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These are the 10 fastest-declining Texas cities, analysis shows

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:05:01 GMT

(NEXSTAR) — What does it mean for a city to be declining?A recent analysis by data outlet FinanceBuzz aimed to track the growth (or decline) of several U.S. metros from 2019 through the end of 2022. To do this, FinanceBuzz analysts looked at cities that had populations of 200,000 or more as of 2019 and then weighed a variety of factors, including population growth/decline, unemployment, income, percentage of vacant homes, and number of residents with collections debt. Wild hogs still going wild in Texas — what can be done? All-in-all, 117 U.S. cities were ranked on a 100-point scale, with "high" scores meaning a greater scale of decline. These are the top 10 fastest-declining in Texas.Fastest declining citiesCorpus Christi — Population change: -3.17%. The seaside city received an overall Decline Score of 64.9, with an unemployment change of -0.60%, home value growth rate of -32.4% and 46% of residents with debt in collections.Laredo — Population change: -2.40%. Decline Score: 62.2...

St. Paul library book checked out more than 100 years ago finally returned

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:05:01 GMT

A 1902 edition of “Famous Composers Vol. 2” by Nathan Haskell Dole last checked out in 1919 was recently returned to the St. Paul Public Library, according to a Facebook post by the library Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. (Courtesy of the St. Paul Public Library)A library book about famous composers believed to have been checked out in 1919 was turned into the St. Paul Public Library this week.The 1902 edition of “Famous Composers Vol. 2” by Nathan Haskell Dole was found by a person in Hennepin County who was sorting through their mother’s belongings, library officials said on their Facebook page.St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter said in a tongue-in-cheek post on X that the late fees would have been very hefty if the library sought them.“At the 1919 rate of a penny per day, that would have been a $36k fine… but #SaintPaul is a #FineFreeLibrary system so no charge!” Carter tweeted.Library officials did some sleuthing and believe that the book most likely also survived a fir...

U of M police seek help finding missing man

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:05:01 GMT

Police are asking for the public’s help in finding Steven Skinaway, 33, who was last seen early Saturday leaving M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center on the 500 block of Harvard Street southeast in Minneapolis.Steven Skinaway (Courtesy of the Minnesota BCA)The University of Minnesota Police Department said Skinaway was last seen at 2 a.m. wearing a dark colored Minnesota Vikings pullover with yellow sleeves, dark colored jeans and carrying a plastic bag.Skinaway is described as 6 feet tall and 160 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.They ask anyone who has seen him or knows of his whereabouts to call 911 or the University of Minnesota police department at 612-624-2677.Related ArticlesCrime & Public Safety | Cottage Grove selects deputy chief as new fire chief Crime & Public Safety | Pedestrian struck, trapped under light rail train on University Avenue in St. Paul Crime & Public Safety | Man charged i...

Get outside this winter and catch some trout

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:05:01 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- The weather may be turning colder, but the trout are still going to be biting this winter season, thanks to the Missouri Department of Conservation.“The winter trout program has been here in St. Louis since about 1989. We stock nine area lakes with about thirty to thirty-five thousand trout annually,” says John Schulte, a Fisheries Management Biologist with the Missouri Department of Conservation.  Trout are raised at cold-water hatcheries across the state, including Montauk hatchery near Salem. Lakes are stocked from November through February. The goal is to provide angling opportunities closer to home. “As we get into those winter months, folks tend to be more sedentary. Maybe not get out and move as much, not get as much sun exposure,” says Schulte. “So, getting out to one of these lakes and going fishing is a great opportunity to get some sunlight and get that Vitamin D production up.” You may ask why fish are stocked in the winter inst...

Where refugees in Missouri are arriving from

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:05:01 GMT

Robsonphoto // ShutterstockWhere refugees in Missouri are arriving fromDuring the past five decades, the U.S. has resettled over 3 million refugees, making it one of the leading countries for finding new homes for people fleeing violence, persecution, and war.In 2021, then-President Donald Trump lowered the annual cap of refugees that could be admitted into the country to 15,000. Even as the Biden administration has raised the ceiling to 125,000, the annual number of refugees arriving in the U.S. didn't immediately bounce back to pre-Trump administration levels. The numbers are increasing though, with over 25,000 refugees arriving in the U.S. in the 2022 fiscal year, twice the 2021 total.Refugee arrivals during the 2023 fiscal year dramatically outpaced the prior two years, reaching over 60,000 from October 2022 to September 2023.In October 2023, the greatest number of refugees admitted by the U.S. came from Congo, Syria, and Afghanistan. Each nation faces a unique set of circumstan...

