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The Killers and Imagine Dragons headline new TC Summer Fest at Target Field

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 01:53:00 GMT

Las Vegas rock bands the Killers and Imagine Dragons will headline the inaugural TC Summer Fest, set for July 14 and 15 at Target Field.Tickets for the festival-style concert series are priced from $239 to $39, or $406 to $66 for both days, and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday via twins.com/tcsummerfest.The Killers emerged in 2004 with the album “Hot Fuss,” a worldwide hit that topped seven million in sales. Their debut single “Mr. Brightside” went double platinum and they’ve since returned to the charts with a string of hits that include “Somebody Told Me,” “When You Were Young,” “Read My Mind,” “Human,” “Spaceman,” “Runaways,” “The Man,” “Run for Cover,” “Caution” and “My Own Soul’s Warning.”In March 2020, the band announced a massive worldwide tour just days before the pandemic-related lockdown. They canceled the tour dates, but did release their sixth album, “Imploding the Mirage,” that August. They went on to issue another record, “Pressure Machine,” in 2021 and returned to the roa...

Marine who volunteered in Ukraine, survived rocket attack: ‘I would do it again’

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 01:53:00 GMT

In the dark, there was a staccato beat of sound — a thundering, unplaceable boom. Then there was the pain, sudden and unyielding.Giovanni Roman was hit.It was just before midnight on a frigid February evening in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine when the 29-year-old Marine veteran from Garden Grove, California, was struck by an enemy Russian rocket while inside a Humvee on the frontlines.Blood soaked through his vest. Pain electrified him. The impact shattered part of Roman’s skull, claimed his right eye, and jettisoned shrapnel into his arm and hand. But somehow, Roman stayed awake. He remembers it all.“I’ve always believed as a man you should be willing to die for something,” Roman said. “I have no problem dying helping someone out and helping the defenseless — and that is exactly what was going on there.”The hours leading up to the attack were as normal as they could be in the embattled country, where Roman volunteered twice as a medic and soldier.On a second trip that began ...

Wild center Joel Eriksson Ek played through broken leg in playoffs

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 01:53:00 GMT

Joel Eriksson Ek logged less than 20 seconds of ice time in the playoffs.After making his highly anticipated return in Game 3 of the first-round series between the Wild and Dallas Stars, the 26-year-old center left the ice midway through the first shift.Though it was clear at that time that Eriksson Ek played through a major injury, he confirmed Monday that he suffered a broken leg while blocking a shot in an April 6 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. He had surgery on his fibula shortly after leaving Game 3 against the Stars.Asked how helpless of a feeling it was to leave the ice, Eriksson Ek hung his head in disappointment before answering.“It sucks,” he said. “You play a whole season and then right before playoffs you get hurt.”He suffered the broken leg blocking a slap shot from Penguins star Evgeni Malkin. The pain took over immediately and even if Eriksson Ek knew he probably wasn’t going to be 100 percent in the playoffs, he attacked the recovery p...

The Black Keys added to Minnesota State Fair Grandstand lineup

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 01:53:00 GMT

Garage rock duo the Black Keys will return to the Twin Cities for the first time in four years when they open the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand concert series on Aug. 24.Tickets are priced from $159 to $69 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Etix or by phone at 800-514-3849. The Velveteers open.Guitarist/vocalist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney met as kids in Akron, Ohio, and began making music together as teens. They released their debut album, “The Big Come Up” in 2002 and spent the next few years building a following on the club circuit and, later, on alt-rock radio.The Black Keys’ sixth album, 2010’s “Brothers,” broke them into the mainstream, selling two million copies, earning three Grammy awards and scoring a pair of huge radio hits with “Tighten Up” and “Howlin’ for You.” The follow-up, “El Camino,” also went double platinum on the back of the singles “Lonely Boy” (a Gram...

Reward offered for return of stolen historic church bell

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 01:53:00 GMT

COLUMBIA COUNTY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Where there was once a 145-year-old, heavy bronze bell with a storied history and ties to the community, now sits a sign with a desperate plea: RETURN OUR BELL. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! “This theft is a theft to all the community of Malden Bridge,“ said Bronwyn Hannon, Vice President of Malden Bridge Community Center.Where the bell used to be, now sits a signs with a plea for its return.Considered by residents of Malden Bridge to be a community treasure, the Old Chatham bell was cast by Meneely and Kimberly Founders of Troy in 1878. It graced the hamlet of Old Chatham for more than 80 years, until the Methodist Church became structurally unsound and the steeple had to be demolished. The congregation moved to Malden Bridge.“The congregations had merged, and they had the bell placed here, where it has been since 1975," said Lucinda Buckley, President of Malden Bridge Community Center, ...

