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Yahoo
17-07-2025
- Yahoo
Victim's family outraged as shooter goes free in Dollar General shooting
Loved ones a York County man who was gunned down last week outside of a Dollar General in Sharon are upset that his killer won't face charges. PAST COVERAGE: Shooting at Dollar General in York County deemed self-defense by deputies Man killed in shooting at Dollar General in York County Channel 9's Tina Terry spoke with the victim's family and a friend on Thursday who said 68-year-old Joseph Lewis was kind and generous. 'He was a good guy. He really was,' said friend Tommy Childers. He heard the fight started over claims that Lewis' 18-year-old dog was being aggressive. The York County Sheriff's Office has not confirmed. Law enforcement said that Lewis, on July 9, approached the shooter's car aggressively, while making threats of violence. After threatening the driver of the car, Lewis punched the driver of the car and entered through the driver's side window, investigators said. The 25-year-old driver pulled out a gun and shot Lewis who later died, investigators said. The solicitor's office decided not to charge the driver because he acted in self-defense. Lewis' brother said on the phone that the shooter should have been charged. 'I don't think any reasonable person would consider somebody just hitting him to be fearful of their life. There were other ways he could defend himself,' he said. A release from the York County Sheriff's Office cited South Carolina's Stand Your Ground law in this case, which recognizes a person's right to defend their own house or occupied vehicle. VIDEO: Shooting at Dollar General in York County deemed self-defense by deputies
Edmonton Journal
16-07-2025
- Business
- Edmonton Journal
Stadium Yards connects history with community
It's being described as the next best thing to living downtown. Article content 'You're not downtown but you're downtown adjacent, and you're downtown accessible — because of the LRT you can be immediately downtown,' said Russell Dauk, the Rohit Group of Companies' executive vice-president, income producing properties, about its Stadium Yards development, which is nearly two-thirds complete. Article content Article content The Cromdale neighbourhood, east of the city's downtown core, hosts what Rohit calls a transformative, transit-oriented urban village. The seven-acre site, adjacent to Commonwealth Stadium, is also a flagship infill redevelopment, according to Dauk, and is designed to be a walkable, inclusive and vibrant community. Article content When Stadium Yards' three phases are finished — the design stage of the third and final phase is set to begin this summer and plans are tentatively to break ground next year — the neighbourhood will be home to more than 1,000 residential units and possibly even as high as 1,400 units. That will mean some 2,000 people will be calling it home, potentially boosting the area's population numbers into the 5,000-person range. Article content Article content Toggle full screen modePrevious Gallery Image Next Gallery ImageToggle gallery captions Article content Article content 'The launch of Lewis Block marks a major milestone in the evolution of Stadium Yards — a bold, connected community in the heart of Edmonton,' said Dauk. 'We're especially proud to honour Joseph Lewis through The Steersman sculpture, celebrating a legacy of courage, resilience and the values that continue to guide this development and the city around it.' Article content The sculpture, the frame of a striking, red, 21-foot-long canoe with a black steel silhouette of Joseph Lewis, titled The Steersman, is designed to portray symbols of strength, freedom and perseverance — values that Lewis embodied long before the abolition of slavery, officials said. Article content Article content Lewis is one of Edmonton's earliest documented Black fur traders and was a skilled steersman with the Hudson's Bay Company in the early 1800s. He is believed to have lived as a free Black man decades before slavery was abolished. Article content 'When I heard the story of Joseph Lewis being the first Black fur trader here in the city and making his way up to being a steersman, which is a prestigious position on the boat … I just knew in my mind what I wanted to see here,' said local artist and sculptor Slavo Cech, commissioned by the Rohit Group to create the art installation. Article content Positioned so the open canoe lets viewers see the Lewis Block buildings behind it, and even a glimpse of Commonwealth Stadium, Cech added that the viewer's eye will add in whatever they feel should be there, perhaps even the water the canoe would be moving on. Article content The Lewis Block Article content The Lewis Block was close to completion as The Steersman was unveiled; complete enough for its first tenants to move in.
