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Taylor Passantino

Waveland residents used their home security cameras to help police solve a pair of thefts this week.

Chief Mike Prendergast said Taylor Ryan Passantino, 33, has been charged in both burglaries investigated by his officers.

Passantino was charged with burglary and possession of burglary tools.

On Tuesday, a homeowner on Nicholson Avenue said he saw on his security cameras that a man had entered his storage area and took several items.

The description led police to question Passantino, who admitted to taking the items from the home on Nicholson. The stolen items were recovered from a nearby residence.

The following day, Waveland Police received a call from a resident on Sarahs Lane about a bicycle being stolen.

From the description of the bicycle, police determined it was the same bike that Passantino was riding he was arrested. He was charged with a second count of burglary.

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CHICAGO Police on the North Side are trying to determine if the same crew is responsible for several armed robberies over the last few days.

Separate incidents in North Center and Lakeview, which occurred in less than 30 minutes, saw the victims approached by a group of offenders who demanded their belongings before taking off.

Police said they learned of the first incident just before 10:50 p.m. Monday. A 23-year-old male and a 21-year-old male were walking in the 1600 block of W. Waveland when a dark-colored sedan driving eastbound approached them.

Three male offenders exited the vehicle displaying firearms and demanded the victims personal property.

The victims complied and the offenders got back into the vehicle and fled northbound through the alley. Police reported no injuries.

Less than two miles away, around 11:20 p.m., in the 3100 block of N. Damen, a 35-year-old told police that two to three unknown male offenders approached him and demanded his belongings.

According to police, one of the offenders struck the victim in the head with a firearm and took his possessions.

The uptick in armed robberies has left North Side residents Ezequiel Collazo and Samantha Matos concerned for their safety.

Right now, it just gives me the chills because I live down the block, Collazo said. Its not too often that you hear that it happens here in Lakeview, but its starting to happen more frequently than usual.

Its pretty scary knowing that that happened here, Matos said. To have to walk through the neighborhood and having to look over my shoulder constantly, thats a scary thing.

The incidents come after a similar attack happened over the weekend in the citys Wicker Park and Bucktown neighborhoods.

On Monday, WGN News spoke with a couple who was robbed at gunpoint Saturday evening in the 1700 block of N. Winchester around 11 p.m.

Surveillance video shows a white sedan stopping in the middle of the street and three men rushing the victims and demanding they turn over their personals.

The couple did not wish to be identified but told WGN News they were ambushed.

All the doors open up and you immediately see people with guns, she said. One kind of rushed us up the middle, the other two flanked us. We tried to get away. They caught us in the middle of the street, emptied our pockets and were gone in 30 seconds.

Police told the couple another attempted robbery had happened nearby on Armitage and Wolcott. Still, police have no suspects in custody.

Tuesday evening, police issued a community alert for four more similar robberies that all occurred on Saturday:

The search continues and police ask anyone with information to contact the authorities.

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Similar armed robberies on North Side, where group ambushes victims, reported to CPD - WGN TV Chicago

On Monday around lunchtime, a Facebook post circulated among musicians and vinyl collectors noting the arrival of a new record shop in the basement of the Arlington Hotel Resort Hotel & Spa, a hulk of a structure in downtown Hot Springs that opened its arms in 1875 to the upper crust who came for the towns healing thermal spring waters and libertine charms Babe Ruth and Al Capone among them. The hotels basement is a sort of precursor to the shopping mall, with a handful of ventures (Mamoos Creamery, for one) doing business among the vestiges of the bathhouse districts heyday vintage mosaic tile, an antique barbershop swivel chair.

The newest of those underground storefront enterprises is the Downtown Record & CD Emporium, a 4-day-old vinyl record shop owned by vinyl lifer Tom Coleman. Buy, sell, trade, or just come in and look around. 78s, 45s, cassettes, CDs. The shop will do a soft opening this month and a grand opening on Friday, Sept. 2, in conjunction with Hot Springs monthly First Friday Gallery Walk.

