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Dean's Home Video: Season 6 of 'The Chi' begins

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:37:54 GMT

CHICAGO — A show with a focus on Chicago has started a unique sixth season this week. "The Chi," which focuses on a number of characters who live on the south side of the city, is now streaming the first eight episodes on Showtime/Paramount+. This is the first time that the drama will split a season in half, with the other eight episodes being released at a later date. Dean Richards took a look at that show and many others in this edition of "Dean's Home Video," on Wednesday's WGN Morning News. He also looked at a number of releases on streaming services that have either debuted or will do so before the end of the week. That includes season 3 of "Only Murders in the Building," season 4 of "High School Musical," "Painkiller," season 7 of "Billions," "Heart of Stone," a new season of "Hard Knocks," and more.You can watch this edition of "Dean's Home Video" from the August 9 WGN Morning News in the video above.Get Dean's reviews and A-List interviews delivered right to your inbox. Sign...

Austin nonprofit sells reduced price school and craft supplies for families, teachers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:37:54 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- In a storefront off Wheless Lane in east Austin, customers peruse through thousands of items of gently used materials — ranging from craft kits to school supplies, books to antiques.It's all part of a mission more than a decade in the making, one whose central tenet is simple: divert as much waste from area landfills as possible, all while breathing new life into both everyday and unique materials.Austin Creative Reuse is a concept born from a group of friends in Austin back in 2009, said Jennifer Evans, executive director of ACR. At the time, Evans said she and some friends had heard of reuse centers popping up across the country. RELATED: Austin Creative Reuse receives $66K to support mobile school supply shops "Austin is the perfect place for that," she said. "We have so many creative people and so many green-minded people, who really should have something here and also like that."ACR was established in 2009, and its first physical space for people to visit an...

Ruth's Chris sets tentative opening date in Colonie

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:37:54 GMT

COLONIE, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Ruth’s Chris Steak House will soon be opening in the former Macaroni Grill space at 1 Metro Park Road, right off of Wolf Road in Colonie. According to a press person for the company, the tentative opening date is set for August 28. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The PR person is currently working with the team to see if that has changed or not. The restaurant is also scheduled to have a VIP dinner on August 26 before the official opening.Ruth’s Chris Steak House started out as Chris Steak House in 1965 in New Orleans. After a kitchen fire destroyed Chris Steak House in 1976, owner Ruth Fertel relocated and had to rename the restaurant Ruth’s Chris Steak House. Lebanese restaurant sets opening date in Watervliet after move The Ruth’s Chris menu includes seafood, soup, salad, and a variety of different cuts of steak. You can view the menu on the Ruth’s Chris Steak House website. You can make a reserva...

Missing woman found dead in Thompson Lake

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:37:54 GMT

KNOX, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A 71-year-old Delmar woman who was reported missing to the Bethlehem Police Department on Sunday, was found dead in Thompson Lake on Tuesday, according to the Albany County Sheriff's Office. Deputies have not released the name of the woman at this time. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! On Tuesday, around 4:59 p.m., deputies were called to the area of 106 Nature Center Way in Knox to check on an unoccupied car that had been in the same place since Sunday night. After checking the car's registration, law enforcement learned the registered owner was reported missing to the Bethlehem Police Department on Sunday.After searching the area, deputies say they found the woman unresponsive in Thompson Lake close to the shoreline. Deputies say there are no signs of foul play and a toxicology report and autopsy will be conducted at a later date. This case is still under investigation.

2 people injured in south St. Louis City crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:37:54 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Two people were hurt in a crash just after 2:00 a.m. Wednesday.That was on South Grand at Chouteau Avenue. One of the vehicles hit a light pole. Anheuser-Busch selling 8 beer, beverage brands to cannabis company The other driver was seriously injured.

Passenger hospitalized after 2-car crash in the Central West End

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:37:54 GMT

ST. LOUIS - One person was injured in a two-car crash overnight in the Central West End.It happened around 1:00 a.m. at the Kingshighway and Lindell Boulevards. One car spun out onto the sidewalk in front of the Chase Park Plaza hotel. The other driver took off. Bump-and-rob carjackings on the rise, police say EMS personnel evaluated several passengers in the remaining car. One of them was taken to a nearby hospital.

Metro Call-A-Ride testing app-based mobile ticket today

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:37:54 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Metro Call-A-Ride is testing a new app-based mobile ticket for its customers starting this month.It will allow customers to purchase their fare in advance and then show it to the driver when boarding. A single-zone Call-A-Ride fare is $2. More than 30 current riders have volunteered to test the idea. Anheuser-Busch selling 8 beer, beverage brands to cannabis company Metro will evaluate the new mobile ticket option over the next several months. If testing goes well, it could be made available later this fall.

Opinion: Tips for all you new Westerners trying to fit in

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:37:54 GMT

Hurray, you’ve moved to the rural West from a crowded subdivision or city where the traffic has become an out-of-patience game, and now you want to fit in.You want to learn how irrigation ditches work, build a hen house, and grow fruit trees, wine grapes and a garden. You also want to take a hike at a moment’s notice, or at least look like you’re ready to do 10 miles.How do newcomers manage this transition? Western writer Zane Grey never wrote a Code of the West, but it was clear from his novels that subtle rules operated in the 19th century. Key tenets were fair play, respect for the land and hospitality.Today’s code, were one to be written, would include those values, but there are some modern quirks you might not anticipate.First, if you meet an old-timer and they’re willing to talk about “the way it used to be” in your town, try to restrain the urge to chime in with stories of your own, as that will shut off the flow. Good stories take time.As you settle in, agree to buy your yo...

Mycophiles expect “bumper year” for mushrooms thanks to rain on the Front Range

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:37:54 GMT

When Jon Sommer is selling real estate, his mantra is “location, location, location.” But when Sommer, who also serves as president of the Colorado Mycological Society, is looking for mushrooms, his mantra is “rain, rain, rain.”The Front Range received more than its fair share of precipitation this year, accumulating near-record amounts of rain in May and June. While that led some to expect a prodigious year for hunting mushrooms in the mountains, Sommer said the season, which usually runs June through August, is off to a slow start thanks to cooler temperatures at altitude.“Right now is the peak of the season typically, but we are about three to four weeks behind. We’re finding the diversity, but not the quantity of mushrooms,” Sommer said. “Typically we don’t get what we call ‘flush of summer mushrooms’ until the soil hits 60 degrees. That’s only happening now. We’re hoping that if moisture continues, particularly in the mountains, it will be a bumper year.”Colorado Springs reside...

Fired principal defends “seclusion room” at Denver school, saying students were monitored through window

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:37:54 GMT

McAuliffe International School Principal Kurt Dennis (Photo via Denver Public Schools)Former Principal Kurt Dennis is defending his decision to place students in a room alone to calm down at McAuliffe International School, saying that both the space and method were “district-sanctioned.”Dennis, in an interview with The Denver Post, denied Denver Public Schools’ allegations that he violated district policy while using what he says was a “de-escalation room” and alleged the district provided insufficient guidance on how school administrators should use such spaces.“There’s no formal training on how to do any of this. We did the best we could under the circumstances. At no time was a student ever alone,” said Dennis, who was fired by the district last month, before allegations about his use of what DPS calls a “seclusion room” surfaced.Dennis said the students weren’t alone because administrators, including himself, watched through a window in the cl...