LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A man who spent almost 27 years in prison is now using his second chance to make sure Louisville kids never need one.

In 1991, Tod Moore was sent to prison on three counts of murder and kidnapping. He also faced the death penalty.

In January 2018, he walked out of prison. In December 2019, then-Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin granted Moore a full and complete pardon.

“He said, ‘I’m granting you your pardon because what you’re doing for the kingdom of Christ Jesus — these men and women need you to point them toward Christ,'” Moore said.

Now, Moore is the founder and executive director of New Day Ministries in Louisville. One of the organization’s programs is a summer enrichment camp for kids.

The program is called L.I.F.E., which stands for Love Inspiring Future Excellence. It’s a six-week camp with the goal of teaching kids STEM and how to get involved in their community.

“These children have been sucked into gangs, doing drugs. They’re involved in all these illicit things, but we are teaching these children, investing in their lives, and bringing them to a safe place,” Moore said.

Joshua Seranno, 13, has been going to the camp for three years. He says the camp has taught him what’s important in life.

“Focus on school and sports. That’s the only thing that you really need — and like, family. Just stay close to your family and with your education, because violence is not really cool,” Seranno said.

Trying to put an end to youth violence and giving kids a sense of belonging is what Moore says the L.I.F.E. camp is all about.

“Where they can learn, where they can be loved, and where they can know that they are better and not bitter,” Moore said.

For more information on how you can donate to New Day Ministries and to learn more about the organization’s mission, click here.

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James Volz|Leader-News Five campers switch back and forth from using their left hand to using right hands while continuing to dribble the ball. The action took place during the Uvalde youth basketball camp.

Baseball will be the featured sport for the next youth camp sponsored by the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District.

The camp, for incoming Uvalde fourth-graders up to incoming ninth-graders, is scheduled July 7-9 at Marvin Kolinek Field. 

Daily sessions will run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Cost for the camp will $30 per camper.

Uvalde High School head baseball coach Sart Perez III will conduct the camp, along with UHS assistant baseball coaches Joel Escamilla, Efrain Barboza, and newcomer Esteban Ortiz.

According to Perez, the focus will be on baseball fundamentals, including throwing, catching, and hitting.

For more information, contact Coach Perez at 361-834-4813 or call the UHS athletic department at 830-591-4991.

Only July 15-17, the Uvalde CISD will host a softball camp.

The camp, for incoming fourth-graders up to incoming ninth-graders, will be held at the Uvalde High School softball field, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on each of the three days.

UHS head softball coach EJ McNamara and members of his coaching staff, including Michael Liarakos and Erik Garcia, will instruct the camp.

As with the baseball camp, the softball camp will focus on the fundamentals of the sport, including throwing, catching, and hitting.

Cost of the softball camp will be $30.

Young girls and boys go through a dribble and pass drill. They were schooled on the fundamentals of the sport by Uvalde High School head basketball coaches Michael Garza and Ramon Buruato.

 For more information about the upcoming baseball camp, contact Coach McNamara at 361-441-3084 or call the UHS athletic department at 830-591-4991.

Other young camps are scheduled for later in the summer, including football camp, July 22-24. and volleyball from July 28-30.

Coach Wade Miller and his staff will instruct the football camp for incoming first-graders up to incoming ninth-graders.

The three-day football camp will run from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. daily at the UHS soccer complex.

Cost of the camp will be $20. There will be a discount for multiple siblings. 

UHS head volleyball coach Debbie Martinez will host the volleyball camp in Harvey Kinchlow Gym from 9 a.m. to noon on each of the three days.

The volleyball camp will be for incoming fourth-graders up to ninth-graders.

Cost for the camp will be $40.

More information on the volleyball camp and the football camp will be reported at a later date.

On June 24-26, Uvalde CISD hosted a three-day basketball camp for girls and boys in Kinchlow Gym.

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By Stephen Tuttle | June 28, 2025

As Pride Month fades for another year, it might be wise for us to take a look at what’s happening with the LGBTQ+ community. It has not been an especially good year for their members.

According to the Center for American Progress (CAP), discrimination against this community is not abating but actually worsening. (Assume any reference to the “community” refers to LGBTQ+ individuals unless otherwise noted.) A circumstance already fraught for too many of our friends, neighbors, and family members has actually become more dangerous.

