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Church Recovering After Sanctuary Burned

Tammy Mutasa, NBC 5 Mesquite Reporter

Members of East Ridge Park Congregational Methodist Church aren't letting a fire in their sanctuary keep them from having Sunday or Christmas services.

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Members of a Mesquite church are still recovering after their sanctuary went up in flames less than a week before Christmas.

But the Eastridge Park Congregational Methodist Church is not letting the fire get in the way of Sunday and Christmas services. Church members say their faith is fireproof.

"This is a building," said Lisa Jackson, a longtime church member. "It's not our spirit; this is not God. It's our church, our church. It just killed our soul, and then it's like we will rise from the ashes."

The community has stepped up, helping the church pick up where it left off. An events venue next door is allowing the congregation to use its chapel until the church can be rebuilt.

"There were more blessings that were coming out of it from the community and surrounding friends that kind of out-shadowed the despair for us," pastor Mark Mills said.

No one was injured, but the fire has drawn them closer to one another, he said.

"We would not be defeated," Jackson said. "We would still march forward for what we believe in and use this as an opportunity to grow."

Church services on Sunday will go on as planned at Palais Royale events venue in Mesquite at 11 a.m.

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Teen Hit After Getting Off School Bus

Ellen Goldberg, NBC 5 News

A 16-year-old freshman from Shepton High School was hit by a car after getting off of a school bus Friday afternoon.

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A 16-year-old boy was hit by a car after getting off of a school bus Friday afternoon, officials say.

The student, a freshman at Shepton High School, was transported to the hospital but is expected to recover.

Plano police said the bus stopped on Windhaven Parkway east of Midway Road to let some students who live in the neighborhood off the bus. The injured student got off the bus and walked in front of it to cross Windhaven Parkway.

The driver of a black Lexus apparently didn't see the bus's stop sign and flashing lights. The car hit the boy, sending him flying over the front of the car and smashing the windshield.

In order for the school bus to open its doors to let students out, the stop sign on the side of the bus must be extended and the red flashing lights must be on.

Once the investigation is complete, police will determine if any charges will be filed.

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Random Acts of Kindness After Newtown Tragedy

Christine Lee, NBC 5 Irving Reporter

Some people in Irving are honoring the victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., with 26 random acts of kindness.

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The Irving Convention and Visitors Bureau is taking action after being inspired by NBC's Ann Curry.

This week Curry sent out a tweet motivating those throughout the country to provide random acts of kindness on behalf of the 26 victims of the massacre in Connecticut.

The Irving CVB staff has been planning out the most meaningful ways to pay tribute to all of the shooting victims in Connecticut.

"We are trying to take the characters of students and match them up with some kind act that we can do," said Diana Pfaff, director of communications at the Irving CVB.

The organization is spending roughly $500 to perform 26 random acts of kindness throughout the city. To do so, they have partnered with local businesses to accomplish their mission.

Marlen Torreblanca got her cat food paid for at PETCO in honor of 6-year-old animal lover Catherine Hubbard.

"I'm sad that she is not here and I'm grateful that y'all are doing this for her," said Torreblanca.

As the random acts continued throughout the day, Pfaff said she's grateful to Ann Curry for motivating her to do something positive for her community.

"Her philosophy is, when you do something good, you feel good. And I think a lot of us have felt not very good because of what has happened up there. Even though it's half a country away, we're still affected here in Irving, Texas," she said.

Pfaff said the Irving CVB's 26th act of kindness will be to send a special delivery to Curry, thanking her for inspiring them. That act will be in honor of 27-year-old Vicki Soto, who was an inspiration to all of her students.

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Veteran Receives Mortgage-Free House

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A military family from Georgia was welcomed to North Texas on Friday morning with keys to a new house in Arlington.

U.S. Army Sgt. Tobias Green was wounded during a tour in Iraq and received the Purple Heart.

