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School resource officers could be returning to schools after AG’s legal opinion, meeting with governor

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:34:36 GMT

School resource officers removed by some Minnesota law enforcement agencies could be returning to schools soon, legislative leaders and the largest public safety association in the state said Thursday.Minnesota House and Senate Democratic leaders said Thursday they’re committed to holding public hearings about school resource officers in the first two weeks of next year’s legislative session, which begins in February.But Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson, R-East Grand Forks, said Thursday that “hearings don’t change the law. … We need clear, legislative solutions that are passed by the House and Senate and signed by the Governor.”A change in state law this year says school resource officers can’t restrain students face-down or put a student in a hold that restricts their ability to breathe or communicate distress, except when necessary “to restrain a student to prevent bodily harm or death to the student or to another.”MPPOA sent a letter to its...

MN officials approve solar energy project expansion to power more than 150K homes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:34:36 GMT

Minnesota officials on Thursday approved plans for the expansion of a solar energy project that a utility says will be one of the largest in the country with the capability of powering more than 150,000 homes.The state Public Utilities Commission approved Xcel Energy’s expansion of the Sherco Solar project, adding a 250-megawatt array to a 460-megawatt array now under construction. The utility says all phases of the project will be finished by 2025.The expansion will cost about $406 million, bringing Xcel’s total investment in the project to more than $1 billion, the utility said. The total 710-megawatt project will be enough to power more than 150,000 homes annually.The solar generation will be near an existing coal-fired plant in Becker, Minnesota, northwest of Minneapolis. When completed, the new power will replace electricity generated by a coal-fired plant that is set to be closed later this year.Xcel plans to close its three coal-fired plants in Becker by 2030.The commission a...

Inmate who escaped Mercy South Hospital back in custody

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:34:36 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - The search has ended for a convicted child sex offender who walked away from Mercy South Hospital early Thursday morning.Tommy Wayne Boyd was taken back into custody just before 8 p.m. Thursday in the Dierbergs parking lot on Old Route 66 (Watson Road) in Shrewsbury.Boyd, 45, was serving a 30-year sentence at the Potosi Correctional Center for statutory sodomy. He’d been taken to Mercy South for an undisclosed treatment. Boyd walked out of the main entrance at the hospital shortly before 4 a.m. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Breaking News SIGN UP NOW Authorities said Boyd was in the custody of two state corrections officers when he escaped. There was no physical confrontation when Boyd escaped, and no one was hurt.According to Misso...

Kiszla: Vance Joseph finds himself in familiar spot in Broncos Country: On the hot seat.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:34:36 GMT

With nobody in Broncos Country in a hurry to forgive the coaching sins of Vance Joseph, what part of making him the defensive coordinator did Sean Payton think was a good idea?I wanted to know what on earth motivated Joseph to tackle the difficult task of winning back the trust of Denver fans that were glad to see him go in 2018, when he was fired after losing 21 of 32 games as head coach.“For me, it was a chance to come back and do it right,” Joseph told me, without blinking an eye. “I had no issues coming back and reliving my head coaching time here. I’m OK with that.”I know for a fact a major reason why Vic Fangio told Payton to look elsewhere when the Broncos went shopping for a defensive coordinator was Uncle Vic didn’t want knuckleheads like me reminding him what a failure he was as the head coach in Denver from 2019-21.Why did Joseph take a job Uncle Vic wouldn’t touch?“For Vic, it was just too close (in time) for him to come back. And if it had been that close for me, I thin...

Suspect identified in Denver bar shooting that injured five

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:34:36 GMT

Denver police identified a woman suspected of shooting five people after being denied entry into a bar in the 1900 block of Market Street on Saturday night as Keanna Rosenburgh.An arrest warrant was issued for Rosenburgh for eight counts of first-degree attempted murder, the Denver Police Department announced on social media Thursday night. Police are seeking information about her whereabouts.UPDATE: 1/2 #Denver, do you have any information that can help us locate Keanna the suspect in this shooting? If so, please contact @CrimeStoppersCO at 720-913-STOP(7867)Please note, Keanna is wanted for 8 counts of Attempt Murder due to… pic.twitter.com/Pyh4kAfGyg— Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) September 22, 2023Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Aurora police arrest suspect in fatal station at gas station Crime and Public Safety | Man arrested in Five Points shooting that killed two, injured others Crime and Public Safety | Denver ...

