Delaware
Man wanted for leaving Plummer Community Corrections Center in Wilmington, Delaware
A 33-year-old man is on the run after leaving the Plummer Community Corrections Center in Wilmington on Tuesday, the Delaware Department of Correction said.
Ruben Bautista, of Wilmington, Delaware, walked away from the corrections center on Tuesday after failing to return from an approved program pass, according to the department of correction. He’s been charged with escape.
Bautista was in custody on arson charges.
Level 4 facilities like the Plummer Community Corrections Center aren’t secured like Level 5 prisons. Offenders are allowed to leave the facility to go work, seek jobs or other treatment.
Officials describe Bautista as 5 feet, 5 inches and weighing 225 pounds. He has tattoos on his left hand, right hand and neck. he was last seen wearing white sneakers, tan pants with a black undershirt, a red sweatshirt and dark-framed glasses.
Anyone with information about Bautista’s whereabouts is asked to contact (800) 542-9524 or their local police department.
DRBC officials expect the New York City reservoirs to be under increased demand soon, as the city resumes its diversions from the reservoirs for drinking water. The city announced Monday it is pausing an aqueduct repair project that had stopped those diversions amid concerns about the drought.
“We might enter drought operations, and that’s because we expect a significant draw on the combined storage in the New York City reservoirs,” Shallcross said.
Rain and snow are forecast for the eastern United States later this week, but it’s not yet clear what impact this potential precipitation will have on water supplies and the severity of the drought.
“We had a rainfall forecast — it was for a lot less rain — and we didn’t see any of that in the river,” Shallcross said. “So it will be interesting to see how much rain that we get from this predicted storm event.”
The DRBC is “preparing for either outcome,” said spokesperson Kate Schmidt.
If drought conditions worsen, the Delaware River Basin Commission could declare a “water supply emergency” to implement a coordinated response as early as Thursday — or at its regularly scheduled business meeting in early December, officials have said.
When the basin enters drought operations, it triggers conservation actions such as smaller out-of-basin water diversions by New York City and New Jersey, water conservation orders or reduced river flow targets, which allow upstream reservoirs to release less water.
These actions help the Commission prepare to repel the salt front from drinking water intakes if needed by releasing more fresh water from upstream reservoirs.
The DRBC can launch drought operations before reservoir levels reach the drought thresholds, but the commission is not considering doing so at this time, Schmidt said.
Only a handful of people testified during Tuesday’s virtual public hearing. Several expressed concern about paving and water use associated with development in the upper basin, as well as climate change — which scientists say can intensify droughts by increasing temperatures.
Karen Feridun, founder of the anti-fracking group Berks Gas Truth, lives near Neversink Mountain, where dry conditions complicated efforts to suppress a brush fire in recent days. She told DRBC officials that reading about the impact of the drought on local waterways has been “heartbreaking.”
“I feel like what’s happening now is what we’ve been telling you was going to happen if someone didn’t blink and start acting on climate change,” Feridun said.
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Congresswoman-elect Sarah McBride is already the target of anti-trans bias just days after Delaware voters sent her to the U.S. House.
A resolution introduced by GOP South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace would add a bathroom ban to the rules package House members will vote on next month. McBride will be the first openly transgender person to serve in Congress when she’s sworn in in January.
The bill would restrict members, staff and others from using single-sex facilities such as bathrooms, locker rooms and changing rooms “other than those corresponding to their biological sex.”
The ban would apply to the U.S. Capitol and House office buildings and require the House sergeant at arms to enforce it.
Conservative Republican Georgia Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene said she also supported a bathroom ban rule.
McBride did not respond Tuesday to an emailed request for comment, but wrote on social media yesterday in apparent response to Mace that “every day Americans go to work with people who have life journeys different than their own and engage with them respectfully, I hope members of Congress can muster that same kindness.”
McBride called the effort “a blatant attempt from far right-wing extremists to distract from the fact that they have no real solutions to what Americans are facing.” She said lawmakers should focus instead on issues like the cost of products and services, including housing, health care and child care.
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson would not say Tuesday if he would entertain Mace’s legislation, but he did say all people would be treated with dignity and respect.
“This is an issue that Congress has never had to address before, and we’re going to do that in deliberate fashion with member consensus on it, and we will accommodate the needs of every single person,” he said. “That’s all I’m going to say about that.”
Mace told reporters Monday that McBride, who she misgendered during her comments, didn’t “belong in women’s spaces, bathrooms and locker rooms.”
