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CBS News
19-05-2025
- CBS News
Swarm of bees kills Texas man while mowing lawn
A swarm of bees killed a Texas man while he was mowing a lawn, according to police. The Eastland Police Department said officers were dispatched to a crash in the 700 block of North Lamar St. on the evening of April 27. As officers approached the vehicle suspected to be involved in the crash, they noticed the driver was being swarmed by bees. To avoid being stung further, EPD said officers helped the driver get into a police vehicle. Once the driver was in an ambulance, EPD said he stopped breathing. He died at a local hospital. EPD said officers called a local beekeeper to help figure out where the beehive was located – officers said it was found in an abandoned structure near where the man was mowing. The beekeeper safely removed the hive from the structure, according to EPD. Eastland is about 97 miles west of Fort Worth.
Yahoo
16-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Eastland Cougars were no match for Chicago Hope; Cougars take best ever second-place finish at state
CHAMPAING, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — Saturday was a bitter-sweet day for the Eastland Cougars and their fans at the IHSA State Basketball Tournament at State Farm Center. The Cougars lost a lopsided 1A championship game to Chicago Hope 71-38. The sweet part was, the Cougars runner-up finish was still the best ever by the school in boys' basketball, and it was also the best finish ever by an NUIC boys' basketball Cougars had been on a postseason tear coming into the game that including Sectional wins against Dakota and their top rival Pecatonica. They then ran away from Aurora Christian at the NIU Super-Sectional Then in the state semifinal game they defeated Peoria Christian by 20 points Chicago Hope had something Eastland couldn't handle-size, athleticism and an all-state point guard named Tyjuan Hunter. Hunter exploded for 26 points. Most of those coming in the second half when Hope pulled away after leading by only six points at halftime. Hunter also dished out 11 assists. 6'5 center Jaiden Simmons rammed through a couple alley-oop dunks for the Eagles on his way to a 12-point game. He also added seven rebounds. Hope out-rebounded Eastland is coached by former Chicago Prep star and former Rockford Lightning all-star Ronnie Fields. Hope had finished third at state last was led by junior second-team All-State forward Parker Krogman with 17 points. First-team All-State senior guard Adam Awender scored 15 points. Those two players combined for 32 of Eastland's 38 points. Eastland finishes its season with a record of 34-5. For more on the game, watch the media player above. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
IHSA State Tournaments run in Eastland's Krogman family
LANARK, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF ) — Not many high school basketball players make it to the state tournament. It's even more rare for a brother and a sister to both make it with their respective high school teams, but one sibling duo at Eastland High School now has achieved that the Eastland boys basketball team was winning at the Class 1A NIU Super-Sectional Monday night and clinching a trip to state, Parker Krogman was leading the way for the Cougars with 16 points. In the stands cheering him on was his older sister Karlie played for the Eastland girls' basketball teams that went to state in 2019 and in 2020. The girls finished second the first year. They won the state championship the second year. That's Karlie receiving her says it was easier on her nerves when she played than it is now watching her brother play.'It's definitely nerve-racking now. I only want the best for him and as much success as he possibly can did big sister have a little advice for younger brother going into the super-sectional game?'He is better at the game of basketball then I ever was and ever will be, so there's no advice that I can give him that he doesn't' already know.'Parker remembers going to his big sisters' games at State.'Just when you walk in that gym it's just kind of like, 'Wow! It's a huge gym. It's not anything a high school basketball player would really experience unless you go to the state finals, so I think it's awesome.'Karlie Krogman says she could tell when Parker was young that he would excel in basketball.'Yeah, when we would go to his bedroom every night, and we'd play a game of Nerf Pig on the back of his door on his bedroom. Then he was so much better then either my sister or I was, so, we knew from a very young age that he was going to showcase his talents in a very, very big way.'This week Parker will showcase those talents in front of the entire state at State Farm Center in Champaign, and he'll hopefully comeback with the big trophy like his sister did. 'It's an experience that you can only wish for,' said Karlie, 'so being actually able to experience it is a once in a lifetime experience. Getting to go down there and have your whole community show up for you. The Lanark community is really supportive of all of their athletes at all times. Win or lose, he has the support of thousands and thousands of people behind will play Peoria Christian Thursday at 11:15 a.m. in the Class 1A state semifinal Parker and Karlie's older sister Katie also went to state twice with Eastland in volleyball in 2015 and 2016. Those teams won state in 2016 and finished second the next year. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