The mortgage-free house was made possible by veteran support group Military Warriors Support Foundation and Bank of America, which owned the house through a previous foreclosure.

"[When] we actually opened the doors, I almost had to pinch myself," Green said. "It just lets you know how many people support the troops."

The Military Warriors Support Foundation has given away more than 250 homes to veterans. Bank of America plans to donate 1,000 homes throughout the country.

Green's wife, Natasha, also a veteran, said she urged her husband to apply to the program once she learned about the program.

"He submitted his story of what happened to him, not thinking that we would get picked to get a home and, in the end, we ended up getting picked, and we were shocked," she said.

"[Veterans] come back from a war, and they're damaged. They're damaged financially, emotionally. There's a distance between their families, children. They've come from a high-risk area. They've come from an area where they may not sleep well at night. They don't always trust the people around them," said Paul LaVoie of the Military Warriors Support Foundation. "And to come home into their neighborhoods, their cities where they have a home that's theirs -- that's the safest place in the world they can be."

As a part of the program, the Military Warriors Support Foundation holds the title for the house for three years to make sure a family can maintain expenses.

The Greens had been living in Georgia. Both were were stationed at Fort Stewart. Given the option of where to live, they selected North Texas because Natasha Green has family in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

The Greens were still taking it all in Friday morning, going from empty room to empty room, picturing what their house will be like once it is filled with their belongings.

Tobias and Natasha Green will be joined by their two children and niece in the four-bedroom, two-and-a-half bathroom, 2,720-square-foot house.

"I'm still just amazed," Natasha Green said. "I'm like, 'Wow this is ours. Our family is going to be raised here."

"We can't wait to make this our home," she said.

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Report: DISD Communications Chief to Leave

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A DISD official whose $185,000 salary has drawn criticism is expected to resign, the Dallas Morning News reports.

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A member of the Dallas school district superintendent's cabinet whose salary drew criticism when she was hired is expected to resign, according to a newspaper report.

Superintendent Mike Miles brought Jennifer Sprague with him from Colorado Springs when he started at the Dallas Independent School District in the summer. Her salary of $185,000 is about $100,000 more than she made in her previous job, where she served as head of communications for Miles in Colorado.

The Dallas Morning News reported Friday night that Sprague plans to resign, possibly next week. The newspaper said that district officials were preparing to announce her resignation next week.

Sprague's salary was hard for critics to swallow at a time when the school district was closing schools and cutting jobs. But Miles defended Sprague's salary and those of three other cabinet members, saying they face high expectations.

"We have to have a first-rate cabinet of national quality if we're going to be the premiere urban school district in America," Miles said in June. "The salary range is not inordinate."

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Extras Wait on Checks From "Game of Hope" Film

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The movie "One Heart," which depicts the 2008 football game between Grapevine Faith Christian School and a team from the Gainsville State School, a maximum-security juvenile facility, is filming in North Texas. The game was the subject of the award-winning story "The Game of Hope" by NBC 5's Matt Barrie and Noah Bullard, both of whom have small roles in the movie.

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Some local actors say they are upset because they have not been paid for their work on a movie shot in North Texas.

"One Heart," which is based on a high school football game that was the subject of Matt Barrie and Noah Bullard's award-winning NBC 5 story "Game of Hope," was shot this year.

The movie is about the One Heart Bowl, which sees Grapevine Christian square off against the Gainesville State School. The Gainesville State School is a lockup for children who have committed serious crimes.

The casting calls for the movie went out earlier this year, and some parts of the movie were shot in Grapevine and Denton County in October.

In late November, NBC 5 started receiving calls and emails saying that some people on the set were not getting paid.

Jason Grindle, one of the extras in the movie, noticed after a month that he hadn't received a check.

"I thought, 'You know what? There's a little delay. It's OK. We're going to sit back and wait on that,'" he said. "And then I realized, 'Wow, this is continuing and continuing and continuing.'"