Delaware
Agriculture, Food and Natural Science Students Take Home Awards from 97th National FFA Convention & Expo – State of Delaware News
Delaware FFA members from across the state competed last month in career and leadership development events against teams from across the country at the 97th National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis, IN. To find a full list of the Delaware FFA results, click here: Delaware National Convention Results 2024. Another major part of this experience is the Expo, featuring agricultural colleges and universities from across the country, as well as many technical colleges.
During the convention, Delaware FFA members competed in 26 Career and Leadership Development Events as well as the Agriscience Fair. The full list can be found at Delaware National Convention Results 2024. The following Delaware FFA Chapters were in attendance:
- Appoquinimink FFA
- Caesar Rodney FFA
- Indian River FFA
- Lake Forest FFA
- Laurel FFA
- Laurel Middle FFA
- Middletown FFA
- Milford FFA
- Odessa FFA
- Smyrna FFA
- Smyrna Middle FFA
- Sussex Central FFA
- Woodbridge FFA
Delaware FFA members also participated in the National Band, National Chorus, and the National Talent Competition:
| Lake Forest FFA | Elora Kline | National Chorus |
| Smyrna FFA | Taylor Wallace | National Talent |
| Lake Forest FFA | Julia Novak | National Band |
| Sussex Central FFA | Maria Gutierrez Carcamo | National Band |
| Sussex Central FFA | Sam Trusty | National Band |
Several Delaware FFA supporters were awarded the coveted Honorary American Degree as appreciation for all they do for the Delaware FFA Association:
- Senator Chris Coons
- Justin Bailey
- Debbie Kirk
- Amanda Powell
- East Coast Seed Inc.
Additionally, this year Noah Dixon, Delaware FFA’s 2023-2024 state president, represented Delaware as the state’s national officer candidate. During the week leading up to the national convention, Dixon, along with 37 other individuals from across the country, went through the selection process. Dixon made it through to the second round and represented Delaware well.
Delaware FFA is a leading Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) for students pursuing careers in agriculture, food, natural resources, and other related career fields. For more information, please visit the FFA Web site at www.ffa.org or contact Bart Gill, Delaware FFA state advisor, at bart.gill@doe.k12.de.us.
Find more photos online here.
Media contact: Alison May, alison.may@doe.k12.de.us, 302-735-4006
Related Topics: agriculture, award, Delaware, education, FFA, Student
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Delaware FFA members from across the state competed last month in career and leadership development events against teams from across the country at the 97th National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis, IN. To find a full list of the Delaware FFA results, click here: Delaware National Convention Results 2024. Another major part of this experience is the Expo, featuring agricultural colleges and universities from across the country, as well as many technical colleges.
During the convention, Delaware FFA members competed in 26 Career and Leadership Development Events as well as the Agriscience Fair. The full list can be found at Delaware National Convention Results 2024. The following Delaware FFA Chapters were in attendance:
- Appoquinimink FFA
- Caesar Rodney FFA
- Indian River FFA
- Lake Forest FFA
- Laurel FFA
- Laurel Middle FFA
- Middletown FFA
- Milford FFA
- Odessa FFA
- Smyrna FFA
- Smyrna Middle FFA
- Sussex Central FFA
- Woodbridge FFA
Delaware FFA members also participated in the National Band, National Chorus, and the National Talent Competition:
| Lake Forest FFA | Elora Kline | National Chorus |
| Smyrna FFA | Taylor Wallace | National Talent |
| Lake Forest FFA | Julia Novak | National Band |
| Sussex Central FFA | Maria Gutierrez Carcamo | National Band |
| Sussex Central FFA | Sam Trusty | National Band |
Several Delaware FFA supporters were awarded the coveted Honorary American Degree as appreciation for all they do for the Delaware FFA Association:
- Senator Chris Coons
- Justin Bailey
- Debbie Kirk
- Amanda Powell
- East Coast Seed Inc.
Additionally, this year Noah Dixon, Delaware FFA’s 2023-2024 state president, represented Delaware as the state’s national officer candidate. During the week leading up to the national convention, Dixon, along with 37 other individuals from across the country, went through the selection process. Dixon made it through to the second round and represented Delaware well.
Delaware FFA is a leading Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) for students pursuing careers in agriculture, food, natural resources, and other related career fields. For more information, please visit the FFA Web site at www.ffa.org or contact Bart Gill, Delaware FFA state advisor, at bart.gill@doe.k12.de.us.
Find more photos online here.
Media contact: Alison May, alison.may@doe.k12.de.us, 302-735-4006
Related Topics: agriculture, award, Delaware, education, FFA, Student
Keep up to date by receiving a daily digest email, around noon, of current news release posts from state agencies on news.delaware.gov.
Here you can subscribe to future news updates.
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