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Seven of eight businesses sold alcohol to a minor in this small Illinois town

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:52:52 GMT

MT. VERNON, Ill. -- The Wednesday before Thanksgiving is one of the biggest days for drinking and partying all year. Police in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, decided to test several bars and liquor stores to see if they were checking IDs. They found that seven of the eight establishments they checked sold alcohol to a 19-year-old.All the establishments that sold alcohol to the undercover agent now have citations. Mayor John Lewis says that more compliance checks will be conducted in the future. Mizzou Football poised for New Year’s Six bid: Which bowl game might they play? In the United States, the legal age to purchase and publicly possess alcohol is 21, as mandated by the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984. This law aims to curb the negative impacts of underage drinking on public health and safety. While exceptions may exist for private consumption under parental supervision, the purchasing and public possession restrictions are consistently enforced. Violations can lead to legal ...

AP men’s college basketball poll, Week 4: CSU Rams enters at No. 20, CU Buffs falls just outside Top 25

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:52:52 GMT

Purdue is back atop The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll, right where it spent so much of last season.The Boilermakers ascended to No. 1 on Monday after an impressive run through a loaded field at the Maui Invitational. They beat Gonzaga, Tennessee and Marquette — three of the top 11 teams in the nation — in consecutive days, and that was enough to earn 60 of 63 first-place votes from the national panel of Top 25 voters.It took the Boilermakers until Dec. 12 to reach No. 1 last year, where they spent seven weeks over two different stints.“Our guys were resilient, I thought they hung in there, and I thought at times we didn’t play our best basketball in the three days, but I thought we played really hard,” Purdue coach Matt Painter said after the Maui Invitational. “We competed, and that is what you got to do. You got to just sometimes hang in there and just keep competing and make one more play.”Purdue replaced preseason No. 1 Kansas, which fel...

Kiszla vs. Gabriel: Is the AFC playoff field big enough for both Broncos and Texans?

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:52:52 GMT

Kiz: Raise your hand if you had this trip to Houston to play the Texans as the biggest game of 2023 for your Denver Broncos when the NFL schedule came out back in May. And if I see any hands raised in Broncos Country, I have a one-word response: Liar! With C.J. Stroud playing like the best rookie quarterback this league has seen since Andrew Luck, the Texans are legit. On a five-game winning streak, the Broncos are talking playoffs. But can both these 6-5 teams get there from here?Take Our Poll(function(d,c,j){if(!d.getElementById(j)){var pd=d.createElement(c),s;pd.id=j;pd.src='https://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/plugins/polldaddy/js/polldaddy-shortcode.js';s=d.getElementsByTagName(c)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(pd,s);} else if(typeof jQuery !=='undefined')jQuery(d.body).trigger('pd-script-load');}(document,'script','pd-polldaddy-loader'));Gabriel: Oh, it’s possible, though I certainly don’t have the math skills to give you the long-hand proof. In the simplest terms, though, who...

Millennials are moving to these cities the most, study says

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:52:52 GMT

Two California cities are among the top 10 places millennials moved to the most in 2022, according to a recent study from Smart Asset.Researchers at the financial technology company looked at 268 cities included in the 2022 U.S. Census Bureau 1-Year American Community Survey to determine where millennials were moving to the most.The study defines millennials as adults between the ages of 25 and 44. This is how much money each generation needs to be ‘happy,’ new study says Here is where millennials moved to the most in 2022Cambridge, MassachusettsSanta Clara, CaliforniaSeattle, WashingtonSunnyvale, CaliforniaDenver, ColoradoArlington, VirginiaBellevue, WashingtonKilleen, TexasAustin, TexasSandy Springs, GeorgiaThese cities attracted millennial movers due to the vast number of opportunities, Managing Editor for Economic Analysis for Smart Asset Jaclyn DeJohn told Business Insider. This is how much money is needed to be considered ‘wealthy’ in California Some millennials may have c...

Man Charged With Manslaughter In Death of Sheriff’s Recruit

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:52:52 GMT

The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office announced felony manslaughter charges against a man believed to be responsible for a wrong-way crash that killed an L.A. County Sheriff’s Department recruit in Whittier.Sheriff Robert Luna said the charges were a “significant step toward bringing justice” to the family and friends of recruit Alejandro Martinez-Inzunza. Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna added that its department was committed to “holding accountable,” the suspect in the incident.“The felony filings today are a step towards justice for the family of Deputy Alejandro Martinez and all the LASD Recruits who were injured, many of whom have life-altering injuries sustained because of this tragic incident,” Luna said. “The collaborative efforts among the California Highway Patrol Multi-disciplinary Accident Investigation Team and our Homicide Bureau detectives illustrates our commitment and diligence in holding the individual accountable for this horrific incident.”The crash o...

