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Twins select high school outfielder Walker Jenkins with fifth overall pick in MLB draft

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:48 GMT

In the days leading into the draft, there was some buzz that the Twins might pick outside of the well-established top-five players if the remaining option was a high school player.Come draft night, that scenario didn’t play out.With the fifth pick in the MLB draft, the Twins selected prep outfielder Walker Jenkins out of South Brunswick High School in North Carolina, the last player available of what seemed to be a consensus top five.The 6-foot-3, 210-pound Jenkins, ranked the top prep player in the draft by MLB Pipeline, is a slugging center fielder with a lefty swing. Jenkins is said to have above average speed and a strong arm. Per MLB Pipeline, Jenkins is regarded as the best prep position player prospect to come out of the state of North Carolina since Josh Hamilton was selected with the first overall pick in 1999.Jenkins hit .417 as a senior with a .632 on-base percentage, earning North Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year honors for the second straight year and solidifying hi...

Drag queen story time at Chaska children’s store met with outpouring of community support

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:48 GMT

A Chaska children’s boutique’s high-profile drag queen story time drew a supportive crowd Saturday morning in spite of protests.The event drew attention after the store’s owner posted a video on TikTok of an angry customer arguing that it promoted sexual entertainment for children. The video received more than 500,000 likes and thousands of comments supporting Little Roos.Darcie Baumann, who helped run the event, said in part due to these types of threats, the store was prepared when members of the right-wing extremist group the Proud Boys showed up on Saturday and shouted at attendees.Police and members of Minneapolis-based security team Sequeerity helped keep the peace, Baumann said.“We’re very lucky to be on private property and have the support of the property manager, and we were not going to engage,” Baumann said. “Any attention that we give them is just fueling that fire.”But what wasn’t expected was the 200-strong crowd that packed the store to ...

Outdated infrastructure blamed for recent water main breaks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:48 GMT

ST. LOUIS – Crews with the St. Louis Water Division were out Sunday to fix new main breaks from over the weekend, the latest of which happened near Tower Grove Park.City officials cited outdated infrastructure as the reason for the recent water main breaks around town."The concrete was popping up, and the next thing I know, water was shooting out of it. Then they were drilling holes over here. I don't know why," said Larry Luaders, lives across the street from the most recent break, near Magnolia and Grand.Luaders noticed changes throughout the day in the amount of water flowing down Magnolia. Lincoln County deputy killed in motorcycle crash "It started over there. Then it started up on top of the curb over there. Water was shooting out. It's all going down the street," he said. "You can see the street is cracked up all through there and up over there."Luckily, there hasn't been a change in water pressure, according to Luaders, but if it does happen, he's confident the Water Divis...

St. Louis woman finally gets towed vehicle back from Streets Dept.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:48 GMT

ST. LOUIS – The You Paid For It team successfully helped a St. Louis woman get her towed vehicle back.Raven Mayford contacted FOX 2 several weeks ago after her 2004 Durango was towed to the city’s car lot on Hall Street. The St. Louis Streets Department oversees that facility.Mayford paid nearly $400 to get her vehicle out, but said the undercarriage of the SUV was damaged during the tow process. The Durango was drivable before the tow, she said.Her vehicle sat outside the tow facility, where it was vandalized. Finally, it was towed back instead, and the storage charges added up again. Parents who lost son to heart condition host event encouraging young people to get screened FOX 2 contacted the mayor’s office. Mayford went to the mayor’s office, too.A spokesperson for the mayor’s office told Mayford they could not get involved, but there was an about face after our report aired in mid-June.“They basically just said they were sorry and that was really it, honestly,” Mayford said. ...

Giants draft Walker Martin at No. 52 overall, making Eaton shortstop 10th-highest pick in Colorado high school baseball history

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:48 GMT

EATON — Walker Martin is etched into Colorado prep baseball history.Over a hundred people packed into Martin’s house in Eaton to watch the draft, and erupted into deafening cheers when Martin’s name was announced as the No. 52 overall pick in the second round by the Giants.The pick made Martin the 10th-highest pick out of a Colorado high school ever.It made up for the disappointment from earlier in the night, when the Giants passed on Martin at No. 16 overall and the air went out of the room. Heading into the draft, San Francisco was closely tied to Martin at that pick, but selected two-way player Bryce Eldridge out of Madison High School in Virginia instead.But Martin ended up with San Francisco anyways. Sources said the Giants offered the shortstop a $3 million signing bonus, well over the $1,620,800 slot value of the No. 52 pick. Martin will forgo his commitment to Arkansas to begin his professional career, which will likely begin with the Low-A San Jose Giants....