Coleman is not new to the line of work; Downtown Record is his fifth record shop since he started selling vinyl in 1981. I actually thought I was out of the business, Coleman told me, but it kept dragging me back. Hes been hooked on vinyl for decades now. He bought his first record as a kid for $4.98 at Roses Drug Store in Lubbock, Texas The Beatles 1964 release Something New. Hes a devotee to the analog medium, and listens to music at home on a McIntosh tube amp system.

His first shop Play It Again Records in Chattanooga, Tennessee was more like a High Fidelity store, he said. We were a bunch of music snobs and anybody who was listening to Madonna or anything like that at the time, we were totally against. These days, though, Coleman seems anything but narrow-minded about music. Before I and Arkansas Times photographer Brian Chilson left the building, the three of us, plus Colemans partner Beau Baize, had covered territory that ranged from The Clash to The Church to the glories of Paul Cauthen to Colemans studies of the Ars nova, a medieval treatise that rocked the music world in 14th-century France.

Nor is Coleman stranger to the vinyl shops elsewhere in the area. Hes a big fan of Bill Eginton and the Arkansas Record & CD Exchange, and spoke highly about Control Records and Been Around. Little Rock is blessed, he said. Ive been in large cities that didnt have that many good record stores.

Over the years, Coleman ran record and vinyl memorabilia shops in Knoxville and Laguna Beach, California. When Katrina hit, his mother was living in Waveland, Mississippi ground zero for the hurricanes devastation. She watched as her home and belongings washed away into the sea, and when Coleman broached the subject of where she might relocate, she said she thought Hot Springs might be nice. Hed intended to get her settled and move elsewhere, but when she got ill, he decided to stick around.

Coleman bought CDs For Less, a music shop on Hot Springs Albert Pike Road, eventually upended around 2010 when Popeyes Chicken bought the land. And Coleman went back to being a collector again. Until about a month and a half ago, that is, when the owners of Benton-based record shop Retro Rose put their Arlington storefront then a small-scale record shop called The Loud Library on the market, and Coleman grabbed it up.

The shelves in the front room of Downtown Record & CD Exchange are full a small country music shelf, loads of Rolling Stones and 70s rock and a section labeled Vapors, inspired by Hot Springs famous nightclub. By the time the grand opening rolls around in September, the back room will be stocked, too. And whats there is a fraction of of Colemans and Baizes collection, the upper echelon of which leans toward rare Rolling Stones records, white label promos for The Kinks records, and sought-after stuff from The Dickies, New Order, Joy Division. Some of Colemans collection came from his connections to the creators of Hits Magazine, one of whom decided to liquidate a choice vinyl collection during the CD era and gave Coleman first dibs. It was like walking into Tuts tomb, he said. Still, he said, he really doesnt collect anything for the sake of rarity, or by bands hes not a fan of. Im more inclined toward the things that just make me happy, he said.

All told, I left there with some Odetta, T-Rex, a copy of The Andrews Sisters greatest hits (signed by Maxene!) and a saucy-looking cabaret comedy collection from Downtown Records Sleazy Listening shelf, recorded by an English actress named Elsa Lanchester, who sang songs like If You Peek in My Gazebo, Please Sell No More Drink to My Father and Lolas Saucepan. I never even saw the CDs and cassettes he had on hand, but theyll be the first thing I look at when I get back underneath the Arlington.

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IRVING WOODS For decades, the halls of Canty Elementary School twinkled with sparkly animal prints and glittery paper stars made by students in Alexandria Lialios classroom.

The Far Northwest Side school at 3740 N. Panama Ave. was Lialios second home for 38 years, where she taught first grade, Greek and specialized in early childhood development. The teacher died unexpectedly in February from lung cancer, her family said. She was 61.

In early June, on the last day of school before summer vacation, an honorary street designation for Lialios was posted across from the school at North Paris Avenue between West Waveland Avenue and West Grace Street. All of the students and staff joined in to celebrate the teacher and share memories.

Honorary Alexandria Lialios Way remembers the teacher and mother who impacted the school community and touched generations of students, said Canty Principal Jennifer Rath.

