12 years old. I had about four suicide attempts as a kid before I turned 18.

His traditional Midwest family didn’t believe in mental health treatment. But after a pretty public suicide attempt, a friend intervened. It was Grizz’s first time in a mental health facility.

“When I stayed at the facility I was surrounded by people who had experienced similar things.  It was almost like being understood for the first time.  They’d say ‘you’re hurting. This isn’t normal – you need to fix this,'” Grizz says.

When Grizz turned 18 and moved out of the house, he began seeking out therapy. Money was tight, but he’d go to clinics that offered a sliding fee, sometimes paying just five dollars a session.

Then, Grizz was rocked by tragedy. A long-term relationship ended, and his sister Bianca died of a fentanyl overdose. He moved back to El Paso to lay Bianca to rest, and help care for her young daughter, Aria and his mother, who was still dealing with addiction.

“This moment sort of sparked a big shift in my life, something that needed to change.  it was the therapy that I received before i moved here that finally set me up – finally finding the right therapy specifically!  Attachment therapy  dialectical behavior therapy, where they map your mind and you have to do homework. That changed my whole life,” Grizz says.

This month is a celebration for Grizz and his mom, who is celebrating her one year mark of sobriety. He says the family has been living a much better life together.

He’s proud of his mom, and proud of himself. Working with the tools he’s learned to regulate his mood and navigate his emotions, he is making progress. But some days are still a struggle. If you are going through difficult times, Grizz has this to say:

“Don’t give up. At some point you’re gonna get past this.  If you try.  you will.”

Together, he and co-host Iris Lopez, who is also a vocal champion for mental health, are spreading a message of hope throughout the borderland.

“We have like a brother sister relationship,” Iris says. “If one of us is having a bad day, the other will just sit and listen and not judge.”

Grizz hopes that by sharing his struggles and the fact that he has found a way to move forward, his message will urge someone else to take healing steps.

If you ever have suicidal thoughts or need someone to talk to, call 9-8-8.

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Jury awards $11 million to children of man fatally shot by LAPD officers in South LA

CNN Newsource on September 24, 2026

By Julie Sharp

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    LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — A Los Angeles jury awarded $11 million to the two children of Wilver Blanco, who was fatally shot by Los Angeles police officers in 2024.

Jurors found two LAPD officers liable for battery and negligence for the South Los Angeles shooting death, with Attorney Christian Contreras calling it unjustified.

During a Thursday news conference, Contreras called 42-year-old Blanco a hard-working man with no criminal history, while Blanco’s children testified in court that their father was their best friend. The shooting took place after police responded to a May 2024 assault with a deadly weapon call, where officers were told Blanco was possibly under the influence of narcotics and that he was chasing an elderly male at the South LA home.

According to a 2024 LAPD statement, when officers arrived, they found Blanco standing behind a vehicle, holding a knife in his hand. Officers ordered him to drop the knife several times, and Blanco allegedly ran toward one of the officers while holding the knife, at which point officers opened fire.

Contreras noted that although the officers had access to less-lethal options, including a taser and pepper spray, they failed to use them. He argued the officers acted as “judge, jury, and executioner” rather than attempting to preserve Blanco’s life.

The $11 million is awarded to Blanco’s 9-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter, who can have access once they turn 18, Contreras said. “My dad was very kind, powerful. Me and him had a very strong bond together. He was always there for me when I needed him. I feel sad without him being here no more,” Blanco’s daughter said at the news conference.

Contreras said the city can still appeal the trial court judgment.

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No signed contract, no upfront payment — and yet a Tenn. couple can’t escape a $16,000 debt

CNN Newsource on September 24, 2026

By Hannah McDonald

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    CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — A Clarksville couple says a local plumbing company installed a new septic system in their backyard without their consent — and then took them to court when they didn’t pay.

Bernard and Julia Sullivan, both in their 60s, say Freedom Plumbing of Clarksville showed up last October and installed a complete septic system, including field lines, in a project that cost more than $16,000. The Sullivans say they never agreed to the work.

“I didn’t get to talk to my husband about it because it happened so quick,” Julia Sullivan said. “Cause I come to the door and go like, what’s going on? And they said we’re putting in a septic system and running field lines.”

