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Teacher's suspected meningitis death closes Aurora school

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:37:34 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — A local high school will close on Wednesday after a teacher died with symptoms of bacterial meningitis.The case is affecting the Eaglecrest High School community. In a letter on Tuesday, the Cherry Creek School District said it's working to identify students and staff who may have been in close contact with the teacher."Those individuals will be offered preventative antibiotics," the district said.Maddie Schmidt, a teacher at the integrated learning center, died over the weekend, according to the district. The Arapahoe County Public Health Department alerted the district that the teacher "had symptoms consistent with bacterial meningitis." Former principal, secretary accused of embezzling $100,000 from high school The district is offering support for the school community after her death."As the Eaglecrest community continues to grieve together this week, we will have school and district mental health support staff available," according to the letter.Athletic...

Denver weather: Record heat, fire danger Wednesday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:37:34 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will stay hot into Wednesday, with another record high temperature possible.Denver hit the low 80s Tuesday afternoon, breaking the record high of 80 degrees from 1982. Weather tonight: Quiet, mostly clearDenver's overnight temperatures will fall into the upper 40s with mostly clear skies and dry conditions. Winds will stay breezy overnight on the Eastern Plains. Weather tomorrow: More 80s, fire dangerWednesday will hit 83 degrees, with sunshine and dry conditions. The record high temperature is 79, set in 2018. There will be partly cloudy skies building in during the afternoon. Fire danger will be high, with a fire weather warning in place for the foothills, Palmer Divide and plains. Winds will gust up to 35 mph. Looking ahead: Rain chance FridayDenver will hit the 70s on Thursday with temperatures in the mid-70s. There will be more wind and high fire danger along the Front Range. Weather changes will move in on Friday with a 60% chance for rain. Tem...

Black Family Advisory Council to question superintendent about SROs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:37:34 GMT

DENVER, Colo. (KDVR) -- Denver Public Schools' Black Family Advisory Council plans on asking questions about the district’s use of school resource officers.The council wants to make sure students of color, especially Black students, are not mistreated by SROs who are currently in schools. The group also wants to have a say in what a safety plan looks like in the future. Former principal, secretary accused of embezzling $100,000 from high school When school resource officers were put back in Denver Public Schools after the recent shooting at East High, the Black Family Advisory Council knew it would be asking a lot of questions.“We want to create a plan and some policies and procedures so that our kids are safe while these SROs are in our schools,” council chair Tiffany Grays said.The council says it’s ready to collaborate to make sure students are safe and protected from officers who might mistreat them.“We as a community as a whole haven’t had any answers about: What are SROs do...

Berthoud Pass reopened after Avalanche

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:37:34 GMT

GRAND COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — An avalanche on Berthoud Pass covered part of U.S. 40 in snow Tuesday afternoon, closing all lanes for several hours.The highway was back open around 5 p.m., the Colorado Department of Transportation said. The snow slide occurred near Winter Park, at mile marker 238.Crews used heavy equipment to clear snow from the roadway as as drivers waited in stopped traffic. April heat wave: Denver breaks temperature record from 41 years ago An avalanche on Berthoud Pass covered part of U.S. 40 in snow on April 11, 2023. (Photo: KDVR)An avalanche on Berthoud Pass covered part of U.S. 40 in snow on April 11, 2023. (Photo: KDVR)An avalanche on Berthoud Pass covered part of U.S. 40 in snow on April 11, 2023. (Photo: KDVR)An avalanche on Berthoud Pass covered part of U.S. 40 in snow on April 11, 2023. (Photo: KDVR)An avalanche on Berthoud Pass covered part of U.S. 40 in snow on April 11, 2023. (Photo: KDVR)The Colorado Avalanche Information Center's forecast had the a...

Find The Hungry Dutchman at your local sandbar

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:37:34 GMT

There are food spots, food trucks, and now food boats. Foodies, set course for a new eatery on the water, and we do mean on the water. The Hungry Dutchman is run by three SoFlo locals who are taking your boat day bites, to the next level. Rather than you bringing your own meals out to sea, they’re bringing the grub to you.Sure, you heard of the flying Dutchman, but have you ever heard of The Hungry Dutchman?Michael Angulo: “The Hungry Dutchman is a food boat, that me and my best friends had started together from scratch, we did it on our terms, this is exactly what we wanted. We want to feed everybody out there on the water and make sure they’re having fun when they come down here to South Florida.”Boat captain, Michael Angulo starred on season 15 of “Naked and Afraid”, and he told us the meaning behind this ship’s name.Michael Angulo: “We came up with the name The Hungry Dutchman because we like to think of ourselves as modern-day pir...