She was one of the longest-standing teachers here at the school, said Rath, who has been principal since 2019. One of the things that I learned initially was I have a teacher in the building who had [Lialios] as a first-grade teacher.

Lialios, a first-generation Greek American, grew up on the Northwest Side and lived in Arlington Heights. She devoted her life to teaching and always put others before herself, said her brother, Chris Lialios. She joined Cantys staff in 1984.

She loved teaching. She loved being around children, Chris Lialios said. She started teaching at a very young age, whether it was at our church, parish or Sunday school. She was fluent in both English and Greek, so she loved [teaching] that, as well.

Known for her polished look, Lialios always wore patterned animal outfits and was decked out with sequined jewelry, dresses and high heels. She was always dressed for work, and her makeup was perfect Rath only saw her in tennis shoes once, she said.

In Lialios decades at Canty, she created traditions at the school that will continue, Rath said. During the winter holidays, Lialios and her students would make large, white paper glittery star ornaments to wear while singing Do You Hear What I Hear? for the winter concert she organized.

Lialios also loved reading Corduroy, a classic 1968childrens bookwritten and illustrated byDon Freeman, to all of her students, and she tried her best to make sure no student fell behind, Rath said.

She understood the value of a neighborhood school that it should be the heart of a community, she said. That she dedicated her entire teaching to Canty really says a lot about her.

When Lialios wasnt in the classroom, she enjoyed spending time with her two children and caring for her elaborate flower garden, her family said. Neighbors would stop to admire the plants and shed often talk with them about her favorite flowers, relatives said.

Lialios was at Canty in late January when she didnt feel well and fainted, said her son, Demetri Verros. She was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.

Verros said Lialios told the family her news, and her instinct was to comfort everyone else, he said.

When we got the diagnosis, we were all sitting there crying and she was looking at me trying to make me smile, Verros said. She had just received the worst news of her life probably and she was trying to comfort me.

Lialios died three weeks later, Verros said. It all happened so fast that Lialios never got a chance to say goodbye to her school community. With remote teaching because of the pandemic, there were students she never saw again and families with whom she lost touch.

With the honorary street designation, its almost as if she came back for a final adieu, her family said. Canty families came out in droves for her wake and the street dedication, and they reached out to the Lialios family to remind them of her impact on their lives, Chris Lialios said.

She never really got to say goodbye to all of the people she touched here so the street sign, I think, is her way and a blessing of saying, I love you guys. I was not able to say goodbye, but dont forget me,' he said.

That makes the street designation even more important, Chris Lialios said. The family is grateful to Ald. Nick Sposato (38th), who pushed the designation through City Council to make it in time before the school year ended.

Although Sposato never met the first-grade teacher, he said it was important to honor her.

She was loved by many. It was a very a nice thing for the family, said Sposato, who attended the unveiling ceremony.

After Lialios death, Canty created a committee to determine other ways to remember the teacher, Rath said. The committee, along with the family, has raised almost $10,000 in Lialios honor. The money will be used to build two benches near the schools playground that will be installed in September, the principal said.

The school also hosted a Ms. Lialios Spirit Day after she died, where all of the students and teachers dressed in sparkly animal prints and some received cheetah keychains as gifts.

Inside the school, a copy of the street sign hangs below Lialios picture, framed with sequins to match her style, the principal and the Lialios family said. The school also gifted the family with a sequined and framed photo.

The brown street signs, which border the back of the school on both sides of North Paris Avenue, can remind people of how deeply an educator can influence a community, Rath said.

Sometimes people dont think about the power of a first-grade teacher, she said. How wonderful that we have a street named after a teacher.

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Waveland police officers took a break from catching bad guys this weekend to go fishing with kids at Buccaneer State Park.

A pole and bait was all it took for the officers to come together to create lasting memories with children and their families on Saturday morning.

Fishing with the Fuzz hosted 62 kids who got a free fishing pole for a fishing experience along with lunch.

