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Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:28:34 GMT

PREP FOOTBALL=Brunswick Academy 61, Rocky Mount Academy, N.C. 20Castlewood 18, Twin Valley 6Christiansburg 21, Giles 0Floyd County 21, Galax 20Glenvar 34, Blacksburg 0Graham 35, James Monroe 0Holston 13, Auburn 7Honaker 35, Lee High 26John Battle 14, Fort Chiswell 7Norcom 13, Western Branch 0Northside 7, Union 6Pulaski County 10, Radford 7Ridgeview 35, Eastside 6Rye Cove 21, Hurley 0___Some high school football scores provided by Scorestream.com, https://scorestream.com/Source

Cheyenne Parker scores a career-high 29 to help the Dream beat the Sky 78-67

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:28:34 GMT

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Cheyenne Parker scored a career-high 29 points, Allisha Gray added 20 points and the Atlanta Dream beat the Chicago Sky 78-67 on Friday night to snap a three-game losing streak.Parker was 10 of 20 from the field and 9 of 10 at the free-throw line to top her previous scoring best of 25 points set earlier this season. She also had seven rebounds. Danielle Robinson had 10 points and seven assists for Atlanta (16-16). The Dream were without leading scorer Rhyne Howard due to a nose injury. Gray was helped off the court with 6:39 remaining in the fourth quarter but she did return.Gray scored 14 points in the first half and Parker added 11 as the Dream held a 39-37 lead at the break.Dana Evans scored 18 points for Chicago (12-19), which has lost four straight. Elizabeth Williams had 10 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, and Kahleah Copper scored 11 of her 14 points in the first half. ___AP WNBA: https://apnews.com/hub/wnba-basketballSource

Phone scammer caught impersonating sheriff's captain — by the captain himself

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:28:34 GMT

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — A scammer was caught in the act by the man he was trying to impersonate.  The real Capt. Chris Gulli, with the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, said he got word a scammer was pretending to be him, contacting several people about an arrest warrant and demanding money.  Sheriff warns of scammers meeting with older victims, bilking thousands “They prey on people’s fears,” Gulli said. So he decided to give the scammer a call. "Nine times out of 10, they never pick up. And this is the one time the guy picked up and said, 'Captain Chris Gulli, Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office.' And I was just shocked,” Gulli said.Captain calls 'himself' to find scammer on the lineThe sheriff’s office recorded the entire conversation. At one point, the real Capt. Gulli asked the scammer, "Are you really an Arapahoe County sheriff captain?"The scammer responded, "Why would I not be, sir?"  After some back and forth, Gulli said the scammer hung up.&...

17-year-old's killing by police raises questions for councilor

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:28:34 GMT

LAKEWOOD, Colo. (KDVR) — A Lakewood City Council member has been on a monthslong mission to get information about a police shooting back in March that left a 17-year-old dead.Council Member Anita Springsteen wants answers after multiple police officers shot and killed the teen, who was accused of robbing a mail carrier. Video released of woman’s killing by Westminster police officer But after Springsteen read an autopsy report for the teen, she had questions about what happened that day."Whether I could have bodycam footage, just to see what transpired," Springsteen said.It all stems from an incident where 17-year-old Mariana Martinez was shot multiple times by multiple officers on March 27.At the time, police said the teen fired at them, prompting them to fire back. Another teen was arrested in connection with that crime.The scene of a deadly police shooting in Lakewood, where a 17-year-old girl was killed. (KDVR)Teen's autopsy raises questions in police shootingAccording to Spri...

Support the Shield: Eaton detective happy in his small town

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:28:34 GMT

EATON, Colo. (KDVR) — This month's Support the Shield honors go to Detective John Torres of the Eaton Police Department. He was raised here, has a family here and has no plans to leave.Seven miles north of Greeley, you will find the picturesque and all-American town of Eaton. That's also where you will find Torres. This police officer watches out for older Aurorans He's been a police detective here for almost 11 years. "Being a police officer, and protect the people that I grew up with, and serve on to this day: That is what I love about this community," Torres said.Founded in 1892, Eaton today is one of the top 10 safest towns in Colorado. It is far from a crime-ridden metropolis, but law enforcement can be dangerous here, too. He recalled an incident in 2021.“It was a domestic violence situation. Officers responded. He (the suspect) pulled a rifle and started shooting at our officers, and thankfully, none of our officers were injured," Torres said. No one was more thankful than ...

