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Bill passes Texas Senate that would crack down on catalytic converter thieves

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:20 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Texas Senate passed a bill on Monday that would issue harsher penalties for people involved in catalytic converter thefts."This has become a very violent crime, a very sophisticated crime," said Texas Sen. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, one of the bill's authors. The legislation puts stricter punishments in place for individuals even found in possession of catalytic converters. PREVIOUS: Texas lawmakers hope their effort could stop catalytic converter thefts "There's no good reason you should be in possession of a catalytic converter, and the presumption should be that it was stolen because this is not a victimless crime," said Sen. Mayes Middleton, R-Galveston. People who are in possession of the car parts for legitimate business reasons would be exempt. The legislation also aims to specifically stop crime rings that target the car parts by making it a first-degree felony for anyone involved with possessing more than $300,000 worth of converters. If suspects are ...

John Shipley: Wild proving there’s nothing wrong with being grinders

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:20 GMT

When this space last visited Xcel Energy Center, the home team was trounced by the Vegas Golden Knights, 5-1, and holding onto the eighth and final Western Conference playoff spot.It wasn’t difficult to see why.After relying on a potent offense to earn a franchise-best 113 points, a mark that included 25 come-from-behind wins, the Wild were playing like a team with an offense capable of rallying for 25 victories.The Wild still aren’t that team, yet since that Feb. 9 loss, the Wild were on a 17-3-5 tear when they played host to Vegas on Monday night. In fact, they’re actually scoring less during this hot streak — averaging 2.96 goals over their past 25 games against 3.03 a game in the first 51.That’s because they’re giving up 2.2 goals a game in those 25 games. There was a lot made of the fact that after in early February, the Wild ranked 28th among the NHL’s 32 teams in even-strength goals. Well, guess what? They still do, yet they started Monday night’s game first in the Central Di...

Wild fall to Golden Knights in a shootout despite solid effort

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:20 GMT

The rematch was 48 hours in the making after the Wild dropped what they felt was a winnable game to the Vegas Golden Knights over the weekend.In the end, though, the Wild suffered a 4-3 shootout loss to the Golden Knights, which, in turn, is going to make winning the Western Conference incredibly tough.With the result, the Wild (44-23-10, 98 points) are now five points back of the Golden Knights (48-22-7, 103 points) with a week and a half to go.It was a slow start for the Wild as they lacked energy in the first period, culminating with Golden Knights winger Keegan Kolesar making it 1-0.Not long after that, Matt Boldy absorbed a reckless hit from Golden Knights winger Brett Howden along the boards, and Joel Eriksson Ek immediately rushed to his defense.Though the Wild ended up on the penalty kill, the sequence seemed to pull them into the fight.That poured over into the second period and Brandon Duhaime promptly tied the game at 1-1 with a nice individual effort. The pressure contin...

Crews prepare for next round of potential severe weather

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:20 GMT

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, MO. - Emergency management operations are making preparations Monday ahead of another round of potentially severe weather on Tuesday.“We get resources ready to deploy out in case we need them in the field," said Capt. Chris Hunt, director of St. Charles Regional Emergency Management. "We have personnel on call to deploy rapidly out to the community. There are several ways that we alert the public. The National Weather Service alerts the public through their app and also the warning sirens that we have deployed around the county.”He said to make sure your cell phone is fully charged, and the volume is turned up. Top story: Timeline of severe weather near St. Louis Tuesday “At nighttime, those sirens are not designed to be heard inside. Most of us can hear them inside, but that’s not what they’re designed for," Hunt said. "We ask that the public make sure that the settings on their cell phones allow them to get notifications during severe weather."A spokesperson ...

Critically wounded Hermann officer headed to Colorado for intensive medical care and therapy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:20 GMT

ST. LOUIS - It was unclear whether he would survive. But now, a Hermann police officer is entering a promising new chapter with his recovery.Adam Sullentrup, 31, is headed to a state-of-the-art medical facility where he will receive specialized medical care and therapy. Sullentrup will spend the next several weeks at Craig Hospital in Englewood, Colorado.“It was a like a weight being lifted off my shoulders knowing that he gets to go there. And get the best care possible,” said Michelle Sullentrup, Adam's wife. Top story: Timeline of severe weather near St. Louis Tuesday Adam and his partner, Det. Sgt. Mason Griffith, were shot while trying to arrest a suspect at a convenience store on March 12.Griffith, a father and husband, succumbed to his injuries. Adam was in an extremely critical condition. He was shot in the head, and a small section of his brain had to be removed to reduce swelling. He remained in the neuro-ICU at Mercy Hospital. Earlier on, there was no movement, response...

