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Ranking: Silver Dollar City has the best theme park holiday event

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:39:40 GMT

BRANSON, Mo. -- Silver Dollar City has won the top spot in the USA Today 10 Best rankings for the Best Theme Park Holiday Event. The annual holiday celebration, known as "An Old Time Christmas," transforms Branson's Silver Dollar City with a dazzling display of 6.5 million colorful, twinkling lights. This marks the sixth consecutive year that the amusement park has claimed the title.The festivities revolve around a special effects Christmas tree, two Broadway-style holiday productions, an illuminated parade featuring Rudolph and his friends, 50-foot light tunnels, and a selection of festive meals and treats. A highlight of the event is "Christmas in Midtown," the city’s most concentrated light display, spanning 70,000 square feet and adorned with an astonishing 145 miles of lights. Missouri’s top educator warns of ‘domino effect’ with four-day school weeks The additional entertainment lineup includes a sing-along steam train, a 12-foot talking tree, a "Living Nativity," and an op...

USA Today ranks the Saint Louis Zoo's holiday lights among the best

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:39:40 GMT

ST. LOUIS – The Saint Louis Zoo has earned a spot in the top five of the USA Today Reader's Choice Zoo Lights Event List. A USA Today panel nominated the zoos, and readers cast their votes to determine which had the best holiday lights.The U.S. Bank Wild Lights are open from 5 to 8:30 p.m. until December 30, featuring new displays, themed areas, and winter treats. Attendees can enjoy roasting their own s'mores and indulging in specialty hot chocolates, available for purchase. The zoo has also planned activities for kids, such as the Woodland Workshop for holiday crafts and writing letters to Santa. Visitors can expect to see animals at the Insectarium, Penguin and Puffin Coasts. Among the holiday displays are Celebration City and Snowy Savanna, twinkling tunnels, and a 40-foot lighted tree. The event offers a festive and enchanting experience for all. 

Inmate in Jefferson County work release program found dead of suspected overdose

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:39:40 GMT

A woman who was an inmate in a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office work release program was found dead Wednesday of a suspected overdose, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.The 35-year-old woman turned herself in for a charge of driving while ability impaired on Nov. 6 and was transferred to an off-site work release facility Nov. 15. She had a release date of Dec. 23, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said in a Wednesday news release.There were no indications of foul play, according to the news release.The Lakewood Police Department is investigating, and the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office will determine the cause of death.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Man dies in Larimer County Jail after being medically cleared at hospital twice Crime and Public Safety | Inmate at Weld County jail dies after “medical emergency” while in custody

Broncos Journal: Why Denver is relying on a tight end with zero NFL catches to boost its passing-game production

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:39:40 GMT

It’s not exactly breaking news that the Broncos have struggled to generate receiving production from the tight end position this year.There’s a logical explanation, too. The team hoped second-year man Greg Dulcich would build on his promising but injury-plagued rookie season and take the next step into being a dynamic down-the-field threat.Instead, the injuries got worse. Dulcich has played only parts of two games so far this year and remains on injured reserve, where he’s been since Week 6.Two striking developments:• Dulcich is still No. 2 among Broncos tight ends in receiving yards at 25, behind Adam Trautman’s 131 but ahead of Nate Adkins (22) and Chris Manhertz (16).• The Broncos have decided that their best hope of juicing the production through the air is practice squad-er Lucas Krull, a second-year player who has zero NFL catches to his name.Perhaps Krull will end up just serving as a bridge while the Broncos try to get Dulcich back into game action. Dulcich has been doing co...

Anatomie’s Fashion Power Play: The All-Stars and The Omnichannel Plan for this Luxury Travel Brand

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:39:40 GMT

(Shawn Boyer, Creative Force, Antomie)Some people have that ‘It’ factor. Some brands have a product that stands out from the crowd. And some companies have a leadership team that is the who’s who of industry and entrepreneurship. It just happens that Anatomie, leading designers of wrinkle-resistant, luxury travel clothes, have IT ALL–the people, the product, and the leadership.Anatomie merges luxury and style with functionality. The team seeks to wrap globetrotters in comfortable fabrics without compromising sophistication. Their clothes have become synonymous with jet-setting in style. At the helm of this iconic brand is an all-star team of visionaries and industry leaders, each contributing their unique expertise to shape the future of luxury fashion.The All-Star TeamAnatomie was founded in 2006 by Creative Director Shawn Boyer and Kate Boyer. They met in Miami, where the Ohio native was designing customized clothing for hard-to-fit athletic men. The two joined f...