PHOTOS: 132-year-old wreck of ‘one of the safest ships afloat' discovered in Lake Superior
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society has announced the discovery of a new wreck on Lake Superior: The SS Western Reserve. The 300-foot steel steamer was first found late last summer about 60 miles northwest of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior. The GLSHS' research vessel, the David Boyd, found the ship using side-scan sonar. Underwater preserves protect thousands of miles of Great Lakes, shipwrecks Subsequent dives with a remotely operated vehicle confirmed the finding, showing that the ship broke in two. The bow rests on top of the stern approximately 600 feet below the surface of the water. The Western Reserve was considered a nautical marvel in its time. It was one of the Great Lakes' first all-steel vessels. '(She was) built to break cargo shipping records and was deemed one of the safest ships afloat,' the GLSHS said in its announcement. The ship was owned by shipping magnate Peter G. Minch. He and several members of his family were on board for the ship's final, fateful journey. According to historians, the Minch family hitched a ride on the ship while it sailed to Two Harbors, Minnesota, with a load of iron ore. The Western Reserve started to sink at approximately 9 p.m. on Aug. 30, 1892. It sank within about 10 minutes, but it was enough time for the crew to launch its two lifeboats. One of them, however, flipped almost immediately. The other one, carrying Minch's family and a handful of crewmen, sailed on. The Nelson: 125 years later, one of Lake Superior's darkest tales retold At one point in the middle of the night, a steamship sailed past the lifeboat, but with no flares, they were not spotted. Roughly 10 hours later, the lifeboat made it to within a mile of the Deer Park Life-Saving Station when it overturned. Of the 28 crew and passengers, only one person, wheelsman Harry Stewart, survived. 'Every shipwreck has its own story, but some are just that much more tragic,' GLSHS Executive Director Bruce Lynn said. 'It is hard to imagine that Captain Peter G. Minch would have foreseen any trouble when he invited his wife, two young children and sister-in-law with her daughter aboard the Western Reserve for a summer cruise up the lakes. It just reinforces how dangerous the Great Lakes can be … any time of year.' Great Lakes' deadliest wreck: What brought down the Eastland What was thought to be the Western Reserve's strength turned out to be a massive weakness. The ship's steel was contaminated with phosphorus and sulfur, causing the metal to weaken and the hull to fail. The sinking of the Western Reserve eventually led to new laws for testing steel used in shipbuilding. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
132-year-old shipwreck discovered in Lake Superior
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The has announced the discovery of a new wreck on Lake Superior: The SS Western Reserve. The 300-foot steel steamer was first found late last summer about 60 miles northwest of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior. The GLSHS' research vessel, the David Boyd, found the ship using side-scan sonar. Underwater preserves protect thousands of miles of Great Lakes, shipwrecks Subsequent dives with a remotely operated vehicle confirmed the finding, showing that the ship broke in two. The bow rests on top of the stern approximately 600 feet below the surface of the water. The Western Reserve was considered a nautical marvel in its time. It was one of the Great Lakes' first all-steel vessels. '(She was) built to break cargo shipping records and was deemed one of the safest ships afloat,' the GLSHS . The ship was owned by shipping magnate Peter G. Minch. He and several members of his family were on board for the ship's final, fateful journey. According to historians, the Minch family hitched a ride on the ship while it sailed to Two Harbors, Minnesota, with a load of iron ore. The started to sink at approximately 9 p.m. on Aug. 30, 1892. It sunk within about 10 minutes, but it was enough time for the crew to launch its two lifeboats. One of them, however, flipped almost immediately. The other one, carrying Minch's family and a handful of crewmen, sailed on. The Nelson: 125 years later, one of Lake Superior's darkest tales retold At one point in the middle of the night, a steamship sailed past the lifeboat, but with no flares, they were not spotted. Roughly 10 hours later, the lifeboat made it to within a mile of the Deer Park Life-Saving Station when it overturned. Of the 28 crew and passengers, only one person, wheelsman Harry Stewart, survived. 'Every shipwreck has its own story, but some are just that much more tragic,' GLSHS Executive Director Bruce Lynn said. 'It is hard to imagine that Captain Peter G. Minch would have foreseen any trouble when he invited his wife, two young children and sister-in-law with her daughter aboard the Western Reserve for a summer cruise up the lakes. It just reinforces how dangerous the Great Lakes can be … any time of year.' Great Lakes' deadliest wreck: What brought down the Eastland What was thought to be the Western Reserve's strength turned out to be a massive weakness. The ship's steel was contaminated with phosphorus and sulfur, causing the metal to weaken and the hull to fail. The sinking of the Western Reserve eventually led to new laws for testing steel used in shipbuilding. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