Carson Briere, son of former Avs’ Danny Briere, dismissed from Mercyhurst hockey team

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:20 GMT

ERIE, Pa. — The son of Philadelphia Flyers interim general manager and former Avalanche forward Danny Briere has been dismissed from the Mercyhurst University men’s hockey team after a video showed him and another athlete at the school pushing an unoccupied wheelchair down a staircase.Mercyhurst posted Monday night on Twitter that Carson Briere “has been removed” from the team. The school said it cannot comment further on the situation.Police in Erie filed charges of criminal mischief, criminal conspiracy to commit mischief and disorderly conduct against Carson Briere last month. Patrick Carrozzi, listed as a senior member of the school’s lacrosse team, faces the same three charges, according to documents filed with District Judge Sue Mack.The two are scheduled to appear in court on May 22.Briere and Carrozzi are seen on a surveillance video at the top of a staircase of a local bar, where they push the wheelchair down the steps on March 11.Related ArticlesColorado Avalanche | ...

Keeler: Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese trash talk isn’t good for women’s sports in Colorado, elsewhere. It’s great for it. “You need a villain.”

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:20 GMT

A basketball game with 10 Tim Duncans would be friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, and reverent. Also, boring as holy heck.Give me personalities. Give me a Patrick Beverley. Give me a Xavier McDaniel, a Charles Barkley or a John Starks. Give me a Bill Laimbeer. Give me somebody to boo.So you be you, Angel Reese. You, too, Caitlin Clark. Talk as much trash as you like. Wherever you like. Whenever you like.“If I scored a 3-pointer, I’m not raising three fingers in the air as I’m running back,” Jane Wahl, the trailblazing first women’s basketball coach in CU history, told me Monday from her home in Nebraska. “But I’m not that level of athlete, either.”LSU and Iowa played for the NCAA women’s basketball title Sunday, and folks were still talking about it Monday. Why? Because the Hawkeyes’ Clark is this insane hybrid of Steph Curry, Pete Maravich and Nikola Jokic. She’s fun. She’s fast. She shoots from the half-court logo without batting an eyelid.She’s also copped actor/wrest...

Relatives, friends grieve after infant killed by driver as family walked on sidewalk in Orange County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:20 GMT

A family is grieving after their 11-month-old infant was killed when a driver lost control of his vehicle, hopped a curb and hit the child and his parents as they were walking on the sidewalk Sunday in Orange County.  The incident occurred around 4:15 p.m. near Antonio Parkway and Oak Tree Lane in the small community of Las Flores.   Authorities said a 54-year-old San Clemente man, now identified as Daniel Patrick Lenihan, was traveling north on Antonio Parkway in a 2017 Hyundai Sonata when he left the roadway for an unknown reason and hit the family as they were walking with their child in a stroller.  Residents of nearby Rancho Santa Margarita, the victims have been identified as 34-year-old Kyle Ohlwiler, 31-year-old Hayley Ohlwiler and 11-month-old Madden Ohlwiler.   Infant killed after driver hits family walking on sidewalk in Orange County All three were rushed to a hospital in Mission Viejo with serious injuries. Tragically, the infant succumbed to his i...

Oakland: Body recovered near Hwy. 24 freeway in North Oakland

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:20 GMT

OAKLAND — A man’s body was found Monday near Highway 24 in North Oakland, authorities said.Shortly before 2 p.m., California Highway Patrol officers received a call from Oakland police, who told them of the body’s discovery just behind UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland near the highway’s eastbound Martin Luther King Jr. Way off-ramp, a CHP officer said Monday afternoon in a statement.CHP officers responded to the scene in the 700 block of 52nd Avenue in the city’s Temescal neighborhood. When they arrived, they found paramedics had also responded and found an unidentified and unresponsive man wrapped in a sleeping bag, the officer said. The paramedics pronounced the man dead at 1:38 p.m.Alameda County Sheriff’s Office coroner’s bureau staff responded to the scene at 2:55 p.m. and took custody of the man’s body. His identity was not available pending notification efforts, a sheriff’s deputy said Monday evening.Anyone w...

El niño hallado en la boca de un caimán en Florida fue llevado al lago por su padre, dice la policía

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:20 GMT

(CNN) — El niño de Florida que estaba desaparecido y fue hallado muerto en la boca de un caimán la semana pasada fue introducido en el lago por su padre, quien también está acusado del crimen de la madre del niño, según declaraciones juradas de la policía de St. Petersburg.Thomas Mosley, de 21 años, enfrenta dos cargos de asesinato, de acuerdo a los documentos.“Debido a las acusaciones extremadamente graves que rodean estas trágicas muertes, nuestra investigación se centra actualmente en la recopilación de información sobre los hechos y las circunstancias del caso, así como el estado mental de nuestro cliente”, señaló Sara Mollo, portavoz de la Defensora Pública del Sexto Circuito Judicial, en un comunicado.Encuentran el cuerpo de un niño de 2 años en la boca de un caimán en Florida, dice la policíaMosley supuestamente “arrojó o dejó” a su hijo de 2 años, Taylen, en un lago, provocándole “heridas mortales” que causaron el deceso del niño, se...