CU Buffs vs. Oregon Ducks football: How to watch, storylines and staff predictions for Pac-12 opener

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:34:36 GMT

No. 19 Colorado (3-0) at No. 10 Oregon (3-0)When/where: Saturday, 1:30 p.m. MT/Autzen StadiumTV/Radio: KMGH-7 (ABC)/850 AMBetMGM Line: Oregon -21, 71.5 over/underWeather: Partly sunny with chance of rain; high near 70.Five storylinesBuffs, Sans Hunter: CU will be without star wideout/cornerback Travis Hunter for multiple weeks after he was injured in the first half of the Rocky Mountain Showdown. CSU safety Henry Blackburn leveled Hunter on a hit that drew an unsportsmanlike conduct call and later landed Hunter in the hospital with a lacerated liver. While the CU offense has enough skill talent to make up for his absence, the Buffs’ defense loses a lockdown defender on the outside and coach Deion Sanders said it will be “corner by committee” in Hunter’s place. But five-star freshman Cormani McClain will not be on that committee, Sanders said.Double-Digit ‘Dogs: The Buffs already pulled one mega-upset this year, upending the Vegas sportsbooks with their ...

Mentally ill patient who killed Southern California mother could be released

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:34:36 GMT

A mentally ill patient who killed a woman after a traffic collision in Orange County could be released after a judge considered the case on Thursday.In 1994, Leonard Patton, then 29, took a flight from Minnesota to Southern California. When he landed, he rented a car. While driving on Pacific Coast Highway in Seal Beach, he got into a minor traffic accident with Jessica Uniack, 47, at around 9:45 a.m.When the two stopped to exchange information, Patton attacked and bludgeoned Uniack to death, police said.Patton then left his rented car at the scene and drove the victim’s car to Irvine Medical Center, where he abandoned the vehicle with Uniack inside, the Los Angeles Times reported.Uniack’s battered body was found under a pile of blankets and clothes in the passenger seat. She was on her way to deliver homemade cookies to a friend when the collision with Patton occurred.He was arrested later that night after being spotted by a driver walking along Newport Coast Drive.Leonard Patton, ...

Pittsburg man ID’d as recent Oakland homicide victim

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:34:36 GMT

OAKLAND — Police have identified a Pittsburg man who was shot and killed in an early morning Aug. 20 homicide.Michael K. Jones, 38, was killed a little before 3 a.m. on the 500 block of 17th Street in downtown Oakland. A second person who was with Jones escaped injury, police said.Police said Jones and his friend had been visiting night clubs in the area and were standing outside conversing with women when at least one person shot him from a passing vehicle. He was pronounced dead on the street.No arrests have been announced. Investigators have not released the suspected motive.Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $10,000 in reward money for information leading to the killer’s arrest. Anyone with information may call police at 510-238-3821, 510-238-7950 or 510-238-3326. Crime Stoppers can be reached at 510-777-8572.Staff writer Harry Harris contributed to this report

Former White House aide says Giuliani groped her on Jan. 6

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:34:36 GMT

By Eric Bradner | CNNCassidy Hutchinson, the former Trump White House aide, claims in a new book that Rudy Giuliani groped her backstage at the rally that preceded the former president’s supporters’ insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.The 27-year-old Hutchinson, whose bombshell testimony provided a key moment in last year’s public hearings of the House select committee that investigated the events of January 6, details her time in former President Donald Trump’s administration and afterward in a book titled “Enough” set to publish next week.Quotes from the book, first reported by The Guardian, were confirmed by CNN. Hutchinson, an assistant to Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, writes that Giuliani put his hands “under my blazer, then my skirt,” at the January 6 rally.Giuliani political adviser Ted Goodman in a statement called Hutchinson’s claims a “disgusting lie.”“It’s fair to ask Cassidy Hutchinson why she is just now coming out with these allegations from two and ...

Pittsburg gang sweep: Thirteen arrested after ambush-style slaying of Antioch man

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:34:36 GMT

PITTSBURG — Thirteen members and associates of a small Pittsburg gang have been arrested following a deadly, ambush-style shooting allegedly involving four of the gang’s members, police announced Thursday.The July 14 slaying of 24-year-old Trevon Richardson kicked off a large-scale investigation into the Pittsburg-based Midtown gang, which resulted in nine murder or accessory suspects being charged. Four others were arrested on unrelated offenses, including drug and gun possession, police said.Two of the nine suspects charged with murder are juveniles, and police have not released their names. One other, 19-year-old Amen Allen, remains a fugitive and police are encouraging anyone with knowledge of his whereabouts to come forward.Of the adults, Deavion Young, Larry Lee Major III, Christopher Perez, all 19, and Marcolino Ortega, 18, have all been charged with murder and attempted murder, while Joseph Ramey, 20, and Melissa Ramey, 37, face accessory charges. Young and Major...