The Sullivans say they were in the middle of working out financing through the VA and were not ready to move forward.

“I wanted to wait until everything got done and settled with the VA people,” Bernard Sullivan said, adding that he also wanted to secure enough money to refinance his home before paying for the project.

Freedom Plumbing started the work anyway, without receiving any payment upfront. When the Sullivans still had not paid, the company took them to court.

“They talking about how if I don’t pay and stuff they’re going to put a lien and stuff on my home,” Bernard Sullivan said.

In January, the Sullivans were sued for $16,401.90 in Montgomery County General Sessions Court.

The lawsuit accuses the couple of breach of contract, wrongfully keeping someone else’s property, and benefiting from work they did not pay for.

At a court date in early September, the Sullivans — without an attorney — met privately with the plumber’s lawyer, without a judge present, and agreed to a payment plan. Their daughter, who was not present and learned of the situation after the fact, said her parents told her they were scared they would lose their home if they did not agree.

Their daughter, LeShonda, said she contacted Freedom Plumbing directly after learning what happened.

Bernard suffers from memory loss after developing sepsis following a UTI.

“I called Freedom Plumbing. We spoke very cordially. He said he’s sorry this happened, he could understand, or he could see that my dad was babbling a lot and didn’t know what was going on, and in my brain I was like, if you knew this, you shouldn’t never even went and did this big of a job,” LeShonda said.

I spoke by phone with the owner of Freedom Plumbing and then with the company’s lawyer. The lawyer says Bernard Sullivan met with the company twice and was given multiple estimates before any work began. The lawyer says the owner scheduled the job with Mr. Sullivan. The Sullivans also had a construction permit from 2024, valid for three years, which I obtained a copy of from TDEC. The company says that permit meant nothing was preventing them from getting started.

But on one key point, everyone agrees: there was no signed contract.

“It doesn’t exist. It’s just an invoice with numbers on it,” LeShonda said. “They just literally went and did this job and then billed my parents this tremendous amount of money.”

The owner of Freedom Plumbing says a verbal agreement is a binding contract. He also says his company called multiple times, pleading to collect payment, and was hung up on.

LeShonda says her parents receive a lot of sales calls and mistook the calls for spam.

Needless to say, the situation has taken a toll on the family.

“He’s been up at night, can’t sleep, and of course it messes with me,” Julia Sullivan said.

The case raises a broader legal question: can a contractor be paid when there is no signed contract, and the homeowners say the work was only supposed to proceed if financing came through? The family is now looking for an attorney experienced in helping older adults navigate this complex legal dispute.

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How a bad prom haircut launched an Atlanta barber’s lifelong career

CNN Newsource on September 24, 2026

By Jamal Goss

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    ATLANTA (WUPA) — For master barber Ali Da Barber, a haircut is about more than what a client sees in the mirror. It’s about how they feel when they get out of the chair.

Ali says that understanding started with his own haircut years ago when he was in the eighth grade and preparing for prom. His barber made a mistake, and Ali went home determined to fix it himself.

His mother brought him clippers.

“I had to fix my own cut, bro,” Ali said.

The experience gave him confidence that he could cut hair. Before long, his classmates wanted to see whether he could do the same for them.

“Two weeks later, everybody that went to the prom was like, ‘If you really cut your hair, then shake me up, bro,'” Ali recalled. “I was like, ‘Have a seat.’ And that’s how it all started.”

Those three words eventually became a career. Ali went on to barber school and earned his license. But over the years, he said he learned that clients often bring more than their hair into his chair.

“I mean, a fresh cut, it relieves a person from any and everything that they’re going through,” Ali said. “I done cut people that lost their job. I done cut people to have interviews. I done cut people that got raises. I done cut people that went on tour.” For Ali, those experiences are part of what makes barbering personal.

“The cut makes you feel alive,” he said. “It makes you go get yourself together.” That philosophy was on display as Ali worked on a client named Red. From the wash to the clippers, edge-up, and final look in the mirror, Ali said the visible transformation is only part of what he hopes a client takes away.

“Just knowing that the person is satisfied, man, and knowing whatever they’re going through is going to be all right,” Ali said.

Then he put it more simply.

“A cut is like magic,” he said. “It’s magical.”