Officers and lieutenants helped and watched as kids reeled in fish off their poles. Everyone got a free t-shirt regardless if they caught anything or not. Lt. Chad Dorn said, When they all started showing up this morning it really. Its a real thing. and just seeing the kids smile. They are already catching fish. They are having a good time. Its a joy to see that happening. Meeting and greeting with them while they are out there fishing and stuff. Kinda the same thing while were doing our meal and stuff. We will get to know the kids and they will get to know us.

The Waveland Police Department plans to host more kids for this event next year.

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Chicago is a city that comes even more alive during the hot summer months; if that is even possible to believe. June starts with PRIDE FEST, a tribute to our LGBTQIA+ friends & family.

This year June 18 and 19 Pride Fest returned. On Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. along Waveland Avenue, Grace Street, Halsted Street, and Bradley Place festival-goers will be treated to live music, local artists, food, drag shows, and a pet parade. There is a suggested donation of $15 that will help offset the cost of the festival and the workers to attend this neighborhood festival. The sense of community and togetherness is alive and well in this amazing neighborhood. In 2019, 14 rainbow paved intersections were installed and it has been given the distinction of being the longest public Pride installation of its kind in the entire world.

Here is a list you might like to check out between or after your summer classes or even prior to the beginning of the Fall semester. Whatever you choose to do during the summer in the city, have fun and enjoy all the city has to offer.

August:

8/6 7 North Halsted Market Days

8/27 28 Pilsen Fest

8/27 28 Bucktown Art Fest

Believe it or not the above listed are just a few events you can check out during the summer months. There are tons of other events as well as events in local surrounding areas. Be sure to check out http://www.timeoutchicago.com, http://www.wttw.com, and local ads on Instagram, Facebook or neighborhood news outlets for more information on events happening all around the town.

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Mississippi pastor Shane Vaughn has predicted that former president Donald Trump will gain control of the government following the midterm elections, wherein many are expecting the Republican Party to regain a majority in the House of Representatives.

Vaughn is the pastor of First Harvest Church in Waveland, Mississippi. In addition to his pastoral duties, Vaughn broadcasts a weekly web show wherein he refers to himself as Professor Toto, the leader of a Conservative College. He refers to his viewers as Totos Army.

The web show is simulcasted on Rumble and Facebook. The show was also previously streamed on YouTube, but Vaughn has been suspended by the platform for violating community guidelines.

In a recent episode of the web show, Vaughn, who throughout the course of the show referred to the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack as a witch trial and a Democrat majority in Congress as darkness, predicted that former president Donald Trump would take back over the government four months from now, running his base of operations out of his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.

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January, which is four months away, is when newly elected or re-elected members of Congress will be sworn in.

No, I didnt say he goes back into the White House. I said he takes back over the government, because you can believe your bottom dollar [that] the House and the Senate will be taking their orders, if you will, from Mar-a-Lagotheir direction from Mar-a-Lago, Vaughn clarified. It is from there that we will have two presidents operating the country.

Youll have the fake president, which is Joe-Bama. Obama is president number one, Vaughn said, alluding to a prevalent conspiracy theory that former president Barack Obama is secretly controlling the Biden Administration. And then Trump is president number two. One of those presidents lives in the White House. One lives in the other White House.

Its an amazing thing, Vaughn remarked. America has two mistresses, if you will. Interesting times were living in to be for sure.

So anyway, we need to be prepared for the end of a long, dark night. Its coming. Its right around the bend. And thats when the Obama administration comes to a screeching halt, Vaughn continued. They will have no more power in government, because they dont have the purse string, and they will not have the Senate. So its a great day thats almost here. Four more months and we will be back in the control of the conservative party.

Later in the show, Vaughn expressed his belief that Donald Trump would still be president had it not been for the COVID-19 pandemic, which Vaughn referred to as the plandemic, denoting his belief in a conspiracy theory that the COVID-19 crisis was fabricated by leftist elites for social and political control.

Vaughn made headlines last year when he claimed in a sermon that the pandemic would not end until Christians stopped wearing masks and placed their faith in God rather than vaccines.

