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Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
After Ty Simpson declaration, what's next for Austin Mack, Keelon Russell in Alabama football QB room?
Ryan Grubb didn't hide where the Alabama football quarterback position stands post spring ball. If the Crimson Tide were heading to Tallahassee, Florida, to face Florida State tomorrow, he said, Ty Simpson would be the starter. Plain and simple. Advertisement Inside look at Alabama QB battle: How has Ty Simpson navigated Alabama football quarterback battle? I asked his dad But it's not because of a lack of production. Grubb said he has been "super happy" with Simpson, Austin Mack and Keelon Russell in the quarterback room this spring. What Grubb is looking for is the quarterback who can "take in a game plan and function correctly." For now, that's Simpson. But both Grubb and head coach Kalen DeBoer laid out the plan for Mack and Russell to take that next step this summer into the fall. "If you're not ready for the scrutiny or just the competition level, the mindset you need to have at quarterback to play at any level, much less the SEC or at Alabama, I think that those guys showed that, that they can lead this team every day," Grubb said. Austin Mack 'made huge strides' with Alabama football Apr 12, 2025; Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; Alabama quarterback Austin Mack (10) throws during A-Day at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gary Cosby Jr.-Imagn Images Mack isn't the brand new quarterback. He isn't Simpson either who Grubb said has "been around the block." Advertisement But in Mack, Grubb sees a quarterback who has made "huge strides." "He came out and developed just with some of the nuances and taking care of the football, and things like that," Grubb said. "Ty showed out a bit better." DeBoer said Mack is one of two quarterbacks, along with Simpson, who "knows the system" well. In the spring game, Mack threw multiple interceptions and struggled with his accuracy in 7-on-7 reps. Mack also has one thing the rest of the quarterback room doesn't: a collegiate touchdown pass. Kalen DeBoer wants 'consistency' from Keelon Russell Russell is still learning the system, DeBoer said. But the Alabama coach said he's seen glimpses of what made Russell Alabama's highest-rated quarterback signee since Bryce Young. Advertisement "He had some really big days," DeBoer said. "You saw a lot of flashes of what he's capable of." Russell, DeBoer said, balanced those big days with some "big mistakes." "It's growth, it's learning," DeBoer said. "He's in it. He's the same guy every single day. That's what you love about him. Just consistency. He's going to be a guy where you can attack a defense, and I think all of our quarterbacks have that ability with their arm to get after the opponent." Russell continues to remind Grubb of Michael Penix Jr. because of the freshman's demeanor and his calmness. "Honestly, Keelon, he exceeded my expectations," Grubb said. "A young man his age, he never gave into that opportunity. We challenged him with that: 'Don't give in to I'm a freshman. ...' He didn't do that." Advertisement Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@ or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter. This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Next steps for Austin Mack, Keelon Russell in Alabama football QB room
BBC News
28-04-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Bedford kite festival and classic car show returning
A celebration boasting kite displays and retro cars will return this summer – and it is expected to attract tens of thousands of Bedford Kite and Motoring Festival, a free biennial event, will take place on 21 and 22 June across Russell Park, The Embankment and Mill Grubb, one of the organisers, believes up to 40,000 people could flock to the town and the 300 cars on show will highlight "quality over quantity."Running from 10:00 until 16:00 BST, it will also feature live music, boat races and cruises on the river. "This festival embodies Bedford borough's commitment to bringing people together through shared passions," said Andrea Spice, Bedford Borough Council's Conservative portfolio holder for economic growth, planning and prosperity."From awe-inspiring kites to lovingly preserved vehicles, every element celebrates creativity and heritage."The two-day event will feature professional kite displays. Mr Grubb said the classic car show had become a "festival of motoring"."We've been careful with what we've picked, we're very choosey, we want quality over quantity", he added. Elsewhere on the river will be the Sue Ryder Dragon Boat Race, which will see more than 20 crews battle it out on the water. Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Daily Mail
23-04-2025
- Daily Mail
Awful new details about final moments of four girls killed in fireball crash after being 'run off road'
