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Dakota County nonprofit to focus on Spanish-speaking, LGBTQ+ communities with new grant

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:20:51 GMT

A Dakota County nonprofit is expanding outreach to better meet the needs of the Spanish-speaking and LGBTQ+ communities.“We felt we needed to do better to reach underserved communities,” said Ann Bailey, DARTS president. Based in West St. Paul, DARTS provides services for adults aged 55+ such as caregiver support, home services and transportation.Dakota county is home to an estimated 14,000 people who identify as LGBTQ+, according to the county’s 2018 Community Health Assessment. The Spanish-speaking community makes up five percent of the county’s population, with a large population of Spanish-speakers residing in West St. Paul, Bailey said.This summer, DARTS hired a full-time outreach advocate to work with these communities thanks in part to a $100,000 grant from the Minnesota Department of Human Services Grants, Equity, Access and Research Division.Culturally-relevant careJessie Martinez, the first bilingual staff member at DARTS, a Dakota County nonprofit that provides serv...

Saratoga County to host annual senior picnic

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:20:51 GMT

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Saratoga County Department of Aging and Youth Services is hosting its annual Saratoga County Senior Picnic on Thursday, September 7, at the Saratoga County Fairgrounds. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! Lunch is provided by Mazzone Hospitality and will be served at noon. A $4.00 advanced meal ticket is required and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.There will be dancing, cornhole, and fun for all! The event will be held rain or shine. No takeout or animals are allowed.

Lake George seeks community input on DRI funding

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:20:51 GMT

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (NEWS10) - The village and town of Lake George are coming together to apply for funding to bolster community centers and business involvement around the lake. This month, those with a stake in the lake can attend an open house and fill out a survey to join the conversation on how Lake George would spend Downtown Revitalization Initiative funding from the NY Forward Program, as the two municipalities prepare to submit an application. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! On Monday, Sept. 11, two sessions will be held at Lake George Town Hall, inviting residents to submit ideas for how DRI funding could be put to work. Sessions will be held at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. at 20 Old Post Road. Following those meetings, the town and village will reach further into the community. A virtual survey will launch from Sept. 11-17, giving residents the chance to rate and comment on individual ideas for projects that Lake George could tackle with ...

Missouri man accused of dumping woman's body in the woods

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:20:51 GMT

DE SOTO, Mo. -- Police say a man dumped a woman's body in the woods after discovering that she had died in his home. Stephon Seidl, 62, is facing charges for abandoning her corpse and tampering with evidence. The death of Danielle Thomas, 35, of Park Hills, is still under investigation.A witness tells police that he received a message from Thomas on August 27 with a pin of her location. It showed her at Seidl's home.Seidl tells police that Thomas had been staying at his home for several days. She was using a spare bedroom. He says that is where he found her body on August 29. He says that she was non-responsive, cold to the touch, "stiff", and discolored. Fatal and officer-involved crash shuts down two I-70 WB locations Court documents state that witnesses found her body on August 30 about 30 feet west of Old Engledow Road in De Soto. The location is at the dead end of the road with no homes within a half mile.The Medical Examiner did not find evidence of trauma to her body. Her d...

Authorities uncover new alleged attack in Colorado rock-throwing spree that killed woman

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:20:51 GMT

The program from the April 29 funeral of Alexa Bartell, 20, killed during a rock-hurling spree in Jefferson County on April 19. (Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post)Two of the three men accused of killing a woman while throwing rocks through random Colorado drivers’ windshields are now facing additional charges in connection with a newly discovered incident in which the head from a statue was thrown at a car.Joseph Koenig, 19, Nicholas “Mitch” Karol-Chik, 18, and Zachary Kwak, 18, already are facing murder charges in Jefferson County in connection with the April 19 death of 20-year-old Alexa Bartell, who was killed when police say the trio threw a rock into her windshield as their vehicle passed hers on Indiana Street near the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge.The three teens also were charged with carrying out a spree of at least six other rock-throwing incidents that night across west metro Denver.But now, Koenig and Karol-Chik are each facing two new counts of ...

