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Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
2025 Remarkable Woman Casey DePriest talks about Los Angeles trip
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – Last month, Eyewitness News introduced you to our 2025 Remarkable Woman: Casey DePreist. DePriest once again joined us in the Eyewitness News studio on Friday to talk about her trip to Los Angeles with the other winners of Nexstar's Remarkable Women. You can view her full interview in the video player above. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Tri-States Remarkable Woman winner travels to Los Angles
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) — The Tri-State's Remarkable Woman winner is in Los Angeles to meet other remarkable women from around the country. Casey Depriest is being recognized for her work with children and adults with autism. DePriest can be found at Optimal ACCESS Academy in Newburgh, working with some of the most vulnerable in the community. 'Our world needs everybody. Everybody was created for a purpose.' Casey says. One woman will then be named a national remarkable woman. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
06-04-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Today in Chicago History: Locals drink up as Prohibition ends
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 6, according to the Tribune's archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago) High temperature: 84 degrees (1929) Low temperature: 15 degrees (1982) Precipitation: 1.13 inches (1938) Snowfall: 9 inches (1938) 1915: Oscar Stanton De Priest was elected Chicago's first Black alderman. Vintage Chicago Tribune: 24 incredible Black Chicagoans Born in Alabama to former slaves, De Priest then became the first Black person from a Northern state to sit in Congress — as its sole Black member for three terms. 1917: The United States entered World War I. Vintage: 'The Great War' through the lens of the Chicago Tribune A full-page appeal in the Tribune asked volunteers to apply for the Illinois cavalry and artillery. 1933: Chicagoans drank up as 3.2% beer became legal after 13 years of Prohibition. 1972: Two cars of a four-car CTA 'L' train plunged from the elevated structure at 40th Street and Wabash Avenue on the South Side, injuring 46 people. A mangled section of track rose perpendicularly into the air after the track and parts of the train's undercarriage were strewn along 40th Street. 2014: Sears closed its State Street store. Sears timeline: Rise, fall and restructuring of a Chicago icon over 130 years Subscribe to the free Vintage Chicago Tribune newsletter, join our Chicagoland history Facebook group, stay current with Today in Chicago History and follow us on Instagram for more from Chicago's past. Have an idea for Vintage Chicago Tribune? Share it with Kori Rumore and Marianne Mather at krumore@ and mmather@
Yahoo
06-04-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Today in Chicago History: Locals drink up as Prohibition ends
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 6, according to the Tribune's archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago) High temperature: 84 degrees (1929) Low temperature: 15 degrees (1982) Precipitation: 1.13 inches (1938) Snowfall: 9 inches (1938) 1915: Oscar Stanton De Priest was elected Chicago's first Black alderman. Vintage Chicago Tribune: 24 incredible Black Chicagoans Born in Alabama to former slaves, De Priest then became the first Black person from a Northern state to sit in Congress — as its sole Black member for three terms. 1917: The United States entered World War I. Vintage: 'The Great War' through the lens of the Chicago Tribune A full-page appeal in the Tribune asked volunteers to apply for the Illinois cavalry and artillery. 1933: Chicagoans drank up as 3.2% beer became legal after 13 years of Prohibition. 1972: Two cars of a four-car CTA 'L' train plunged from the elevated structure at 40th Street and Wabash Avenue on the South Side, injuring 46 people. A mangled section of track rose perpendicularly into the air after the track and parts of the train's undercarriage were strewn along 40th Street. 2014: Sears closed its State Street store. Sears timeline: Rise, fall and restructuring of a Chicago icon over 130 years Subscribe to the free Vintage Chicago Tribune newsletter, join our Chicagoland history Facebook group, stay current with Today in Chicago History and follow us on Instagram for more from Chicago's past. Have an idea for Vintage Chicago Tribune? Share it with Kori Rumore and Marianne Mather at krumore@ and mmather@
Chicago Tribune
06-04-2025
- Climate
- Chicago Tribune
Today in Chicago History: Locals drink up as Prohibition ends
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 6, according to the Tribune's archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago) High temperature: 84 degrees (1929) Low temperature: 15 degrees (1982) Precipitation: 1.13 inches (1938) Snowfall: 9 inches (1938) Born in Alabama to former slaves, De Priest then became the first Black person from a Northern state to sit in Congress — as its sole Black member for three terms. 1917: The United States entered World War I. Vintage: 'The Great War' through the lens of the Chicago Tribune A full-page appeal in the Tribune asked volunteers to apply for the Illinois cavalry and artillery. 1933: Chicagoans drank up as 3.2% beer became legal after 13 years of Prohibition. 1972: Two cars of a four-car CTA 'L' train plunged from the elevated structure at 40th Street and Wabash Avenue on the South Side, injuring 46 people. A mangled section of track rose perpendicularly into the air after the track and parts of the train's undercarriage were strewn along 40th Street. Want more vintage Chicago?