Kickin’ It with Kiz: He’s Prime, but Deion Sanders can’t carry Mike MacIntyre’s whistle as a football coach

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:05:01 GMT

Colorado’s 1-11 record the season before coach Deion Sanders arrived was an aberration. Is the fact the Buffs have won at least four games every other year since 2015 still under the radar? Rhetorical question: Who’s comin’? Props to Prime for creating buzz and energy. Hopefully, the success of CU’s program trends upward.Ron, fact-checkerKiz; There’s no denying the ability of Prime to attract attention, money and recruits. Bravo to all that. But can we dispense with this nonsense that Sanders is some kind of miracle worker as a football coach? Here’s the truth: In 2013, Mike MacIntyre took over a CU team that not only went 1-11 under Jon Embree, but embarrassed itself by surrendering more than 50 points in five games, including a 70-burger to Oregon. Without the benefit of bringing in his superstar son to play quarterback, MacIntyre quadrupled the Buffs’ win total during his first season in Boulder. Prime might prove to be pure magic. But, s...

Pro-Palestine protesters interrupt Colorado lawmakers as special session restarts

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:05:01 GMT

Updated at 9:46 a.m.: A group of pro-Palestine protestors briefly interrupted the Colorado House of Representatives on Saturday morning, shouting from the balcony overlooking the House floor and calling for lawmakers to support a ceasefire in Gaza.Lawmakers had just reconvened for the morning when a small group of protesters unfurled Palestinian flags and a banner calling for an end to Israel’s occupation while one man shouted for lawmakers to condemn Israel’s campaign in Gaza.Troopers from the Colorado State Patrol, who oversee security in the Capitol, shepherded the dozen or so protesters out of the balcony area. They then began to chant from the building’s interior, watched by law enforcement.A group of Democratic lawmakers — Reps. Iman Jodeh, Tim Hernandez, Jen Bacon and Javier Mabrey — spoke with the group, and one of the House’s sergeants — the chamber’s quasi-security force — told the protesters they could go down to a bas...

SpaceX loses rocket and spacecraft over Gulf of Mexico in second test flight

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:05:01 GMT

(CNN) — SpaceX’s gargantuan deep-space rocket system, Starship, safely lifted off Saturday morning but ended prematurely with an explosion and a loss of signal.The Super Heavy booster and Starship spacecraft successfully separated after liftoff, as the Starship lit up its engines and pushed away. That process ended up destroying the Super Heavy booster, which erupted into a ball of flames over the Gulf of Mexico. But the Starship spacecraft was able to briefly continue its journey.The Starship system made it much further into flight than the first attempt in April. The rocket and spacecraft lifted off the launchpad at 8 a.m. ET, with the Super Heavy booster igniting all 33 of its engines.The Starship upper stage began its trip Saturday morning strapped to the top of the Super Heavy first stage, a 232-foot-tall (70.7-meter-tall) rocket packed with 33 massive engines. About two and a half minutes after roaring to life and vaulting off the launchpad, the Super Heavy booster expended mo...

Bay Area high school football roundup 2023: Best of Week 13 action

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:05:01 GMT

Welcome back to the Bay Area News Group’s high school football roundup.Here, you’ll find all the details from the weekend’s action in this news organization’s coverage area, which encompasses teams that play in leagues based primarily in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.Check back every Saturday during the season for scores, highlights and top performers, updated throughout the day.If you have not already, please subscribe here for complete digital access all season long. Your contributions keep us going.On to the roundup …CCS Open Division championshipNo. 1 Serra 63, No. 7 Wilcox 27Serra built a 49-13 halftime at San Jose City College and a running clock was in use the entire second half as the Padres won their fourth consecutive title in the Central Coast Section’s top division, earning a likely spot in the CIF Open Division championship game on Dec. 9 in Southern California. Wilcox will play Los Gatos for the CCS’s Division I title and a regio...

‘Generous and warm’: Silicon Valley philanthropist dies

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:05:01 GMT

(BCN) -- Michael E. Fox Sr., a longtime Silicon Valley philanthropist, has died.Fox, 87, died of respiratory complications while ill on Nov. 3, according to his oldest son, Michael Fox Jr. Fox Sr. founded M.E. Fox & Company in 1965 alongside his wife, Mary Ellen Fox, and grew it to become one of the county's largest beverage distributors. He is remembered as a strong force in Silicon Valley politics and for his advocacy across the region, supporting a variety of nonprofit causes ranging from educational to health to faith. OpenAI CEO fired, company president quits "He got things done," Michael Fox Jr., CEO of Goodwill Silicon Valley, told San Jose Spotlight. "He just had the ability to bring the right people together to get any kind of difficult issue done."Fox Jr. said his father's ability to cultivate relationships with people in the political and nonprofit spheres helped him advocate for causes he believed in.He said his father's Jesuit education and Catholic faith were a d...