Day: April 24, 2023

Rockets agree to make Ime Udoka next head coach after Celtics scandal: report

11:09 pm April 24, 2023

The Houston Rockets have reportedly agreed to a deal to make Ime Udoka, who was dismissed by the Boston Celtics after having an inappropriate workplace relationship prior to his season, their next head coach. Udoka was rumored to be the Rockets’ top option after they fired Stephen Silas following another awful season. Silas went 59-177 […]

No injuries reported after massive fire put out at Louisiana sawmill

11:03 pm April 24, 2023

Firefighters from departments across southeast Louisiana and nearby areas of Mississippi worked for hours before extinguishing the flames from a massive fire at a sawmill on Lake Pontchartrain’s north shore early Monday. The fire at the site of Hood Industries, north of Bogalusa, started about 10 p.m. Sunday. No injuries were reported. 3 DEEP RED […]

Georgia Power bills likely to rise by 12% in June

10:58 pm April 24, 2023

State regulatory staff and Georgia Power Co. have agreed on a plan that will boost power bills by 12% in June to cover the higher costs of natural gas and coal that the utility burns to generate electricity for its 2.7 million customers. The unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co. filed new figures Monday saying it […]

Pope Francis eyes 2024 visit to native Argentina

10:54 pm April 24, 2023

Pope Francis said he hopes to travel to his native Argentina in 2024, which would mark the first time he would step foot in his homeland since becoming pontiff a decade ago. “I want to go to the country next year,” the pope said in an interview with a columnist for Argentine newspaper La Nación […]

Newly-formed nonprofit seeks to buy most of Maine newspapers

10:14 pm April 24, 2023

A newly formed nonprofit group headed by a longtime Maine journalist wants to buy most of the newspapers in the state. Members of the group, Maine Journalism Foundation, said Monday they hope to buy Masthead Maine, which owns the Portland Press Herald, the state’s largest daily newspaper, and 29 other daily and weekly papers. Masthead […]