Ali also sees his work as part of a tradition that extends beyond individual haircuts. He remembers a time when the neighborhood barber was a fixture in the lives of families and children.

“The barbering was a staple in the community,” Ali said.

He said that’s one reason he cuts so many children and tries to remain involved in their lives. For Ali, the finished haircut may be what people notice first. But some of the work he values most can’t be seen in the mirror.

It shows up in the way someone walks out the door.

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Art For All gives donated supplies a second life

KESQ on September 24, 2026

Dakota Makinen

LA QUINTA, Calif. (KESQ) — Art supplies are getting a second life in La Quinta through Art for All, a community art store focused on making creativity more accessible.

The store sells donated art and craft materials on a pay-what-you-can model, helping teachers, families, artists and other community members find supplies at a price that works for them.

Art for All also aims to reduce waste by keeping unused materials out of the trash and putting them back into the hands of people who can use them.

Proceeds help support arts education and outreach throughout the Coachella Valley.

People can also donate unused art supplies to help keep the cycle going.

Donations can be dropped off at Old Town Artisan Studios, 78046 Calle Barcelona in La Quinta, on Tuesdays from 2 to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon.

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Guatemalan national pinned under ICE vehicle while running from agents, state patrol says

CNN Newsource on September 24, 2026

By Christopher Harris

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    ALBANY, Georgia (WUPA) — The Georgia State Patrol says a man was pinned under an ICE vehicle while attempting to run from an immigration stop in Albany, Georgia.

The agency said a trooper was sent to a “vehicle-versus-pedestrian crash” at 5:34 a.m. on Sept. 17 on the Liberty Expressway at Exit 1 in Dougherty County. Dougherty County police officers were already there when the trooper arrived.

According to the GSP, ICE agents had stopped a vehicle in the area, and everyone inside the vehicle ran away on foot. A 2021 Dodge Charger driven by an ICE agent and one of the people who ran “collided in the grassy gore area between the main travel lanes of the Liberty Expressway and the northbound exit ramp,” the patrol said. The collision left the man pinned under the Charger.

Dougherty County EMS took the man to Phoebe Putney Hospital in Albany. The patrol identified him as 28-year-old Edgar Gomez.

An ICE spokesperson gave a different description of what happened when asked for comment by CBS News Atlanta. In a statement, the agency said three people ran from the vehicle stop, and Edgar Borromeo Cabrera-Gomez, a 28-year-old Guatemalan national, lost his footing and slid under an ICE vehicle as the officer tried to stop in front of him. ICE said his injuries were not reported as life-threatening and he is in stable condition pending discharge.

The crash remains under investigation. The GSP said its investigators are still collecting and reviewing additional facts and body camera video from ICE.

ICE said it has removed Cabrera-Gomez from the U.S. four times before. The agency said he will be processed for reinstatement of his prior removal order once he leaves the hospital.

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Man wounded during 2024 Trump rally shooting in Butler County, Pennsylvania dies

CNN Newsource on September 24, 2026

By Patrick Damp

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    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — One of the men who was wounded in the attempted assassination of President Trump at a 2024 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, has died.

According to the House Republicans’ social media feeds, Jim Copenhaver died two years after sustaining serious injuries.

“We are deeply saddened by the passing of Jim Copenhaver, who was gravely wounded in the horrific shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania,” the tweet from the House GOP account read. “Jim endured unimaginable hardship with strength and perseverance. We join his family and loved ones in mourning his loss and praying for them during this difficult time.”

Copenhaver was one of two rally-goers injured during the shooting on July 13, 2024. David Dutch of New Kensington was also injured and Corey Comperatore was killed.

One bullet hit Copenhaver in the triceps and another was lodged in his body after it took chunks of his colon, leaving him with nerve damage.

About a week after he was hospitalized, Copenhaver was discharged.

Both Copenhaver and Dutch spoke with KDKA-TV nearly a year after the assassination attempt and recalled the terror that broke out during the campaign rally for Mr. Trump. “I was standing up looking at the Jumbotron behind me, and next thing I know my sleeve has been yanked,” Copenhaver said. “I could see a portion of it going by pretty fast, and I heard ‘pew.’ I heard it, and I didn’t realize at the time that I had gotten shot. But I turned around, and that’s when I got the second shot.”

Copenhaver was 76 years old.

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