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Illinois village keeps flooding and no one knows why

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:34:11 GMT

MARISSA, Ill. – A small Illinois village keeps flooding, and no one seems to know why.Mayor of Marissa Chad Easton and some of the residents say the area started flooding about five years ago during heavy rain events.Sarah Adams is a two-time cancer survivor, and her husband is a Navy veteran. The couple's home has flooded four times in the last five years."I've put more money in replacing flooring than I paid for my house," Adams said.They haven't replaced the flooring from the most recent flood that happened July 5."It all hits one drain, one culvert. It can't all go through like that," Adams said.Mayor Easton said all the village's water flows are clear and there are no obstructions. Johnny Johnson execution taking place tonight "It is a mystery," Easton said. "This is one of the biggest things that I'd ever have to do in my life is try to figure out a solution to a problem where there isn't a phone I can pick up and say, ‘Hey, give me the solution.’"When it rains, water flows ...

National Night Out event brings law enforcement and community members together 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:34:11 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A tradition that started more than 50 years ago is still going strong in the St. Louis area."It's a time when law enforcement and the communities can come together and work on those relationships," said Jamie Brunnworth with the Illinois State Police.Tuesday night’s National Night Out gives community members a chance to meet the people who protect and serve their communities."This event brings us back together, and it shows that law enforcement is connected to the community, and the community wants law enforcement here,” said Wyvetta Granger, event organizer. Illinois family still shaken after vandals poured oil into their pool, breaking window There were multiple Night Out events throughout the Bi-state area. Brunnworth with ISP was on hand for the East St. Louis event in Lincoln Park, where community partners handed out school supplies."Honestly, as a police officer, I love having the kids here,” Brunnworth said. In University City, the event coincided...

Suspended DL Eyioma Uwazurike bet on at least five Broncos games in 2022, criminal complaint alleges

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:34:11 GMT

Suspended Denver defensive lineman Eyioma Uwazurike made dozens of bets on five Broncos games over the 2022 season in addition to bets on games he participated in while a college student at Iowa State, according to a criminal complaint filed in Iowa that accuses the 25-year-old of tampering with records.The complaint, filed Tuesday and first reported on by the Des Moines Register, says a FanDuel account associated with Uwazurike’s personal phone recorded 32 bets on three Broncos games in September and two in December. Uwazurike was inactive for four of the five games outlined in the complaint — Denver’s first three of the season and a Dec. 11 home game against Kansas City — but he is alleged to have bet on a Dec. 18 game against Arizona in which he played.Uwazurike, who late last month was suspended for at least a year for violating the NFL’s gambling policy, also wagered on two games he played in while at Iowa State, the complaint says.Overall, the FanDuel account linked to U...

Rockies’ trade mission was clear: Add pitching, free up playing time for young players

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:34:11 GMT

The Rockies have never liked the term rebuild. Retooling or restocking is probably more to their liking.But no matter the semantics, the Rockies’ actions in the weeks, days and hours leading up to Tuesday’s MLB trade deadline revealed their blueprint. Namely, fill their minor-league cupboard with young pitchers, and provide playing time for young position players already on the roster.The Rockies have added seven pitching prospects to their system while trading veterans C.J. Cron (first base), Randal Grichuk (outfield), Mike Moustakas (corner infield), Brad Hand (left-handed reliever) and Pierce Johnson (right-handed reliever).“It was about pitching and we were looking at opportunities to play some of our young guys,” Schmidt said. “But really, the focus was on adding pitching because we do think we have some good position players (coming up).“And we saw what happened a couple of weeks ago with some (pitching injuries), so it’s purely about ...

Report of shots fired spurs lockdown of Morgan Hill school

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:34:11 GMT

MORGAN HILL — Live Oak High School was locked down Tuesday following a report of gunfire, though an investigation found no evidence of a shooting, police said.At 11:10 a.m., the Morgan Hill Police Department received a single call about four shots fired inside the school at 1505 East Main Avenue, police said in an advisory.Officers arrived at the school within 1½ minutes of receiving the call, locked the campus down and searched the grounds until they determined no shooting had occurred, police said.Officers found the person who made the call and were still working Tuesday to determine what led the person to believe they had heard shots at the school, police said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | ACLU, justice groups sue Santa Clara County court alleging unfair jailings Crime and Public Safety | Head-on collision kills suspected DUI driver, passenger on I-280 in Los Altos Hills Crime and Public Safety | Borenstein: Oakland cri...

