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Coalhurst makes budget adjustments

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:00 GMT

By Nikki JamiesonSunny South NewsA number of adjustments have been made to the Town of Coalhurst’s 2023 budget.During their regular May 2 meeting, Coalhurst town council discussed a series of amendments to the 2023 budget.The first budget motion pertained to the addition of $2,000 for Online Facility Booking Software in the 2023 budget. The software would allow facility users to be able to easily access and book facilities in Coalhurst, helping to increase office efficiencies and free up staff time. Council passed a motion that Budget Motion 74-A (Online Facility Booking Software) for $2,000 be included in the 2023 budget.The second budget motion was for an adjustment for extraordinary meetings.An extraordinary meeting would be a meeting that was not planned for. While members of council can attend these meetings if they so choose, there is no budget for attending. According to administration, no extraordinary meetings have taken place so far this year.Coun. Heather Caldwell asked i...

Missouri bill could help high school athletes land endorsements

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:00 GMT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri lawmakers approved a bill Tuesday that could open the door for high school recruits to earn endorsements, even before they begin their journeys in college athletics. The Missouri House approved HB 417 on Tuesday afternoon, though with a key amendment that allows high school students to land endorsements under certain conditions. It also allows college coaches to get more involved with helping enrolled athletes profit off their name, image and likeness. Morgan Wallen cancels 6 weeks of shows, taking vocal rest Mizzou Football coach Eli Drinkwitz shared a photo from the Missouri Capitol on Tuesday, suggesting that the legislation would be a "game changer." The NCAA first allowed college athletes around the United States, including Missouri, to legally earn money from their name, image and likeness in 2021. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Mike Henderson (R-Bonne Terre) looks to expand upon that. The amendment to HB 417 would allow high school athletes plan...

Hundreds of fentanyl capsules seized in rural Missouri, three arrested

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:00 GMT

STEELVILLE, Mo. - Three people are behind bars after authorities seized hundreds of fentanyl capsules and other illegal drugs last week in rural Missouri. Crawford County prosecutors have charged Brendan Snodgrass, 28; Brent Sands, 30; and Mercedes Weiler, 30, in the investigation. Family mourns siblings struck and killed on I-170  According to the Crawford County Sheriff's Office, task force agents conducted a search warrant last Wednesday at a Steelville home on Sanke Road. When they arrived, agents found 250 capsules of fentanyl, one-eighth of an ounce of methamphetamine and one gram of suspected raw fentanyl. Snodgrass, Sands and Weiler all face various drug charges from possession to delivery of a controlled substance. All three are jailed without bond. "I appreciate the great work and dedication provided by our deputies and the partnership with LANEG [task force] for preventing these dangerous drugs from making their way into our community," said Crawford County Sheriff Dar...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis hints at veto of bill that could delay gray wolf reintroduction

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:00 GMT

Expect Colorado’s wildlife officials to begin releasing gray wolves back into forests along the Western Slope by the end of the year now that Gov. Jared Polis seems ready to clear any potential delays.Polis suggested that he would veto Senate Bill 23-256 after noting that Colorado Department of Natural Resources officials, and other state representatives, opposed the measure and warned that it could delay the plan to begin releasing wolves by December.“There shouldn’t be a lot of suspense on that one,” Polis told reporters Tuesday morning, noting that his office is still analyzing the measure, which legislators passed to his desk earlier this month.Since voters narrowly – and controversially – approved the reintroduction effort outlined in the 2020 measure Proposition 114, state wildlife officials have been developing their plan to bring the predators back and expected to begin capturing and releasing them by December. But Senate Bill 23-256, proposed late in the legislative session...

Tucker Carlson bringing show to Twitter

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:00 GMT

Tucker Carlson has announced his return to broadcasting, though it won't be on television.Instead, Carlson is bringing his show to Twitter.In an announcement posted to the social media platform Tuesday afternoon, Carlson excoriated the news industry as peddling in "at the most basic level ... a lie of the stealthiest and most insidious kind." Defamation suit produced trove of Tucker Carlson messages Carlson added that the news business has limits, "and if you bump up against those limits often enough, you will be fired for it.""That's not a guess; it's guaranteed," he added. Carlson was likely referring to his April 24 dismissal from Fox News, which reached a $787 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems after the company claimed Carlson and others aired falsehoods, including that Dominion rigged the 2020 presidential election against former President Donald Trump. Five possible reasons Tucker Carlson and Fox News are parting company Carlson, who was fired from Fox News o...

