Month: August 2022

Asante Kotoko SC have announced the appointment of former Burkina Faso international Seydou Zerbo as the club’s new head coach. Zerbo arrived in Ghana last night to conclude negotiations and other paperwork as exclusively confirmed by GHANAsoccernet.com. The 59-year-old who is nicknamed ‘Krol’ after Dutch tactician Ruud Krol is a replacement for Dr Prosper Narteh Ogum, who recently resigned from his post. He has signed a one-year contract with the Porcupine Warriors with an option for another year. Dr. Ogum guided the Ghanaian giants to the Ghana Premier League for the first time in eight years. Zerbo’s last job was…

These days there seems to be a long supply of political outrage chasing a small supply of perspective. I’m trying to figure out where I fit in. I consider myself reflective. But obviously thinking about options, alternatives and solutions is pointless if I don’t move forward. At this point, I’m more thoughtful than helpful. Like a lot of people, including most of my friends, I’m looking for some inspiration. The middle-class liberal/progressive inclination—let me speak for my brothers—is to write a check and go back to inertia. We have had too many expectations that have come to nothing. We are…

Two vehicles were driven into the Connecticut River near Rocky Hill, according to fire and state officials. The boat launch at Rocky Hill Ferry Park was closed Saturday after the two vehicles entered the river Friday night or early Saturday morning, according to the Rocky Hill Fire Department. The vehicles were “sitting at the bottom of the river leaking gas” for a period of time, Rocky Hill Fire Chief Michael P. Garrahy said in a statement Saturday. No one was injured in connection with the overturned cars, Garrahy said in his statement. The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s…

Juan Ciscomani, a Republican who washed cars to help his Mexican immigrant father pay the bills and is now running for Congress in Arizona, has relied on a simple three-word phrase throughout his campaign: “the dream American”. For him, the American Dream, a nearly 100-year-old idea loaded with meaning and memory, has become not so much something to aspire to but to defend against attack. President Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are, he says in an ad, “destroying the american dream” with “a border crisis, rising inflation and schools that don’t teach the good things about America.” For decades,…

A man died Saturday after an incident near the University of South Florida in Tampa, and police are investigating his death as a homicide. Tampa police arrived at Leroy Collins Boulevard and East Fowler Avenue shortly after 3 p.m. to find the victim with “trauma to the upper body,” police said. The man was taken to a hospital but did not survive his injuries. The incident did not happen on campus, according to police, but they did not provide further information. Tampa police said they expect Fowler Avenue to be closed between 46th Street North and McKinley Drive for several…

It wasn’t the most monumental historical event in southern Oregon, but Ina Olwell should have expected more than a brief Mail Tribune paragraph. Even a Pendleton newspaper gave it two. After all, the daughter of Charles Ray of Gold Ray Dam fame, the man who had helped bring electricity to the valley, was also married to one of the most prominent real estate developers in all of Jackson County. In typical early 1900s fashion, Ina’s exploits were reported almost anonymously on behalf of her husband: Mrs. John Olwell, in Pendleton, and simply Mrs. Olwell in the Tribune. In the early…

Firefighters in southern Oregon have so far been able to attack wildland fires this summer before they get out of control. A helicopter goes down in a fire along Highway 238 in Applegate on Thursday. [Jamie Lusch / Mail Tribune] The Box Fire burned Thursday near Red Lily Vineyards in Applegate Valley. [Jamie Lusch / Mail Tribune] Several helicopters attack wildfires burning near Highway 238 in Applegate on Thursday. [Jamie Lusch / Mail Tribune] Overnight this week, 232 lightning strikes sparked dozens of wildfires in Jackson and Josephine counties. Handling them required preparation, perspiration and all hands on deck. To…