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'Terrifying': Hundreds of teens takeover Lakeview, damage property

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:42:40 GMT

CHICAGO — Hundreds of teens swarmed the streets in Lakeview Monday night, causing disorder and destruction in the neighborhood. It's the latest takeover in the city that has left residents and local leaders searching for solutions. The teen poured off the Chicago "L" train at the Belmont Red Line stop, shutting the roadway for several hours in a scene that unfolded just after 10 p.m. Illinois set to create state run insurance marketplace, rate review "They were jumping on cars, breaking glass, throwing things. I know my personal automobile was used as a bar for people," said a concerned resident who did not wish to be identified. The resident shared video with WGN News that shows kids surrounding a police car, with some even jumping on the vehicle.The woman said that's when she called 911. “I was told that there was nothing they could do," the woman said. "They were so overwhelmed at the moment that there were just way too many calls coming in."Chicago police officers worked...

FBI: Search underway for Western Springs bank robbery suspect

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:42:40 GMT

WESTERN SPRINGS, Ill. -- The FBI is asking for the public's help in locating a suspect involved in a bank robbery in Western Springs Tuesday afternoon.According to the FBI, agents responded to the FNBC Bank and Trust located on the 1010 block of Burlington Avenue in Western Springs just before 3 p.m. on Tuesday, June 27 on reports of a bank robbery. Search underway for Oak Lawn bank robbery suspect A suspect walked into the FNBC Bank and Trust location verbally demanded money.The FBI describe the suspect as an Hispanic man, between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-7, thin build, around 50-years-old, with dark hair and eyes, wearing a long-sleeve, light-colored plaid shirt, blue jeans, light shoes, a bright blue baseball hat, no gloves, and no face-covering.The suspect fled the scene and currently remains at large.No injuries were reported. No further information has been made available at this time.Anyone with information regarding this incident are asked to contact the FBI at 312-421-6700 or ...

Florida beach now deadliest in US this year after 3 more drownings

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:42:40 GMT

PANHANDLE, Fla. (WMBB) – Panama City Beach in Florida is now the deadliest in the U.S. so far in 2023 after three more deaths this past weekend.Despite double red flag warnings, which mean no swimming is allowed in the Gulf, heavy rip currents led to the three drownings and dozens of rescues.National Weather Service statistics show that Panama City has had seven rip current-related deaths in the past nine days, more surf zone fatalities than any other beach in the U.S. in 2023.Saturday's victims were two men from Georgia, one 39 and the other 63, and a 68-year-old man from Michigan. Nexstar's WMBB reports that an additional two beachgoers also died in nearby Walton County, one on Thursday and the other on Saturday. Then on Tuesday, former NFL quarterback Ryan Mallett drowned off the shores of Destin, Florida, according to Nexstar's WKRG. Former NFL quarterback Ryan Mallett dies in apparent drowning in Florida Since all of the victims were from out-of-state, responders and lifeguar...

Texas baseball finishes top 10 in one of five national polls

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:42:40 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — With Louisiana State's 18-4 romp over Florida to win the Men's College World Series on Monday, the 2023 college baseball season came to a close and final top 25 rankings were released by five major national publications.The Texas Longhorns finished No. 9 in the Baseball America Top 25, No. 11 by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, No. 12 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and No. 14 in both the D1Baseball.com and Perfect Game polls.Full Baseball America Top 25Full D1Baseball.com Top 25Full Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Top 25Full USA Today Coaches PollFull Perfect Game Top 25By virtue of its national championship, LSU finished at the top of all the polls, followed by national runner-up Florida. TCU's run to Omaha earned them a top-five finish in most of the polls. Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and Perfect Game have the Horned Frogs at No. 4 while D1Baseball.com put them at No. 5. The coaches poll slotted TCU at No. 7.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sp...

Challenges of hiring private security for downtown Austin businesses

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:42:40 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Teghan Hahn, CEO of Wild About Music, is sick of her staff having to deal with repeated shoplifters.Especially when it escalates."They've been hit, spit on, scratched," she said. APD searching for suspect wanted in Royal Blue Grocery employee assault Nearby Congress Avenue businesses are seeing similar circumstances. So, at one one point, they all pitched in for a security guard. "It started out as a good deterrent," Hahn said. "Then we did we did start to have issues though with them showing up, or with them being overly aggressive or overly passive depending on the guard."Ultimately, she said, the group nixed the security company after a few months."All we really want to do is create a fun and safe environment for our people to come to work and it's so hard to not be able to snap our fingers and fix it for them," Hahn said, adding that they discovered using security guards also presented unexpected liabilities. Video: Downtown Austin grocery store employee a...