Victoria's new secret: Streaming video

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:00 GMT

After catching heat for objectifying women with its pencil-skinny models parading around with angel wings in their unmentionables, Victoria's Secret is reinventing its lingerie fashion shows.The semi-nudie extravaganzas disappeared five years ago after critics said (correctly) that the bouillabaisse of bras and panties glorified unrealistic body types.Now Victoria's Secret is making another go of things. But this time the angel wings are adios, the event will be packaged as a feature film and it will be available on streaming services."This film is the ultimate expression of the Victoria's Secret brand transformation," Raúl Martinez, the company's head creative director, said in a statement."It will be driven by fashion, glamor and entertainment, with a nod to beloved iconography from the past but in a bold, redefined way," he said.Those are pretty high-falutin' words for what's essentially soft-core porn (at least in the eyes of many males who watched past Victoria's Secret fashion...

Knott's Berry Farm announces reopening date for Fiesta Village

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:00 GMT

Knott’s Berry Farm will open its newly refurbished Fiesta Village area on May 26, the theme park announced Tuesday.The new area will also include an updated version of the roller coaster, “MonteZOOMa: The Forbidden Fortress,” new food locations, immersive entertainment and beautiful décor, according to a news release.Knott’s Berry Farm will open its newly refurbished Fiesta Village area on May 26, the theme park announced Tuesday. (Knott's Berry Farm) The newest California theme park attractions to check out this summer In the newly renovated Fiesta Village area, guests can also: Enjoy Mariachi musicListen to a storyteller tell whimsical tales of the alebrijesEnjoy performances of traditional dance FolkloricoWatch interactive puppet showsMeet Fiesta Village’s very own spirit animal friendsDance the night away at Calle Celebración, an immersive nighttime street party in Fiesta Village that celebrates Mexican family traditions, love and communityNew restaurants, Casa California and...

City Lights Theater Company makes a bold statement at 40th anniversary

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:00 GMT

City Lights Theater Company marked its 40th anniversary last Saturday with a Ruby Gala at the Holiday Inn in San Jose that lived up to the name — at least when it came to the red decor and attire. It was a night filled with tributes to longtime supporters and showstopping musical performances that had the crowd cheering.But it was also a night with a message delivered by Executive Artistic Director Lisa Mallette: City Lights needs to find a new home — and fast. The company’s current 100-seat performance space at 529 S. Second St. is expected to be developed into housing — a threat that’s been hanging over City Lights for more than five years now.“Theater takes a community to build a community,” she said, adding that theater changes people’s lives — both the performers and the audience members. “That’s why we’re looking for a new space. … We’re not going anywhere. We’re going to be here for anot...

The ‘defiant’ name Elizabeth Holmes gave newborn daughter while preparing to leave her

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:00 GMT

In a controversial New York Times profile published Sunday, writer Amy Chozick briefly addresses Elizabeth Holmes’ choice to twice get pregnant — the first time after the Theranos founder was indicted in “one of the most notorious fraud cases in recent history,” and the second time after she was found guilty on four counts of swindling investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars and faced the possibility of going away to prison for many years.Holmes chalks up her curious family planning choices to “just bad timing,” while writer Amy Chozick said the disgraced tech mogul and her partner Billy Evans believed she could be immune to consequences. “They did not anticipate that she would be indicted,” Chozick wrote. “They did not anticipate that she would be sentenced to 11 years. They always wanted a big family.”But as Holmes was preparing to leave her 3-month-old daughter and 20-month-old son to spend more than a decade in prison, she gave the girl a name she may ...

Berkeley man with self-admitted ‘perversion’ pleads no contest to sexually assaulting four girls and women, will serve 28-year prison term

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:00 GMT

OAKLAND — A Berkeley man who was a suspect in a series of random sexual assaults of girls and women has accepted a plea deal that will send him to prison for 28 years, court records show.Berkeley police shared this image Tuesday, May 31, 2022 of Tommy Lee Giles Jr., 44. (Courtesy Berkeley Police Department) Tommy Giles Jr., 45, pleaded no contest to four child molestation and sexual assault charges and is scheduled to be formally sentenced on May 15, court records show. Though he only accepted convictions for four victims, police said Giles was a suspect in five sexual assaults of strangers that all occurred within a few weeks of each other in 2022.Among the crimes was a March 2022 incident where Giles approached a 9-year-old girl who was walking to school, police said; he then began masturbating, claimed to have a knife, and forcibly touched the girl’s genitals.Two weeks later, in April 2022, he allegedly kidnapped a 23-year-old woman by claiming to have a knife, t...