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Couple identified in drug-fueled high-speed chase

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:51 GMT

COLUMBIA, Ill. -- A man and a woman have been identified after a high-speed police chase early Friday morning. Dakota Bowman, 29, and Samantha Hamelmann, 25, are both in custody at the Monroe County Jail.Bowman is facing felony charges for the stolen car chase, having meth on him, trying to deliver Fentanyl. Hamelmann is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine. They both have court hearings today."You come to our county to commit a crime and you decide to run, you bet we will chase you, not only chase you we will catch you. Then our States Attorney will charge you, and our Judges will send you to prison. We have a job to do and that is to protect our citizens from evil. If criminals think they can come to Monroe County to commit a crime and think the Sheriff's Department will not chase them, I highly recommend they rethink their plan," states Sheriff Neal Rohlfing.Columbia Police made the arrest on I-255 after a long-distance pursuit. Around 6 a.m. Friday, Monroe County ...

Inside NHL veteran Peter Holland’s wild week after he unretired for one more chance at glory with Avalanche

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:51 GMT

At this time one year ago, Peter Holland was home in Toronto adjusting to life after hockey.Last Saturday, he was also back in Toronto, celebrating the second day of his son Chase’s life. It was a quick trip home that he and his family will never forget. It could also be one more chapter in his winding journey as Holland attempts to get back to the NHL for the first time since 2018.Holland signed a professional tryout contract with the Avalanche last month after spending a year in retirement and four seasons at hockey outposts such as Hartford, Conn., Rockford, Ill., Yekaterinburg, Russia, and Stockholm.“It’s weird because I’ve been here before and played a lot of games in this league, but I still feel like the new guy walking around because it’s been so long,” Holland said. “It feels really good to be back in this setting and playing with guys who are at the top of the sport. It’s been a lot of fun so far.”Holland is one of several players on PTOs in C...

Upon Further Review: Dolphins tormented Broncos with their run game in historic blowout

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:51 GMT

The Miami Dolphins’ success in the run game against the Broncos on Sunday afternoon was a mix of head coach Mike McDaniel being Jimmy Neutron with his play calling and the offensive line being unstoppable.In the third quarter of Denver’s 70-20 loss, the Dolphins were facing a third-and-10 with 8:53 to go when quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was in the backfield with running back Raheem Mostert and rookie De’Von Achane lined up out wide. Tagovailoa faked a handoff to Mostert before tossing the ball to Achane in motion on an end around.The Texas A&M product, who rushed for 203 yards on 18 carries, had multiple Denver defenders slipping and sliding as he ran 40 yards to the Broncos’ 5-yard line.That was one of several plays that saw Miami use misdirection and motion to record 350 yards on the ground — the most in franchise history.“They got to the edges early on,” Broncos head coach Sean Payton said. “Their wide-zone schemes got to our edges. There’s a little more coverage dedicat...

CSU Rams got the finish they wanted, now look to build on it

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:51 GMT

FORT COLLINS — Saturday night in Murfreesboro, Tenn., the Colorado State football team got the finish that eluded it a week earlier in Boulder. Now the Rams hope to build on their first win of the season.In game full of big plays and pivotal moments against Middle Tennessee, the Rams found themselves in a familiar position at the end of the game. CSU was ahead by eight points with just over two minutes left and had to punt the ball to the Blue Raiders, giving them the same opportunity it gave Colorado a week earlier.But this time the Rams held on, not allowing the Blue Raiders to get the tying touchdown and two-point conversion the way the Buffaloes did the week before.“We fell short against CU in a very similar situation,” CSU defensive lineman Grady Kelly said. “I think we all knew, we all looked to the left and right and said, ‘That’s not going to happen again in this game. That’s not going to happen again all season.’ If the offense puts us in a situation where we’re up in...

Colorado football: Travis Hunter not ready for return to field for Buffs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:51 GMT

It appears that Travis Hunter will miss at least one more game for the Colorado Buffaloes.CU’s star sophomore did not play in last Saturday’s 42-6 loss at Oregon because of a lacerated liver.On Monday, Well Off Media posted a YouTube video in which head coach Deion Sanders shared a text exchange with the team between Sanders and Hunter.Hunter wrote to Sanders: “I need to play this week. We need to get everything we can so I can get back on the field. I’m not taking no for an answer.”Coach Prime responded to Hunter by writing, “No, you ain’t ready and I care about you more than I care about this game. You’re gonna change the game of football one day when you’re healthy and ready. Your future is brighter than mine ever will be and ever was. Relax and get healthy. I love you son.”CU (3-1, 0-1 Pac-12) will host No. 8 USC (4-0, 2-0) on Saturday at Folsom Field (10 a.m. MT, Fox) and certainly could use Hunter, who is arguably the Buffs’ best player on both sides of the ball.Related Articl...