Grindle, a personal trainer by day, has done some acting for the new season of "Dallas" and was excited to be cast as an athletic trainer for one of the teams in "One Heart." He had no problem working from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. for the shoot.

He said he knew coming into the movie that his small part came with a small paycheck.

"I'm not going to the Porsche dealership on what I did," he said. "It's a pittance."

Grindle called the production company about his check but didn't hear back. He also emailed the production company. His email bounced back.

He went on Facebook and complained about the movie. That's when the production company emailed him back, but their response surprised him.

"I was told because I had made comments on social media that their attorneys will not release my payment until I sign a document releasing that payment and removing any items from social media," Grindle said.

NBC 5 reviewed the "payment acknowledgment and release agreement" and saw the "non-disparagement" clause in the legal document sent by the production company.

Grindle said he is not signing it.

NBC 5 reached out to One Heart LLC, the movie's producers. In a statement they told NBC 5:

Film Associates of OneHeart, LLC, producer of the ONE HEART movie, has continuously assured all extras that they will be paid in full. To date, the vast majority of the thousands of extras who participated have been paid. The film's extras payroll company sent checks to a number of extras earlier this week. In addition, yesterday, the company received a number of checks from the payroll company, and either held them for pick up, or mailed them to extras. The remaining extras who have not yet received payment will receive checks in the days ahead. We are grateful for the work of all extras who participated in the filming of the movie.

NBC 5 will continue to monitor the story for further developments.

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Allen Police Cut Burglary Rate With New Program

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Allen police have implemented a new program designed to address property crime.

The progressive policing program is designed to address crimes such as burglaries with more urgency and hopefully catch the people responsible and recover the stolen items.

"What used to take days now takes hours," Allen police spokesman Sgt. Jon Felty said.

During the holiday season, reports could pile up. Allen normally would get up to two dozen burglary reports from homes or cars each month. But since starting the progressive policing program in late October, burglaries are on the decline.

"We've had one in the last seven weeks, and it was solved within 48 hours," Felty said.

The victim in that case, Janna Crumbs, said her expectations were not very high when she called police to report that several pieces of lawn equipment had been stolen from her backyard shed.

"Usually when things like that are stolen, you do not see them again," she said.

But two officers responded to the call and, within minutes, two more joined them.

Her lawn equipment was found in neighboring McKinney. Crumb said the arrest went well beyond her expectations.

"Normally in those instances, even on a house burglary or car vandalism, you usually don't catch the people, so I'm amazed," she said. "It was a really good thing that they did."

Previously, a single officer would take a report for property crimes. The paperwork would be returned to the department, a supervisor would review it, and then the case would be assigned to a detective. All of that could take up to three days.

Property cases now are treated no differently than crimes against people. A minimum of four officers work as an investigative team, including a K-9 unit, to quickly push property cases forward quickly.

"You've got people while the investigation is going on on the street, warrants are being prepared, affidavits are being prepared," Felty said. "We've just made the process faster."

Allen police say each property crime is treated as if it's part of a series of offenses because criminals will return to the area again and again if communities experience one successful burglary.

Police have arrested 13 burglary and robbery suspects, all repeat offenders.

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Tennis Umpire Cleared in Husband's Death Reinstated

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Tennis Official's DNA Not on Coffee Mug: Lawyer

A preliminary DNA test did not find Lois Goodman's fingerprints on the coffee mug she's accused of using to bludgeon her husband to death inside their Woodland Hills home, the 70-year-old tennis referee's lawyer announced Thursday. Janet Kwak reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Nov. 8, 2012.

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Prosecutors dropped charges against Lois Goodman, who was accused of killing her husband, Alan Goodman, with a coffee cup in their Woodland Hills home in April 2012. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for the NBC4 News at Noon on Nov. 30, 2012.

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The 70-year-old woman who was arrested -- then cleared -- in her husband's death said on Friday that she can't wait to resume her previous life as an umpire with the United States Tennis Association.

