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Residents complain about lane striping on busy roadway

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:50 GMT

LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) -- The heavily trafficked Ronald Reagan Boulevard that runs north and south through cities in Williamson County is in need of a new paint job. Neighbors in the area who drive the road consistently say the striping on the roadway that divides the lanes is worn and faded, almost blending into the road. Charlene Mertz, a Liberty Hill resident, describes the condition of the road as "miserable." The road is two northbound lanes and two southbound lanes with a grass median separating the two. The speed limit can be anywhere between 55 and 65 miles per hour and Mertz said she is worried every time she drives it. "You can't see the edge of the road. You can't see the line divisions. You can't see anything," Mertz explained. Who maintains the road?Mertz said she has been trying to get the road restriped for months. She has called Williamson County to get somebody to fix it, but has not heard back. A Williamson County spokesperson said the county only maintains the road...

UT to lead multi-million dollar space project

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:50 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) – The University of Texas at Austin said Wednesday two professors will lead a research collaboration with three other universities to help the U.S. Air Force maintain security on a section of outer-space that is quickly becoming a popular venue for Earthbound companies.UT's announcement said the project, “Representations, Theory, and Algorithms for Autonomous Space Domain Awareness in the Cislunar Regime,” will focus on the area between Earth and the moon. It said the project seeks to tackle the "intricate complications of monitoring and controlling activities" of what is known as cislunar space.UT pointed out this region of space is becoming more important as companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin focus on space tourism and NASA plans to fly astronauts to the moon on the Artemis program. According to the announcement, the goals of the project are: Developing new methods to describe how human-made objects move in space while accounting for uncertain...

Hancock man identified in fatal trooper-involved shooting

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:50 GMT

HANCOCK, Mass. (NEWS10) -- The Berkshire County District Attorney's Office has identified the man in the fatal trooper-involved shooting that took place in Hancock, Massachusetts on Saturday. The DA's office says Phillip Heanault (64, Hancock) was fatally shot after not following law enforcement orders and threatening to kill a trooper. Get the latest news, weather, and sports delivered right to your inbox! The Berkshire County District Attorney's Office says following an investigation analyzing the crime scene, body and dash camera footage, and 911 recordings, the unidentified Massachusetts State Trooper retreated a significant distance from Heanault after responding to an emergency call on Richmond Road. The DA's office says Heanault had multiple knives on him at the time of the incident.The unnamed officer reportedly identified themselves to Heanault and told him to stop. Authorities say Heanault did not stop and threatened to kill the trooper. The DA's office says the trooper ...

2023 Oktoberfest events in the Capital Region

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:50 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Oktoberfest is a beer festival and carnival held each year in Germany, but also around other parts of the world. For 2023, the event takes place from Saturday, September 16 to Tuesday, October 3. Get the latest news, weather, and sports delivered right to your inbox! In the Capital Region, Oktoberfest events take place through October, often celebrating with German music, beer, and food. Here's where you can find an Oktoberfest near you.Six Flags Great EscapeEvery weekend through September 241172 Route 9 in QueensburyFeatures German beers, food, live music, a pretzel eating contest, stein hoisting, bingo, beer slide, hat toss competition, and yard games.You can buy tickets on the Great Escape websiteHarvey's Restaurant and BarSeptember 16 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.14 Phila Street in Saratoga SpringsFeatures a stein hoisting competition, a special German food menu, and prizes.Speckled Pig BrewingSeptember 23 at noon11 Washington Street in Ballston SpaFirst 100 ...

WWE Monday Night RAW coming to Albany

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:50 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- It's all going down on a Monday night in December at the MVP Arena. On Monday, December 4, WWE Monday Night RAW will take place at the MVP Arena at 7:30 p.m. Presale tickets are available now online, with public on-sale tickets going live on Friday at noon. Get the latest news, weather, and sports delivered right to your inbox! Tickets will start at $20. Monday Night Raw has been WWE's flagship show for over two decades. Created by Vince McMahon, it was nominated in 2019 at the 45th People's Choice Awards in the "TV Show of 2019" category.