Fully 65 percent of the community report some form of discrimination, subtle or overt, every day. Another 61 percent report negative experiences with healthcare providers, the group they most rely on for fair and unbiased treatment. In fact, fully 39 percent of respondents report either changing their primary care provider or, after multiple negative interactions with multiple providers, have stopped seeking regular medical care altogether. Some 60 percent report discrimination in attempts to secure housing, and members of the community are twice as likely to experience homelessness.

Things apparently don’t get much better on the job. The Williams Institute, a think tank associated with UCLA focusing on gender identity law, conducted research indicating 47 percent of the community report workplace discrimination, which can include more difficulty obtaining employment in the first place, lower salaries, fewer promotions, fewer raises, and fewer bonuses even when goals are met.

Unfortunately, this is only the tip of the discriminatory iceberg, which is becoming more like a discriminatory glacier.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)—say what you will about them, they are impeccable record-keepers—is currently tracking a stunning 597 anti-LGBTQ+ pieces of legislation coursing through various states, including 16 here in Michigan mostly targeted at transgender youth. (Texas, not surprisingly, leads the pack with 88 onerous pieces of legislation designed to eliminate the quaint notion that everyone deserves equal protection under the law.)

Some Michigan legislators believe the most significant issue currently facing the state is who uses school bathrooms and other facilities and who participates in youth sports. And just so you know how important this issue is, be advised the Michigan High School Athletic Association received requests from two transgender students last year seeking participation in high school sports. That’s right, we’re trying to pass laws that are directed specifically at two kids.

Things are especially troubling for transgender youth since the U.S. Supreme Court decided Tennessee was within their rights to prohibit medical care for transgender minors because those kids are not part of a protected group. So, apparently, discrimination against transgender kids is now acceptable at least when it comes to healthcare. And the notion being perpetrated by some on the far right that gender dysphoria among minors is some kind of fad is dangerous and destructive. Gender dysphoria is a medical condition officially recognized in 2013 in which a person’s gender identity differs from their assigned gender at birth.

According to a Williams Institute estimate, there are about 300,000 transgender youth between the ages of 13 and 17, representing less than 1.5 percent of that population group. Yet some in the country now act as if we are being overrun by transgender kids who are destroying school sports and invading school bathrooms, among other things.

There is so much more.

There are now bills in multiple states involving overt censorship and attacks on free speech by restricting access to or completely removing from school libraries books with an LGBTQ+ theme, LGBTQ+ characters, or even any mention of that community. Some bills, particularly in Florida and Texas, now prohibit or try to prohibit any discussion of issues pertinent to that community, including the prevalence of discrimination against it. Florida’s infamous “don’t say gay” law actually only applies to grades K-3, but teachers can be disciplined, even fired, for such a discussion.

It is easy to understand a certain level of discomfort with the gender identity issues, particularly the transgender component since the publicity surrounding it is fairly new. The reality is trans people have been with us forever but hidden away. It is significantly more difficult to understand why parts of that community are now being demonized for no reason other than they want to be themselves.

Politicians are especially good at finding imaginary villains to help them generate campaign contributions and votes. We’ve recently seen Muslims, Mexicans, and non-white immigrants of all sorts on the target list. AIDS victims were in the crosshairs for awhile, but the LGBTQ+ community, in general, has been a target of discrimination pretty much forever. It was getting better with a handful of supportive Supreme Court rulings, but the current class of politicians has decided to target that community, again, just like in the good ol’ days.

A Pride Month is nice, but Pride Legal Protection would be better.

Acen Jimenez brings the ball up the floor for La Habra Saturday at California Live as Coach Aaron Riekenberg leads his squad at Ladera Sports Center. (PHOTOS: Jacob Ramos, For OC Sports Zone).

La Habra High School’s boys basketball team continued its summer season at Boys California Live in Orange County on Saturday. Led by head coach Aaron Riekenberg, the Highlanders will look to build on the recent success of their program in the 2025-26 season.

La Habra reached the mountaintop in 2023-24, securing the program’s first ever CIF championship in the Division 3AA bracket. It was a title that was a long time coming for the Highlanders, three-time champs of Southern California’s Freeway League. 

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La Habra prepares for Saturday’s game.

Aaron Wilson shoots a free throw for La Habra Saturday.

Jayden Martinez brings the ball up for La Habra.

Richard Gonzalez of La Habra at Saturday’s game.

Now, the focus turns towards 2025-26 for Riekenberg and the Highlanders. Losing 10 seniors from the previous season, La Habra coaches and players understand the road ahead to contention will be without a lot of familiar faces.

