Steve Nedved
Author's posts
Feb 21
Gonzales: FFA offers opportunities and shapes career paths
Indiana FFA State Secretary Brittany Gonzales says because she didn’t grow up with an agricultural background, contest and leadership opportunities first drew her to FFA. The Tri County FFA member says she’s gained so much more from being involved in the organization over the past five years. “I changed my career path and I’m going …
Feb 21
Report: Apple, Goldman Sachs to offer joint credit card
PeskyMonkey/iStock(NEW YORK) — Apple is said to be teaming up with Goldman Sachs on a joint credit card that both companies plan to begin issuing this spring. Citing people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reports the card, which will use Mastercard’s network, will be rolled out to employees in the next few …
Feb 21
Weekly jobless claims drop to 216,000
glegorly/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Jobless claims took a dip last week, falling by 23,000, according to the latest figures released Thursday by the Labor Department. For the week ending Feb. 16, the number of people filing for benefits dropped from an unrevised level of 239,000 the previous week to 216,000. The four-week average, meanwhile, increased by 4,000 …
Feb 21
Local Sports for Thursday February 21st
In a game that saw 29 combined steals, the #4 ranked in NAIA Dakota Wesleyan University women’s basketball team prevailed against #19 ranked in NAIA Morningside College, 88-75 in the GPAC Quarterfinals last night at the Corn Palace. The Tiger women improved to 27-4 overall with the win. What a night by junior Sarah Carr, …
Feb 21
DNA test reunites sisters in South Korea after 47 years
MyHeritage DNA(SEOUL, South Korea) — After nearly five decades of living without knowing each other, two South Korean-born sisters embraced each other at a subway station in Daegu, a city 180 miles outside of Seoul, thanks to a DNA test. “The chances of finding each other really are one in a billion without taking a …
Feb 21
Jussie Smollett taken into custody by Chicago police
ABC News(CHICAGO) — Empire actor Jussie Smollett has been taken into custody in relation to his false reporting of a crime, according to Chicago police. The actor allegedly told police he was attacked in a possible hate crime last month, which police now believe to be untrue. A press briefing with Chicago police will be …
Feb 21
West Virginia teachers to return to classes after strike over now-killed bill
ogolne/iStock(CHARLESTON, W.Va.) — Nearly a year after they went on strike and inspired educators nationwide to do the same, West Virginia teachers wielded their power again and this time politicians were quick to listen. Just hours after West Virginia teachers went on strike for the second time in a year, the state House of Delegates …
Feb 21
Bus driver arrested after she needed to be revived from overdose following crash
Newark Police Department(NEWARK, N.J.) — A bus driver is under arrest after she allegedly passed out behind the wheel from a heroin overdose and rolled through an intersection and into a tree. There were 12 children on the bus at the time, all with special needs, but none were injured. Lisa Byrd, 57, was charged …
Feb 21
Police: NY man intentionally runs over family with car, killing one, injuring children
WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — A New York man was arrested Wednesday after he intentionally drove his car into a family of eight, killing a woman and injuring multiple children, police said. Jason Mendez, 35, was charged with murder after he allegedly crashed into the family after getting into an argument with one of them, police said. …
Feb 21
Houston reviewing 1,400 criminal cases in light of botched police raid
amphotora/iStock(HOUSTON) — The Harris County District Attorney’s Office in Houston said Wednesday it would review at least 1,400 criminal cases with ties to Houston Police Department officer Gerald Goines, who allegedly lied about using a confidential informant to justify a botched “no-knock” home raid on Jan. 28. Twenty-eight of the cases under review are open, …