16th bus carrying migrants from Texas arrives in Los Angeles

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:51 GMT

Another migrant bus arrived in downtown Los Angeles from Texas on Monday, the 16th bus to arrive in the area since June.The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights confirmed the news on X, formerly Twitter, saying that 38 asylum seekers travel from Del Rio, Texas to Los Angeles. The group included 23 adults and 15 children from Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras and Venezuela.The organization noted that some on the bus hadn’t eaten for days. L.A. conference attendees fall ill to nasty bacterial infection CHIRLA is a member of the L.A. Welcomes Collective, a network of non-profit organizations and faith groups in collaboration with the city and county of Los Angeles.Other members include the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice, Central American Resource Center-Los Angeles, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project and Immigrant Defenders Law Center.A spokesperson for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass also shared a statement ab...

Fall transformation underway in Mammoth Lakes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:51 GMT

Fall colors continue to make themselves known at one of California's most beautiful and pristine areas.Last week, Mammoth Lakes Tourism shared new images of the changing landscape in the Sierra Nevada.Earlier this month, leaves were beginning to shift toward an amber hue as some began to fall from the trees. Those leaves that stayed around are now undergoing the yellow-to-orange transformation, delighting visitors to Mammoth Lakes.Photo shows the changing color of grass at Tioga Pass on Sept. 19, 2023. (Mammoth Lakes Tourism/Samantha Lindberg)In the Tioga Pass area, about 9,500 feet above sea level, green grasses are already giving way to strands of gold, and bushes and shrubs aren't far behind. Why do leaves change colors when summer turns to fall? At the Mammoth Lakes basin and near Twin Lakes, bushes are already changing colors, leading the way ahead of other vegetation. The area, which is about 8,500 feet above sea level, is only witnessing the early stages of color progressi...

Kurtenbach: The Warriors’ 2023-24 goal — do the opposite of everything they did last season

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:51 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors have a theme for the 2023-2024 season, and they’re not being subtle about it.For the Dubs, this upcoming campaign is all about connectivity.The Warriors weren’t connected last year — what, with their two-timeline conundrum and the whole punching of teammates at training camp thing.Sure enough, that lack of understanding and trust showed on the court and brought about the team’s second-round exit — its first in the Western Conference playoffs under coach Steve Kerr.In retrospect, it was all so easy to see.And so this past offseason was about getting the Warriors to sing in harmony again.While changing general managers and adding the team’s sworn rival to the roster seem like bold moves to make amid such a mandate, both Kerr and that new GM, Mike Dunleavy Jr., believe this team will avoid the pratfalls of dysfunction this season.Related ArticlesGolden State Warriors | Want a part of the Warriors? 10% of the ownership stak...

AP-NORC poll: More Americans feeling climate change’s impact

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:51 GMT

By Tammy Webber and Linley Sanders | Associated PressKathleen Maxwell has lived in Phoenix for more than 20 years, but this summer was the first time she felt fear, as daily high temperatures soared to 110 degrees or hotter and kept it up for a record-shattering 31 consecutive days.“It’s always been really hot here, but nothing like this past summer,” said Maxwell, 50, who last week opened her windows for the first time since March and walked her dog outdoors for the first time since May. “I was seriously scared. Like, what if this doesn’t end and this is how it’s going to be?”Maxwell blames climate change, and she’s not alone.New polling from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research indicates that extreme weather, including a summer that brought dangerous heat for much of the United States, is bolstering Americans’ belief that they’ve personally felt the impact of climate change.About 9 in 10 Americans ...

Letters: Missed deadline | Frontline workers | Zero-emissions buses | Self-driving trucks | New approach | Yemeni water

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:51 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Missed deadline showsmayor can’t leadRe: “Oakland misses deadline for state crime aid” (Page A1, Sept. 16).It is unbelievable that city officials failed to meet the deadline to receive funds for fighting organized retail theft and other property crime. Oakland is embroiled in a crime wave that leaves residents and businesses as victims without recourse since 911 doesn’t answer in real-time and police are so short-staffed that a response may mean driving miles to the scene, very much too late to catch anyone.This money might have given the Oakland Police Department a break on these crimes and left more officers able to respond to assaults, shootings and murders.The mayor may go around town speaking about crime, but she had a chance to do something about it and her administration fell short. She is not capable of running this city.Judith BerneOaklandWill overhaul helpfrontline worke...