CTV News
17-06-2025
- Business
- CTV News
New Stadium Yards apartment and art installation honours Black fur trader
The grand reveal of art installation Joseph Lewis in a red canoe outside Lewis Block in Stadium Yards on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (David Mitchell/CTV News Edmonton) A new rental building in the city is paying tribute to one of the earliest documented Black fur traders in Edmonton from over 200 years ago. The 229-unit apartment building Lewis Block in Stadium Yards, a seven-acre urban village, is across the street from Commonwealth Stadium. It also features a 25-foot public art installation of Joseph Lewis in a red canoe - dubbed The Steersman. The building is named after Lewis, a 'highly accomplished' canoe man with the Hudson's Bay company in the early 1800s. Lewis is believed to have lived as a free Black man decades before slavery was abolished, according to Rohit Group. 'His story reflects the journey of many who've chosen to build a new life in Edmonton: bold, entrepreneurial, and focused on creating something lasting,' a media release from Rohit Group said. The artist who created the art installation says it's an honour to create a piece of Edmonton history. 'I knew right away when I read about his story and his history that I had to make a sculpture and my interpretation of an abstract canoe and a silhouette of a steersman on there,' said Slavo Cech, the artist who designed and created the art piece. 'If it makes you smile then I've done my job.' Lewis Block apartment building The 229-unit apartment building named Lewis Block in Stadium Yards. (David Mitchell/CTV News Edmonton) Russell Dauk with Rohit Group, a real estate development company, says the team has designed a great, livable community in Stadium Yards. 'You feel proud when you deliver a product to your customer that they're happy to live in and I think we've done that,' Dauk told CTV News Edmonton on Tuesday at the grand opening. He says the area is an 'incredible piece of livable property' with the nearby LRT station, Commonwealth stadium, the River Valley and commercial stores. Two stages of the project have been developed with people already moved in.
News.com.au
23-04-2025
- Business
- News.com.au
Landmark 1851 ‘trophy home' Newtown Brae commands top dollar
A grand Victorian mansion considered one of Geelong's most significant early homes has hit the market for the first time in 20 years. The downsizing owner of Newtown Brae is selling the extraordinary four-bedroom house originally built for former convict turned prominent publican Joseph Lewis at 15 Stephen St, Newtown. The front cottage was constructed in 1851, making it one of the city's oldest surviving homes, with the substantial two-storey Italianate extension designed by notable architect Alexander Hamilton added in 1885. It occupies an elevated 3407sq m block with treetop views across Geelong, the You Yangs and the bay. Kay & Burton agent Peter Kudelka has set price hopes from $6.5m to $6.95m for the property, calling for expressions of interest by May 27. If it achieves this price, the landmark home would eclipse the suburb record set by fellow 19th century mansion Raith. Mr Kudelka said he expected strong interest in the 'trophy property' as so few of similar calibre existed. 'It was built in 1851 and renovated and extended in 1885 by a guy called Alexander Hamilton who is quite famous in the area,' he said. 'It has been in this family for 20 years and they are just at the stage now where they are scaling down.' He said the owners had made sympathetic improvements to the heritage-listed home but there was still scope for new owners to make further changes internally. 'They added the front veranda in the early stages and they have just done some renovation work internally to bring it up to speed,' he said. 'Downstairs, for example, could be fully self-contained. It's got a little kitchenette, a bedroom and a living room so it gives you that flexibility but it's actually a comfortable family home.' The bluestone lower level is also home to a library and a rustic cellar, a stark contrast from the stately reception rooms upstairs which display original decorative features such as marble fireplaces, ceiling roses, plasterwork and crystal chandeliers. Mr Kudelka said two old posts on the expansive back lawn once held the net for a tennis court that could be reinstated. Newtown Brae's original owner Joseph Lewis was transported to Van Diemen's Land for counterfeit offences and later became a successful publican in Geelong at the Shearer's Arms, Royal Mail and Victoria hotels. When he advertised the three-bedroom cottage, then known as Woolmers, for rent in 1852, it was set on 1.6ha of garden with 400 fruit trees, vines and a gardener's house. The Victorian Heritage Database citation shows Western District grazier James Alexander acquired the property in 1884, changing its name and engaging Colac architect Alexander Hamilton to extend it.