“[The 2023-24 team] made history,” Riekenberg told OC Sports Zone after Saturday’s game at Ladera Sports Center. “A couple of them are going to be playing collegiately at the next level, and so definitely they were missed today. But we were blessed to be able to have Acen Jimenez return as part of that CIF championship [team].”

Jimenez profiles as the team’s leading scorer for the upcoming season, already lettering twice going into his senior year. The senior will look to guide La Habra to another deep playoff run, after the Highlanders fell to Windward in last season’s CIF first round. 

La Habra’s success in 2023-24 didn’t just get the Highlanders noticed statewide. It vaulted the program into CIF’s Division 1, the second highest-ranked cluster of teams in the region.

The Highlanders made the transition up three divisions and to a new league simultaneously leaving the Freeway League for the Crestview League in 2024-25. Some may have seen the improvement in competition as a punishment for performing well in CIF’s lower divisions, but Riekenberg welcomes the challenge with open arms.

“We have so much respect for the Freeway League and all the great coaching and the battles we’ve had there. But man, there’s nothing like the Crestview,” Riekenberg said. “You had all five teams in the top, I believe, top 12 Orange County rankings.”

La Habra held its own in its new league this past season, going 4-4 in league play and 20-9 overall in 2024-25. Riekenberg credited some of the non-league competition his program has earned the right to face when talking about preparation for the Crestview. 

“We knew we had to raise our level of play and raise our level of competition throughout the year, which is why we’re at events like Cali Live [and] Section 7, playing these teams, so we’re prepared for those moments,” he said, referring to this weekend’s tournament and Section 7, based in Arizona.

Riekenberg noted a few players to watch out for as the Highlanders prepare for the upcoming season: forward Javier Nash, guard Joshua Desatoff and guard Aaron Wilson.

Nash is a junior headed into 2025-26, and shined during the weekend as a playfinisher, skying for easy baskets at the rim. Riekenberg noted he played more as a role player last season, but is expected to step up as a starter and scorer this year.

Desatoff has had tough injury luck during his high school career. The guard has had a pair of ACL tears that limited his playing time to just his freshman season in 2023-24, the coach said.

However, Desatoff is getting back to full health now and is expected to contribute greatly to the Highlanders this upcoming season. Riekenberg told OC Sports Zone that had it not been for his original ACL injury his freshman year, Desatoff may have been a starter on La Habra’s CIF championship squad.

Wilson is perhaps the most intriguing out of the three highly-touted Highlanders. He is an incoming freshman who has spent the weekend starting for La Habra at point guard. A rare young player who can dictate the game and play at his own speed, Riekenberg said Wilson is going to be “really, really special.”

Riekenberg spoke with great pride about his program, even after suffering a 58-49 loss to a talented St. John Bosco squad on Saturday in the California Live Event. Jimenez had 18 points and five assists to lead La Habra.

The Highlanders ended the day with a 58-49 victory over Bishop Montgomery. Jimenez had 36 points, five assists and two steals and Javier Nash 16 points, seven rebounds and three assists.

“These boys that we’ve had have committed themselves [and]  have really changed the culture here. And it’s a great honor and a great way to finish our summer,” Riekenberg said with a smile.

Information in this staff report was provided by the City of Santa Maria. 

SPOKANE, Wash. – Meet Jack Coy, a wheelchair athlete playing in Hoopfest at 14 years old, getting the opportunity to play with kids just like him.

“It’s priceless,” Coy said. “I never could’ve imagined something like this that could’ve happened. It’s truly amazing.”

“It makes me feel like I have friends to play with, that I belong here.”

Coy’s mom and dad both played basketball, and his brother is his biggest competition.

“I’ve been basically playing basketball my whole life,” Coy said. “My brother also plays basketball, and we’re both very, very competitive, so just trying to get that edge on each other.”

Jack’s mom, Stephanie, says she loves being able to watch her son play, and done in an environment so welcoming and opening has Hoopfest.

“It fills you up with a lot of pride,” Coy said. “It’s pretty tough competition, so, you’re cheering and hoping that they win, but yeah, you want everyone to win and have a good time.”

Parasport Spokane Development Director David Greig helped lead the organization of the event, and he spoke on what the most rewarding part of providing a space for wheelchair youth who love to hit the court.

“What we hope to see is these young kids seeing the future, seeing something to aspire towards, and getting to meet hands-on. They don’t get to see this on TV, right. They don’t get to see this on ESPN, so we bring it here for them, and they get to witness it firsthand and their parents, and it gives them something to shoot for.”

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