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‘Life is good on the outside’: Triad pastor holds Thanksgiving celebration for those formerly incarcerated [Video]
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‘Life is good on the outside’: Triad pastor holds Thanksgiving celebration for those formerly incarcerated [Video]

DEADLINE IN THE COMING HOURS. IT IS ONLY NOVEMBER 18TH, BUT THE SEASON OF GIVING IS ALREADY HERE FOR A TRIAD PASTOR. HE HELD AN EARLY THANKSGIVING DINNER CELEBRATION IN HIGH POINT FOR FORMERLY INCARCERATED MEN AND WOMEN. WXII 12 KARA PETERS HAS MORE ON THEIR STORIES AND HOW THEYRE TURNING THEIR PAST INTO PURPOSE. MORE THAN 20 MEN AND WOMEN HERE IN HIGH POINT GATHERED FOR THAT EARLY THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION. THEY TELL ME, HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A SECOND CHANCE IS WHAT THEYRE MOST GRATEFUL FOR. THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. 4646 MORE THAN 500 COMBINED YEARS OF TIME SERVED, SYMBOLIZING THE PAST BEHIND THESE MEN AND WOMEN AND A NEW WAY FORWARD. AN EVENING OF LAUGHS, REFLECTION AND GOOD FOOD. THEY CAN RELATE TO ME AND I CAN RELATE TO THEM BECAUSE THEYVE BEEN DOWN THAT SAME ROAD IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. PASTOR CALVIN SELLERS, WHO SERVED TIME HIMSELF, CREATED THIS SPACE FOR PEOPLE RETURNING HOME FROM PRISON IN 2019. I DID SEVEN YEARS AND I JUST HAD A NEED, AND I SAID, IF I EVER GET OUT, IM GOING TO GO BACK AND HELP THE NEXT PERSON TO GET OUT AND STAY OUT BECAUSE LIFE IS GOOD ON THE OUTSIDE. BUT YOU GOT TO WANT TO DO IT. KEVIN ANDREWS WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON IN 2021 AFTER SERVING A 15 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE. HE IS NOW TURNING HIS PAST INTO PURPOSE THROUGH HIS OWN WORK. IF I HAD THOUGHT ABOUT ALL THIS BEFORE I ENDED UP IN PRISON, MY ACTIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT. THE TRIAD HAS COME OFF A VIOLENT WEEK. POLICE ACCUSING YOUNG PEOPLE OF VARIOUS CRIMES. THE CONVERSATIONS MONDAY BRAINSTORMING WAYS TO HELP THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO STOP THEM. WE GOT TO GET BACK OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND WORK WITH OUR YOUNG MEN AND SHOW THEM TO GET THEM BE KINGDOM MINDED MEN. AS THESE MEN AND WOMEN PREPARE FOR THE HOLIDAYS WITH A NEW SENSE OF FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE. SELLERS SAYS HE HOPES THEY ALWAYS REMEMBER THEIR SUPPORT SYSTEMS. I LIKE FOR THESE GUYS TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY EVER GET IN A BIND, THEY CAN CALL ONE OF THEM AND SAY, LOOK MAN, I NEED SOME HELP BEFORE THEY MAKE A MISTAKE AND DO SOMETHING. GO BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM. SELLERS HOLDS THESE GROUP DISCUSSIONS EVERY MONDAY FOR THOSE FORMERLY INCARCERATED. IF YOUD LIKE TO ATTEND, YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE. WXII 12.COM IN HIGH POINT. IM KA

How to track New Mexico MMIP cases [Video]
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How to track New Mexico MMIP cases [Video]

SEVEN NEWS. HUNDREDS OF NEW MEXICAN FAMILIES ARE HURTING, SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS AFTER A LOVED ONE HAS VANISHED. WELL, TONIGHTS OUTCRY MISSING, MURDERED AND INDIGENOUS FAITH EGBUONU SHOWS US HOW THOSE CASES ARE BEING TRACKED AND WHEN FAMILIES SHOULD ACT. IF SOMEONE GOES MISSING. WE CARE ABOUT THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT GO MISSING. THE SEARCH IS STILL ON FOR DOZENS OF MISSING, MURDERED AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THESE CASES REGARDLESS OF HOW LONG IT TAKES. A NEVER ENDING ISSUE AT TOP OF MIND. FBI SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE RAUL RIO HONDO REASSURING FRIENDS AND FAMILY. I KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE CANNOT GIVE YOU BACK YOUR LOVED ONE, ESPECIALLY IF SOMETHING HAPPENED. BUT WE CAN TRY OUR VERY BEST TO AT LEAST MAKE SURE THAT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THAT THERE WAS FOUL PLAY PAY FOR THAT CRIME. THE FBI RELEASING THIS LIST NEARLY 200 NATIVE AMERICANS VERIFIED AS MISSING IN NEW MEXICO AND THE NAVAJO NATION AS OF TODAY. DATA FROM THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SHOW 194 MISSING OVER AN AVERAGE OF 3360 DAYS. A LOT OF IT IS BECAUSE THESE ARE THESE OLDER CASES THAT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS, WHERE MAYBE THE EVIDENCE IS JUST NOT AS GOOD AS WED WANT IT TO BE. THE FBI, IN COLLABORATION WITH NM, DOJ TO GET THE JOB DONE. THEY WERE ONE OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE STARTED WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THIS EFFORT AND SAY, HOW IS IT THAT WE CAN HAVE A BETTER MECHANISM TO TRACK THESE INDIVIDUALS? RIO HONDO REMINDING PEOPLE TO NOT WAIT 24 HOURS TO REPORT A LOVED ONE MISSING. WE KNOW OUR LOVED ONES THE BEST, RIGHT? SO IF WE KNOW THEY HAVENT BEEN HOME IN A COUPLE HOURS, THERE IS NO TIME FRAME THAT GOES. THERES NO 24 HOURS, THERES NO 48 HOURS. AS SOON AS YOU KNOW THAT SOMETHINGS WRONG HAS HAPPENED, SOMETHING BAD HAS HAPPENED. CONTACT YOUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT. CONTACT US AT THE FBI FAITH EGBUONU. KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS. WELL CONTINUE TO TELL THE STORIES OF THOSE IMPACTED BY THIS CRISIS. IF YOU WANT TO FEATURE WANT US TO FEATURE YOUR STORY, REA

First Alert updates on missing teen, football game fight [Video]
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First Alert updates on missing teen, football game fight [Video]

The Santa Drop Holiday Festival is happening Dec. 7 in Prattville! Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts is holding a special art event for babies! We’re just a few weeks away from the return of a Christmas ballet tradition: The Nutcracker. WSFA 12 News anchor Judd Davis is at the First Alert Desk with a look […]