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Volunteers needed to set up 'Christmas Wonderland' at Rock Spring Park in Alton, Illinois

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:51 GMT

ALTON, Ill. - The grandpa gang is looking for volunteers to help set up the 'Christmas Wonderland' at Rock Spring Park in Alton, Illinois. They need people to help set up wooden displays and hang lights throughout the park.Volunteers are able to work any time between 8:00 a.m. and noon, Monday through Friday. Work begins in early September. Don’t be mesmerized – you should kill this dazzling bug You can learn more at the meeting Tuesday at Meunstermann Pavilion in Gordon Moore Park. It starts at 11:00 a.m. 

Illinois Department of Children and Family Services hosting hiring event in Wood River today

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:51 GMT

WOOD RIVER, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is holding a hiring event in Wood River on Tuesday. It's at the Madison County Employment and Training Center from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.Illinois DCFS says several positions are open, including child protection, child welfare specialists, and daycare licensing representatives. Child shot and killed while playing with a gun in north St. Louis County Bilingual Spanish-speaking employees are also in high demand and may earn an additional 5% on top of their salary.

First 'Safe Haven Baby Box' in Missouri dedication today

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:51 GMT

OAKVILLE, Mo. - The first 'Safe Haven Baby Box' in Missouri is being dedicated Tuesday morning.The program allows struggling parents to place a newborn in a secured incubator if they can't care for the child. Child shot and killed while playing with a gun in north St. Louis County The first one is at the Mehlville Fire District's 'Station 2' on Telegraph Road. Lt. Governor Mike Kehoe will be at Tuesday's dedication at 11:30 a.m.

Prepare for fall in Colorado with your August garden to-do list

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:51 GMT

The dog days of summer have set in.No complaints: The pumpkin spice season will be here soon enough. Enjoy the here and now no matter the heat, dryness, monsoon rain, lightning and hail.We know what can happen quickly, even in September when ripe tomatoes are in their stride. If you’re new to the Front Range, the most recent early snow event happened in 2020 when we went from 93 degrees on Sept. 7 to the low 30s on Sept. 8. Talk about a slap in the ole zucchini patch: Tthat storm came out of nowhere to remind us that weather happens when least expected.The long month of August is the perfect time to focus on keeping the garden in tip-top shape heading into fall, one of the best seasons of the year in Colorado.Outdoor container careA rootbound container plant. (Betty Cahill, Special to The Denver Post)Continue deadheading dried flowers, cutting off leggy plant growth, and regularly fertilizing to keep ornamental outdoor containers looking good.But sometimes this ongoing maintenance i...

Just peachy: 10 Denver restaurants serving Palisade peaches right now

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:51 GMT

There’s nothing quite like a homegrown Palisade peach on a sunny Colorado day, juice gushing out with every bite, dribbling down your face as you make your way to the pitted core.Summer might be drawing to a close, but with Palisade peaches rolling in from the Western Slope, we still have something to celebrate. And Denver chefs are taking full advantage of the Colorado crop, adding it on top of pizza, brightening up salads and pairing it with foie gras.“Everyone in the state looks forward to peach season,” said Bistro Vendome’s executive chef Jeremy Wolgamott. “After a long winter, when things warm up, it’s hard not to get excited about the juicy, sweet, citrus and sour flavor combinations. It’s the ultimate summer fruit.”Look beyond the highway peach stands, and check out these 10 local restaurants dishing up the fuzzy fruit for breakfast, lunch and dinner:Bistro VendomeBistro Vendome is serving peaches three ways at its new Park Hil...

