Rain and high winds blew through huge swaths of the Midwest and East Coast on Wednesday, just one day after much of the nation experienced record high temperatures. There were reports of six tornadoes, five in northern Illinois and one in Michigan, between Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The tornadoes were among the first ever recorded […]
In the past decade, with limited development opportunities left in State College, one area of Centre County has seen a boom in development, with no signs of slowing down. In 2010, the Benner Pike got its first Sheetz. Next year, the area will be home to Centre County’s first Wawa, joining several new developments built […]
Feb. 20—The Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project is getting some high-profile support. The project is planned for nearly eight miles of Interstate 71 and Interstate 75 from south of Dixie Highway (US-25) in Kentucky to north of the Western Hills Viaduct in Ohio. It includes a companion bridge immediately to the west of the existing […]
Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has reported that its officers secured an evacuation corridor after Ukrainian soldiers were ordered to leave the war-torn town of Avdiivka. Source: a report from DIU Quote: “Special forces of DIU, as part of Ukraine’s Security and Defence Forces, defended the last road from Avdiivka for a week, inflicting colossal […]
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A new space aimed at curbing crime and connecting people in need to services has opened in Chinatown. The first Safe Commercial Corridor Hub opened at 675 H St. NW, next door to the Walgreens at the corner of H and 7th Streets NW. A special police officer shot a […]
A total of 22 million tonnes of cargo has been exported via Ukraine’s sea corridor by more than 700 ships. Source: Ukraine’s Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov on X Details: Kubrakov wrote on X that total exports via Ukraine’s Black Sea corridor amounted to 22 million tonnes of cargo. He also said that this number can […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has assured the hundreds of thousands of civilians seeking protection in the city of Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip of a “safe corridor” ahead of the planned ground offensive there. “We’re not cavalier about this,” Netanyahu said in an interview with the US broadcaster ABC News, […]
Unknown persons stole almost half a million rubles from a soldier who was recovering from amputation in Moscow’s Burdenko Military Hospital after being wounded in Ukraine, Russian propagandist Telegram channel BAZA stated on Feb. 9. “He was lying in the hospital corridor after an amputation… He had 50 thousand rubles in cash and a bank […]
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin will discuss a new mechanism to allow Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea during Putin’s upcoming visit to Ankara, Reuters reported on Feb. 4, citing the country’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. Erdogan and Putin are scheduled to meet in Turkey on Feb. 12, marking Putin’s […]
Street vendors along the famed El Salvador Corridor in L.A.’s Pico-Union neighborhood said they’re being denied the right to earn a living after being evicted. The vendors typically set up stalls in the parking lot of Two Guys Plaza in the El Salvador Corridor on Vermont Avenue, a bustling area filled with markets, businesses and […]
Jan. 24—By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD — New highways are often a boon for communities along their routes, but sometimes these communities are not ready to reap any benefits, so a new program is being aimed at helping the communities close to the future King Coal Highway. Jim Spencer, executive director of the […]
Jan. 15—Daviess County officials are planning for the development of a road corridor that will extend completely through the county from north to south. The proposal would include chip and seal work that would then create a paved path from the Greene County line to the Portersville Bridge. County highway supervisor Chris Winkler has proposed […]