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Twins draw experienced Houston Astros team in American League Division Series

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:09 GMT

Max Kepler was 16 years old when he signed with the Twins, uprooting his life in Germany to move to a new continent and pursue his dream of playing professional baseball.The Twins’ right fielder is now 30. He has spent almost half of his life in the Twins organization. But he has never experienced anything like this week until now.“I’m grateful. I’m grateful. I’m grateful. I’m grateful. I’m grateful,” Kepler said. “We’re all blessed in this clubhouse to be a part of this. But we’ve got to stay grounded. We have, I think, 11 more games to win? That’s the goal. Keep it going.”With two wins over the Toronto Blue Jays, the Twins are heading to the American League Division Series, where they draw the defending World Series champion Houston Astros as their opponents. The Astros have played in the World Series in four of the past six seasons and have made it to the American League Championship Series in all six.The Twins will try to sna...

Local journalism deserves your support

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:09 GMT

Every week about 30 million newspapers are delivered across Canada. More than four out of five people in Canada read newspaper content each week. Why do they read print and digital news sources? The answer is simple: Trust.Canadians value and trust fact-based, fact-checked journalism. Journalists hold the powerful to account. They cover city hall, the courts, and the police. They also keep communities connected by reporting on everything from the high school football team to 100th birthdays.But real journalism, created by real journalists – rather than by artificial intelligence – costs real money. If we want to sustain it, we must support it. One of the best ways for the local community to support local journalism is to take out an ad. When you buy a newspaper ad – whether print or digital – those dollars stay in the community and allow the publisher to employ journalists. Conversely, when you buy an ad from a web giant, those dollars flow south to California to companies that don’...

Southern Alberta Newspapers place in AWNA’s 2022 Better Newspaper Competition

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:09 GMT

Southern Alberta NewspapersTwo publications in the Southern Alberta Newspapers family placed in the top three in several categories at the Alberta Weekly Newspaper Association’s AGM and Convention on Sept. 22.Held in conjunction with the convention at Edmonton’s Chateau Lacombe Hotel, the AWNA’s 2022 Better Newspaper Competition was a chance for the province’s smaller weekly publications to shine on the provincial stage.Although shut out of any top rankings for 2022, in the BNC General Excellence Award categories The Taber Times placed second for Best Sports Page, and third in both Best Front Page and Best Editorial Page. Lethbridge County’s Sunny South News scored a third place finish for Best Overall.“It’s no secret the media industry is in a state of transition in Canada, and finding a pathway to sustainability is not easy for any newspaper in 2023,” said Trevor Busch, managing editor of the Alberta Communities Group. “We’re doing the best we can to address the challenges we face...

Requirements for an AMBER Alert

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:09 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -With the safe return of Charlotte Sena, the AMBER Alert that warned the public of her abduction was canceled. Some have asked why it took some 15 hours to put out an AMBER Alert Sunday morning when Charlotte went missing Saturday evening.Charlotte Sena was found two days into her disappearance from Moreau Lake State Park. The investigation involved over 400 law enforcement officers and first responders, but the case took some time to get to that size. Certain criteria must be met before an AMBER Alert can be sent out. Pastor of Charlotte vigil church grateful for her rerun “We have to try to confirm that it’s an abduction. You have to try and confirm the child is in danger. At the scene that night, we had no evidence of an abduction," explained Deputy Superintendent-Field Command of the New York State Police, Colonel Richard S. Allen.Former FBI Agent, Stuart Kaplan, says more than 400,000 children were reported missing throughout the United States in 2023. T...

Judge orders accused sex offender cop jailed until trial

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:09 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – A former police officer asked a federal judge for mercy on Wednesday after being accused of sexually abusing people he’d arrested. The former officer was already charged locally. Additional federal charges resulted in prosecutors asking for the defendant to remain locked up until trial.According to the court record, Marcellis Blackwell’s phone also has videos of unidentified victims he arrested. That was part of the federal prosecutor’s argument in court Wednesday, asking for Blackwell to stay in jail.FOX 2 interviewed Blackwell in February 2023, when he was still a police officer for the North County Police Cooperative, also known as NCPC. Four months later, his own department arrested him and sought the criminal charges he currently faces.The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Blackwell in June 2023 with forcible sodomy and kidnapping after his alleged sex abuse of an arrestee. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch...

