Bill calls for cashew chicken to become Missouri's official dish

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:00:32 GMT

Bill calls for cashew chicken to become Missouri's official dish CHRISTIAN COUNTY, Mo. - Springfield Cashew Chicken has been a staple in the Ozarks for years, but this year, Representative Jamie Gragg wants to put the dish in the books.Rep. Gragg has pre-filed a bill in the Missouri House of Representatives that would make cashew chicken the official dish of the State of Missouri (House Bill 1624). If House Bill 1624 is passed, it will go into effect on August 28, 2024. The bill was pre-filed on December 1. It is not yet on the House calendar.The current official dish of Missouri is the ice cream cone. The very first ice cream cone was created in St. Louis at the World's Fair in 1904. You can see a list of all 50 States' official dishes here. Rep. Gragg was elected in 2022 to represent Christian County in the House. His other bill sponsorships include House Bill 1623, which would require public schools to establish the general municipal election day and the general election day as a school holiday, and House Bill 1625, which would prohibit the st...

St. Louis man convicted in murder over drug debt

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:00:32 GMT

St. Louis man convicted in murder over drug debt ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis man pleaded guilty Friday to a second-degree murder charge in a man's shooting death several years ago, which stemmed from drug debt. Investigators say Benjamin Chatman, now 35, shot Gregory Jordan, then 35, in St. Louis' Hamilton Heights neighborhood on Sept. 7, 2015. The two were involved in an argument over a drug debt prior to the shooting. According to court documents, Chatman fled to New York after the shooting, where U.S. Marshals later arrested him. In his initial statement to police, Chatman denied shooting Jordan. He also claimed he had moved to Buffalo and was living there at the time of the shooting. Three men charged in St. Charles County trafficking case plead not guilty Chatman was originally convicted of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in 2017, but he appealed the decision. Last year, a St. Louis circuit court judge vacated the convictions and determined that Chatman's trial lawyer had misinformed him about Missouri's sentencin...

Four people injured after Aurora house party with over 100 young people interrupted by gunfire

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:00:32 GMT

Four people injured after Aurora house party with over 100 young people interrupted by gunfire Over 100 teens and young adults were at an Aurora house party early Saturday morning when gunfire erupted, injuring four people.Aurora police officers were already in the area of the 1300 block of Joliet Street when they heard gunshots about 12:15 a.m., the Aurora Police Department reported on X. They responded to the shooting, where they found the over 100 young people running or driving away from the party.Four people were shot and taken to hospitals: an 18-year-old woman, two 19-year-old men and a 17-year-old boy, police said. None of their injuries appeared to be life-threatening.One of the fleeing vehicles “created a safety risk” to the fleeing partygoers, so officers attempted a traffic stop. The vehicle didn’t stop and officers pursued the vehicle until they could disable it.The driver, an 18-year-old, ran, but officers apprehended them, police said. Officers recovered a handgun with a large-capacity magazine in the vehicle, but it’s “unclear as ...

7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes off the southern Philippines; tsunami warning issued

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:00:32 GMT

7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes off the southern Philippines; tsunami warning issued MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Saturday night off the coast of the southern Philippine island of Mindanao and Philippine authorities issued a tsunami warning. The quake struck at 10:37 p.m. at a depth of 32 kilometers (20 miles), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said based on the magnitude and location, it expected tsunami waves to hit the southern Philippines and parts of Indonesia, Palau and Malaysia.Teresito Bacolcol, the head of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, told The Associated Press his agency advised residents along the coast of southern Surigao del Sur and Davao Oriental provinces to evacuate immediately to higher ground or move further inland.Owners of boats in harbors, estuaries or shallow coastal waters off the two provinces should secure their boats and move away from the waterfront, the ...

Man, 2 teens arrested after holding victims at gunpoint, stealing NOS tanks 

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:00:32 GMT

Man, 2 teens arrested after holding victims at gunpoint, stealing NOS tanks  A 24-year-old man and two teenagers were arrested after they allegedly brandished a gun at two victims and stole NOS tanks from them.According to a press release from the Chino Hills Police Department, the unidentified male and female victims purchased two tanks of nitrous oxide from JZ Motorsport in La Puente on Nov. 26. Upon leaving the store, they traveled to the 15100 block of Fairfield Rancho Road in Chino Hills, where they were confronted by three suspects who had followed them in a black Acura from JZ Motorsports.  Homeowner reportedly shoots, kills suspect during home invasion As the victims removed the tanks from a duffle bag in the backseat of their car, two male Hispanic juveniles, aged 15 and 17, approached them and and brandished a semi-automatic pistol. A struggle then ensued between all four parties involved, police said. “The male victim struggled with the 15-year-old male suspect and the suspect dropped the pistol,” SBSD said. “The female victim, attempt...

Can you get a refund for poor in-flight Wi-Fi?

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:00:32 GMT

Can you get a refund for poor in-flight Wi-Fi? For many frequent flyers in 2023, functional Wi-Fi has become a critical in-flight amenity. Many travelers demand access to the cloud while they’re, well, in the clouds.But sometimes, the Wi-Fi is no good. It takes three tries to reload a page, or the connection cuts out right when you've found what you were looking for.That's frustrating enough for passengers on airlines like JetBlue that offer complimentary Wi-Fi, or for those who get free in-flight Wi-Fi through their airline elite status or an airline-branded credit card. But it’s most brutal for the people who pay specifically for in-flight Wi-Fi yet receive a service that hardly serves them at all. 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes off the southern Philippines; tsunami warning issued I had a faulty Wi-Fi connection on a United Airlines flight in September from San Francisco to Orlando. On U.S. domestic flights, United sells Wi-Fi service for either $8 or 800 miles for MileagePlus members and $10 for everyone else. I opted to ...

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State data collection systems failing students in juvenile detention, report says

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:00:32 GMT

State data collection systems failing students in juvenile detention, report says (BCN) -- California is failing to provide a high-quality education to students in the juvenile justice system by not addressing the inadequacies of academic data collection practices, according to a recent report from the national Youth Law Center. Current collection practices, the report authors argue, do not accurately measure student needs and outcomes."A failure to design better metrics would be a disastrous choice on the part of California stakeholders to keep these students out of sight and out of mind," the report's authors wrote. Biden says HIV/AIDS strategy needs to confront inequity The report, "Out of Sight, Out of Mind," is a follow-up to a 2016 report that similarly found the state to be failing in its mission of providing students in juvenile detention with high-quality education via its disproportionate representation of multiple student populations, high rates of chronic absenteeism, low high school graduation rates, inaccurate or incomplete data, and more.The most...

2 men caught with guns at Dulles International Airport within 3 days

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:00:32 GMT

2 men caught with guns at Dulles International Airport within 3 days Two men were caught with handguns at Virginia’s Dulles International Airport’s security checkpoints this week.A man from Pennsylvania was caught with a loaded handgun at one of the airport’s security checkpoints on Thursday while attempting to get onto a flight, the Transportation Security Administration said in a news release.Officials with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department took the 9 mm handgun loaded with 15 bullets from the man. He was cited on a weapons charge, the TSA said.The man, who claimed that he didn’t know he had his gun with him, could see a penalty of up to $15,000 for bringing a gun to an airport checkpoint.“Two guns caught in a three-day span says a lot about the continued vigilance of our TSA officers,” Scott T. Johnson, TSA’s federal security director for the airport, said in a statement. “Claiming that you forgot that you had a loaded gun with you is a tragic accident waiting to happen. Ther...