As the refrain proclaims, “Tra-la! It’s May! The lusty month of May!” (from “Camelot”) promises performances to engage, entertain and inspire. As venues open, led by the Des Moines Playhouse’s “Some Enchanted Evening” through May 9, outdoor theater options abound as invitingly as the bursting of spr
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BREC steps up opposition to legislation that would split up parks
Thursday, April 15, 2021 Sunset at BREC s Milford Wampold Memorial Park and University Lake. (File photo)
BREC is stepping up its opposition to a bill by Sen. Bodi White, R-Central, that would break up the parish parks system and create three new smaller agencies to run parks and recreation in the cities of Central and Zachary and in the prospective city of St. George once it is incorporated.
In a fact sheet released earlier this week, BREC says the bill would create additional and unnecessary layers of bureaucracy, risk BREC’s national accreditation status and jeopardize transformational projects that benefit the entire parish like the planned overhaul of the zoo and Greenwood Park by removing about 30% of the system’s revenues.
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SIOUX CITY A second Eagle Grove man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on charges stemming from a meth trafficking ring in Webster and Wright counties.
Cory Schultz, 38, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and two counts of distribution of methamphetamine on Nov. 23, 2020. He was accused of conspiring with others to distribute more than 20 pounds of mixed methamphetamine from November 2018 to March 2020.
Schultz was caught on home security recordings distributing meth to other co-conspirators, and the residence he used as a hub for the meth trafficking was located within 1,000 feet of a protected location, Greenwood Park in Eagle Grove.
Fake Durban doctorâs racist tweet may backfire
By Anelisa Kubheka
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DURBAN - A RACIST tweet by a Durban man could see him in hot water after a local civic association sought to lay criminal charges against him for utterances that have been shared several times on social media.
A screenshot of the tweet, that has subsequently been taken down on Twitter and shared on Facebook, caused an uproar.
Dr TJ Ntshangase, with the Twitter handle @Jeffrey17397592, had tweeted: âTo all doctors, I say let s stand together and take over by injecting every white person with the wrong injection in hospital to pay back revenge. Even if I get fired, Iâm loaded with money already.â