Updated 1/13/2021 5:44 AM
Rosemont has reorganized its public safety department command staff after the still-mysterious departure of Superintendent Donald E. Stephens III.
William Anderson, named acting superintendent when Stephens III began a leave of absence in September, has been formally appointed to the civilian role of director of public safety by Mayor Brad Stephens.
Anderson had some three decades on the force before retiring as a deputy chief, then joining the Rosemont Convention & Tourism Bureau as general manager. He ll earn an annual salary of $135,000, an increase of $20,000 from what he was paid at the convention bureau. Stephens III had been making $217,000 a year.
GLENDALE, Ariz. The season was about work and determination.
As Iowa State moved its way through the pandemic, the Cyclones had to endure sacrifice, hardship and, yes, failure as they put together a season that is unrivaled in program history.
At the end of it, though, the Cyclones reached the Fiesta Bowl, which proved to be a party to celebrate all that had been achieved.
No. 12 Iowa State won its first appearance in a New Year’s Six bowl, defeating Oregon 34-17 at State Farm Stadium to put the finishing touches on the best season the school has seen.
Their 9-3 record matches the program-best for wins in a season while giving the Cyclones their most significant bowl win.
Longreads Best of 2020: Arts and Culture
All Best of Longreads illustrations by Kjell Reigstad.
All through December, we’re featuring Longreads’ Best of 2020. In an unprecedented, strange, and chaotic year, we’ve leaned on writers’ reflections and commentaries on the world around us to help us make sense of moments, of our lives. We revisited a wide range of arts and culture stories featured by the team this year and selected eight favorites that resonated with us.
The New York Times Magazine)
I’ve always loved how Teju Cole observes and moves through our world: a flâneur of modern life, always with a notebook or a camera in hand. Here, we follow Cole on a pilgrimage to Italy as he chases the life of Caravaggio, an artist (and fugitive and murderer) whose emotionally charged, often violent scenes and chiaroscuro technique I studied closely in my AP Art History class. In Rome and Milan, Cole revisits Caravaggio’s paintings “to learn the truth about doom” to sit