Apprentice flown to hospital after being pinned by elevator at Google data center

CNN Newsource on August 4, 2026

By Isaac Nielsen

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    COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (Daily Nonpareil) — A contractor’s apprentice was seriously injured Monday evening after becoming trapped beneath an exterior construction elevator at Google’s main data center in Council bluffs.

The Council Bluffs Fire Department responded to Google’s Southlands campus at 10420 Bunge Ave. around 5:08 p.m. Monday.

Fire Marshal Alex Ford told The Nonpareil that the victim’s supervisor called 911 prompting fire and rescue units to be dispatched.

The first arriving fire engine reached the front gate of the campus at 5:16 p.m., but crews did not reach the patient until about 10 minutes later because they were not allowed through the gate.

“There were some communication issues happening down there letting the front gate know that there was a medical emergency,” Ford told The Nonpareil on Tuesday morning.

Ford said the engine made it through the gate at 5:22 p.m., and firefighters reached the victim at 5:26 p.m.

The victim was awake, alert and in significant pain when crews arrived, Ford said. Firefighters were able to extricate him from beneath the elevator in about 10 minutes before flying him on a LifeNet medical helicopter to the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

The total time from the 911 call to the victim arriving at the medical center was just under an hour, Ford said.

Ford confirmed the injured worker was an apprentice working for a contractor at the site.

Ford said the department typically does not experience issues accessing the Google campus during emergency calls.

“Typically, when we go down there, we don’t have this kind of issue,” Ford said. “We typically have an escort waiting to take us right to the patient.”

Ford said the delay may have been caused by a breakdown in communication after the contractor, rather than Google personnel, called 911.

To Ford’s knowledge, Monday’s incident was the first time Council Bluffs Fire Department had experienced a delay getting through the campus gate.

Ford said the department already faces a longer response time to the Southlands campus because of its distance from the station, making it important that crews can access the scene as quickly as possible.

Council Bluffs fire officials are working to set up a meeting with Google to discuss the incident and determine how to prevent similar delays in the future.

The incident remains under investigation. Officials have not released additional details about what caused the elevator accident.

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Hungry goats help reveal past at historic African American cemetery

CNN Newsource on August 4, 2026

By Nakell Williams

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    COLLEGE PARK, Georgia (WUPA) — Volunteers with the One Square Mile Project, Inc are making progress with their effort to uncover a hidden historic African American cemetery in College Park.

The cemetery is located behind Mount Calvary Baptist Church on JT Alexander Avenue. Monetary donations from the community enabled the group to have the Red Wagon Goats bring in more than a dozen animals to eat the kudzu that’s covering grave sites there.

“They are going to clear this whole kudzu area and hopefully get these folks out,” said Bre Johnson with Red Wagon Goats.

Workers set up a long fence to cover about an acre and a half where the goats will eat for two weeks. They’ll come back often to check on them.

“When we get down to about 10 to 20% greenery left, we start supplementing with hay so the goats don’t start feeling like they are in a state of scarcity and start thinking that the grass is greener on the other side,” Red Wagon Goats owner Megan Kibby said. “Goats’ mischief can be anything from staging escapes. I think we had one customer who left her basement door ajar, and she woke up and found goats in her basement.”

Craig Eberhart of the One Square Mile Project and other volunteers are urging the community to continue helping in any way that’s possible. Since the organization began uncovering graves by hand several months ago, he said they have discovered headstones dating back to 1925. They include African-American history makers, including the city’s first educators, veterans, morticians, and community leaders.

“There has been immense interest in the community about it. People are coming out, helping us maintain what we are doing. This is probably going to be a million-dollar-plus project, and we are going to need help from every aspect, not only from the community but from the local city government and from the state. We are asking that the airport be involved with it as well.” Eberhart said.

Kibby said the goats helped to restore several historic cemeteries across metro Atlanta.

“We are just really proud to be able to be a part of these efforts of getting these often neglected bodies of land and take care of the people who are here or people whose ancestors are here,” Kibby said.

Volunteers meet at the cemetery on Saturdays to take part in the clean-up. You can contact the One Square Mile Project for information about donations and volunteerism.

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Leading with Purpose

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By Rashad Clay, HAUL Intern

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    August 4, 2026 (Houston Style Magazine) — Leadership is easy to announce; purpose is harder to prove. Judson W. Robinson III has spent decades doing both—building a public-service career around a straightforward Houston principle: open doors, strengthen neighborhoods and leave the ladder standing for the next person.

As President and CEO of the Houston Area Urban League since 2008, Robinson leads an organization that has empowered Houstonians since 1968. Its work reaches across education, workforce development, housing counseling, entrepreneurship, health and civic advocacy—turning opportunity from a popular talking point into practical assistance for families, students, job seekers and small-business owners.