Magic relocate G League affiliate from Lakeland to Kissimmee

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:37:34 GMT

The Orlando Magic on Tuesday announced the relocation of their NBA G League affiliate from Lakeland to Kissimmee, a move first reported by the Orlando Sentinel on Monday.The Magic’s G League team was rebranded as the Osceola Magic and will start playing at Silver Spurs Arena at Osceola Heritage Park in November.Kissimmee’s Silver Spurs Arena was one of two finalists, along with Lakeland, for where the Magic were looking to base their G League affiliate ahead of the 2017-18 season.“Proximity matters greater,” Magic president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman said. “This is going to be a game-changer for us.”Magic CEO Alex Martins told the Sentinel that the Magic’s leasing agreement with Osceola is for 12 years. The G League team will continue to practice at the training facility inside Amway Center.“We certainly like the fact we’re locked into a long-term agreement so we don’t have to approach a situation like this in an...

Mets Notebook: Seth Lugo returns to Queens

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:37:34 GMT

Seth Lugo never needed any validation from baseball about what he was capable of doing on a mound. The right-hander always knew he could take the ball every five days and get outs.But when he became a free agent over the winter, other teams showed considerable interest in him as a starter. It reaffirmed that his decision to leave the Mets to seek a job as a starting pitcher was the right one.“I was surprised that all of the phone calls were about starting,” the right-hander told the Daily News Tuesday at Citi Field. “It wasn’t until the night before I signed with the Padres that I had a team call about relief. That was really cool. I didn’t expect it to go that way but it did early on, so it really kept me focused on what I had to do in the offseason.”Lugo signed a two-year, $15 million contract with San Diego right before Christmas, effectively ending his tenure with the Mets. There are no hard feelings on either side as Lugo returned to New York...

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu proposes $4.28B city budget

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:37:34 GMT

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu proposed a $4.28 billion city budget, spending she said, if approved, would provide a “foundation for strong neighborhoods and communities.”The mayor’s recommended fiscal year 2024 budget, which Wu will present to the City Council at an annual budget breakfast Wednesday at City Hall, represents a 6.8%, or $273.7 million increase over last year’s spending.This new spending, Wu said, would be invested into five priority areas: family and early childhood programs, green initiatives, public health and public safety, closing the racial wealth gap, and municipal services.“For city government, our municipal budget is a public reflection of core principles and a roadmap to invest critical resources,” Wu wrote in a Monday letter to the City Council. “For a city resident, our municipal budget should be the foundation for strong neighborhoods and communities.”Wu’s planned investment in public safety is community-focused, her letter said, which includes an additional $1...

House tax cut plan tops governor’s offering, would change rebate law

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:37:34 GMT

The House unveiled its version of a tax relief package Tuesday, offering $1.1 billion in cuts that will play out over the next three years, including capital gains cut rejected by lawmakers last session and changes to a tax rebate law passed in the 1980s.“This is something that we’ve put a lot of thought and effort into,” House Speaker Ron Mariano said. “We wanted to have something that we felt impacted all segments of our economy, all segments of our constituency with some fairness and some equity.”The plan, offered against Gov. Maura Healey’s about $750 million tax cut proposal, includes several tax code changes the Legislature nearly passed last term and some that didn’t make the previous reform package.Notably, lawmakers had rejected a proposal by-then Gov. Charlie Baker to cut the state’s short-term capital gains tax. This year’s tax cut plan, however, proposes to lower the rate from 12% to 5%.The proposal would also double the state’s death tax threshold to $2 million and elim...

Tim Anderson out 2-4 weeks after the Chicago White Sox shortstop sprained his left knee on a ‘fluke play’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:37:34 GMT

Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson felt “something weird” shortly after a collision with Minnesota Twins baserunner Matt Wallner at the end of a rundown play Monday.“I didn’t know exactly what it was,” Anderson said Tuesday. “It was a little discomfort and I played one or two more innings. I started getting stiff and I just decided to come out.”The Sox will be without their spark at the top of the lineup for an estimated two to four weeks after placing Anderson on the 10-day injured list with a sprained left knee.“It’s so frustrating,” Anderson said. “You do everything right to try to prevent from creating injury and just something I couldn’t control. I just have to roll with it.”Anderson was near third base for the rundown play during the fourth inning of Monday’s 4-3 Sox win at Target Field. He attempted to catch a toss from Hanser Alberto when Wallner collided with him while making a headfir...