CU Buffs opponent preview: TCU aims to prove 2022 wasn’t a fluke

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:42:40 GMT

Prior to last year, his first at TCU, Sonny Dykes had enough of a track record as a head coach to show a pattern.Dykes’ first three head coaching stops included a not-so-good first year, followed by success in later years. Last year, Dykes broke out of that pattern in a big way. Taking over what had been a mediocre TCU program, Dykes stunned everybody by leading the Horned Frogs to the national title game.The Horned Frogs went 13-2, tying a school record for wins and becoming the first Big 12 team to win a College Football Playoff game. Despite a narrow loss to Baylor in the Big 12 title game, they reached the CFP semifinals and knocked off Michigan before getting blown out by Georgia, 65-7, in the title game.This summer, BuffZone will preview each of Colorado’s opponents for the 2023 season and in this first installment, we look at TCU. On Sept. 2, the Buffs will visit the Horned Frogs, who are trying to prove last year wasn’t a fluke.“The transition for Sonny Dykes from having zer...

Douglas County officials to canvas tornado area for damage assessments

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:42:40 GMT

Members of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the Douglas County Office of Emergency Management will soon be canvasing the area where last week’s tornado struck to conduct door-to-door damage assessments.On Thursday and Friday, teams will carry out “damage assessments on residential structures to provide to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),” according to a sheriff’s office news release. “These assessments are a necessary step in evaluating the impact of the tornado and the support required for our community.”***Important Notice*** On Thursday, June 29th, and Friday, June 30th, members of #DCSO and @douglasoem will be conducting door-to-door damage assessments on residential structures in Highlands Ranch to provide to @fema. Do not be alarmed or confused if you receive a knock on your… pic.twitter.com/3dk69796KI— DC Sheriff (@dcsheriff) June 27, 2023Related ArticlesColorado News | Here are drop-off location...

Former Long Beach school district employee accused of molesting several minors

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:42:40 GMT

A former employee with the Long Beach Unified School District was arrested Monday on allegations that he sexually assaulted multiple minors.The suspect, identified as Michael Quigley, 74, from Lakewood, was arrested on seven counts of sexual battery and seven counts of annoying or molesting a child under the age of 18, according to the Long Beach Police Department.In October 2022, an underage girl told police she had been inappropriately touched by Quigley while he was volunteering as a swim and water polo coach at Jordan High School.As detectives began investigating, more juvenile victims of Quigley were identified, police said. He's believed to be responsible for multiple sexual batteries dating back to 2021, according to investigators.Following his arrest, Quigley was booked at the Long Beach City Jail, where he is being held on $100,000 bail.Michael Quigley in a photo from the Long Beach Police Department.Detectives are encouraging any additional victims of the suspect to come f...

Balk comes up big as SF Giants beat Gausman, Belt in win over Blue Jays

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:42:40 GMT

TORONTO — Facing two old friends Tuesday night, the Giants offered a reminder that all the magic pixie dust was still in their clubhouse.Opposed by an opener and, eventually, Alex Wood, Kevin Gausman pitched about as well as he could have hoped against the club that balked at giving him a long-term deal two offseasons ago. But the the first of only three hits he allowed over six innings came around to score and proved to be the only run for the first eight innings of a 3-0 Giants win, improving to 13-2 over their past 15 games and 10-0 away from home this month.Brandon Belt nearly did in his former team, doubling in the eighth to put the tying run on second base with two outs, but the Giants (45-34) called on Camilo Doval, who got World Baseball Classic teammate Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to fly out to end the threat and shut the door in the ninth, recording his National League-leading 23rd save.In his first game against his old club, Belt struck out twice and flew out to center before b...

Woman sought in connection with two East Bay bank robberies

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:42:40 GMT

BRENTWOOD – Police are searching for a woman who robbed a pair of East Bay banks Monday afternoon.The first robbery was reported just before 2 p.m. at the Patelco Credit Union in the 5600 block of Lone Tree Way in Brentwood. Around 3:50 p.m., a second robbery was reported at the Travis Credit Union in the 2700 block of Lone Tree Way in Antioch.In both cases, a woman passed a note to a bank teller demanding money and then left with an undisclosed amount of cash, the Brentwood Police Department said in a statement Tuesday.No injuries were reported.Police confirmed the same woman committed both robberies but wore different clothing during each one. She was described as Latina, in her early to mid-20s, and between 5 feet 3 inches and 5 feet 5 inches tall, with brown hair, according to police.The woman may have driven away from the second bank in a gray Honda or Nissan sedan with tinted windows, police said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Images released of suspect, ...