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These are 15 things every Texan kid should do before school starts!

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:53 GMT

DALLAS (KDAF) - Let's end the summer with a bang!These 15 activities will provide Texan kids with unforgettable experiences and a deeper appreciation for the rich history, natural beauty, and diverse attractions that Texas has to offer. Make the most of your summer and create lasting memories before the school bells ring:1. Visit the Alamo in San AntonioExplore the historic battleground where Texas fought for independence. Learn about the brave men who defended the Alamo and discover its significance in Texas history.2. Experience the Space Center HoustonTake a trip to the Johnson Space Center and learn about NASA's space exploration efforts. Get up close to real spaceships, step into a simulated space shuttle, and even meet astronauts.3. Dive into the Natural Bridge CavernsDescend deep into the underground world of these remarkable caves near San Antonio. Marvel at the stunning formations and learn about the geological wonders hidden beneath the surface.4. Explore Big Bend National...

How to Fringe: The Minnesota Fringe Festival turns 30, hosts 101 different shows Aug. 3-Aug. 13

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:53 GMT

It’s back! The Minnesota Fringe Festival opens Thursday, Aug. 3, launching 11 days and nights of hour-length stage performances in 16 venues throughout Minneapolis. That’s 101 different shows — or 102 if you include the self-guided tour of the West Bank, more on that later — hosted 515 times, much but not all of it happening in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood. It’s a 30th anniversary special that promises oddball delights, delicious dramas and some inevitable hits and misses. A crackerjack team of Pioneer Press reporters will post select show reviews at twincities.com/tag/fringe-festival.Sound overwhelming? Let our Fun Fringe FAQ guide you.WAIT, WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?: Let’s slow things down. After 30 years, the non-juried, lottery-driven Fringe Festival has become a staple of the Twin Cities theater scene, offering audiences a wide range of mostly-homespun productions, from stand-up and improv comedy to musicals, dramas, horror, burlesque and ev...

More than 5,000 locals without power, scattered damage in St. Charles County from storms

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:53 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Winds peaked at nearly 80 miles per hour at the St. Louis Lambert Regional Airport during an intense afternoon storm system Saturday afternoon, one that caused some scattered damage around St. Charles County. FOX 2's extreme weather specialist Chris Higgins describes the winds as some of the worst he has ever seen from a non-tornado or non-hurricane warned storm. He witnessed strong winds and heavy rainfall around 3:30 p.m. near Highway K in St. Charles County. Community officials are currently surveying damages. FOX 2 has learned of more than 100,000 power outages in the St. Louis metro and tens of thousands in St. Charles County. Right now, more than 5,000 people there are waking up without power.Residents are reporting downed power lines and trees. Two viewers from St. Charles County sent the following photos of damages. Viewer-submitted photos of storm damage in St. Charles County on July 29, 2023. Viewer-submitted photos of storm damage in St. Charles County on July...

Falling tree takes down power line and damages cars in O'Fallon Illinois

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:53 GMT

O' FALLON, Ill. - A O'Fallon, Illinois local caught footage of the heavy Saturday winds that damaged his neighbor's home.John Simmons caught footage of a tree falling onto his neighbor's garage and their two cars. In the video, power flashes could also be seen as the failing trees ripped through power lines. Widespread outages: 120K-plus without power in St. Louis area after storms Winds clocked in at 60 to 70 miles per hour in that area. Thankfully no one was hurt.

'Smokin' on Main Festival' not affected by Saturday storms

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:53 GMT

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. - People over in Collinsville didn't let the weather ruin their night. They had some damage in town.The annual 'Smokin' on Main Festival' had to be put on hold. Interrupted for a bit, but not cancelled. Execution of Johnny Johnson will proceed on Aug. 1, stay lifted The barbecue competition benefits the U.S. Veterans Foundation and the city's food pantry. They got back at it once the rain moved out.The fun continues Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Changing workplaces in Colorado: Tattoos no longer taboo

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:53 GMT

Carolann Mohrman, 75, perched behind an artist’s booth at the sixth-annual Denver Tattoo Arts Festival last week as the buzz of tattoo needles filled the air – slightly out of place because she doesn’t have any tattoos nor does she plan to get inked.“I don’t like having my skin punctured,” the Lakewood resident said. The first-time attendee instead walked through the doors of the Colorado Convention Center at 700 14th St. on Sunday, July 23, in a show of support for her niece, Eva Mohrman, a tattoo artist and co-owner of Constantly Custom Studio in East Brunswick, N.J.As a child in the 1950s, Mohrman was taught by society at large to view tattoos as “very demonic,” she said, adding that “only Navymen” boasted the body modifications.“Now, everybody has them except me,” she said with a laugh. When asked whether tattoos affect a person’s reputation in the workplace, she answered with a resounding “no” –...