Trashterpieces: In Bass Museum exhibit, artist Kerry Phillips turns discarded items into art

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:28:34 GMT

You may have heard the saying: one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. Well, one Miami artist is taking trash and turning it into art. Deco took a trip over to The Bass Museum on Miami Beach to throw some things away – I mean, to check out art.Caroll Spinney (as Oscar the Grouch, voice, singing): “Oh, I love trash.”Hold your horses, Oscar the Grouch. There just may be one person who loves trash more than you.Kerry Phillips: “I like trash better.”Artist Kerry Phillips is giving things once considered old and unwanted a whole new life at The Bass Museum.For her first ever solo exhibit, titled “Between the Mundane and the Miraculous,” Kerry places things thrown by the wayside at the center of her art.Kerry Phillips: “There where these lamps that were left behind by, like, a studio neighbor, and so one day, I just pulled them into my studio and started playing with them, and then lo and behold, that turned into my firs...

Trump expected to surrender to Fulton County jail on Thursday or Friday next week

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:28:34 GMT

(CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is expected to surrender himself to the Fulton County jail at the end of next week – on Thursday or Friday, a senior law enforcement official with knowledge of the surrender told CNN.Trump and 18 co-defendants were charged on Monday in connection with a plot to subvert the 2020 election results in Georgia. After the 41-count indictment was unsealed, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis set an August 25 deadline for their surrender.Negotiations between Trump’s lawyers and Willis’ prosecutors are expected to continue into next week, ahead of the surrender deadline. The exact timing of Trump’s surrender remains unclear.Trump’s expected surrender in Georgia comes the same week as the first Republican presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle. The former president, however, is planning to skip the event and instead sit for an interview with former Fox News Host Tucker Carlson, multiple sources ...

Led by Masataka Yoshida, Red Sox continue season-long mastery of Yankees

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:28:34 GMT

Next year, the Red Sox will, inconceivably, celebrate the 20th anniversary of the historic 2004 season, including their historic toppling of the then-formidable New York Yankees.The game’s greatest rivalry hasn’t been the same since that unparalleled ALCS, when Boston became the first team in Major League Baseball history to come back from a 0-3 deficit to win a best-of-seven postseason series. Upsetting the Yankees in such historic fashion seems to have permanently shifted the power balance between the warring clubs. Over the last two decades, the Red Sox have demolished their foes in every October meeting.To paraphrase Steve Carrell’s iconic Michael Scott, how the turntables have turned.Friday night was the final nail in the coffin, and the Red Sox hammered it in hard in their 8-3 victory.Entering the series opener, August was plodding along too quietly for the Boston bats; they’d topped out at four runs in nine of 15 games this month.Before the Yankees cou...

Thousands under evacuation orders and some homes burn as wildfires race through Washington state

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:28:34 GMT

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Fast-moving wildfires raced through Washington state on Friday, burning some homes and prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people in small rural communities.One of the largest blazes, the so-called Gray Fire near Spokane in eastern Washington, began around noon and a few hours later had surged through 4.7 square miles (12 square kilometers) of grass, timber and wheat, pushed by 35-mph (56-kph) winds, according to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources.Level 3, or “Go Now,” evacuations were issued for Medical Lake, a community of about 4,800 people and some homes and other buildings had burned, authorities said, although it wasn’t clear how many.National Guard troops were called in to help evacuate patients and staff from Eastern State Hospital, a 367-bed psychiatric facility in Medical Lake.Spokane County Sheriff John Nowels said deputies were “running from house to house” urging people to leave their homes, NBC News reported.“We’ve...

Rochester woman pleads guilty in Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:28:34 GMT

A Rochester, Minn., woman pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony civil disorder charge for her role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.Appearing in a Washington, D.C., federal courtroom, Victoria Charity White, 41, admitted to helping hoist up a fellow rioter outside the Capitol, who then made his way to a tunnel entrance and kicked police. About 25 minutes later, Metropolitan Police arrested White after she and others tried to push through a line of officers.Federal prosecutors have charged more than 1,100 people nationwide, including a dozen Minnesotans, in connection with Donald Trump’s last-ditch attempt to remain in power by disrupting the counting of electoral votes.White is the fifth Minnesota resident to be convicted in connection with the assault.As part of a plea deal, White agreed to pay $2,000 in restitution. She also agreed to sentencing guidelines that call for a prison term of up to six months, but Judge John D. Bates will make the final determination ...