St. Louis Airport expansion would see conversion to single terminal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:09 GMT

ST. LOUIS – Nearly a third of a billion dollars worth of new demolition and relocation projects offer the surest signs yet that St. Louis Lambert International Airport, as we know it, may be in the final stage of its lifespan.Airport Director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge confirms the airport’s 12 signatory airlines have agreed to fund 75% or more of $331,644,000 worth of work to free up space for the proposed airport expansion to a single terminal with 62 gates, up from the current 54 gates across two terminals. The cost of the monumental single-terminal transformation is $3 billion.Hamm-Niebruegge called the upcoming work “enabling projects.” Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Breaking News SIGN UP NOW They include:Demolition and relocation of the airport’s outdated pow...

Barricades remain at city hall as officials work to find shelter for homeless

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:09 GMT

ST. LOUIS – Fences still surround Washington Square Park at St. Louis City Hall. There has been a lot of confusion for the people living outside city hall this week, beginning with an eviction notice."We moved (the people) because it was unsafe and unhealthy. It was also a hazard to the employees and business people who use city hall on a daily basis," Mayor Tishaura Jones said.The city's original plan was to remove the homeless encampment Monday night at 10:01 p.m., but that plan was pushed back."Where the city was trying to relocate these people wasn't going to be able to accept them because of their policies and those hours that Monday evening, park curfew enforcement was put on hold and I think a lot of our outreach was done again yesterday," Sgt. Charles Wall, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, said. Attorney general urges Tyson Foods to sell two southern Missouri plants "The eviction got pushed back to 12 when the police came driving down, saying you have to be gone b...

After margarita theft, locals spot similarities in Hazelwood break-ins

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:09 GMT

HAZELWOOD, Mo. – A 31-year-old man who broke into a woman’s apartment while she was in the hospital faces charges after being found drinking a margarita in her kitchen. Nearby residents said they noticed similarities with other break-ins that happened early Tuesday morning."They went inside the residence; they encountered a gentleman there sitting in the kitchen, against the wall, drinking a margarita," Lt. James Taschner, Hazelwood Police Department, said.That man broke into the victim’s apartment around 2:30 a.m. before popping open a margarita from her fridge."It is an odd set of circumstances,” St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell said. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Breaking News SIGN UP NOW Something the victim witnessed from her Ring camera,...

Despite colder weather, plant specialist says not to worry

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:09 GMT

WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. – As leaves begin to change color, the temperature begins to drop."It's part of the cycle of the season, too,” Cheryl Spurlock, Rolling Ridge Nursery customer, said.On Tuesday, temperatures were in the 90s; on Wednesday, there was a near 15-degree drop with scattered showers. And this weekend, even colder weather is expected."You might see some wilting up on some things," Chris Wagner, nursery manager at the Rolling Ridge, said. K-9 finds two teens hiding in dumpster after armed robbery in St. Louis Wagner's worked at Rolling Ridge Nursery in Webster Groves for 40 years. He said anytime there's a big temperature shift, it's what his customers want to talk about. Despite the significant drop in temperatures, Wagner said all of your annual plants, like mums, will likely be fine through this weekend. It’s only when temps consistently stay in the 30s that you should be worried."Mostly when they are talking about a hard frost or freeze, that's when people really sta...

Man found guilty, sentenced to life in prison for murder of co-worker at Colorado Springs Walgreens

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:09 GMT

The man accused of killing 17-year-old Riley Whitelaw in a Colorado Springs Walgreens breakroom in June 2022 was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday.A jury found Joshua Johnson guilty of first-degree murder, and 4th Judicial District Court Judge Eric Bentley sentenced Johnson to life in prison on Wednesday, 4th Judicial District Attorney Michael Allen said at a news conference.Whitelaw and Johnson, 29, were coworkers at Walgreens in the 6800 block of Centennial Boulevard. Whitelaw had previously told a store manager that Johnson made her feel uncomfortable, and he had made advances toward her, according to an arrest affidavit.Police responded to the Walgreens on June 11, 2022 after employees reported they found a body in the breakroom, according to an arrest affidavit. Investigators found surveillance video of Johnson stacking boxes in front of a surveillance camera to block its view before the murder. The El Paso County Coroner’s Office ...