Robinson’s leadership story is also woven into Houston’s modern skyline. A third-generation Houstonian and former three-term at-large City Council member, he helped advance major redevelopment efforts and civic projects connected to Midtown, Texas Avenue, the Hilton Americas-Houston and several signature sports and transportation landmarks. In other words, his résumé is not merely framed on a wall; Houstonians can drive past parts of it.

“Leading with Purpose,” a new six-week interview series, invites readers to meet the man behind the mission. Robinson reflects on the family values that shaped him, the lessons gained from business and government, and the responsibility leaders carry to protect opportunity—especially for communities too often asked to wait their turn.

The series arrives at an important moment. Houston continues to grow, yet growth means little unless more residents can access quality jobs, stable housing, education, capital and a voice in civic life. Robinson’s message is both hopeful and demanding – lasting progress requires collaboration, courage and sustained investment in people.

Titles may introduce leaders, but service reveals them. Through this conversation, Houston Style Magazine explores how Robinson has transformed legacy into action—and why his next chapter may be just as consequential as those already written. Interview conducted by Rashad Clay, Fund Development & Communications Intern.

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Texas Is Less Than Three Months Away from Tectonic Elections

CNN Newsource on August 4, 2026

By Burt Levine

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    August 4, 2026 (Houston Style Magazine) — Texas politics are beginning to rumble, and the loudest tremor may arrive at the ballot box.

On Tuesday, November 3, Texans will choose a U.S. senator, governor, attorney general, all 150 members of the Texas House and a long list of congressional, judicial and county officials. Early voting runs Monday, October 19, through Friday, October 30. The voter-registration deadline is Monday, October 5, and applications for a ballot by mail must be received by Friday, October 23.

Those dates matter because 2026 is shaping up as one of Texas’ most competitive election years in more than three decades. Democrats have not won a statewide Texas election since 1994, while Republicans enter the fall defending offices they have controlled for a generation. That history gives this election its “tectonic” label—but political earthquakes are never caused by polls alone. They happen when voters show up.

The open U.S. Senate contest is drawing national attention. Democratic state Rep. James Talarico faces Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, who defeated longtime Sen. John Cornyn in the May 26 Republican runoff. A Fox News survey conducted July 23–27 placed Talarico ahead 51% to 48%, exactly within its three-point margin of error. A newer Texas Southern University survey conducted July 27–30, showed Talarico leading 47% to 45%, also within the margin of error. Translation: nobody should order victory balloons just yet.

A Talarico win would make him the first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas since Lloyd Bentsen’s 1988 reelection. A Paxton victory would extend Republican control of the seat and add another statewide win to a record that already includes three successful attorney general campaigns.

The governor’s race is just as closely watched. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is seeking another term against Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, a civil-rights and labor attorney who previously served as president of the Austin ISD Board of Trustees. Fox News gave Abbott a one-point advantage, while another July survey placed him ahead 45% to 42%. Both results were within their respective margins of error. If elected, Hinojosa would become Texas’ first Latina governor and its third woman governor, following Miriam “Ma” Ferguson and Ann Richards.

For attorney general, Republican state Sen. Mayes Middleton faces Democratic state Sen. Nathan Johnson. A July poll placed Middleton at 39% and Johnson at 38%, with 18% undecided. Texas last elected a Democratic attorney general when Dan Morales won reelection in 1994.

Beyond the statewide marquee, every Texas House seat is on the ballot. Contests across the suburbs, South Texas and major metropolitan counties could influence the Legislature’s direction on public education, property taxes, insurance costs, health care, water and the electric grid. The top-of-ticket races may attract the television cameras, but state representatives write laws that follow Texans into classrooms, businesses, hospitals and monthly household budgets.

The political ground is also shifting closer to home. Harris County voters will choose between Democrat Letitia Plummer and Republican Orlando Sanchez for county judge. In Fort Bend County, Democrat Dexter McCoy faces Republican Daniel Wong. In Brazoria County, Democrat Eugene Howard faces Republican Rob Giesecke. These county executives influence emergency management, public health, roads, budgets and the everyday machinery of local government—proof that the “down-ballot” is often where politics lands closest to the front porch.

Houston Style Magazine encourages every eligible voter—Democrat, Republican, independent or still deciding—to check their registration, compare candidates, study the full ballot and make a voting plan. Democracy is not a spectator sport, and Election Day is not the time to discover your registration still carries an old address.

Texas may be preparing for a political earthquake. But the people—not pundits, parties or polling averages—will determine how far the ground moves.

