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In Good Spirits offers sober space in West Town

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 08:02:19 GMT

CHICAGO — A Latino-owned bar is shaking things up, by not serving alcohol on the menu.In Good Spirits, located near Chestnut Street and Ashland Avenue, is the latest space to cater to the sober and sober-curious community. They offer a curated selection of non-alcoholic beverages like beers, spirits, and ready-to-drink mocktails. Meet the DJ Dentist making people smile "Being able to introduce a new lifestyle to consumers who've never thought about this. really makes me feel we're doing something positive," co-founder Hector Diaz said.Co-founders and life partners Hector Diaz and Adriana Gaspar opened their brick-and-mortar shop in July to give Chicagoans another space to be in the community without drinking."It's so ingrained in our society, it's everywhere. It's at events, parties, work events, golfing everywhere there's alcohol," Adriana said. "It's amazing to see people choose this counterculture."Adriana has been sober for almost three years. She made this decision after her ...

Two Liberty Hill students get perfect ACT scores

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 08:02:19 GMT

LIBERTY HILL, Texas (KXAN) — Two students in Liberty Hill ISD are celebrating after getting perfect scores on the ACT.Conrad Gerten and Abbie Parsons are both seniors at Liberty Hill High school, both students told KXAN they thought they would do well on the test, but were surprised when they saw a perfect "36" on their test results."I wasn't expecting a perfect score," said Conrad Gerten. "I was expecting somewhere in the 30's because of my SAT score, but it was definitely very unexpected and I was very happy to have that score." Georgetown student earns perfect ACT score Abigail Parsons said she credits her teachers with helping her score so well."The teachers at the school helped me because I didn't get a lot of algebra and geometry teaching because of the pandemic, but some of my teachers that taught pre-cal and calculus have helped me learn the fundamentals better," Parsons said.Last spring students from Georgetown and Round Rock also earned a perfect ACT score.

After trailing early, No. 4 Westlake roars back for 67-14 win over upset-minded Anderson

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 08:02:19 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Eyebrows had to have been raised by statewide scoreboard watchers and fans at Nelson Field after Anderson took a 14-13 lead over Westlake with 3:14 left in the first quarter Thursday.Then, the Chaps came alive.REPORT YOUR SCORE: We'd love to post your team's score on our website, but we need your help to do it. Email the score of your game to [email protected] and we'll get it on our websiteWestlake used a pair of defensive touchdowns to help jumpstart their scoring and the Chaps rolled up 54 unanswered points to turn a competitive ballgame into a 67-14 blowout victory in 6A-District 26 play."We've had our battles in the first half with these guys throughout the years," Westlake head coach Tony Salazar said. "Coach (Donald) Hatcher has those guys playing really good with a talented offense, and I'm glad we settled down, got rid of the penalties and then we played Westlake football." Westlake had five penalties for 55 yards in the first quarter.Anderson scored twice on ...

Liberty Hill ISD will soon have multiple high schools

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 08:02:19 GMT

LIBERTY HILL, Texas (KXAN) — Liberty Hill has seen significant growth over the years with the population tripling from 2010 to 2020.The school district currently has plans for up to four high schools, with the second high school opening in 2026."We are up over 1,000 kids this year," said Liberty Hill ISD Superintendent Steve Snell.Snell showed KXAN a map of the district where he highlighted new developments and possible locations for future schools."1,600 homes here," Snell said as he pointed out a development. "High school three, a middle school and an elementary could possibly go in right here."Currently there are more than 8,800 students in the district and Liberty Hill High School is busting at the seams."Now we are in the process where we have outgrown that school," said Snell. "We are actually going to open high school two in a brand new middle school building." Nearly one-third of Liberty Hill ISD’s growth coming from California, 24K students projected by 2030 With so many ...

High school football: Eastview gets big plays on both sides of ball in homecoming win over Park

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 08:02:19 GMT

The Eastview Lightning cruised to a 42-14 homecoming victory over the Park Wolfpack on Thursday night.There wasn’t much that went wrong for Eastview all night long. The running game served the Lightning well, with the team rushing for over 150 yards in the game between the trio of Damon Green, Drew Bartosh and Cooper DeSutter.Eastview’s defense had its share of big plays as well, winning the turnover battle 4-1. The Lightning scored on two of those turnovers, with two of their interceptions being returned for touchdowns. It seemed whenever Park’s offense was gaining a little traction, the Eastview defense came up with a big play.Wolfpack junior quarterback Miskir Esayas had 100 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown.Green rushed for three touchdowns, all in the first half. He compared the team’s success this season to last year’s 1-8 campaign.“It feels good,” Green said. “Last year, we only won one game, and to start this year with four wins, it feels great.”Wolfpack head coach Rick ...

Police helicopter pilots survive duck strike

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 08:02:19 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – Two police helicopter pilots survive a scare in midair.The St. Louis Metro Air Support officers spoke with FOX 2 after a duck strike last week.It left the officers bloodied and took out much of their windshield. The duck was killed.It had been a routine night. The officer/pilots were on patrol. It was around 7:30 p.m. It had just gotten dark. They didn’t even see the danger coming.“We train for emergency procedures. We don’t necessarily train for a bird to come through the front windshield,” said St. Louis police pilot Bob Simons. “I kind of saw a flash out of my eye, the right side of my eye.”Then he felt a rush of incoming air. The helicopter was traveling at about 100 knots at the time of the collision, he said. Broken plexiglass was swirling through the cockpit. St. Louis Airport expansion would see conversion to single terminal “We need to return to the police pad. We just had a bird strike,” they said in an emergency radio call to the Spirit Airport c...

This Missouri town's water is testing above the limits for radium

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 08:02:19 GMT

LINCOLN COUNTY, Mo. – The town of Silex is getting answers from the state and the Environmental Protection Agency about the city's water contamination.The Missouri Department of Natural Resources says the town's water system consistently tests above the standard limit for radium.“We had been using tap water, yes. So now, I don’t know what we’re going to do. We just talked about, I looked up some on the internet myself, and we talked about just putting a water softener in ourself," Kevin Creech, Lincoln County Moose Lodge administrator, said. He said his concern is for the members and their families who spend Friday nights at the Moose Lodge. “I just want to make sure I’m protecting them in any way I can. Find out any information I can," Creech said. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Breaking News ...

Hazelwood School Board discusses lewd classroom incident

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 08:02:19 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – It's a story that's sure to grab your attention. St. Louis County police say last week, two teens over at Hazelwood Central High School allegedly had sex in the middle of a classroom, right in front of their teacher and other students.But it’s the district’s lack of communication that has parents upset. One Hazelwood Central father told FOX 2 he wants to be notified when something like this happens at his 15-year-old daughter’s school. It’s a complaint the district’s Board of Education had to address at Thursday night’s meeting.Board member Sylvester Taylor said it comes down to protecting students and their privacy."We are limiting talking about certain situations to the people that need to know,” he said. “If it was your child, and it was an embarrassing incident, you wouldn't want us talking about it. You just wouldn't.” Girl Scouts discontinue fan-favorite cookie, raise prices St. Louis County police confirm the alleged incident happened a week ago, las...

Pop-up consignment shop sale this weekend in Collinsville

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 08:02:19 GMT

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. – Inflation continues to be an issue for families across the country, and local resale shop Just Between Friends provides a solution for hundreds of local families. Just Between Friends is hosting a pop-up resale shop at the Gateway Convention Center through Sunday, where families can save 50–90% on everything growing kids need!“It is just a great thing to bring to the community, cause families are making money to help them play for sports, vacations, Christmas,” said Tiffany Taylor, owner of Just Between Friends. “And then we are also keeping the money in the community by letting other families save a ton of money on all the things they need for their kids, especially the economy and all that.” Girl Scouts discontinue fan-favorite cookie, raise prices This highly anticipated event provides high-quality, name-brand items with a huge selection. Other business owners were in attendance to provide services and products for the parents as well.You’ll have to purchas...

Ron Rivera’s Washington Commanders are booed in a 40-20 loss to the previously winless Chicago Bears

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 08:02:19 GMT

By HOWARD FENDRICH (AP National Writer)LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — A terrible half is nothing new to Ron Rivera’s Washington Commanders, just in recent weeks. But against the Chicago Bears, a club that hadn’t won a game in nearly a year? And in front of a national primetime audience, to boot?That was too much for some of the home fans to take Thursday night, apparently, and so it came, appropriately, with a soundtrack of boos. In the fourth quarter, a chant of the team’s old nickname — “Let’s go, Redskins!” — broke out.Their defense — supposedly a strength under head coach Rivera, a former Chicago linebacker, and coordinator Jack Del Rio — was unable to do a thing to slow, let alone stop, Justin Fields and DJ Moore, and the Commanders fell into a 24-point halftime hole along the way to dropping their third game in a row, 40-20 to the Bears.This followed a 34-31 overtime loss at the Philadelphia Eagles, seen by some ...