Maryland Heights Starbucks workers union striking today

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:50 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Workers at the Starbucks on Page and Ball in Maryland Heights will strike today.They say it's because corporate and local management have refused to add extra workers during promotional event days. They say for over half a year, workers there have been cut hours and lost benefits, including insurance and scholarships. Girl’s path to school: speeding cars, sex offenders, dangerous crosswalk The strike will last all day. The Page and Ball Starbucks unionized in August.

This is what creative collaboration can look like among the descendants of the African diaspora

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:50 GMT

On a summer afternoon, Norwegian choreographer Thomas Talawa Prestø was watching as two dancers from his Oslo-based company, Tabanka Dance Ensemble, put another dance company’s artists through the paces of one of his new works. Bob Marley played over the speaker system in the rehearsal room of the Five Points home of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance. Prestø stood with his hands on his hips, aware that the dancers were still finding their way through his system of ancestral and contemporary movements, called the Talawa Technique.Meanwhile, dance doyenne Robinson stood nearby, smiling as she walked along the wall panning with her iPhone camera and documenting the open rehearsal of “Catch Ah Fire.”As her dancers rehearsed beside Prestø’s dance instructors, a faint sheen of perspiration began to glisten on their chests, arms, and foreheads. They stomped, leaped and held poses. Things were getting strenuous. The audience was warming up, too, offering whoops and yelps. So, this is what creative...

Gas cloud prompts dozens of homes to be evacuated in West Whittier

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:50 GMT

Residents in West Whittier were surrounded by a gas cloud Thursday morning, prompting officials to evacuate dozens of homes.About 75 people from 32 homes were asked to go to the Phelan Language Academy at 7150 Cully Avenue while crews tried to stop the leak in a nearby neighborhood. One resident recalled being home with his wife around 1:30 a.m. when he noticed a smell.Officials respond to a gas leak in Whittier on Sept. 14, 2023. (Key News TV)“Yes, the smell and the big noise around 1:30 … Officers came up and asked us to evacuate the area,” Manuel Covarrubias said.Video showed a cloud of gas coming from the street where a large main apparently broke. As of 4:30 a.m., Los Angeles County Fire Department Battalion Chief Chris Siok said gas was still leaking from the pipe. "We're looking at a four-hour window now," said Siok, who added that crews were "just trying to be safe and efficient in what they're doing."Residents were evaluated and no medical needs have been reported yet, Siok...

San Jose food festival joins cultures and unique recipes

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:50 GMT

Editor’s Note: This article was written for Mosaic Vision, an independent journalism training program for high school students who report and photograph stories under the guidance of professional journalists.Outside the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose, traffic backed up on Tully Road next to a long line of people snaking around its fenced perimeter. They came for the FoodieLand Night Market — an outdoor festival hosted in various cities along the West Coast.Once the clock hit 1 p.m. Saturday, people surged in the open gate, shuffling eagerly through security and into the fairgrounds. Awaiting them were tents boasting bold-lettered signs, an array of colorful displays and smoking grills.The festival’s dozens of vendors brought various recipes and cultures together in one place on Friday through Saturday. Whether was grilled lobsters, yakitori skewers, chocolate-filled churros or ube-coated turon, every vendor had something distinct to offer.Some were veterans. The En...

From the Roadshow archives: Bed of flowers puts the brakes on Highway 85 commute

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:50 GMT

Editor’s note: Mr. Roadshow wanted to share some of his favorite columns and stories from more than 30 years of informing, entertaining and getting things changed for Bay Area (and beyond) drivers. He’ll be back on the road with new material soon. In the meantime, please keep sending Mr. Roadshow your comments or questions to [email protected] story originally was published on Oct. 21, 1994This one will live in Highway 85 infamy.The first horrendous traffic jam on the first morning commute on the sparkling new freeway was the result of:Not a serious accident, not a cop pulling some guy over, but pansies.Motorists slowing down to look at a roadside display of the yellow and purple flowers brought all northbound lanes to a screeching halt Thursday morning. Caltrans officials, angry that a floral arrangement turned their spiffy new freeway into a parking lot, plan to rip out the pansies as soon as possible.The 6-by-46-foot bed of pansies — which spells out R...