OFFICIAL VOTER INFORMATION Texas registration, voting requirements and election information: VoteTexas.gov Harris County voting locations and sample ballots: HarrisVotes.com Fort Bend County Elections: Fort Bend County Elections and Voter Registration Brazoria County Elections: Brazoria County Clerk Elections Department

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What Shall I Do With My Boy?

CNN Newsource on August 4, 2026

By Ben Jealous

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    August 4, 2026 (Houston Style Magazine) — In 1836, four white apprentices beat Frederick Douglass nearly blind in a Baltimore shipyard.

He named them years later. Ned North. Ned Hays. Bill Stewart. Tom Humphreys. One came at him with a brick. One swung a handspike into his head. Fifty white carpenters watched. None said stop.

They said the Black caulkers were “eating the bread which should be eaten by American freemen.” Douglass saw past that. The white man, he wrote, “is robbed by the slave system of the just results of his labor.” The men who owned that system taught poor whites to fight poor Blacks. It kept them both poor.

He escaped to New Bedford, a trained caulker in a free town of Quakers and abolitionists. A shipowner tried to hire him. Every white man on the vessel threatened to walk. He shoveled coal instead.

Still no bench for him.

In 1853 he asked Harriet Beecher Stowe to help him build a school where Black boys could learn a trade. There were fathers, he said, “whose minds are tossed by day and by night with the anxious enquiry, ‘what shall I do with my boys?'”

The school was never built. The question never went away.

Ask it again now. Manufacturing jobs peaked in June 1979 and fell for forty years. In the 1950s, 98 of every 100 American men in their prime worked or looked for work. Today it is 89. Black men lived this first.

Then we told every child that college was the only road. Georgetown researchers project only 42 percent of jobs will require a degree by 2031. We closed the shop classes and called it progress. The old track had sorted Black and brown children into dead ends. We did not fix the sorting. We tore out the ladder and left the wall.

Now hear what we tell the boys. The Pentagon studied who could enlist. Seventy-seven percent of Americans aged 17 to 24 cannot qualify. Too heavy. A record. A pill. A test.

Three out of four, told they are not wanted. Then the Army did something quiet. In 2022 it opened a course at Fort Jackson for the ones who failed the standards. It taught them until they met them. About 95 percent passed.

Chaz Andrews had wanted to serve since he was 19. He failed the entrance test more than ten times. He was 29 when the course got him through. Nothing was wrong with Chaz Andrews.

Hugh Price saw this coming. He helped start the National Guard Youth Challenge Program, which lifts dropouts’ earnings 20 percent. The military, the former Urban League president wrote, “figured out long ago how to nurture the potential of aimless young people.”

He did not want to militarize childhood. He wanted the method. High expectations for everyone. A mentor who knows your name. A refusal to sort children into the ones worth teaching and the ones worth writing off.

Charlie Rangel asked the other half. He came home to Harlem from Korea with a Purple Heart and pushed for universal national service. “If we are going to send our children to war,” he wrote, “the governing principle must be shared sacrifice.”

Rangel answered who serves. Price answered how people are made.

Maryland is testing both. Republican Larry Hogan dropped the degree requirement for most state jobs, and hiring without degrees rose 41 percent in four months. Democrat Wes Moore built the first statewide service year in America.

That is real. So is this. Congress has not reauthorized the National Apprenticeship Act since 1937.

Further along than we were. Nowhere near done.

My father ran a Head Start center in San Diego in the late sixties. What surprised him was who objected. Not only men who hated Black children. Also, comfortable people who did not want anybody’s poor children given a head start, white ones included.

We would rather sort children than teach them.

Douglass asked what he should do with his boys. We still owe him an answer.

Ten years after Los Angeles burned, I stood backstage waiting to speak. Jack Kemp was at the lectern, pounding it. Our kids, he shouted. Our kids. Our kids.

An elder from South Central asked me where he was from. Upstate New York, I said.

Then whose kids is he talking about?

All of them, ma’am. They are all American children.

The notion stunned her. It should not stun anyone. It still does.

A country is not a nation until it claims them all.

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Wisconsin man flies helicopter to Cabela’s because ‘the drive was too long’

CNN Newsource on August 4, 2026

By Montse Ricossa

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    WASHINGTON COUNTY, Wis. (WDJT) — A Wisconsin man taking a trip to Cabela’s apparently thought it was too long by car, so he took a helicopter, instead.

On Saturday, Aug. 1, around 6 p.m., a Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to the Cabela’s in Richfield for a report of a helicopter landing in the parking lot.

