The ceasefire proposal announced by President Joe Biden has placed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a crossroads, with either path likely to shape the legacy of Israel’s longest-serving and deeply divisive leader. The proposal offers the possibility of ending Israel’s war against Hamas, returning scores of hostages held by the Islamic militant group, quieting the […]
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden has placed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a crossroads, with either path likely to shape the legacy of Israel’s longest-serving and deeply divisive leader. The proposal offers the possibility of ending Israel’s war against Hamas, returning scores of hostages held by the […]
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — The Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) said a man was killed in a shooting in the Bailey Crossroads area early Friday morning. In a post on X made at 3:20 a.m., FCPD said they were at the scene of the shooting in the 6000 block of Argyle Drive […]
VALERA – That noise you heard last month? According to David Docter, it was the sound of the end of an era. Lynn Owens, the owner of Big O’s Restaurant in Valera, closed his widely-known barbecue place for good on April 6, and indeed, on Facebook and other social media platforms, a great wailing did […]
Apr. 6—INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Transportation announces the first round of awards for Charging the Crossroads, INDOT’s plan to expand Indiana’s statewide electric vehicle charging network through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program. INDOT received more than 100 applications in response to last year’s Notice of Funding Opportunity for candidate electric vehicle charging […]
Downtown baseball might still be in Kansas City’s future, but the prospect of that happening in time for the 2028 season, as the Royals had hoped, suffered a devastating blow on Tuesday. Question 1 lost by a landslide. By a wide margin, Jackson County voters rejected a 40-year sales tax that would have helped pay […]
Bitter wind stung the cheeks and noses of voters who filed in to polling locations throughout Jackson County Tuesday to weigh in on a much-anticipated tax measure that would raise funds for a new stadium for the Kansas City Royals and for renovations at the Chiefs’ Arrowhead Stadium. If voters sign off on the ballot […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals released commitments to the Crossroads Saturday, the neighborhood the team has chosen for its stadium location. One of them includes opportunities for locally owned businesses to lease space within the stadium. Chiefs, Royals critical of Frank White in new letter Kansas City Royals Vice President Brooks Sherman […]
It took but a few short years for standardized testing requirements to die. Among schools accepting the Common App, the share demanding test scores dropped from 55 percent to 5 percent between 2019 and 2021. It was still at 4 percent this most recent school year, long after the COVID emergency that set off the […]
One key Pasco County crossroads, Gowers Corner at the intersection of U.S. 41 and State Road 52, has seen some of the same development transformation as the rest of the fast-growing county, and soon that could ramp up. Pasco County commissioners unanimously approved the Tibbets Land at Gowers Corner development this week with a mix […]
The Kansas City Royals have selected the Crossroads District as the location for their proposed new stadium, pending approval in April from voters in Jackson County. The vibrant area sits in the heart of downtown and will connect the Royals to the central hub of Kansas City. The new stadium would be adjacent to the […]
Among the bigger winners of the Kansas City Royals site-selection sweepstakes on Tuesday was Matt Abbott, who owns dozens of properties in the Crossroads, including several that lie in the footprint of the proposed ballpark. If the public vote passes in April, Abbott will see a cash windfall from the sale of buildings that will […]