Lois Goodman reacted to the news that the USTA, of which she has officiated some of the greatest players in her more than 35 years in the job, was reinstating her in 2013.

"It's a great holiday gift," said Goodman as she stood alongside her attorney, Robert Sheahen, in Sherman Oaks on Friday. "I'm thankful.

"I get my old life back. I appreciate my life so much more now seeing what I went through."

Goodman drew national headlines when she was arrested in the death of her husband, Alan, in August during the U.S. Open in New York where she was set to begin officiating. Authorities accused her of using a coffee mug to bludgeon her husband to death in their San Fernando Valley home. Upon her arrest, she was suspended from her job.

Alan Goodman's bloodied body was found in the couple's Woodland Hills home on April 17. Officers initially ruled the death suspicious because they couldn't determine if foul play was involved, according to an LAPD press release.

But after launching a full homicide investigation and working closely with the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, detectives said on Aug. 2 that the case was a homicide and named Lois Goodman the prime suspect, the LAPD said.

On Nov. 30, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office dropped charges, saying they had received additional information and were unable to proceed because of insufficient evidence.

The announcement came after Goodman's attorneys said that her DNA was not found on the coffee mug and that she had passed a lie detector test.

Shortly after the charges were dropped, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck announced that detectives would continue to investigate the case.

On Friday, Goodman said she didn't know she had the strength to withstand being arrested, and temporarily housed at Riker's Island, before being charged with killing her husband who she was married to for over 50 years.

"I knew one day that I'd be cleared," she said.

When asked by a reporter what she'd tell her husband if he were alive, she said, "He knew I loved him very much.

"He'd be very proud to know that everything turned out all right."

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Final Funerals for Newtown Victims Held Saturday

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Funerals, And A Moment Of Silence In Newtown

More funerals were held today for children and teachers killed in the Sandy Hook School Shooting. There was also a moment of silence observed. Tracie Strahan reports

NRA Calls for Armed Police Officer in Every School, Blames Culture of Violence for Shootings

"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," says Wayne LaPierre, NRA's executive vice president. News 4's Marc Santia reports.

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The last of the funerals for the 26 victims of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn. are being held Saturday, ending a week long procession of funerals as the final three young victims are laid to rest.

On Friday morning, exactly one week after a gunman burst into Sandy Hook Elementary and killed 20 first-graders and six educators, the nation paused for a moment of silence and tolled bells 26 times for the victims.

Josephine Gay's funeral mass is being held at Saint Rose of Lima Saturday morning. The first grader had just turned 7 the week of the shooting. On Monday, purple balloons — Josephine's favorite color — sprouted from the family mailbox and those of all her neighbors.

"'Joey' is a beautiful little girl, may she never be forgotten and live forever in our hearts," wrote Polly Larsen, a family friend, on Facebook.

Six-year-old Ana Marquez-Greene had just moved to Newtown two months ago, in part, because of Sandy Hooks's pristine reputation, her grandmother, Elba Marquez said. Ana's funeral is being held Saturday morning at First Cathedral in Bloomfield, Conn.

Ana's father, Jimmy Greene, wrote on Facebook, "As much as she's needed here and missed by her mother, brother and me, Ana beat us all to paradise."

Emilie Parker, 6, loved to make people smile and never missed a chance to draw a picture or make a card. Her father, Robbie Parker, said she loved to try new things, except for food.

In a press conference, Parker said he held no animosity for the gunman, even as he struggled to explain the death to his other two children, ages 3 and 4. He was sustained, he said, by the fact that the world is better for having had Emilie in it.
 
"I'm so blessed to be her dad," Parker said.

Emilie is being laid to rest in Ogden, Utah, where her family lived before moving to Newtown. On Friday night her family held a memorial service in Ogden and released 26 lanterns. Emilie's dad released the final lantern, a pink one, his daughter's favorite color.

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