State authorities have cited an worker with the town’s Department of Water Management over the deaths of dozens of protected birds at a water filtration plant in South Shore. Elmer Payton, an engineer on the Eugene Sawyer Water Purification Plant close to Rainbow Beach, was cited with killing a non-game migratory hen and illegal destruction of nests and eggs of a non-game migratory hen in reference to the June 27 incident, in line with Rachel Torbert, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Torbert stated the company started investigating when a co-worker on the plant reported that Payton had destroyed nests and killed practically 40 cliff swallows and barn swallows. Payton wasn’t arrested
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‘Madden’ Community Mourns Deaths Of Gamers Killed In Jacksonville Shooting
The esports world, like the “traditional” sports world, is a community. And tragedy struck that community Sunday afternoon in Jacksonville, Fla. A gunman, identified by authorities as 24-year-old gamer David Katz, opened fire at a Madden Championship Series tournament at a local gaming bar, killing two and injuring at least nine others others before taking his own life. Katz competed in the tournament and lost, according to the Los Angeles Times’ Matt Pearce. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has yet to identify the victims, but their names have been widely reported by members of the gaming community: Elijah Clayton, 22, who went by t... NESN.com