Best Ethereum Gambling Sites – Top 10 ETH Gambling Websites for BIG Wins & Fast Payouts

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:39:40 GMT

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Berkeley police video shows officer shooting suspect during November incident

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:39:40 GMT

BERKELEY — Authorities released video Friday of a Nov. 6 police shooting of a man who allegedly rammed a police car with a stolen vehicle and then drove onto a sidewalk — toward officers and at least one suspect — in an attempt to escape.Police have not released the name of the officer who fired. The man killed has since been identified as David Bonino, 39.Officers had been dispatched to the area of 7th and Grayson streets about 5:25 a.m. Nov. 6 for a report of three people breaking into vehicles.One suspect was detained at the scene, but Bonino, who was driving, and a woman fled in what turned out to be a stolen Ford Expedition. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle and blocked off the roadway as it headed into the surrounding streets.At one point in the video, the Expedition reappears on Grayson; it heads toward the blocked vehicle, reverses into a police vehicle that has approached from the rear, then swerves right onto a sidewalk occupied by two police officers, the suspe...

6 French teens convicted for role in deadly attack on teacher

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:39:40 GMT

By Angela Charlton | Associated PressPARIS — A French juvenile court on Friday convicted six teenagers for their roles in the beheading of a teacher by an Islamic extremist that shocked the country.Teacher Samuel Paty was killed outside his school in 2020 after showing his class cartoons of the prophet of Islam during a debate on free expression. The attacker, a young Chechen who had radicalized, was killed by police.The court found five of the defendants, who were 14 and 15 at the time of the attack, guilty of staking out the teacher and identifying him for the attacker. Another defendant, 13 at the time, was found guilty of lying about the classroom debate in a comment that aggravated online anger against the teacher.The teenagers — all students at Paty’s school — testified that they didn’t know the teacher would be killed. All were handed brief or suspended prison terms, and required to stay in school or jobs during the duration of their suspended terms with regular m...

Three Bay Area Norteños, including justice reform activist, sentenced for gang-related murders

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:39:40 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has handed down decades-long prison terms against three members of a Norteño subset, ending a case that revealed the double life of a young man who billed himself as a beacon for positive change as he plotted and carried out gang killings.Fernando Madrigal, 25, was sentenced Thursday to 33 years in prison for involvement in two murders, including a 15-year-old boy shot for nothing more than perceived gang membership, and a relative of Madrigal’s by marriage whose body was dumped in the Oakland hills. Madrigal, a justice reform advocate until his arrest in August 2020, hugged the 15-year-old boy’s mother at an anti-violence rally just weeks after killing him, an act prosecutors highlighted as an example of Madrigal’s ability to simply move on after committing heinous acts.Two others, Alvaro “G-Boy” Reina-Cordero, and Oscar “Cutty” Guadron-Diaz, 24, were sentenced to 26 and 21 years respectively for involv...

Court upholds most of Trump gag order in election subversion case

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:39:40 GMT

By Katelyn Polantz, Holmes Lybrand and Paulu Reid | CNNAn appeals court has largely upheld the gag order against former President Donald Trump in the federal election subversion case, saying he can be barred from talking about witnesses as well as prosecutors, the court staff and their family members.But the court said the gag order does not apply to comments made about special counsel Jack Smith, a change from the original gag order.It is the second time in recent weeks appeals courts have found reason to limit what Trump could say publicly if it could amount to harassment; he has also been barred from attacking a court staff in New York as he and his company are in a civil fraud damages trial.It is still possible for Trump to seek further appeals, even at the Supreme Court, on the gag order in the 2020 election federal criminal case. Separately, he has attempted to use various appeals to delay the March trial, with no success yet.Friday’s lengthy opinion came from all three judges...