Solano hits tiebreaking single as the Twins snap 5-game skid with 3-2 win over Cardinals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:34:11 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Donovan Solano hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the seventh inning and Pablo Lopez tossed six effective innings as the AL Central-leading Minnesota Twins snapped a five-game skid with a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night.Minnesota was coming off a three-game sweep to the Kansas City Royals and having lost the last two games of a three-game set against the Seattle Mariners. The Twins hold a two-game lead in the division over Cleveland, which was no-hit in Houston on Tuesday.Tyler O’Neill homered for St. Louis, which has lost four of its last five games and eight of 11. The loss comes just hours after the Cardinals traded right-hander Jack Flaherty to the Baltimore Orioles for prospects. The Cardinals got infielder César Prieto, left-hander Drew Rom and right-hander Zack Showalter. Prieto is Baltimore’s No. 16 prospect and Rom is No. 18. Flaherty was 7-6 with a 4.43 ERA this year for the Cardinals, who are mired in last place in the NL Cen...

Rams WR Cooper Kupp leaves practice early with an injury

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:34:11 GMT

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Rams receiver Cooper Kupp left Los Angeles’ practice early with an apparent leg injury Tuesday night, and coach Sean McVay is uncertain about the injury’s severity.The former Super Bowl MVP walked off the field with the training staff about 30 minutes into the two-hour workout at UC Irvine. Matthew Stafford and other players didn’t see exactly what happened, but McVay said he was told Kupp “came up a little bit in a red zone route.”“Obviously we’re much better when he’s here, and we hope he’s going to be OK,” McVay said. “If he’s not, we’ll see what happens, but the practice had to go on.”Kupp is returning for his seventh NFL season this fall after missing the final eight games of last season with a high ankle sprain. He also missed the final eight games of his second NFL season in 2018 due to a torn knee ligament.Kupp won the NFL’s triple crown of receiving in 2021, leading the league in catches (145)...

Max Scherzer says the Mets told him 2024 would be a transition year, with eyes on ‘25

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:34:11 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Max Scherzer never anticipated being traded from the New York Mets, and said the sentiment in their clubhouse was that the underachieving team that had expected to contend for a World Series title this year would reload for 2024.Scherzer instead found out the Mets were shifting their focus past that date — until after his contract expires. The three-time Cy Young Award winner waived his no-trade clause to be dealt to the Texas Rangers after conversations with New York general manager Billy Eppler and owner Steve Cohen about the team’s plans following his final start for the Mets. “(Eppler’s) answer was that the team is now kind of shifting vision and that they’re looking to compete now for 2025 and 2026, and that 2024, that it was not going to be a reload situation in New York, and that it was going to be more of a transition in 2024,” Scherzer said when he was introduced by the Rangers on Tuesday, two days after the deal was announced. Since that...

Heaney strikes out 11, Garver and Garcia homer as Rangers beat White Sox 2-0 in less than 2 hours

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:34:11 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Andrew Heaney struck out 11 without a walk while throwing two-hit ball over six innings, Mitch Garver and Adolis Garcia hit solo homers and the AL West-leading Texas Rangers beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0 on Tuesday night.Josh Sborz and Aroldis Chapman each pitched an inning before Will Smith’s perfect ninth for his 18th save in 20 chances to wrap up the Rangers’ eighth shutout this season. Garver, the starting catcher with All-Star Jonah Hein on the injured list, put the Rangers ahead with his sixth homer when he went deep off White Sox rookie right-hander Jesse Scholtens (1-4) in the fifth inning of the game that took only one hour, 58 minutes to play.Garcia’s 26th homer, and AL-leading 85th RBI, came in the seventh. Heaney (8-6) won his third consecutive decision over his last four starts. Scholtens struck out six, walked one and hit a batter over his six innings. The starter and two relievers limited Texas to four hits — the two solo hom...

City of Kingston collects feedback for nuisance bylaw

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:34:11 GMT

The city is currently accepting input from community groups, partner organizations, businesses, and community members on a by-law aimed at “[deterring] certain types of nuisance behaviours.”The decision was made at a city council meeting on June 29, 2022, that city staff would prepare a nuisance by-law to be presented to council. The motion came forward after city staff received numerous reports of safety concerns downtown and in city parks. The motion passed with a vote of 6-5 at the time, with concerns surrounding the timing of the proposal due to encampments being discussed in the same meeting, as well as the possibility of increasing stigma against community members.“I don’t even think we should endorse the concept at this time,” stated Coun. Peter Stroud. “I think the optics are terrible and I hope that we will vote this down.”The City of Kingston does currently have a nuisance party bylaw, but no stand-alone general nuisance by-law.The draft, now available for revi...