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'We Will Have Two Presidents': MS Pastor Predicts Trump Will 'Take Back Over the Government' - Church Leaders

Between the high temperatures and immense humidity, summer in Mississippi can be a real drag but it doesnt have to be! There are several tiny towns in the state that really hit their stride during the season. Take, for instance, the tiny towns below, they offer some of the best summer fun in Mississippi.

Mendenhall, MS 39114, USA

Snow Lake Shores, MS 38603, USA

Louisville, MS 39339, USA

So, what do you think? Are these tiny towns must-visit during summer in Mississippi? Ever spent the season in any of the towns mentioned above? What do you think are the best things to do in Mississippi during the season? Tell us!

These arent the only towns that offer summer fun in Mississippi. Located on the Gulf Coast and brimming with opportunities for water-related fun, Gulfport is another great place to celebrate the season.

Address: Waveland, MS, USA

Address: Mendenhall, MS 39114, USA

Address: Snow Lake Shores, MS 38603, USA

Address: Louisville, MS 39339, USA

Address: Collins, MS 39428, USA

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I hope everyone who participated in the annual Flog tournament on Saturday, July 16, had a good time. I hope no one got too overdone by the sun. I heard some of the Arizona Diamondbacks were considering coming out to Parker for the tournament. I understand they decided against it because none of them could hit a ball with a baseball bat.

Yes, that was supposed to be funny.

I believe I have finally learned how the Chicago Cubs won the World Series in 2016. You see, it all goes back to an incident in the off-season in 2012. It seems that a pair of coyotes were spotted near the main entrance to Wrigley Field at Clark and Addison there in Chicago.

It was thought at the time they had wandered into the city from a rural area. Some thought they were just hanging out by Wrigley Field, or perhaps they wanted to get in line early for season tickets. I also heard they learned the Road Runner had a place near Wrigley Field on Waveland Avenue.

However, according to my sources, all this speculation was way off the mark. There was something else involved here. The coyotes were there because theyd been hired to deal with the Billy Goat.

Thats right, the Billy Goat. The same Billy Goat that put a hex on the Cubs. For the uninitiated, this Billy Goat was denied a seat at the 1945 World Series. He placed a hex on the Cubs, declaring they would never go to the Series again.

It seems the Chicago outfit decided they were tired of the Cubs losing, so they hired the coyotes to put pressure on the Billy Goat to lift the hex from the Cubs.

According to my sources close to this matter, Mr. W.E. Coyote and Mr. B.B. Wolf, the local mobsters started to make their plans soon after the Cubbies lost the 2003 National League Championship Series to the Florida Marlins. They decided they were fed up with the Billy Goat and decided he needed to be taught a lesson and brought in line.

The reason they didnt put their plan into effect right away was because they had other matters to attend to, like fixing Chicago elections.

So, the coyotes outside Wrigley Field in 2012 were not there by accident. They were there to send a message. They were there to make it very clear to the Billy Goat the Chicago outfit meant business. He better play ball with them, or he might find himself becoming a, cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger.

It took four years, but the Cubbies finally won the Series in 2016. This was 108 years after they last took the title, and 71 years since their last appearance in the Series. It looks like the Billy Goat was persuaded to lift the hex.

It looks like the coyotes outside Wrigley Field did their job. I hope they got tickets to one of the World Series games as a reward for their efforts.

Of course, if you believe any of what Ive just told you, I have a bridge Id like to sell you. Its that pretty orange one on the north end of San Francisco.

As for why the Cubs havent won the Series since 2016, it appears to be more mundane things, like an overall lack of talent. We cant blame the Billy Goat for that.

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From the Dugout: How the Cubs' hex was lifted - Parker Pioneer

Johnny Ray Bolton, 41, 1421 Formby Davis Ave.; arrested by Picayune PD on July 7, for controlled substance violation, possession of a stolen firearm, two counts of sale, transfer or distribution of a controlled substance while in possession of a firearm, and possession of a concealed weapon by a convicted felon.