10 Freeway Repairs Continue Through Reopening

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:52:52 GMT

The 10 Freeway area near downtown Los Angeles reopened weeks ahead of schedule after a suspected arson fire.An initial estimate given by California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Nov. 14 saw a three to five-week timeframe for repairs, which was later changed to Tuesday, Nov. 21 and ultimately Monday, Nov. 20.“What began as months has turned into days — before Angelenos hit the road on Monday, we’re opening the 10 back up,” Gov. Newsom said in a statement. “Thanks to the tireless work of Caltrans and union construction crews and with help from our partners — from the Mayor’s office to the White House — the 10’s expedited repair is proof and a point of pride that here in California, we deliver.”Now all lanes going both ways have been opened and deemed safe to drive on by Los Angeles and California officials, only eight days after the blaze broke on the weekend of Nov. 11.The construction has not stopped, however, as a full repair is still expected to take mon...

Mauricio Miranda Pronounced Dead after Motorcycle Collision on Paisano Drive [El Paso, TX]

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:52:52 GMT

28-Year-Old Man Fatally Struck in Two-Vehicle Accident near El Paso DriveEL PASO, TX (November 27, 2023) – Mauricio Miranda died Friday night in a motorcycle collision on Paisano Drive and El Paso Drive.Police responded to the scene just before 12:00 a.m., on November 17th, in the neighborhood of Fox Plaza Shopping Center after receiving multiple dispatch calls.Per reports, 28-year-old Miranda was riding a motorcycle and traveled through a red light. As a result, the motorcycle crashed into a Dodge Ram pickup-truck. The motorcyclist was then ejected onto the road.Medical personnel arrived and pronounced 28-year-old Miranda dead, due to the extent of his injuries.Authorities have not yet released the identity of the other party involved.The team at Sweet James sends out their heartfelt sympathies to the friends and family of Mauricio Miranda who are grieving over the loss of their loved one. May you find comfort and strength during this time.Reach out to Sweet James today and l...

Where will Cal, San Jose State play for their bowl games?

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:52:52 GMT

Many of the top experts in college football expect Cal to play in the Independence Bowl against Texas Tech when it returns to the postseason for the first time in four years.As for San Jose State, the picture is less clear for its second straight bowl appearance after the Spartans were left out of the Mountain West title game based on computer rankings.The Action Network’s Brett McMurphy projects the Spartans to head west to the Hawaii Bowl and face Rice. Fox Sports and 247Sports both had them in the same Dec. 23 bowl, though Bryan Fischer of Fox projected SJSU to face Memphis.CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm, on the other hand, projected them to join Cal in the South, for a Birmingham Bowl date against Georgia State.Meanwhile, ESPN’s Mark Schlabaugh projected a Boca Raton Bowl berth against Marshall, while Kyle Bonagura had them facing Ohio in a return to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, where they lost last year to Eastern Michigan.The projections vary because the Mountain We...

San Jose Sharks hit with another injury as No. 1 center will miss game vs. Capitals

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:52:52 GMT

SAN JOSE — A San Jose Sharks team that was just starting to gain some confidence after an atrocious start to the season will now have to play without No. 1 center Tomas Hertl, who is considered day-to-day with an unspecified injury.Sharks coach David Quinn said Hertl was injured on Sunday when he and the team had the day off. Quinn refused to be specific about what happened to Hertl other than to say the ailment was around his midsection.Quinn said, though, that Hertl would join the Sharks on their upcoming road trip that starts Thursday in Boston against the Bruins.Hertl leads the Sharks with 16 points in 21 games this season and is averaging 20:56 in ice time per game, tops among all San Jose forwards. Before Monday, Hertl had 11 points in 11 games, helping spur the Sharks to a 4-6-1 record in that time after a 0-9-1 start to the season.The Sharks, now with a 4-1-1 record at home since the first week of November, are already without injured top-nine forwards Logan Couture (l...

Why environmentalists are suing the National Park Service to prevent it from planting trees

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:52:52 GMT

By Jonathan Park and Janna Van Vranken | CNNThe National Park Service wants to replant sequoia groves in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, where wildfires in 2020 and 2021 inflicted lasting damage on the iconic sequoia forests. Environmentalists in California say it’s a huge mistake.Four groups filed suit against the NPS on November 17, saying the agency’s effort violates the law as it includes planting in designated wilderness areas, where human involvement in the ecosystem is explicitly prohibited.The NPS announced the seedling-planting project earlier this fall, saying it was “concerned that natural regeneration may not be sufficient to support self-sustaining groves into the future, particularly as the fires killed an unprecedented number of reproductive sequoia trees in the groves themselves.”Chad Hanson, the director of the John Muir Project, one of the groups that filed suit, disputes that conclusion. Sequoias are among the species of trees that actually “depend on hig...