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Austin celebrates 2023 Salsa & Heritage Festival Sunday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:29 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Puerto Rican Cultural Center in Austin celebrates its Celebrando 2023! Salsa & Heritage Festival Sunday. The festival was held at the JCC Ballroom at Shalom Austin from 3-8 p.m. Sunday. This year's theme delved into Colombian and Puerto Rican mountain traditions and featured performances by the TrabuRikan Salsa Orquestra and other artists, per an event news release.The Puerto Rican Cultural Center in Austin celebrates its Celebrando 2023! Salsa & Heritage Festival Sunday. (KXAN Photo/Frank Martinez)The Puerto Rican Cultural Center in Austin celebrates its Celebrando 2023! Salsa & Heritage Festival Sunday. (KXAN Photo/Frank Martinez)The Puerto Rican Cultural Center in Austin celebrates its Celebrando 2023! Salsa & Heritage Festival Sunday. (KXAN Photo/Frank Martinez)The Puerto Rican Cultural Center in Austin celebrates its Celebrando 2023! Salsa & Heritage Festival Sunday. (KXAN Photo/Frank Martinez)The Puerto Rican Cultural Center in Austin ce...

Mayo’s plan for downtown Rochester: First, it’s out with six current sites to make way for new

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:29 GMT

Mayo Clinic’s plan to invest billions to create a health care center of the future will be built on six blocks of downtown Rochester’s past.Mayo Clinic leaders introduced a very early look at its “Bold. Forward. Unbound. in Rochester” initiative this week. Most details, like the number of buildings, timeline for construction and the estimated cost were not available.However, development initiative leader Dr. Craig Daniels did map out where this plan will change the look of Rochester from the ground up.Mayo Clinic’s “Bold. Forward. Unbound. in Rochester” initiative will redevelop six downtown Rochester blocks by 2030. (Contributed / Mayo Clinic)The plan centers on redeveloping several sites in downtown Rochester, including the former Lourdes High School property and the Ozmun complexes, to create new ancillary and clinical buildings.When asked if any of the existing buildings on the Mayo Clinic-owned spaces marked on Daniels’ map would be retained or re-...

Lynx’s late rally brings 91-86 victory over Sparks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:29 GMT

The current Lynx did their best to overshadow a night when Sylvia Fowles’ No. 34 became the fourth jersey to be retired by the franchise.What occurred in the minutes preceding the postgame ceremony got the crowd fired up: a late 17-0 run by the home team and a 91-86 win over Los Angeles.It’s the first victory at Target Center in five outings for the 2-7 Lynx.For the first time in Lynx history, five straight games have been decided by five points or less. Minnesota lost three of the previous four.“This just shows the grit and staying together,” said Tiffany Mitchell, whose free throws with 9.3 seconds left secured the win. “We were all connected, we’re still in the game. Collectively, we all looked at each other and kind of had that refuse to lose attitude.”Bridget Carleton scored from outside the arc in front of the Sparks bench with 1:10 left and from a similar spot across the court with 32.1 seconds left for a four-point Lynx lead, and Target Center was as loud as it’s been all se...

Groundbreaking for Edwardsville nail salon and lounge destroyed by fire

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:29 GMT

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – An Edwardsville business is rising from the ashes at a groundbreaking held Sunday for EXO.The $10 million project is a combination lounge, nail salon, and med spa that will employ about 100 people.Edwardsville Mayor Art Risavy attended Sunday’s groundbreaking, saying the new business was great for growth.“Well, we’re so excited that EXO is rebuilding in our city of Edwardsville. As you know, they have a fire, and their investment in our community is just so important to our city,” he said. “Because it’s a destination, it’s a place where people want to come to, and we’re just excited that they’re rebuilding in our community. Having good jobs in our community is really important.” Vandals damage LGBTQ door display at south St. Louis County church Gina Gamblin, founder and CEO, admitted it’s been a challenge. The business first opened right before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Then a year after opening, it burned to the ground.“We never dreamed COVID would happen. I...

Woman rescued after 25-foot fall in Hollywood Hills

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:29 GMT

A 26-year-old woman had to be rescued by crews with the Los Angeles Fire Department after falling some 25 feet in the Hollywood Hills on Sunday, authorities announced.  LAFD personnel responded to 3850 N. Barham Blvd. after receiving a 911 call just after 12:30 p.m.  Firefighters used a ladder truck, along with a rope system, to lower a litter basket down to the victim after she sustained a possible leg fracture from the fall, according to an LAFD news release. Crews then hoisted the woman back to street level.  LAFD personnel seen here hoisting a woman out of a canyon off Barham Blvd. on June 11, 2023. (Citizen app)LAFD personnel seen here after bringing the woman to the ground in a litter basket on June 11, 2023. (Citizen app)LAFD seen here wheeling the female victim on a gurney to an awaiting ambulance on June 11, 2023. (Citizen app)The woman was then taken to the hospital in fair condition, LAFD said.  The circumstances leading up to the woman’s fall are unclear a...