The deputy made contact with the pilot, 69-year-old Dennis Pipping of Rosendale, and learned he had flown to Cabela’s because, “the drive was too long.”

According to the sheriff’s office, the pilot was properly licensed, landed safely and complied with FAA regulations.

He was not arrested or cited.

The sheriff’s office says the incident was just a “unique way to make a shopping trip to avoid all the roundabouts in front of Cabela’s.”

The pilot’s neighbors, about 50 minutes away, say helicopter sightings are common. Sometimes, they say, it’s for his business. Other times for fun. Robert Coehorn has lived in the area for over 30 years, saying the helicopter usage is sporadic — sometimes several times a day, to a few times a week.

Coehorn said if he had a helicopter himself and could avoid traffic, he too would likely fly it to go shopping. “Because it’d be fun and convenient,” he added with a laugh. The pilot, according to neighbors, is a known lover of aviation, having an airplane before the helicopter.

“This isn’t your everyday parking complaint,” the sheriff’s office said.

Pipping commented on our social media post about his trip to Cabela’s, saying he’s been flying since 1984. He says if he thought it was dangerous, he wouldn’t have landed, and the parking lot had no cars around.

He thanks everyone for the positive comments.

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Gann Fire: Evacuations remain for fire near New Hogan Lake in Calaveras County

CNN Newsource on August 4, 2026

By David Aguilar, Jeremiah Martinez

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    Calaveras County (KCRA) — Crews worked overnight to try to keep a wildfire that prompted evacuations in Calaveras County from continuing to spread. On Tuesday morning, a large plume of smoke and hazy skies covered the area.

The Gann Fire started shortly before 5:30 p.m. Monday near Hogan Dam and Gann roads near New Hogan Lake.

Gann Fire evacuations Evacuation orders have been issued for zones CCU-147, CCU-139, CCU-110 and CCU-109. An advisory is issued for zone CCU-130.

An evacuation order means people need to immediately move out of the area due to an imminent threat. Under an advisory, residents should follow local recommendations or watch for further instructions.

Evacuation Centers An evacuation shelter is located at Jenny Lind Memorial District at 189 Pine Street, Valley Springs, California 95252, according to Red Cross. The organization said volunteers will provide water, meals and emotional support.

Community members displaced by the fire are encouraged to bring the following for each member of their family and small pets:

Prescription and other emergency medication Extra clothing Pillows and blankets Hygiene supplies Important documents Diapers, formula and toys for children The Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office said all displaced livestock can be taken to the Calaveras County Fairgrounds at 2465 Gunclub Road in Angels Camp. An emergency shelter is set up at 300 W Daphne Street in Valley Springs where domesticated animals are welcomed, according to the sheriff’s office.

Gann Fire acreage, containment and conditions Cal Fire said when the Gann Fire started, it burned rapidly uphill through dry grass and brush. As of 9:33 a.m., the fire has burned at least 3,000 acres, up from the 2,100 acres reported at 5:52 a.m.

Crews worked through the overnight hours trying to keep the fire from making it to the other side of the mountain, where residences are.

As of 9:33 a.m., there is no established containment around the fire’s burn area, Cal Fire said. The fire continues to burn at a moderate rate of spread.

More than 250 personnel are combating the fire, Cal Fire said. Among the resources deployed were Firehawk helicopters, which have the capability of responding to wildfires at night.

Rollover and crash during fire There was a dozer rollover reported, injuring a firefighter, who was taken to a hospital and is being medically evaluated. The condition of the firefighter is unknown.

As crews were on scene, a pickup truck crashed head-on with a fire engine blocking the road, according to footage from a KCRA 3 news crew. The crash resulted in major damage to the front of the truck.

California Highway Patrol officers moved the truck out of the way to clear the road for fire crews.

Gann Fire smoke concerns On Tuesday, the Calaveras Unified School District said it is monitoring air quality throughout the area, including in Valley Springs and San Andreas.

The school district has decided that, based on current conditions, it will keep schools open and in session Tuesday. However, outdoor activities, including recess, may be modified.

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‘She didn’t deserve none of this’: Family honors teen killed 40 years ago, case remains unsolved

CNN Newsource on August 4, 2026

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    MILWAUKEE (WISN) — Monday marked 40 years since the murder of Marie Antoinette Smith, who, at just 17 years old, was discovered murdered in a Milwaukee pond near 76th Street and Brown Deer Road. Her family gathered at Northridge Lakes for a vigil, still seeking justice in the cold case.

It was back in 1986 that Smith was found floating face down, fully clothed, in the water. Investigators determined she had been strangled and beaten, but no arrests have been made in the decades since.

“Marie was a very angelic type of person; she had the most beautiful smile,” said Niani Perry, Smith’s best friend.

