Month: August 2022

LSU paid roughly $19,000 in travel expenses to key members of the administration, including nearly $3,000 to send four administrators, including president William Tate IV and athletic director Scott Woodward, to the Washington Mardi Gras in January. According to expense reports obtained by The Reveille, during the period from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022, the university paid the travel expenses of ten administrative staff members, including President Tate, executive vice president and provost Matt Lee and exec. Board of Supervisors Director Jason Droddy. According to the university’s travel policy presented in Standing Memorandum 13, the university provides travel…

A Norwalk man died after trying to save a woman from drowning at Calf Pasture Beach Sunday afternoon, according to Norwalk police. Police received several calls reporting an unconscious person in the water. An officer assigned to the beach observed bystanders pulling an unconscious man and helping a woman to shore. Police investigations revealed Mauricio Rodas-Garcia, 60, of Norwalk was walking with a woman on a partially submerged sandbank when the woman fell into the water and struggled to get back to shore, police said. Rodas-Garcia tried to help the woman, but went under the water and did not resurface,…

After being hit by several consecutive days of 90 degrees or more that had climbed into the triple digits in some cities, the Pacific Northwest is expected to gain some relief this week before temperatures rise again this weekend, forecasters said. In Portland, Ore., a heat wave has lasted a week, with a record high for the day set on July 26 at 102 degrees, said Lisa Kriederman, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Portland. Sunday was the seventh day in a row in Portland that temperatures reached 95 degrees or higher, breaking the previous record of six…

BREAKING: Dyer says all seven victims of Sunday’s shooting are stable. “Incidents like this cannot and should not happen in our city centre,” he said. “We want to have a safe downtown.” Dyer said the city has worked hard, but obviously needs to do more to make the area safe. The mayor said the city will expand the “controlled entry” program, which restricts entry to certain access points, which will be manned by gun-sniffing dogs. Those without a canceled carry permit will have their guns confiscated, he said. “There are people who come and just hang out, creating a festival…

From Florida Highway Patrol and staff reports An Apopka man avoided injury when a Chevy Suburban crashed into the back of his tractor-trailer on Interstate 4 in Seminole County this morning while sitting in traffic. Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash that killed the driver of the Suburban. According to the FHP incident report, at approximately 6:45 a.m., a tractor-trailer driven by a 38-year-old Apopka man stopped on eastbound Interstate 4 just off the east of CR-46A, for traffic ahead. At the same time, a Chevy Suburban driven by a 36-year-old Orlando man was traveling eastbound on…

This year, King County set records on Sunday, July 31 for the most consecutive days of high temperatures in recorded state history, but now the weather is back in the mid-70s for what most residents see like typical summer weather. KIRO Newsradio meteorologist Ted Buehner gave a weekly forecast that comes as a big relief to Seattleites after a heat wave in one of the least air-conditioned parts of the country. “Today [Aug. 1,] the coast and northern inland coasts will be in the 60s and 70s. More cooler Pacific air is on the way for the rest of the…