CEDAR RAPIDS - Here are the latest worries in Cedar Rapids, according to Rob Davis, city engineering manager:— The Morgan Creek lift station at Edgewood and Ellis roads NW has been lost. That means people who aren’t flooded, and who have no reason to expect sewer backups, may experience problems and backups.This includes the Seminole […]
Seated in a motorized wheelchair Saturday afternoon in the living room of her mother’s home, Mercetia Parr, 16, flipped through the weighty scrapbook on her lap.“I was able to go to my prom this year,” she said, proudly showing photographs of herself in a beautiful dress, the color of glowing embers.As her mother, Doris “Bright” […]
Democratic Congressman Michael Arcuri says he’ll seek a second term in office. At a morning press conference in Utica, the 24th District incumbent announced his plans in front of a throng of supporters.Arcuri is being opposed by Cooperstown Republican Richard Hanna, who will run as an independent. Hanna, a construction contractor with no previous political […]
TUPELO, Miss. — A shopping mall in Tupelo, Miss., has been damaged by what is believed to have been a tornado.No injuries are reported. However, power lines are down and authorities are getting reports of fallen trees and other debris in the area.The Lee County sheriff’s office says officers spotted a possible tornado moving in […]
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Throughout the NASCAR Sprint Cup season, trends that begin at one track often given an indication of what to expect in the following race on the schedule.And then there is Talladega, where little that happens on this restrictor-plate superspeedway comes close to what will happen this Saturday night at the three-quarters of […]
The effects of Friday morning’s earthquake were also felt at a Louisville television station.The crew from WAVE 3 was on the air when the tremors first started being felt there.Since they were closer to the epicenter, that area felt much larger tremors than people did in the Tri-State which made for some interesting television.Louisville is […]
A 40-year-old Hinckley man was hospitalized and is facing felony charges after a chase by the Minnesota State Patrol early Thursday morning.The incident started about 2:10 a.m. at I-35 and 21st Avenue East. Two troopers were on a traffic stop when they received a report of a pickup truck traveling erratically, said Sgt. Mark Baker […]
BEIRUT — As stock trading breaks out across the Arab world, so too has Arab business television. During the past five years, once-nascent regional markets have been ignited by high oil prices, and more than half a dozen satellite channels have been launched to feed audiences’ thirst for business news. While a crop of newer […]
Spring training as we know it is threatened. Use this link to learn how to support the national pastime in our own backyard.Associated Press - March 16, 2008 1:54 PM ETPHOENIX (AP) - A strong and cold storm system moved into Arizona on Sunday and was predicted to approach record temperatures throughout the state.National […]
Javier Bardem, Marion Cotillard, Daniel Day-Lewis and Tilda Swinton are each taking statues across the Atlantic. Oscars for art direction, makeup and costume design all went to people for whom the United States is a passport stamp.And even some of the Americans were from far away: Joel and Ethan Coen, who generally come here […]