Jourdan Rayshad Bolton, 19, 1421 Formby Davis Ave.; arrested by Picayune PD on July 7, for two counts of sale, distribution or transfer of a controlled substance while in possession of a firearm.

Donlad Alton Kellar, 38, 135 Tripp Lane, Carriere; arrested by PRCSO on July 7, for contempt of court.

Martin Fitzgerald Mixon, 29, 149 E.T. Poole Rd., Poplarville; arrested by PRCSO on July 7, for commercial burglary.

Demetra Danielle Speights, 30, 1203 S. McGeehee, Poplarville; arrested by PRCSO on July 7, for contempt of court.

Stephanie Nichole Washington, 33, 406 N. Monroe Ave.; arrested by Picayune PD on July 7, for contempt of court.

Jonathan Brett Alderman, 33, 9 Westridge Lane, Carriere; arrested by PRCSO on July 8, for drug court violation.

Tasha Danielle Barousse, 44, 937 Highway 90, Waveland; arrested by Picayune PD on July 8, for sale, transfer or distribution of a controlled substance.

Maurice Christie, 27, 3615 Eagle Canyon Dr., San Antonio, Texas; arrested by Picayune PD on July 8, for sale, transfer or distribution of a controlled substance.

Justin Franklin Raines, 38, 112 Broad Ridge Dr., Carriere; arrested by PRCSO on July 8, for court sentence.

Eve Marie McKee, 38, 3010 Shawsmith Rd., Perkinston; arrested by PRCSO on July 9, for contempt of court.

Cammie Wallace, 42, 52 Fritz Whitfield Rd.; arrested by Picayune PD on July 9, for shoplifting.

Anthony Barnes, 28, no address given; arrested by Picayune PD on July 10, for disorderly conduct and three controlled substance violations.

Jack Bennett, 47, 67490 Slaughter Rd., Pearl River, La.; arrested by PRCSO on July 10, for no drivers license, switched tag, no insurance and possession of burglary tools.

Stephanie Bennett, 43, 67490 Slaughter Rd., Pearl River, La.; arrested by PRCSO on July 10, for carrying of a concealed weapon by a convicted felon and possession of burglary tools.

Joann T. Bennett, 66, 67490 Slaughter Rd., Pearl River, La.; arrested by PRCSO on July 10, for possession of burglary tools.

Holden Fabre, 24, 5127 Andrea St., Baratarid, La.; arrested by PRCSO on July 10, for DUI.

Jessica Lynn Mark, 40, 2122 Walker St.; arrested by Picayune PD on July 10, for providing false information to a law officer and credit card fraud.

Arica Runfalo, 32, 502 St. John St., Bogalusa, La.; arrested by PRCSO on July 10, for petit larceny.

Ashley Nichole Jordan, 37, 1208 Pinewood Dr.; arrested by Picayune PD on July 11, for controlled substance violation.

Kennis Jeodrick Loper, 20, 31188 McGowin Rd., Angie, La.; arrested by PRCSO on July 11, for aggravated assault.

William Jason Stockstill, 48, 715 South Valley Rd., Poplarville; arrested by PRCSO on July 11, for two counts of grand larceny, commercial burglary and contempt of court.

Harold Bruce Terrell, 40, 904 Telly Rd.; arrested by Picayune PD on July 11, for contempt of court.

Harvey Dale Varnado, 60, 10 Varnado Lane; arrested by Picayune PD on July 11, for contempt of court.

Joshua Paul Davis, 35, 828 Highcrest Dr., Acworth, Ga.; arrested by MHP on July 12, for careless driving, possession of marijuana in a motor vehicle and controlled substance violation.

Levon Andres Massey, 43, 7017 Colapissa St.; arrested by Picayune PD on July 12, for foreign fugitive warrant.

Jessica Nicole Smith, 22, 2716 Jackson Landing Rd.; arrested by PRCSO on July 12, for indecent exposure.

Sarrah Denton Willhite, 34, 3620 Old Birds Creek Rd., #11, Sevierville, Tenn.; arrested by PRCSO on July 12, for bad checks.

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