Police searching for wanted sex offender out of Riverside and Kings counties

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:48 GMT

Officials with the Riverside Police Department are searching for a 61-year-old sex offender who failed to return to a Jurupa Valley facility after receiving medical treatment at a hospital late last month, authorities announced on Sunday.  Ron Anthony Coates, who is currently under a conservatorship in Kings County, was taken to the Riverside Community Hospital on June 29. Police say the 61-year-old was treated for an unknown condition and subsequently discharged from the hospital.  A day later, his conservator noticed he had not returned and reported him missing to the Riverside Police Department.  “We have since learned Ron Coates was placed in Riverside County to be evaluated for competency to stand trials for attempted murder and sexual assault in Kings County, as well as being a registered sex offender,” police said. “Kings County has issued a felony bench warrant for Ron Coates’ arrest.”  Coates is described as a Black and Native American adult male, standing 5 ...

Rivals no more: Chris Paul excited to join Warriors after years of playoff battles

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:48 GMT

LAS VEGAS — Hours before the Warriors’ Summer League team played the New Orleans Pelicans Sunday evening, Chris Paul and Stephen Curry met in a gym a few miles off The Las Vegas Strip.“Weren’t a lot of misses,” Paul said about his first workout with Curry since 2009.Paul is officially a Golden State Warrior, something that he said not even his family and friends could believe because he’s long been a rival of Curry & Co.“It’s going to take some getting used to,” Paul said. “I’m excited to get going.”That reality apparantly was still sinking in even after he held up a No. 3 jersey, with his last name emblazoned on the back.“Never thought you’d see the day, right?” Paul said.Sunday was the first time Paul met with local reporters since the Warriors traded Jordan Poole, Patrick Baldwin Jr., Ryan Rollins and draft picks to the Washington Wizards for the future Hall of Fame point guard. He said ...

Nevada license plate that's short for 'Go back to California' is revoked by DMV

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:48 GMT

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A revoked Nevada license plate that was meant to “drive away” Californians is getting one last chance to go back on the streets. Stanford president ‘disappointed’ in SCOTUS ruling of removing race-based admission The plate — which reads “GOBK2CA,” short for “Go back to California” — was recalled by the state Department of Motor Vehicles in May after it received a complaint, KOLO-TV first reported. Now the vehicle owner is appealing the recall and will have a hearing on Wednesday, according to the Reno-area news station.A section of the Nevada Administrative Code applied to the recall prohibits defamatory references to a person or group.“In this case, the defamed group is Californians,” DMV spokesperson Eli Rohl told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. He added that the department “regularly” turns down license plates that share the same message.A special license committee meets every Monday to review reported license plates, before determining which ones viol...

Rhyne Howard scores 32, Dream beat the Sky 88-77, pulling away in the 4th quarter

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:48 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Rhyne Howard scored 32 points and the Atlanta Dream pulled away in the closing minutes to beat the Chicago Sky for the second time in three days, getting an 88-77 victory on Sunday night.Up one midway through the fourth quarter the Dream surged ahead by cashing in on three turnovers en route to their fifth straight win.Cheyenne Parker had 18 points and 11 rebounds for Atlanta, which last won five straight games five years ago. Danielle Robinson and Allisha Gray both added 11. Howard had six rebounds, four assists, four steals and a block.Kahleah Copper led Chicago (8-11) with 28 points. Courtney Williams added 14 and Elizabeth Williams 13 points with nine rebounds, five assists and two steals.Howard hit a 3-pointer early in the third quarter for a 47-35 Atlanta lead but the Sky stormed back behind Copper, who had 16 points in the quarter. The Sky nabbed the lead a couple of times but Howard knocked down a 3 in the closing seconds for a 68-67 advantage. One of Chicago&...

Wembanyama more aggressive in stronger second Summer League game with Spurs in Las Vegas

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:32:48 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Victor Wembanyama was yelling in celebration, punching the air, even got a Band-Aid on his right cheek because of some physicality.For his second act in Las Vegas, Wembanyama showed some fire.The No. 1 pick in this year’s draft looked much more like himself in his second game of Summer League on Sunday. He finished with 27 points and 12 rebounds, but the Spurs lost 85-80 to the Portland Trail Blazers.He was 9 of 14 from the floor, 7 of 12 from the line, blocked three shots and led a comeback where the Spurs cut a 19-point deficit down to one, but they never got the lead.There also were moments that reminded everyone that he’s still an NBA work in progress — he airballed his third 3-pointer in two games, got moved off his spot a couple of times on rebound opportunities — but it was clearly a more Wemby-like game than was the case in his debut on Friday night.He was only 2 for 13 from the field in San Antonio’s Vegas-opening win over Charlotte; he shot far better in G...