Deaths Elsewhere Pearl Harbor survivor Warren Upton dies
Warren Upton, the oldest living Pearl Harbor attack survivor and last Utah crew member, died at 105 in California after pneumonia. He recalled the Utah torpedo hits and swimming to safety, signing a life cut short by years of loss as surviving veterans dwindled from 87,000 on Oahu to 15.
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Pearl Harbor Attack
Honolulu
Warren Upton
Pearl Harbor
Utah
Upton
Los Gatos
California
Kathleen Farley
Sons and Daughters of
Associated Press
Ing
Oahu
J. Michael Wenger
Shae Hammond
BAY Area News Group
Barbara Upton
San Jose
World War II Memorial designer Friedrich St Florian dies
Austrian American architect Friedrich St Florian who designed the World War II Memorial on the Mall died December 18 in Providence Rhode Island at age 91. He helped shape the memorial with arches bronze sculptures and a pool incorporating the Rainbow Pool and faced criticism before its 2004 dedication. He taught at RISD and designed Providence Place mall among other works and remained devoted to the memorial throughout his career.
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Friedrich St. Florian
Providence
Rhode Island
Alisia St. Florian
St. Florian
Austria
Rhode Island School of Design
New England
Providence Place
Congress
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Albert Speer
Hitler
Germany
New York Times
Berms
Pacific
U.S
Raymond Kaskey
Washington Post
Benjamin Forgey
Post
Marc Fisher
Herbert Muschamp
The
Times
New Yorker
Paul Goldberger
American Battle Monuments Commission
Commission of Fine Arts
National Capital Planning Commission
National Park Service
Washington
Friedrich Florian Gartler
Graz
Kaprun
Graz University of Technology
Firefighters
Paris
United States
Columbia University
RISD
Rome
Livia Campanella
Alisia
Ilaria St. Florian
Michigan
Matt McCain
Anzio
Middletown Police News on Latest Shooting Incident
Middletown police reveal little about officers involved as one remains on paid admin leave while a BCI probe continues. Police union chief notes no one was shot in this incident and prayers are offered for all involved. This follows three police shooting events in Middletown since February 2023 including a Walmart Towne Boulevard fatality and a 2023 April exchange of fire.
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Middletown
Earl Nelson
BCI
Nelson
Dennis Jordan
Middletown Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 36
Kyle Kellum
Common Pleas Court
Walmart
Towne Boulevard
DUI and weapons arrests reported in Lorain County blotter
At 1:43 a.m. at Train Station Bar Justin Cottom 34 of Delaware Avenue was charged with DUI DUI refusal resisting arrest obstructing official business speeding and license plate display after a 53 mph stop in a 25 mph zone. He refused sobriety tests and was jailed. At 12:32 p.m. on South Logan Street Joshue Lehman 35 was charged with felony drug possession theft and obstructing official business plus a warrant from a 2022 Elyria case. An orange tube with 13.3 grams of suspected fentanyl was found. At 3:24 p.m. near Route 113 and Clemens Avenue Brian Hoffman 35 was arrested on weapons under disability carrying concealed weapon improper handling of firearm plus driving under suspension drug paraphernalia fictitious plates and turning violation. A loaded 9 mm handgun was found and Hoffman was sought on multiple warrants. a glass pipe and marijuana were also found in the vehicle.
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E. River St
Justin A. Cottom
Delaware Avenue
Cottom
Lorain County
South
Logan Street
Joshue M. Lehman
South Logan Street
Elyria Municipal Court
Elyria Target Store
Lehman
Clemens Avenue
Brian E. Hoffman
Bursley Road
Wellington
Hoffman
Route 113
State Highway Patrol
Medina County
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