Teen charged with robbery in Winfield

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 01:53:00 GMT

HERKIMER, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A Herkimer County teen has been arrested after an alleged armed robbery. State Police in Herkimer said Brady R. Lendall, 19, of West Winfield, was arrested without incident on the morning of May 1. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Around 6 a.m., State Police said they responded to a report of a robbery at the Mirabito Gas Station, located at 1 East Main Street in the Village of West Winfield. The cashier at the store said the suspect entered the store with a long gun and demanded money.  Lendall allegedly fled the store on foot after leaving with an undisclosed amount of money. Troopers along with BCI Investigators responded and quickly were able to find and arrest Lendall. Police said they also found a BB gun at Lendall's residence, which was allegedly issued in the robbery. Berkshire County man arrested on child porn charges Lendall was charged with first-degree robbery, which is a fel...

Girlfriend, boyfriend identified in St. Louis County murder-suicide

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 01:53:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – Investigators in St. Louis County have identified a man and woman found dead Sunday morning in an apparent murder-suicide.According to Sgt. Tracy Panus, a county police spokeswoman, officers were asked to provide a welfare check at an apartment in the 5300 block of Gladstone Place, just before 9 a.m.Officers arrived at the apartment and found the bodies of Latonya Brown, 21, and Justin Taylor, 23. Both had been shot and were pronounced dead at the scene.Detectives with the St. Louis County Police Department’s Crimes Against Person’s unit believe Taylor shot and killed Brown before turning the gun on himself.The two lived in the apartment together and were in a relationship, Panus said.

Four arrested in connection with shooting outside Aurora mall

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 01:53:00 GMT

Aurora police arrested four people in connection with a shooting outside the Southlands shopping mall Sunday night.Nobody was injured, Aurora police spokesman Joe Moylan said via email. Three of the suspects are adults and one is a minor. Authorities did not name the suspects.Police responded around 10 p.m. Sunday to reports of a shooting near the mall in the 6100 block of South Aurora Parkway. Officers found shell casings in the parking lot and at least one store went on lockdown, Moylan said.Soon after, officers tried to initiate a traffic stop on the suspect vehicle, but the individuals sped away. The car ended up crashing into another vehicle, with the four suspects running from the crash, police said.Two suspects were ultimately taken into custody in the backyard of a home in the 20400 block of East Duke Drive. The remaining two individuals were located and arrested nearby.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Two drivers hospitalized in Aurora firetruck crash ...

Mesa County, health contractor to pay $2 million after 27-year-old dies of epileptic seizures in jail

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 01:53:00 GMT

Killmer, Lane and Newman law firmTomas Beauford and his mother, Tiffany MarshThe family of a 27-year-old man with severe mental disabilities who died while experiencing epileptic seizures in the Mesa County jail settled a lawsuit for $2 million, their attorney announced Monday.Tomas Beauford died April 16, 2014, in a Mesa County jail cell after a series of seizures, which deputies and nurses from the health care company ignored, his family’s lawsuit, filed in 2016, states.Jail staff failed to medicate Beauford, confiscated a bracelet that helped him manage seizures and did not intervene in a series of seizures he experienced the night he died, according to the lawsuit.“Rather than providing him with the medical attention and treatment he so desperately needed, Mr. Beauford was actively ignored,” the lawsuit states.Beauford had a severe developmental disability that meant he operated with the mental capacity of a 6-year-old, according to the lawsuit.Beauford was boo...

Colorado DMV relaunches services after statewide shutdown due to technical “outage”

Published Mon, 24 Feb 2025 01:53:00 GMT

Colorado’s Division of Motor Vehicles officials relaunched services Monday afternoon following an outage that forced a statewide shutdown — the second in two months.“The outage affected specific appointments, which were related to the issuance or renewal of licenses, permits, and ID cards,” agency spokesman Derek Kuhn said.Online services were not affected, Kuhn said.DMV officials on Monday morning directed Coloradans to re-schedule in-office services.Coloradans seeking DMV services also could work through the DMV’s website, myDMV.Colorado.gov, officials said. They also could use MV Express Kiosks in some counties to renew their vehicle registrations.State motor vehicle officials previously canceled appointments and also online services around Colorado on March 6 due to “a technical issue.”The outage Monday meant “DMV staff could not connect to a vendor’s server, which meant they could not process some DMV transactions,” Kuhn said.Get ...