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Friday Forecast: Temps in upper 70s with mostly sunny conditions

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:58 GMT

Friday: Mostly sunny, cooler lakeside, S 10-15 G25. High: 77, low: 69Friday night's is mostly cloudy, 20% chance for showers, SSE 5-10. Low: 55Chicago Weather | Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center's Forecast (wgntv.com)Saturday: Mostly cloudy, 10% AM rain chance, cooler lakeside, SSE 10-15 G25. High: 76, low: 59Weather Blog | Chicago | WGN TV

Kerbey Lane CEO – and son of the restaurant’s founders – reflects on 43 years of serving pancakes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:58 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) – On Friday, Kerbey Lane is celebrating its 43rd year of serving up its unique take on diner-style comfort food. To celebrate, they’re offering Birthday pancakes —a buttermilk cinnamon swirl pancake topped with sprinkles, whipped cream and vanilla drizzle—throughout May.The current Kerbey Lane CEO and president, Mason Ayer, will also be celebrating his 43rd birthday in 2023. He was born months after his parents – David Ayer and Patricia Atkinson – opened the doors to the first Kerbey Lane location in May 1980.“The first couple months of my life, we didn’t have any money. There was enough money to have a restaurant but not a house,” Ayer said. “The original location on Kerbey Lane had a little apartment in the back – that is actually where we lived for the first couple of months of my life. So I quite literally grew up in the restaurant business,” he continued. Ayer said his parents created Kerbey Lane because they felt Austin at the time lacked restaurants serving...

Bennington Museum unveils summer concert lineup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:58 GMT

BENNINGTON, Vt. (NEWS10) — On Thursday, Bennington Museum announced its summer 2023 "Concerts in the Courtyard" lineup. 15 regional performing groups will play the venue this year, with styles ranging from bluegrass to rock. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Performances will begin on June 2 and run through September 8. They are free to the public. A spokesperson for the museum said they will also provide free children's activities, and food and beverages will be provided by the Avocado Pit. Visitors should bring their own chairs. Rockin’ On The River announces 2023 lineup All events will take place from 5-7 p.m. and the museum will remain open during these hours. Concerts will be canceled in the event of a 60% chance of rain, or greater, by 2 p.m. on Fridays. Updates will be posted on the museum's Facebook page. Full lineup:June 2: Mike McMann BandJune 9: Lost Radio RoundersJune 16: Mark & JillJune 23: Made in the Sh...

Major I-70 Bridge demolition to cause delays

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:58 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- Attention Saint Charles drivers: plan for slowdowns on Interstate 70 this weekend. Modot crews will close all lanes of 70 at the Zumbehl Road exit at ten o'clock tonight, weather permitting. That's so they can demolish the old bridge going over the highway. Traffic in both directions will be routed up and over the ramps. That section of 70 will reopen by Monday morning. Drivers are encouraged to take Highway 370 or Highway 364 in the meantime. Zumbehl will also be closed between West Clay and Veterans Memorial Parkway. Drivers should use hawk's nests or cave springs.

Metrolink construction work causes delays

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:58 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- Expect some delays this weekend if you ride Metrolink. Metro will be doing construction work in East St. Louis, starting at 6p.m. tonight through Sunday. The red line will operate on just one track between the "east riverfront" and "fifth and Missouri" stations. Blue Line trains will only run between the "Forest Park-Debaliviere" and "Shrewsbury-Landsdowne" stations in Missouri.

City of Belleville joins national initiative to remember fallen firefighters

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:58 GMT

BELLEVILLE, Ill. - The Belleville Fire Department is asking its residents to help them make a simple change that will help honor fallen firefighters.The 'Light the Night for Fallen Firefighters' starts Thursday night and lasts through Sunday. The goal is to switch out lightbulbs in and around your home for red ones."Our community really rally's around our firemen, policeman, and the community service that they do every day," said Kathy Kaiser with the City of Belleville. Top Story: St. Louis circuit attorney resigns amid controversy The event is a national initiative started by the National Firefighters Foundation.On Facebook, the Belleville Fire Department wrote, "Red light bulbs serve as a symbol of support and comfort to the families from across our country whose loved ones are being honored and remembered."It's the first time the city has joined the initiative, and Kaiser said she hopes the city continues. She already sees some big plans for the future."We could do lights down...

Avalanche offseason primer: What’s next in free agency after Avs’ 2022-23 season

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:58 GMT

The Avalanche played Game 1 of their first-round series vs. Nashville a year ago on May 3, beginning their 20-game run to the Stanley Cup. The one-year anniversary of that game was after Colorado had already been eliminated by Seattle in seven games this year.After an unusually short offseason — even for a champion — and a turbulent 2022-23 season filled with injuries, it’s time for Colorado to reset.The same core will be back for the 2023-24 season, with Nathan MacKinnon’s new contract extension going into effect and making him the highest-paid player in the NHL. But general manager Chris MacFarland and team president Joe Sakic have an opportunity to overhaul their depth if they so wish. Here’s a look at where the Avs stand.Who’s under contract next season?Colorado has $69.6125 million in contracts on the books for 13 players. Those contracts would eat 83.4% of the Avalanche’s cap space if the league salary cap only increases by $1 million, as has been...

Sale closed in Saratoga: $3.7 million for a three-bedroom home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:58 GMT

 20224 Kilbride Drive – Google Street ViewA 1,990-square-foot house built in 1962 has changed hands. The property located in the 20200 block of Kilbride Drive in Saratoga was sold on April 10, 2023, for $3,710,000, or $1,864 per square foot. The property features three bedrooms, three baths, a garage, and two parking spaces. It sits on a 0.4-acre lot.These nearby houses have also recently been purchased:In March 2023, a 2,411-square-foot home on Glen Brae Drive in Saratoga sold for $4,150,000, a price per square foot of $1,721. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Via Escuela Drive, Saratoga, in February 2023, a 3,565-square-foot home was sold for $4,350,000, a price per square foot of $1,220. The home has 6 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.A 2,311-square-foot home on the 20200 block of Blauer Drive in Saratoga sold in April 2023, for $4,000,000, a price per square foot of $1,731. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. 

Hiltzik: Supreme Court rejects ethics oversight. Can anything change that?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:58 GMT

It’s hardly a secret that the public standing of the Supreme Court is in a bad way.The reasons go beyond a string of recent rulings that run counter to the weight of public opinion — eviscerating abortion rights, shrinking voting rights, undermining gun safety regulations among them.But the court now has another problem, namely, increasing doubts about the justices’ ethical standards.The doubts arise from publicity about a potentially improper financial relationship between Justice Clarence Thomas and Harlan Crow, a wealthy real estate developer; questions about whether Thomas and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. should have recused themselves because of the appearance (at least) of conflicts of interest due to their wives’ activities; and questions about whether Thomas and Justice Neil M. Gorsuch made adequate disclosures about their financial transactions.Beyond the specifics, the allegations have focused attention on an inconvenient fact about the ethical atmos...

Kurtenbach: A small Warriors Game 2 change exposed the Lakers’ biggest flaw

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:58 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — A stomach bug might have won the Warriors their second-round series against the Los Angeles Lakers.It certainly highlighted the fundamental difference between these two teams and showed just how difficult it will be for the Lakers to take another lead, much less win it.Typically both of these teams start two non-shooters.But when Warriors center Kevon Looney came down ill two hours before Game 2, it forced coach Steve Kerr to drop him from the starting lineup. One non-shooter was out.In came JaMychal Green at center. He is absolutely a shooter.The result was total Lakers befuddlement, back-to-back 40-plus-point quarters for the Warriors, and a 27-point Golden State victory.Yes, there were other adjustments the Warriors made: The ball was in Steph Curry’s hands more on offense. They drove to the basket more and seriously crashed the glass. The Warriors clogged the paint on defense, and they didn’t commit a dozen stupid fouls on the Lakers, either.But the m...