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Boston Lax All-American Game: MIAA stars prevail over ISL

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:14:29 GMT

WELLESLEY — Since it was founded 11 years ago, the Boston Lax All-American Game has presented premier athletes in Massachusetts a unique chance to face one another. It’s not too often that you see the best from both the ISL and the MIAA battling it out on one field.In the second installment of the series between the two leagues, the MIAA earned some bragging rights. Acton-Boxboro senior and St. Lawrence commit Camden Matthews was named the MIAA’s Offensive Player of the Game (four goals, assist), as he and his teammates rallied from an early four-goal deficit to knock off the ISL at Babson College, 13-9.“This feels really good,” said MIAA coach and longtime Reading game manager Charlie Hardy. “There’s so much talent on this field, on both sides of the field. It was hard to decide who was going to go out first.”The game opened up with a tribute to former Boston Herald and Boston Lax contributor Bruce Lerch, as well as former coach and Boston Lax personality Ryan Kilian. The two leagu...

Pair suspected in countywide crime spree identified

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:14:29 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- San Diego County Sheriff’s Department deputies on Wednesday arrested two people suspected in a string of violent crimes.  The crimes happened from the South Bay to North County and ended with deputies arresting 26-year-old Calvin Brown and 18-year-old Rolaena Blunt.  Deputies say just before 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Brown is suspected of shooting a 36-year-old woman at a home on Louden Lane in Imperial Beach. Deputies said Brown then drove away in a white BMW. Next, investigators say the suspects robbed The Cage Smoke Shop on El Cajon Boulevard in North Park. After leaving, deputies said the suspects crashed into a car on northbound Interstate 805 and Clairmont Mesa Boulevard. Police said the suspects ran away and then carjacked someone at gunpoint on Convoy Court.  Eufemio Mendoza has lived in the area for 10 years and recalled the police coming by Wednesday night.  “When I hear from the helicopters is that there might be some suspects wandering around your ...

Encinitas residents frustrated over limited parking

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:14:29 GMT

ENCINITAS, Calif. -- There’s growing frustration over parking from some homeowners on Seacrest Way in Encinitas. "When we need parking here, sometimes there are already people from the apartments parking in our streets. It can be hard to find parking," Lily Nguyen said to FOX 5 on Thursday. She says homeowners are getting the overflow from the apartment complex across the street.Signs on Seacrest Way show a parking permit is required for the designated area for homeowners and guests to park. A different permit is required to park across the street, specifically designated for visitors of the apartment complex – but Nguyen says that’s not always the case.“And they will leave their cars parked here overnight and block the neighborhood and the pathways for us to have room to park," Nguyen said.Encinitas Mayor Tony Kranz says they rolled that the parking permit program in hopes of solving the issue. "It’s in part because we have a very car-centric world that we live in and apartment bui...

2 newborns found dead in child care bathroom in Streeterville

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:14:29 GMT

CHICAGO -- The bodies of two infants were discovered unresponsive in a bathroom of a Streeterville child care facility Thursday night.According to Chicago Police Department, two newborns were found unresponsive inside a bathroom of a child care center on the 400 block of East Ontario Street in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood just before 7 p.m. on Thursday. 4 CPD officers under investigation for sexual relationship with migrants living at station The infants were reportedly taken to Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago where they were pronounced dead.No arrests have been made at this time. The investigation is ongoing.No further information has become available at this time.Stay with WGN as this story develops.

Anger, mistrust cloud suburban school district’s hope of selling land

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:14:29 GMT

WILLOW SPRINGS, Ill. — Sixty million dollars would have a big impact on a suburban school district, but plans to sell land and raise that money have triggered angry emotions among some who live in the district.“Honestly, it would destroy the community,” said Willow Springs resident Erica Gerros.  The mother of five is frustrated by months of back-and-forth over Lyons Township District 204’s on-again off-again plans to sell a 70-acre patch of land.  The wooded property is adjacent to a UPS facility on one side but homes, a park and elementary school on its other borders.Willow Springs officials say they were blindsided several months ago when the school district revealed a $55 million offer for the land from a developer who wanted to build an industrial park on the site.  Another developer offered $60 million a few months later.Frustration mounted when the Illinois Attorney General ordered the release of audio recordings from closed door school board meetings in which ...