Suspect arrested in standoff that temporarily shut down Coliseum BART station

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:29 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- The Coliseum BART station was shut down Sunday afternoon due to a standoff, officials said. After an hours-long standoff that included the deployment of gas, the BART station at 7200 San Leandro Street reopened later in the evening around 7 p.m.The driver, who was the suspect in the standoff, barricaded himself in his vehicle as officers negotiated for him to surrender, police said. Video (above) shows police deploying a flash bang and gas in response. Man dies after morning shooting in Vallejo He is connected to an armed robbery around 11:30 a.m. at an unidentified business on the 1000 block of MacArthur Boulevard in San Leandro, according to the San Leandro Police Department (SLPD). Around 2 p.m., officers spotted the suspect, who was driving a silver Hyundai two-door hatchback, near Washington Avenue and Lewlling Boulevard. SLPD said officers tried to stop the suspect, but he rammed into one of the police cars in order to escape.The Hyundai was report...

Minnesota Lynx retire Sylvia Fowles’ jersey

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:29 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Sylvia Fowles has always deflected praise to others. The Minnesota Lynx great couldn’t escape the spotlight as the team retired her jersey Sunday night.The jersey retirement ceremony capped off a reunion weekend for the Lynx, who honored the 25 greatest players in franchise history, including Fowles, Maya Moore, Lindsay Whalen, Seimone Augustus and Rebekkah Brunson.“It’s hard because I typically don’t talk about myself. I am the way I am because of the people in my life,” Fowles said. “It’s about me, but I wouldn’t be the same without those people helping me along the way.”Now her No. 34 jersey hangs with all of them except Moore, whose number will likely be retired in the future.“I never been one to chase goals, chase many records,” Fowles said. “To see who I’m next to in the rafters, it’s a big thing that I’ve done my job.”The 6-foot-6 center won titles in 2015 and 2017 and earned WNBA Finals MVP honors both times. Fowles retired after last season.Sh...

‘Kimberly Akimbo,’ about a teen who ages four times faster than the average human, wins the Tony Award for best musical

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:29 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — ‘Kimberly Akimbo,’ about a teen who ages four times faster than the average human, wins the Tony Award for best musical.Source

Beloso hits 3-run HR, LSU wins super regional, clinches first CWS berth since 2017

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:29 GMT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Cade Beloso hit a three-run home run, Riley Cooper and Gavin Guidry combined for 5 2/3 scoreless innings of three-hit relief and LSU beat Kentucky 5-3 Sunday night to sweep the best-of-3 Baton Rouge Super Regional. LSU (48-15) clinched its 19th trip to the College World Series, all since 1986. Second-year coach Jay Johnson has the Tigers headed to Omaha for the first time since 2017. Beloso’s homer gave LSU a 4-1 lead in the top of the third inning and the Wildcats trailed the rest of the way. LSU starter Ty Floyd worked out of a couple jams, throwing 81 pitches in 3 1/3 innings but gave up just three runs — all on solo home runs. Cooper (4-3) came on in the fourth and pitched 3 scoreless innings. Guidry (3) pitched the final 2 2/3 innings and got out of a jam in the bottom of the seventh with a called third strike on a curveball with runners on first and third. Just a couple pitches before he was called out looking to end the inning, designated hitter ...

Oral Roberts claims surprise College World Series bid; Wake Forest, LSU, Virginia also win supers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:29 GMT

No. 1 national seed Wake Forest was expected to make it to the College World Series.Oral Roberts? Not so much.Yet it’s on to Omaha for the Golden Eagles, who certainly look the part of a team deserving to be among the final eight in the NCAA Tournament after going on the road and sweeping through regionals and then winning a three-game super regional against Oregon.ORU is the lowest seed to reach the CWS since Stony Brook in 2012. The feat is reminiscent of ORU’s run to the Sweet 16 in the 2021 NCAA men’s basketball tournament.Now the team from the small evangelical school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, will head to Omaha, Nebraska, to play TCU on Saturday at Charles Schwab Field. Oral Roberts’ only other CWS appearance was in 1978, when the team was known as the Titans and played as an independent.“We’re going to let it fly here in a week,” coach Ryan Folmar said after his team’s 11-6 win Sunday night. “We knew we had a good club coming into the year. We continued to get bet...