Rockies’ Nolan Jones hits balls harder, farther than anyone in MLB. Now he’s just got to take the next step.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:53 GMT

June 7, Coors Field, 3-1 count. San Francisco Giants right-hander Logan Webb tried to fool Nolan Jones with a sinker.Webb missed his spot. Jones didn’t miss his chance.Pure power and poetry in motion, Jones launched the ball 483 feet into the second deck in right-center at Coors Field, the ball coming off his bat at 114.2 mph.“It’s almost like you don’t feel anything when you connect like that,” the Rockies’ rookie outfielder said. “You swing and watch it go.”Jones, 25, has been a bright light in Colorado’s dismal season, but he remains an unpolished gem.Raised as an infielder, he’s still learning how to patrol Coors’ wide-open outfield spaces. His 34.3% strikeout rate is too high. In his 15 games in July entering the weekend, Jones was hitting .167 (8 for 48) with 22 strikeouts and only four walks. But half of his eight hits went over the fence.“I want to be the best player in the game, like everybody else out ...

Keeler: CSU to the Pac-12? If Rams don’t get an invite, it’s not you, Cam. It’s them.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:53 GMT

My CSU buddy has this dream. In it, Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff rings the Rams up and invites them to fill one of the slots abandoned by — irony of all ironies — the CU Buffs.Lordy, what a party. Cam and company happily accept, finally giving Power 5 status to a campus that’s poured dump trucks full of cash into Power 5 facilities. And the wacky part of this dream? There’s a twist ending, one co-written by M. Night Shyamalan and former CSU AD Jack Graham, in which the pages from the calendar on the wall fly away, as if in an old movie.It’s suddenly July 2029. Deion Sanders is coaching the Dallas Cowboys. The Big 12 implodes. CU’s still-chancellor, Phil DiStefano, swears he’s never, ever, ever, ever stopped loving the Pac-12. And the Rammies are swimming in dough above it all, a Little Brother immune from the chaos and strife.Reality, sadly, is a little more complicated.Buzz on the street (and whatever Elon Musk is calling Twitter these days) says the Pac-12 has CSU on stand...

Former Bronco DeMarcus Ware, ruiner of game days and master of first impressions, evokes laughs and memories as Hall of Fame enshrinement arrives

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:53 GMT

Only days earlier, DeMarcus Ware had been laying on the turf in Dallas, unclear on what was happening around him and unsure if he’d ever play football again.It was December 2009 and Ware, playing for the Cowboys, had been hit in the head rushing San Diego quarterback Phillip Rivers. Teammates gathered around him. He recalls Marcus Spears above him saying, “DeMarcus, will you please move?”Several hours later, he was released from the hospital with the best possible news news: A neck sprain, but no other damage.The problem: Dallas had a short week of preparation before playing Sean Payton’s 13-0 New Orleans Saints on Saturday night.Payton, now the Broncos coach, was sure Ware had no chance of returning so quickly.“The injury report didn’t look positive, especially when it was a neck and a back,” Payton told reporters in Denver this week. “And so our Wednesday third-down meeting, normally we’d spend a lot of time on how we were going to handle him, nudge him, chip him, but ...

Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania breaks world record in women’s 50-meter breaststroke

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:53 GMT

FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) — Ruta Meilutye of Lithuania set the world record on Sunday in the women’s 50-meter breaststroke at the world championships in southwestern Japan. Meilutye equaled the world mark on Saturday in the semifinals and broke it on Sunday in the finals. Her time was 26.19 seconds, topping the old mark of 29.30.She held that jointly with Benedetta Pilato of Italy. Lilly King of the United States was second in 29.94 and Pilato was third in 30.04.—-AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource