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Dwyane Wade's emotional moment at Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:03 GMT

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — In a Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony that included a few connections to the Chicagoland area, a native of the city provided one of its most memorable moments.Dwyane Wade, who was born in Chicago, grew up in Robbins, and played at Richards High School in Oak Lawn, was one of 12 members of the Class of 2023 enshrined on Saturday at the Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. East Chicago native and Merrillville High School graduate Gregg Popovich along with former Bulls' forward Pau Gasol also took their place in the Hall of Fame this weekend.Wade, who was a 13-time All-Star and three-time NBA champion during his 16 seasons that included one with the Bulls, saluted a number of people in his life during his speech that went for about 26 minutes. That included his mother, Jolinda, and then eventually his father, Dwyane Wade Sr.It was he that Wade saved special words to end his speech in front of fellow Hall of Famers and peers."I owe you a debt of gra...

Bears final open training camp practice of 2023 has a change

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:03 GMT

LAKE FOREST — Monday was supposed to be the final day of training camp to feature fans at Halas Hall, but mother nature is causing the Bears to make an adjustment. The Bears training camp practice at Halas Hall today will not be open due to weather, with the team moving the workout inside the Walter Payton Center. @WGNNews pic.twitter.com/n5wcbElmYL— Larry Hawley (@HawleySports) August 14, 2023With showers and storms in the forecast for the Lake Forest area, the Bears have decided to cancel their open training camp practice. Instead, the team will workout indoors at the Walter Payton Center, which will not be open to spectators. This comes after the Bears played their first preseason game of this campaign, defeating the Titans 23-17 on Saturday afternoon at Soldier Field.This was scheduled to be the final practice of the preseason which fans would be allowed to watch the team prepare for the 2023 season. It wasn't a traditional ticketed event but rather the Bears' Military Ap...

1 missing, multiple people injured after boat crash on Lake Austin

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:03 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin-Travis County EMS responded to Lake Austin Sunday evening after a boat ran aground. Officials said seven people total were involved in the incident, including a teenager who is missing and was unable to be found.Two patients were transported to the hospital with serious injuries, an additional two were transported with potentially serious injuries and there were two transport refusals at the scene. Officials added in a follow-up social media post the situation had been switched to a recovery effort for the missing person. Ken Campbell, assistant chief of the CE-Bar Fire Department, said the single-boat crash happened after a boat went over the wake of another boat and lost control. Then, the boat hit the bank of Lake Austin where at least one patient was ejected. He could not confirm if the passengers were wearing life jackets. Campbell said Lake Austin is narrow and gets crowded fast with cross currents and cross wakes. "If you're just plowing down the lake a...

Manor ISD Superintendent talks priorities at start of his 1st full school year

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:03 GMT

The above video is from Blake DeVine's coverage of Manor ISD's international employees. KXAN at 4 p.m. will have more on Tom Miller's interview with Superintendent Dr. Robert Sormani. MANOR, Texas (KXAN) -- Manor ISD kicks off the school year with a superintendent in his first full academic year on the job, and 89 teachers working on visas to help the district meet its staffing needs. The district starts the year having scored a "C" during its 2022 state assessment. While school progress stood out as an area of achievement, the score for STAAR Performance struggled. NEXT: Set for School Superintendent Dr. Robert Sormani said the district is "ground zero" in the battle with charter schools over students as Manor ISD finished last school year with 9,255 students enrolled, which is less than had been projected.Sormani talked with KXAN about a variety of back-to-school issues ranging from staffing to safety to academic achievement ahead of the next school year.Q&A with Manor ISD s...

UT professors embracing, preparing for AI use in classrooms

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:03 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Since the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in November 2022, artificial intelligence, or AI, usage has skyrocketed. As a new academic year rapidly approaches for The University of Texas at Austin, faculty are working to balance fostering a learning environment with AI while preventing cheating among college students.“I don’t think we can just say ‘don’t use it’ and assume students won’t use it,” said Ken Fleishmann, the founding chair of Good Systems. Good Systems is a campus-wide research effort at UT that aims to design and promote AI technologies that benefit society rather than harm it."We need to think about how we can incorporate AI into our teaching," Fleishmann said.The movement towards promoting AI learning has been a huge topic of discussion at UT, as the institution announced this past January its online masters AI Program set to begin in spring 2024. READ MORE: UT launching master's program in artificial intelligence Fleishmann, who will teach a class called ...

Power restored for 3,000 customers in far south Austin after outage

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:03 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Pedernales Electric Co-op reported 3,000 customers were without power in far south Austin early Monday morning. According to its website, the power outage covered most of the Olympic Heights neighborhood west of Menchaca Road and north of FM 1626. The company said the outage was reported at 3:50 a.m. The power was restored by 8 a.m.KXAN called Pedernales Electric Co-op for more information about the outage.

Mean Max Brew Works celebrating grand opening in Troy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:03 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Mean Max Brew Works had its soft opening at 251 River Street in Troy on July 21. The brewery is now having four days of grand opening celebrations from August 17 to August 20. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Owner Matt Barry opened Mean Max Brew Works in Glens Falls in 2014. The brewery sells its own beer, as well as wine from Adirondack Winery, spirits from Yankee Distillers, High Peaks Distilling and Springbrook Hollow Distillery, and New York ciders.The brewery offers snacks, but does not have its own kitchen. Barry encourages people to bring food with them from their favorite restaurants. Motor Oil Coffee closes in Schenectady, more shops planned Grand opening scheduleThursday, August 17Ribbon cutting at 3 p.m.Beer cupcakes availableMerch giveaways with taproom purchase: pin and patchesFriday, August 18Merch giveaways with taproom purchase: kooziesDrink special: Beer floatsSaturday, August 19Merch g...

Gov. Mike Parson signs I-70 expansion bill

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:03 GMT

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. - Drivers will soon see at least three lanes on Interstate 70 across the entire state of Missouri.The new legislation will expand I-70 across the entire state to at least three lanes. Governor Mike Parson introduced the plan earlier this year, and he was in Foristell Monday for the ceremonial signing of House Bill 4.The project will start in Wentzville. The work is expected to ease congestion on the heavily traveled interstate between St. Louis and Kansas City. It's a 200-mile stretch of I-70 that'll start in St. Charles County and go all the way to Blue Springs, which is just outside K-C.The bill Governor Parson signed is a nearly $3 billion plan to expand the stretch of I-70 from two lanes to three. A lot of stretches of I-70 in more rural areas are only two lanes right now. Map: Which Missouri counties are home to the most excessive drinkers? Back when the governor first pushed for this project, he was asking for $860 million from the state. However, sta...

St. Louis native narrowly escapes Lahaina fires, fears her father-in-law died

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:03 GMT

ST. LOUIS – Joy Richter a 1995 Pattonville High School grad and has lived in Hawaii for more than 20 years. Her husband is a Ritenour High School alum and works as a property manager on the islands.On Tuesday, the place they've called home went up in flames, along with the rest of Lahaina, in the deadliest United States wildfire in a century.Joy evacuated her home on Tuesday, along with her 80-year-old father-in-law and her dog. The only escape from the flames was toward the ocean."I couldn't see my own hand,” Joy told FOX 2 in a phone interview. “I prayed to God, ‘Please give me a fresh breath of air.’"As she fought for every breath through the flames, a search and rescue team was able to get to Joy. By then, she had been separated from her father-in-law and her dog due to the heavy smoke. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News ...

Voice of St. Louis CITY SC discusses the road to success and upcoming challenges

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:03 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Our brand-new St. Louis CITY SC team has given us something fresh and exhilarating to cheer on and represent for our city, but the electric calls and entertaining one-liners coming from announcer Joey Zanaboni have turned the excitement up another notch. ‘It’s a monster!’ Teen catches 108-pound catfish near Spanish Lake He joined the FOX 2 studio to speak with Blair Ledet ahead of the August 20 match at home against Austin FC, with more on his road to success and how he handles the pressure of covering the new soccer team.