Grim new details have been revealed about the final moments of four California teens killed in fireball crash after they were run off the road by an oncoming car. A horrific crash in Marin County last Friday evening turned deadly when a Volkswagen Tiguan carrying six teenage girls veered off the road and burst into flames. Now, a new eyewitness accounts reveal that the teens trapped in the burning SUV were silent before one victim emerged 'completely on fire' and then collapsed to the ground. When good Samaritans Wyatt Smith, 20, and Nicholas Grubb, 18, arrived on the scene, they desperately tried rescuing the girls burning alive inside the vehicle. Smith and Grubb had been driving at dusk when they spotted the SUV engulfed in flames after striking a tree. The accident that unfolded on San Geronimo Valley Road near Fairfax left four dead and two critically injured in what witnesses describe as 'the most horrific, unspeakable thing,' as reported by the San Francisco Chronicle. Smith and Grubb told the outlet they immediately pulled over to join bystanders who were frantically trying to access the locked vehicle. 'I saw the fire creeping up toward the passengers in the front seats, and I knew I had to act fast,' Grubb told the Chronicle. Horrifying new details have been revealed about the final moments of four teens killed in fireball crash after being 'run off road' Among the victims were Josalynn Osborn and Ada Kepley Sienna Katz and Olive Koren were also killed in the fiery collision 'The whole time, I was scared the car would explode in my face.' 'Once you go through a situation like that you never get those images out of your brain,' Smith told the outlet. 'It was the most horrific, unspeakable thing I've ever gone through.' The victims who died were later identified as Olive Koren, Josalynn Osborn, Sienna Katz, and Ada Kepley - all aged between 14 and 16 and students at Archie Williams High School in San Anselmo. Smith and Grubb emphasized the eerie silence inside the vehicle where six girls sat - two in each of the SUV's three rows. Smith desperately searched for rocks to break the windows while another bystander handed Grubb a thick piece of discarded wood, which he used to shatter the glass and force open a door. The young men managed to help one conscious girl escape before pulling a second victim from the middle row. 'She was completely unconscious and covered in blood,' Smith recalled. The wreck's two survivors, Elsa Laremont Stranczek and 14-year-old Marley Barclay, remain hospitalized in critical condition. The crash unfolded around 7:40pm on Friday in Fairfax, San Francisco, when a car carrying six teen girls was 'ran off the road' by another motorist, causing them to collide with a tree Despite Smith and Grubb's efforts to save a third girl, they couldn't free her from her seatbelt as the flames advanced menacingly. 'Her seat belt had broken in the crash and we couldn't get it off her — it was trapping her in the car,' Smith said. 'By that time, the front driver's seat and passenger's seat were completely engulfed in flames.' Then Smith and Grubb ran between parked cars begging for water to douse the flames. One driver provided a jug that they poured over a trapped passenger in a desperate attempt to protect her. But Smith said 'it didn't do much, unfortunately.' When they returned with more water, it was already too late; the entire vehicle had become a fireball. Then, one of the girls shockingly emerged from the burning wreckage - engulfed in flames. 'One girl managed to get out of the car by herself, but she was completely on fire,' Smith told the outlet. 'She took a few steps and collapsed.' Grubb shouted 'Drop and roll! Drop and roll!' as bystanders rushed to extinguish the flames on the victim, who was later identified as the driver. The parents said the girls' car was 'run off the road' by an oncoming car that 'veered into their lane', causing the driver of their vehicle to swerve into a tree to avoid a head-on collision. They added there is 'no evidence' that alcohol was involved in the crash, and did not say who was driving. The driver of the other vehicle has not been identified, and investigations into the crash are still ongoing.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
How RaceTrac is growing its tech strategy
This story was originally published on C-Store Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily C-Store Dive newsletter. Now is a great time for c-store technology, said Tyler Grubbs, executive director of digital and store technology at RaceTrac during a panel at the National Retail Federation show in New York City earlier this year. He noted that the convenience retail industry has long suffered from a lack of tech innovation, but changing attitudes have shifted the paradigm over the past three to four years. 'I think the industry said enough's enough, and really has put their money where their mouth is and invested in partners and technologies to change the paradigm,' he said during the panel on smart technology. In just the past year, Atlanta-based RaceTrac added technology partners across a number of areas, including supply chain, temperature monitoring and forecourt equipment. It also updated its mobile app. And while the retailer has already made great strides, it continues looking for more technology that addresses needs and improves operations. 