Husband and wife work across the hall from each other – one brews beer, the other directs theatre

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:14:29 GMT

Howard Street is where Chicago and Evanston meet. “We are at the tip of Chicago,” said Chuck Patella.Patella's one-year-old brewery is on the Chicago side. “We are the northernmost place you can get an 'in house' craft beer in the city of Chicago," he said.Behind a 37-seat tasting room with a dozen beers on tap, there is a single barrel brewery. 7 award-winning Chicagoland breweries to check out this summer “It’s exactly the same as the big brew houses,” Patella said. “We do exactly the same process, we use all the same chemicals, we’re just doing it on a much smaller scale.”Patella started brewing at home more than a decade ago and spent time perfecting his craft brews. His dream was to open his own brewery.Last year he opened Howard Street Brewing – in the historic Howard Theatre– the same building where his wife Shannon O’Neill works. “So, as Chuck is shopping around and looking for locations, it just sort of dawned on him, 'Why not that space?'" she said. "The same lightbulb w...

State prepares to take over case against Walmart mass shooter

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:14:29 GMT

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – As the federal hate crimes case against the El Paso Walmart mass shooter concludes, Texas state prosecutors are preparing to take Patrick Wood Crusius to court once again. And this time, his life will be on the line.“I want to emphasize that nothing that happens in the federal courthouse will affect what happens in the state courthouse,” El Paso District Attorney Bill Hicks said on Thursday. “We are still going to be prosecuting the Walmart shooter. We are still going to be seeking the death penalty.” ‘I don’t think he deserves anyone’s forgiveness’ Crusius has pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes and weapons charges. Senior U.S. Federal District Judge David C. Guaderrama is expected to sentence him to 90 consecutive terms of life in prison on Friday under the plea agreement.Crusius, who according to investigators on the morning of Aug. 3, 2019, drove 10 hours from North Texas to El Paso to “kill Mexicans,” will go remain on federal custody at the...

Alive at Five concert series fans beating the heat

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:14:29 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) - It was a hot line up on a hot day for Albany's 34th installment of the Alive at Five concert series down at Jennings Landing, and folks are trying to beat the heat. Albany’s 2023 Alive at Five concert series lineup announced “Well, it’s a scorcher out here, today, and I brought my shield,” said William Coyne.  The weekly concert series showcases some of the region's biggest and most talented up and coming performers. Among them was hometown favorite, Moriah Formica, the lead singer of the all-female rock band Plush taking some time to talk to us about her success while also beating the heat.“We always try to bring the energy to all of our shows. No matter where it is, no matter how hot it is. As long as everybody else is having a good time, we’re having a good time,” said Formica.But, in order to have the best time, Moriah's band mates saying it's crucial to take care of yourself in this heat. New York State’s firework show a success after being post...

Mayor refuses to talk about expired tags until he gets 25 push-ups

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:14:29 GMT

JENNINGS, Mo. – As a Jennings resident complains about his truck being towed from his driveway for having expired tags, the FOX Files uncovered the city’s mayor may have a problem sitting in his own driveway.Robert Cotton Sr. called the FOX Files after he blocked a tow truck while the city tried to seize it."The city inspector came by to tow by vehicle off my private property," Cotton said last month. "It's not in the street, it's not blocking the sidewalk."He hadn't driven the truck in several years because of mechanical issues. His plates expired in 2017. When the FOX Files first questioned Jennings Mayor Gary Johnson about it in June, he said Cotton's truck had been tagged and later declared derelict and abandoned. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Breaking News SIGN UP NOW ...

Calls overload led to lack of ambulances during Fourth of July

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:14:29 GMT

ST. LOUIS - FOX 2 has uncovered new evidence that highlights the significant impact of fireworks on St. Louis.The St. Louis Fire Department’s workload over the 24 hours from the morning of the Fourth of July to the morning of the fifth is soaring.At one point, the department was so overrun with calls that there was no ambulance for a critically injured teenager.“There’s a ripple effect that I would like people to consider,” said Capt. Garon Mosby of the St. Louis Fire Department.On July 5, around 12:45 a.m., in the 1200 block of Hebert in north St. Louis, a roof caught fire from fireworks. It would be one of 610 fire department responses in those 24 hours.St. Louis firefighters and paramedics know the deluge is coming every year. What is causing the mysterious St. Louis County hum? “The root word of fireworks is ‘fire’,” Mosby said standing next to a burned-up car and garage in the 8600 block of Oriole. The fire started on the roof just before midnight, almost certainly from firew...