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106-year-old Georgetown man sets record while skydiving with Gov. Abbott

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:06:09 GMT

FENTRESS, TX (KXAN) -- The plane finally revved to life around 8:40 Monday morning on a lone runway paved over rural ranch land under a clearing sky. Unique Guinness World Records done by Texans in Texas The conditions at Skydive Spaceland San Marcos had been closely watched by the flight crew, which opted to delay the takeoff by 30 minutes because of earlier cloud cover.With a security team, staffers, and Caldwell County Sheriff’s deputies looking on, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott loaded onto the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter plane, joined by his guest of honor, a 106-year-old World War II veteran.Texas Gov. Greg Abbott skydives with 106-year-old WWII veteran Al Blaschke (KXAN Photo/Todd Bailey)Gov. Abbott skydives with 106-year-old WWII veteran (KXAN Photo/Todd Bailey) Gov. Abbott skydives with 106-year-old WWII veteran (KXAN Photo/Todd Bailey) Gov. Abbott skydives with 106-year-old WWII veteran (KXAN Photo/Todd Bailey) Skydive Spaceland in San Marcos, Texas (KXAN Photo/Todd Bai...

Sonny Gray, Kenta Maeda reach deals elsewhere; Twins to get draft pick for Gray’s departure

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:06:09 GMT

Two members of the Twins’ 2023 pitching rotation have found new homes.Kenta Maeda and Sonny Gray both reportedly reached deals, becoming two of the first starting pitchers to come off the free-agent board. Maeda agreed to a two-year pact for $24 million with the Detroit Tigers, per reports, on Sunday, and Gray reportedly is headed to the St. Louis Cardinals on a three-year, $75 million deal.Because Gray has agreed to a deal that is worth more than $50 million after declining the Twins’ qualifying offer, the Twins will be receive a draft pick between the first round and Competitive Balance Round A. Gray, 34, had talked about wanting to test the free-agent market for the first time in his career before rejecting the one-year, $20.325 million qualifying offer from the Twins.While the Twins have Chris Paddack to step into a rotation spot — he missed most of last season rehabbing from Tommy John surgery before returning at the end of the year as a reliever — adding another member to the ...

Father of two identified as South St. Paul shooting victim; two suspects arrested

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:06:09 GMT

South St. Paul police have arrested two suspects in Friday’s killing of a 26-year-old man who was found shot in the street on the city’s south end.Avontae Troy King of South St. Paul died of a gunshot wound to the chest, police Chief Brian Wicke said Monday.A 22-year-old St. Paul man was arrested just after 3 a.m. Saturday, while a second suspect — a 20-year-old Cambridge man — was taken into custody Sunday morning, according to police and Dakota County jail records.Both suspects have been booked on suspicion of second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree murder, and are scheduled to go before a judge for possible formal charging at noon Tuesday.“Our investigators, as well as investigators with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, worked pretty much nonstop throughout the weekend,” Wicke said. “There are two people in custody for homicide, and we’re continuing to investigate the circumstances related to the murder.”Police received a call re...

Proctors announces 2024 run of 'Chicago'

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:06:09 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Proctors Theatre announced they will be hosting a run of the musical "Chicago". The theatre will hold multiple performances between April 19 and 20, 2024. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Set in the 1920s, the show tells the story of two vaudeville performers vying for acquittals in their separate murder cases. Originally debuting in 1975, the 1996 revival of "Chicago" is one of the longest running musicals in Broadway history. Proctors Theatre is located at 432 State Street in Schenectady. Tickets go on sale to Proctors members on November 28 and to the general public on November 30 at 10 a.m.

Broncos stock report: Plenty of standout performances vs. Browns, but when will Denver figure out how to start third quarters?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:06:09 GMT

Stock UpLT Garett BollesThe Broncos left tackle put on a heck of a performance against perhaps the best pass-rusher in the NFL in Myles Garrett. He had some help — tight end chips and a concerted effort to leave Garrett free at times in the run game and read him — but No. 72 came up huge when Denver needed him to. Sure, Garrett got pressure a couple of times, but this was about as good as you could ask for if you’re head coach Sean Payton. Don’t look now, but the Broncos’ offensive line as a group is starting to string together really quality performances and looks like one of the better units going.RB Samaje PerineThe veteran back ceded time early in the season to rookie Jaleel McLaughlin, but he’s emerged over recent weeks and now looks like perhaps the Broncos’ freshest back. He’s been reliable as a receiver and really good in pass protection all year. Then he burst for 55 yards on seven carries against the Browns. Before Sunday, Perine had just five carries over the Bronco...