'Our hope is that if we enable the right technology foundation, we are going to be able to scale quickly,' Grubb said. Four years ago, RaceTrac had no way of knowing how many fuel pumps across its footprint were malfunctioning at any given time. Worse, the way they found out was usually from a frustrated guest alerting them. Then someone at that store would need to manually create a service ticket. That process 'hit the trifecta' of problems — inconveniencing a guest, putting more work on an employee and potentially costing sales. RaceTrac tested a number of solutions to address this over the past few years, and eventually adopted technology that provided real-time monitoring of all of its pumps. The first thing RaceTrac's leaders learned from that monitoring is that the number of pumps needing attention was usually higher than they thought. 'We thought two and a half to three and a half percent of our pumps were down at any point in time.' said Grubb. 'Turns out it was more like six and a half [or] seven.' In some cases, the new tech can pinpoint exactly what part of the pump isn't working. In others, it just flags that there is an issue. The system can automatically generate maintenance tickets about 75% of the time, and identifies which problems can be fixed remotely, resulting in fewer maintenance dispatches. These improvements have not only saved money, but drastically improved pump uptime. 'We're now at a point where we've got about 0.3% of our pumps down at any point in time,' said Grubb. Grubb also said that a better employee experience can help c-stores address high front-line turnover. Cycling through new hires puts more pressure on managers, who are spending more time training team members than doing their other tasks. This can frustrate managers and eventually 'create a death spiral inside that operational environment,' Grubb explained RaceTrac has integrated training technology that doesn't rely as much on up-front training, instead 'showing [workers] in the moment' what they need to do and how to do it. This ranges from telling them what goes into a specific food order to reminding them of store policies. 'You give it to them right in the moment,' Grubb said. 'And then you can build on that over time and then move into more advanced trainings.' Making their job easier can increase employee satisfaction and retention, as well as improve training and store operations, 'which will ultimately translate into a better experience for our guests, so that we can drive loyalty,' Grubbs said. This new training technology isn't just aimed at making things less stressful for workers. It's also about achieving specific benefits like higher accuracy and faster ordering times. When implementing any new technology, Grubb said it's important to establish 'clear measures of success' that make it easier to evaluate if a product or program is doing its job. RaceTrac has also worked to change how team members think about new technology. Grubb said that in the past, team members might suggest a product because it had a specific feature they wanted. Now, they're sharing their needs with the tech department, which can evaluate options and propose solutions that fit better into the company's overall plan. '[These solutions] may not be sexy,' said Grubb. 'Back loading an invoice is not sexy, but when you do it 3 million times a year at 75 data points an invoice, it's a lot of key-in that you don't have to do anymore.' He added that focusing on a specific feature for a tech solution doesn't always align with the organization's needs. 'Really it was our own internal processes that didn't set the tool or the vendor or the capability up for success,' he said. Some of RaceTrac's answers remain simpler for now. For instance, Grubb noted that the company's bean-to-cup coffee machines can't send specific alerts when something goes wrong, but they do have smart plugs, which record the power spikes when the grinder is in use, offering Grubb and his team some indication of uptime. 'I don't see that [energy spike] for two days, I've probably got a problem, right?' Grubb asked As RaceTrac expands its technology, Grubb said his ambition is 'to turn every action that happens in the store into a structured data point' from the time a customer walks in to the time they walk out. 'Turn that into a data point, and I know we will find the use cases for it.' 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Yahoo
30-03-2025
- Yahoo
Manchester man accused of stealing copper wire, electric motors
CLAY COUNTY, Ky. (FOX 56) — A Manchester man is facing charges for allegedly stealing and trying to burn copper wire along with electric motors. The Clay County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) posted on Facebook that on Friday, deputies got a call from 911 dispatchers saying that a man was burning copper on Lucy Lane. When law enforcement arrived at the scene, deputies found 53-year-old Randall Grubb of Manchester, who was allegedly burning copper wire and electric motors. Lexington kids kick off Miracle League's baseball season Clay County man allegedly shot at kids playing in driveway, deputies say Golden Alert issued for Lexington man last seen on Mantilla Drive 'The wire was stolen from different locations across the county and the motors were reported stolen from a local business,' the CCSO wrote. 'Grubb had a large box of burned wire in his possession, along with cutters and different cutting tools.' Grubb was arrested and charged with failure to appear in court, theft of services of $10,000 or more, and theft by unlawful taking. He was lodged in the Clay County Detention Center. The theft investigation remains ongoing. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
