Children of disadvantaged families in El Paso County will remember Senor Tedd’s Christmas Party, which pro vided a holiday treat for thousands each year. In honor of his lifetime of service to the El Paso community, he was awarded the “Conquistador Award,” the most prestigious recognition of a citizen of the city, by Mayor John Cook and the El Paso ...

An expanding steel pipe mill. And more bowling balls thundering down the lanes.”I cannot deny that I am better off than I was four years ago,” she declares, then pointedly adds: “I do not attribute that to the president.”Smith credits the resurgence in the area to a natural gas drilling boom that could create tens of thousands of jobs and ...

Sick of delays and obstruction blocking progress on a new bus terminal, Jersey lawmakers challenge New York to get the lead out. The government scrubs its website of animal abuse data. Does it protect puppy mill owners at the expense of pet owners? If the government scrubs Obamacare seniors with Medicare say they’ll lose some health insurance too. One of ...

SeaWorld has more than five years to make sure it gets this right. If it’s not dreaming up unique dark rides and family friendly experiences for Sesame Street Land, it may as well concede that it will never be more than a third tier amusement park operator. Playing it safe will have accomplished the task of quietly distancing itself from ...

The 1970s, low income housing, though often squalid, generally didn squeeze budgets. The wind whipped through the tar paper shacks, but the shacks were abundant and cheap. Demolition and gentrification claimed the cheap units, and sputtering incomes swelled the number of needy renters. The biggest myth is that it all not well made: contrary to what the world thinks, there ...

And the F Pace went on to win ourCar of the Year award.We were particularly impressed when we droveAlfa Romeo’s new Giuliafor the first time back in May. The car’s nimble chassis and stunning looks left us full of admiration but those were elements Alfa Romeo was bound to get right. What really mattered was that the new compact exec ...

Other press clips suggest that the Army may have taken that attitude to heart during Chu watch. The Army Times reported late last month that during the war, the number of soldiers approved for permanent disability retirement decreased by more than two thirds, from 642 in 2001 to 209 in 2005. (While most disability benefits given by the Army are ...

The River City Rocketry Team brings a national championship to the UofL campus Mark Hebert talks about the team of physics and engineering majors from the University of Louisville who won NASA’s Student Launch competition. You can also catch UofLToday with Mark Hebert Mondays and Wednesdays through on 93.9 FM, on Metro TV Monday through Friday, and Thursdays at 5 ...

Not only do I not believe such a thing, I have said so before, suggesting that everybody have, as the Faux News meme du jour puts it, some “skin in the game”. I also have pointed out on multiple occasions that the mechanism that makes it possible, the Bush tax cuts, should be repealed, but you seem to disagree. In ...

Smith opening for Urban tonight Dallas Smith is at his tip tip tippin’ point for missing out on the Prince George fun. He’s coming back to perform his power country tonight at CN Centre. He and Maren Morris are the opening acts on Keith Urban’s nationwide tour. Smith’s new album dropped last week and he is reaching strong numbers of ...