Leading Off (04/26/2021)
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Mavs Sweep Lakers. Even without LeBron James and with a very limited Anthony Davis, a split would have been understandable, especially since the Mavs played Saturday night’s game without Kristaps Porzingis and Josh Richardson. But Luka Doncic solved the Lakers’ double-teams finally, racking up 13 assists, and Dwight Powell had 25 points and 9 rebounds, as the Mavs came back from 17 points down to win going away. Big dub.
Joe Tillotson, RIP. I knew Joe best as one of the owners of Barley House, but that was just one of many bars and restaurants he was behind. The 53-year-old succumbed to prostate cancer on April 22.
Horizon Bank has opened its first branch in Gary and celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony this week in which it donated to several charities in the community.
Lake County ranked first in joblessness statewide, LaPorte County second, and Porter County 11th. Cities in north Lake County were especially hard-hit by the ongoing economic fallout of COVID-19. More than a tenth of the population was unemployed in Gary and East Chicago in March, according to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Joseph S. Pete
The Michigan City-based bank made donations to Your Block Program, Brotherâs Keeper Homeless Shelter, Gary Literacy Coalition, The Baptist Ministers Conference of Gary and Vicinity and the Urban League of Northwest Indiana. Urban League President and CEO Vaness McCloud made the first deposit.
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The fragment entered the atmosphere at a fairly steep angle of 50 degrees and became visible 62 miles above the water southwest of Freeport, Bahamas, according to video from three NASA sky meteor cameras throughout Florida.
NASA astronomer Bill Cooke estimated a 900-pound asteroid fragment hit the Earth s atmosphere at 38,000 mph and broke apart about 23 miles above the Atlantic, causing the fireball.
Though Bell noted that these incidents are sporadic and not connected to any meteor shower, he said seeing a fireball is quite common. You have a good chance of seeing one of these if you spend a decent amount of time outdoors at night, Bell said.