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16 women graduate from CATCH court

By Megan Henry Special to The Times Liyah Guilkey was able to leave prison to access CATCH Court, a specialized docket in the Franklin County Municipal Court for women in the system who are victims of human trafficking. “Every person that wrote you off as no good, who viewed you as a commodity and treated you as if you were disposable, made a big freaking mistake,” said Gwen England, CATCH Court Program Leader as she introduced Guilkey. “This is your Julia Roberts’ Pretty Woman moment.” Guilkey is one of 16 women who graduated from CATCH Court Friday at the Ohio ...

Confession is key

UFO sightings aren’t the only unusual event in Roswell, N.M. Earlier this year, Roswell police arrested Tony Peralta after he called 911 and confessed to killing his landlord 15 years ago. After calling 911, Peralta sat down on the side of the curb, smoked a cigarette and waited for officers to arrive. The event seemed so surreal that officers thought at first that Peralta might be mentally ill or was pulling some stunt. But when Peralta showed them the location of the body, police had all the proof they needed. Peralta thanked the officers for arresting him saying, “I confess, ...

Count your blessings

Recognize any of these: Metoprolol, Carvedilol, Lotensin, Vasotec, Norvasc? You probably recognize at least one of those medicines, even if you’re not a pharmacist. Nearly half of all American adults suffer from hypertension (high blood pressure), so if you’re not taking one of those prescriptions yourself, you’re probably living with someone who is! While physical factors like weight, salt or caffeine intake, and insufficient exercise contribute to high blood pressure, a link between emotional stress and hypertension has long been recognized. The Mayo Clinic warns, ...

A Mother’s Day message

In 2019, Family Court Judge Sarah Lynch praised the sacrifice of a Leicestershire, England, mother when she gave up her child for adoption. The birth mother struggles with mental health issues and recognized that she could not consistently care for her child. To give her child the best start in life, the birth mother relinquished her parental rights and allowed her daughter to be adopted. The mother provided a statement to the court to explain her decision. The mother wrote: “At the current time, one minute I am poorly and the next I am not. One minute I could care for her and ...

Laws apply to everybody; message dates back to Biblical times

The Wall Street Journal reported on a Republican-sponsored bill in the U.S. House of Representatives which would bar the government from pushing internet companies to censor lawful speech. Under the proposed law, which has little chance in the Democrat-controlled Senate, government employees would be barred from pressuring internet publishing venues and social media platforms to remove or control lawful speech. Several of the bill’s co-sponsors cited attempts by the White House to limit public discussion about the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines as an example of the need for the ...

The AP Interview: Pope says homosexuality not a crime

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as "unjust," saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome LGBTQ people into the church. "Being homosexual isn't a crime," Francis said during ...