New protections for Colorado renters kick in this week

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:51 GMT

New protections for Colorado tenants went into effect Monday, covering what landlords can insert into lease agreements and capping costs associated with renting an apartment here.The protections come from three laws passed by Colorado legislators earlier this year amid a session dominated — and at times fractured — by lawmakers’ search for solutions to the state’s housing crisis. The new protections represent three of the bills that survived that search this year, and they broadly seek to ease the pathway into housing for renters.“Whether it’s Steamboat Springs or Sedalia, housing is a top concern for Coloradans,” Sen. Faith Winter, a Westminster Democrat, said in a statement. ” … By preserving the affordable housing stock we already have and strengthening renters’ rights, Coloradans will be better positioned to find housing options that fit their budget and sign rental agreements that preserve their comfort and safety.R...

Colorado State University, German company partner on cutting-edge fusion energy project

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:51 GMT

Colorado State University and a German technology company are teaming up on what is expected to be one of the most powerful laser facilities in the world and a major step in the quest to commercialize fusion energy, long seen as a potential source of carbon-free power.The $150 million project announced Monday will construct a research facility next to the school’s Advanced Beam Laboratory, built in 2013 on the CSU Foothills campus, west of the main campus in Fort Collins.“CSU already today has a leading laser facility out at the Foothill campus. It has been a pleasure to come here for two years and conduct experiments,” said Heike Freund, the chief operating officer at Marvel Fusion, based in Munich.The partnership is pending final authorization by the CSU System Board of Governors.There is “a hard deadline of July 1, 2026,” for completion of construction, said Grant Calhoun, director of CSU’s Office of Industry Research Contracting.“That fits Mar...

Dish Wireless just built a brand new cellular network. Now it needs customers — lots of them.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:51 GMT

Dish Network, based in Englewood, pulled off what some observers thought it could never achieve. It built a state-of-the-art 5G cellular network reaching more than 240 million U.S. residents in three years for a fraction of what legacy wireless carriers have spent.As Herculean as building the country’s fourth-largest cellular network from scratch might sound, the company faces an even tougher task, one that could secure its future and support thousands of jobs in the metro area or bury it under a huge pile of unpaid debts and unfulfilled potential.In a brutally competitive market, Dish Wireless needs to find customers, as many as it can and as fast as it can, for its new network.“The technology is now in place.  A lot of people said it would be difficult and they figured out how to do it,” said Roy Chua, an industry analyst and principal at AvidThink in San Francisco. “Obviously, that is great, but it doesn’t matter unless you get subscribers.”From a te...

Pedestrian killed by semi-truck on SB 101 Freeway; lanes closed through Echo Park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:51 GMT

A pedestrian was struck and killed on the 101 Freeway prompting lane closures through the Echo Park area of Los Angeles Tuesday morning.California Highway Patrol units responded to the incident around 3:45 a.m. on the southbound side of the freeway near Alvarado Street. First responders investigate a fatal crash on the 101 Freeway in the Echo Park area on Aug. 8, 2023. (KeyNews.TV)The pedestrian was apparently struck by a semi-truck but it was unclear why the person was on the freeway to begin with. The unidentified pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. Third suspect arrested in connection with murder of teen in Irvine The southbound side of the 101 Freeway was shut down at Silver Lake Boulevard due to the investigation. It was unclear how long the lanes would remain closed.

Facing more than 500 abuse lawsuits, San Francisco Archdiocese says bankruptcy ‘very likely’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:51 GMT

Facing a staggering stack of more than 500 lawsuits alleging long-ago child sexual abuse by clergy, the Archdiocese of San Francisco, one of Northern California’s oldest Roman Catholic institutions, says it will “very likely” join more than a dozen dioceses across the U.S., including Oakland and Santa Rosa, and file for bankruptcy.The lawsuits have come under a recent state law that made it easier to bring forward decades-old complaints. But this latest wave is five times what the archdiocese faced two decades ago when the state last relaxed limits on filing long-ago abuse claims. A bankruptcy filing would add to a dark chapter for an archdiocese established during the California Gold Rush that now serves 450,000 Roman Catholics in three Bay Area counties and once oversaw the faith throughout Northern California and beyond.“For several months now, with the assistance of our financial and legal advisors, we have been investigating the best options for managing...