Final trial over Elijah McClain’s death to spotlight Aurora paramedics’ role

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:06:09 GMT

Elijah McClain is pictured in this undated photograph. (Photo provided by family of Elijah McClain)The final trial over the 2019 death of Elijah McClain after he was stopped by police in Aurora is expected to delve into largely uncharted legal territory, with paramedics, not officers, being prosecuted this time.Starting Monday, jurors will be chosen to decide if the paramedics committed a crime when they gave the 23-year-old Black man an overdose of the powerful sedative ketamine after he was forcibly restrained by police.McClain went into cardiac arrest on his way to the hospital and was pronounced dead three days later. Three officers already have gone to trial and two were acquitted.The case will be the first of several recent criminal charges against medical first responders to reach trial and could “set the bar” for prosecutors in future cases, said Douglas Wolfberg, a former emergency medicine instructor and founding partner of a Pennsylvania law firm representing emergency me...

Opinion: A one-sided special session struck down Republican ideas for more of the same from Democrats

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:06:09 GMT

On Nov. 7, Colorado voters overwhelmingly rejected Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado Democrats’ answer to the overwhelmingly oppressive effects of rising taxation on their property.A week later, after public calls from Republicans and others, Polis convened a special session. In four long days, the Democrats unanimously shoved through policies that showed a clear disdain for the will of the people of Colorado. Our hope was an honest collaboration with the citizens and the other side of the aisle to bring real relief to those suffering from this overreach into the pockets of working families in this state.During the 2023 regular legislative session, Republicans presented solutions to the imminent skyrocketing jump in property taxes as a result of the 2020 repeal of the Gallagher Amendment which kept property taxes suppressed. Governor Polis and legislator Democrats had no interest in having an honest debate and instead pushed through their agenda to steal some of your Taxpayer’...

Suspect connected to Centennial shooting death arrested in Wyoming

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:06:09 GMT

The man who allegedly shot and killed a 73-year-old Centennial man in Lone Tree in early November has been taken into custody in Wyoming, police said Monday.Lone Tree police identified 23-year-old James Matthew Neal as a suspect connected to the Nov. 4 shooting death of Michael Lohmeier. Before his arrest in Wyoming, he was last spotted Neal in Colorado Springs.“I can confirm that James Matthew Neal was arrested by Wyoming State Troopers in Niobrara County, Wyoming, for another offense,” said Nate Jones, spokesperson for the Lone Tree Police Department, in an email to the Denver Post Monday. “He’s currently being held in Goshen County, Wyoming. That’s all the information we have for release at this time.”Lohmeier was found dead in the 8500 block of South Yosemite Street in a 2009 Toyota Highlander on Nov. 4, police said. He died from a gunshot wound and his death was ruled a homicide, according to a Nov. 6 news release from the Lone Tree Police Department.Nio...

Deer rescued from Evergreen Lake by a crane, snuggie and wildlife officers

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:06:09 GMT

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers on Friday rescued a young buck from Evergreen Lake, where the animal was trapped by ice and snow.A nearby crane operator who happened to be in the right place at the right time stopped to help the wildlife officers, according to a social media post from Colorado Parks and Wildlife on Sunday.Wildlife officers darted the deer with a sedative and strapped it into a “snuggie-like contraption” for the crane to lift over the wall and fence railing, the post stated.A nearby crane truck operator in the right place at the right time gave our wildlife officers a hand with the #rescue. We darted the deer and placed it into a Snuggie-like contraption to lift it over the fence railing. pic.twitter.com/6mlgWakmwa— CPW NE Region (@CPW_NE) November 26, 2023Wildlife officers relocated the deer to a better habitat — a nearby forested area — and released it back into the wild.In a video posted by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, one officer held the d...

Murder-suicide shuts down part of Jefferson County with shelter-in-place order, road closures

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:06:09 GMT

An apparent murder-suicide shut down part of Jefferson County early Monday morning with a shelter-in-place order and road closures, all now lifted.Just after 12:15 a.m. Monday, deputies responded to reports of a domestic violence incident at a home in the 4300 block of South Holland Way, according to a Monday news release from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.A family member had called police from inside the home, saying that the father had a gun and was shooting at the mother, the news release stated.When deputies arrived at the scene, the suspect had barricaded himself in the Lakewood home, according to a statement from the department posted on social media. The suspect fired shots at the three children who had escaped the home and at arriving deputies, the news release stated.One of the children was shot in the leg and later transported to a local hospital. A bullet also hit the pant leg of a deputy, but made contact with a cell phone and did not injure him, the releas...