Steve Nedved
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Feb 26
Local Sports for Tuesday February 26th
For the second time this season and 11th time in her career, South Dakota State women’s basketball student-athlete and Mitchell native Macy Miller was named The Summit League Player of the Week. The senior guard averaged a team-leading 20.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game while shooting 55.0 percent from the field and …
Feb 26
Suspected drunk driver hits, kills baby in shopping cart
Chalabala/iStock(SAN ANTONIO, Texas) — An alleged drunk driver was arrested on Monday in San Antonio, Texas, for speeding into a dollar store parking lot, where he killed a baby seated in a shopping cart, police said. A Ford Ranger pulled into the parking lot at a high speed as a woman was unloading groceries into …
Feb 26
Blake Shelton says it’s more savvy than strategy that makes him the winningest coach on “The Voice”
2018 NBCUniversal Media, LLC Blake Shelton remains the winningest coach in the fifteen-season history of The Voice. But the Oklahoma native says he doesn’t necessarily do a lot of plotting to make it happen. “I’ve never really been a strategy guy when it comes to choosing my team for this show,” Blake reveals. “Because really …
Feb 26
2 unsolved murders of young women in 1970s now linked to 1 suspect through DNA: Prosecutors
El Dorado County District Attorney(SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.) — Two unsolved murders of young women from the 1970s have now been linked to one suspect through DNA and genetic genealogy, according to Northern California prosecutors. Brynn Rainey, 27, vanished in July 1977. Her body was found a month later in a shallow grave in South …
Feb 26
Search for missing Colorado mom Kelsey Berreth’s remains begins in landfill
Woodland Park Police Department(FOUNTAIN, Colo.) — Colorado authorities will begin sifting through a landfill Tuesday for Kelsey Berreth’s remains and other possible evidence in the missing mom’s case, according to police. The search of the Midway Landfill in Fountain, Colo., is expected to last 16 to 80 days, according to the Woodland Park Police Department. …
Feb 26
Pharmaceutical executives on Capitol Hill to answer questions on rising drug costs
busracavus/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Top executives from seven major drug companies will be in the hot seat Tuesday morning to answer questions from members of the Senate Finance Committee on the cost of prescription drugs. The newly minted chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has vowed to tackle the problem of high drug …
Feb 26
Tesla CEO violated SEC agreement with misleading tweet, agency says
jazz42/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Tesla’s CEO may have violated an agreement with the Securities and Exchange commission with a misleading tweet last week, the agency said in a court filing on Monday. The SEC accused Elon Musk of violating the terms of an August settlement with an “inaccurate” tweet last week about the company’s manufacturing projections and …
Feb 26
Mitchell Community Vision Project officially launched
Around eighty people representing a cross-section of the public attended Monday’s launch party for the Mitchell Community Vision Project. Businessman Brian Klock says it’s critical the community buys into Mitchell’s future. “At the end of the day this is your city,” said Klock. “And the only way you’re going to get change or see change …
Feb 26
White House press corps booted from hotel media center as Kim Jong Un arrives
Linh Pham/Getty Images(HANOI, Vietnam) — President Donald Trump has yet to touch down in Vietnam for his second meeting with with Kim Jong Un, but the North Korean dictator already has scored a point against the United States at the expense of the free press. The White House press corps was abruptly booted from its …
Feb 26
‘This could be the end of his life’: R. Kelly’s younger brother speaks out
ABC News(CHICAGO) — R. Kelly’s younger brother said he’s afraid that the singer may harm himself to avoid potential prison time tied to multiple charges of sexual abuse. Kelly, whose full name is Robert Kelly, was released from a Chicago jail on Monday after posting $100,000 bail, but his brother, Carey Kelly, said this could …