Smith’s younger sister, Nickhol Ashley, who was 14 years old at the time of the murder, described the ongoing struggle of not knowing who was responsible.

“Hard, a struggle, just trying to figure out why,” Ashley said.

Ashley explained why returning to the lagoon was important to her.

“This is 40 years later, so I wanted to be here in this spot where she was, where they dumped her,” she said.

The family’s emotions remain raw as they continue to seek justice.

“I don’t even want answers no more. I want justice for my sister because she didn’t deserve none of this. She didn’t get to live her life at all. But the people, or person that did this, they’ve been living their life for 40 years. Forty years, and hers was took. Come on now,” Ashley said.

Perry shared her belief that accountability will eventually come.

“You’re going to have to answer one day, whether it be in the court of law or with the man upstairs, but we all reap what we sow, and you’re going to have to answer,” she said.

Milwaukee police did not respond to questions about the case Monday. However, during a 12 News investigation earlier this year, the department stated that its cold case unit is working on the investigation and would not discuss open cases.

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Teen dies after drowning emergency at OKANA during his birthday, graduation celebration

CNN Newsource on August 4, 2026

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    OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — A teenager died after a drowning call at OKANA Resort on Friday while celebrating his birthday and graduation.

Family identifies teenager pulled from water Peter Ekpo, the teenager’s father, said a large group of family members and loved ones made a trip to the waterpark to celebrate his son’s 18th birthday and high school graduation. Instead of looking forward to celebrating his future, they are now making funeral arrangements.

The teenager was identified as Chidera Maurice Peter.

“All the kids are traumatized as I speak with you,” Peter Ekpo said.

After years of health issues for Chidera Peter, his father said the celebrations were supposed to be especially meaningful.

What led up to the emergency call? At about 3 p.m. Friday, emergency crews responded to a drowning call at OKANA in Oklahoma City. The teenager was pulled from water deeper than what he was used to, according to his father.

“What they are used to is a slide that rolls into shallow water,” Peter Ekpo said. “All along, we’ve been going to pools that are four feet, five feet deep. We’ve never been to that depth before because he can’t swim.”

Oklahoma City firefighters said a lifeguard pulled the teenager out of the water, and firefighters assisted with lifesaving care.

The teenager’s father said his son was taken to a hospital, where he died at about midnight Saturday.

Oklahoma City police said there won’t be a criminal investigation.

KOCO 5 reached out to OKANA, and the resort said they could not provide additional details, but they are cooperating with police, and their hearts are with the family.

KOCO also reached out to the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office for the autopsy report. The office confirmed an autopsy was complete, but additional testing was needed.

Officials said cases are typically completed within 90 days.

Who was Chidera? The teenager’s father said Chidera Peter’s loved ones have been reflecting on his life that was cut short.

“Everybody who knows him knows he’s a Godly child. He loves anything that has to do with God. Every Sunday, we go to church as a family,” Peter Ekpo said. “His friends have been coming to the house. His friends—some are devastated. The parents, even kids I never met before, none of them have said anything bad about him.”

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Young professionals raise housing concerns as Omaha city leaders push to keep talent in town

CNN Newsource on August 4, 2026

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    OMAHA, Neb. (KETV) — Data from the University of Nebraska Omaha shows more than 4,000 young professionals left the state in 2023, with that number slowly rising every year.

Monday night kicked off Young Professionals Week for the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce. At the kickoff event, YPs shared their voices on changes they want to see in the city and heard Mayor John Ewing’s plans to keep a young and thriving community for YPs in Omaha.

“We want to encourage them to stay, and we want to focus on brain gain and look at how we can help make this the city of their dreams,” Ewing said.

Census data shows over 12,000 people moved to Nebraska from 2024 to 2025.

“We need to bring more people here. But most importantly, we need to develop our talent here,” Ewing said.

Merrick Brtek, a director for the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, said she thinks it’s important for young professionals to know that their voices are being heard.

Mayor Ewing spoke about all the changes coming to the city for the younger population, like a professional women’s soccer team and more entertainment.

“I feel like they’re making a lot of changes currently. That really engages a lot of young people already. For example, they have Mahone Music Festival going on next week,” Parker Wold, an Omaha young professional, said.

But some say affordable housing is still a big concern for young professionals in the area.

“Something that I hear from my friends a lot and from other young professionals is they want to buy a home. And what does that look like,” Brtek said.

Ewing said we will see information coming out soon about the city’s new affordable housing task force. He also said while it’s important to retain all our young professionals, the city also wants to make Omaha a business environment so the city can attract young professionals from all over.

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