Meet Colorado’s new poet laureate: “I write about what I dream the world can be”

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:20:51 GMT

Boulderite Andrea Gibson was named Colorado’s ninth poet laureate Wednesday, a position in which they hope to “redirect awe, astonishment and wonder back into people.”That’s “something we were born with, but culture takes out of us as we grow older,” Gibson said in a state news release. “I spent so much time writing about what was wrong with the world. Now I write about what I dream the world can be.”Gibson — a queer activist, author and four-time Denver Grand Slam poetry champion — writes about the LGBTQ community, spirituality, feminism, mental health and gun reform, among other topics. Much of Gibson’s current work centers on their journey after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer two years ago.Gov. Jared Polis announced Wednesday morning that Gibson will succeed Bobby LeFebre, who served as the state’s first poet laureate of color. Gibson will hold the title for two years.“I want to come up with new and inventive ways t...

Broadway’s “Beetlejuice” a naughtier, louder take on Tim Burton film | Review

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:20:51 GMT

From the outset of Broadway’s touring “Beetlejuice,” playing through Sept. 17 at the Buell Theatre, audiences must spend some of the goodwill earned by director Tim Burton’s 1988 afterlife comedy.Unlike the “Pretty Woman” adaptation that visited the Buell a little over a year ago, however, “Beetlejuice” makes good on its circuslike source by thrusting its characters into outrageous, broadly comic situations that succeed on the audacity of their staging and performances. At its grimy heart, it’s screwball showmanship larded with poignant themes, eye-popping visuals and hammy melodies.Even with its overstuffed libretto and low-reaching songs, “Beetlejuice” honors and expands on its source material, bringing richness to a beloved story about, well, death. As a critic wiser than I once said, Broadway audiences grow more interested in mortality as they age. The fact that the audience at the Sept. 5 opening night looked rel...

Chandler Jones not at Raiders facility and his status is uncertain for opener at Denver

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:20:51 GMT

By MARK ANDERSON (AP Sports Writer)HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Defensive end Chandler Jones was not at the Las Vegas facility on Wednesday, a day after he posted, then deleted social media posts critical of Raiders management, and his status for Sunday’s season opener at Denver is in question.Raiders coach Josh McDaniels characterized the situation as “day to day.”“We’ve got to deal with different things during the course of the year whether it’s injuries or other adversity,” McDaniels said. “I think the guys are focused on trying to control the things that they can control and get ready to play the best game we can play.”Tyree Wilson, selected seventh overall in this year’s draft, is listed on the depth chart as the backup should Jones not play against the Broncos. Wilson missed most of training camp because of a foot injury from his last season at Texas Tech.“He’s worked through this whole spring and summer o...

California temporarily halts I.E. school district's 'forced outing policy' for trans, nonbinary students

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:20:51 GMT

Just nine days after California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced his intention to halt what he described as a "forced outing policy" approved by a Southern California school board, his office scored a legal victory in blocking the regulation.The state secured a temporary restraining order in San Bernardino Superior Court on Wednesday that nullifies the requirement that Chino Valley Unified School District staffers notify parents if a student is transgender or gender-nonconforming, according to the Los Angeles Times."We’ve secured a temporary restraining order against Chino Valley Unified School District’s illegal and dangerous forced outing policy," Bonta announced on X, formerly known as Twitter. Bonta later added in a statement that "a temporary restraining order rightfully upholds the state rights of our LGBTQ+ student community and protects kids from harm by immediately halting the board’s forced outing policy."“While this fight is far from over, today’s ruling takes a signi...

Tickets for In-N-Out's 75th anniversary festival almost sold out

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:20:51 GMT

In-N-Out fans planning to attent the company’s 75th anniversary celebration in October should buy their tickets sooner rather than later.Tickets for In-N-Out Burger’s 75th anniversary festival and benefit concert are almost sold out, according to the event website. Copycat In-N-Out restaurant in Mexico changes its name Festival tickets cost $25 per person, and ticket bundles that give people access to the concert and festival cost $75 per person.However, ticket packages, like the Fun Runs deal, are already sold out.The festival is slated to take place at the Pomona Raceway on Oct. 22, 2023, where visitors can enjoy drag racing, carnival rides, a car show, food, drinks, live musical performances and In-N-Out burgers.The Pomona Raceway was also officially renamed the In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip to celebrate the company’s milestone.In-N-Out CEO Lynsi Snyder announced the event last year.In-N-Out Burger opened in 1948 as a tiny stand at Francisquito and Garvey avenues in Baldwin ...