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Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
In Our View: WWII wall today
Today is the 81st anniversary of D-Day. It is also a perfect day to visit the dedication of the World War II Memorial Wall at 17th and Carter Avenue in downtown Ashland. The wall will be dedicated at 5 p.m. Also, this Friday is First Friday on Winchester Avenue. Before or after the dedication of the wall, we encourage you to be downtown and enjoy your meal at one of the nearby restaurants. You can jump over to First Friday and enjoy the events. The WWII memorial wall displays the names of 6,175 who served. It has beautiful lighting and the will display the flags of the five branches of military service. The facility is handicap-accessible. The wall is the brainchild of former City Commissioner Cheryl Spriggs and the Ashland Rotary Club. Spriggs never gave up on this project. She worked on it during her time as a city commissioner and afterwards. Equally impressive is that many of the building components and labor were donated. Local builder W.B. Fosson and Sons managed the construction. Tri-State Building and Trades chipped in with their considerable labor skills. Dixon Electric provided the electrical work and Scioto Block materials for construction. Boyd County sent its youth to fight WWII. Not many veterans of that war are still with us. This is a perfect and appropriate time and location to honor them. This community owes a debt of gratitude to Spriggs and the Rotary Club for not giving up on this most worthy project.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
WWII wall ceremony June 6
ASHLAND A long-awaited project is almost ready for a grand reveal. On Friday, June 6 — on the 81st anniversary of D-Day — the tarps covering the World War II Memorial Wall will be removed, and the much-anticipated display will be dedicated in a ceremony at 5 p.m. The 'Honoring Heroes' memorial will recognize Boyd Countians who served in World War II. The wall is at the corner of 17th Street and Carter Avenue. Cheryl Spriggs and Ashland Rotary have stuck with the project for years — despite several hurdles along the way. 'It's going to be a wonderful place for people to come and see,' Spriggs said. 'I think there will be a lot of tourism here.' Spriggs said countless volunteers ultimately made the wall a reality. W.B. Fosson & Sons, Inc., managed the project. Jeremiah Adkins, a W.B. Fosson & Sons project manager, 'has been a jewel,' Spriggs said. 'I can't imagine how much this would have cost if we had to pay for all the work that has been donated by the community to get this done,' Spriggs said. 'It touches my heart that the community stepped forward like this.' Tri-State Building Trades and Dixon Electric have played key roles. Scioto Block supplied material. 'It's been a great opportunity for Building Trades and our contractors to give back a little something to the community,' said John Holbrook, of Tri-State Building Trades. 'Dixon and W.B. Fosson have done all the work free of charge to the city.' Holbrook and Spriggs credited Bricklayers Union Local 23 for all of their work. On Friday morning, Willie Moon and Larry Miller, a veteran, were laying brick at the base of the poles as American and military flags whipped in the wind in front of them. 'A lot of volunteer labor, but it's for one of the best causes that we could provide for the city,' Moon said. At the groundbreaking in August 2024, it was announced the wall would feature laser-etched names of 6,700 Boyd Countians who served in World War II. Young Signs was instrumental in this project, too. Generous community donors — both through finances and labor — paved the way to the big day, which is now June 6. The event will be open to the public. 'This is the culmination of a lot of people working together to make this happen,' Spriggs said. 'It's going to be wonderful to honor these heroes.' Spriggs said anyone wishing to place a 1-gallon freezer bag with memorabilia in a time capsule may do so for a $100 donation. (606) 326-2664 | asnyder@
Daily Mail
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Reality TV star KC Osborne reveals staggering list of serious injuries her jockey partner Blake Spriggs suffered in horror fall - and what kept him going during 'miracle' fight for life
Reality TV star KC Osborne has revealed just how close her fiancée - Aussie jockey Blake Spriggs - was to dying following his horror fall at Moruya on January 17. Spriggs, 32, sustained multiple serious injuries, including to his head, shoulders, chest and internally following an incident involving fellow hoop Beany Panya. When quizzed if Spriggs is eyeing off a return to racing, Osborne stressed the couple - and their son Brooklyn - are taking a cautious approach. 'He's just mentally weighing everything up,' she told Daily Mail Australia. 'We've got a few more scans that need to be done over the next few months. 'It really depends on a lot of things, whether the doctors and specialists will let him go back riding. 'I think for Blake, what's so scary is how close he was to dying. He had five blood transfusions while in the helicopter to the hospital.' Spriggs knows he cheated death - and Osborne confirmed he had shoulder surgery a fortnight ago after fractures on both sides - and also broke multiple ribs, suffered two punctured lungs and had a haemorrhage near his liver. Additionally, Spriggs was placed in an induced coma. If that wasn't enough, Spriggs got pneumonia while in hospital and his kidneys were failing, so he had to go on dialysis. Osborne labelled her husband the 'miracle man' - and said he was determined to see the couple's son Brooklyn grow into a boy from a toddler. 'Now he is doing really well. He's up walking around. He's eating. He's quite vibrant,' she said. 'He's really positive because he loves doing his physiotherapy and he's determined to get back really strong again. 'It's now just the broken bones that have to heal. He's just been incredible with how he's dealt with such a horrible, crazy accident.' Group 1-winning rider Spriggs moved to Queensland from NSW shortly before the incident.
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Yahoo
Springfield woman faces felony charges in skateboarder hit-and-run
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A woman from Springfield has been charged after allegedly hitting a skateboarder and leaving the scene in 2024. According to a criminal complaint filed in court on Thursday, April 10, Tammy Lee Spriggs, born 1988, faces felony charges of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in physical injury and driving while intoxicated resulting in physical injury. Court documents said the incident occurred at Patton and Walnut Street on May 4, 2024, when Spriggs struck a skateboarding pedestrian and fled eastbound on Pershing from S. Campbell. Officers searched the area and located Spriggs in a parking lot. She was detained by officers and appeared to have 'bloodshot/glassy eyes and a faint odor of marijuana emanating from her breath,' the probable cause statement said. On scene, Spriggs told officers she had consumed one wine cooler and 'smoked two blunts,' the statement said. During field sobriety tests, she blew a blood alcohol content of .076%. Officers who had observed the crash while on foot patrol in the downtown district said Spriggs' white 2015 Chevy Spark was traveling at a high rate of speed before ultimately hitting the victim with her vehicle at the crosswalk of Patton and Walnut Street, according to the statement. The victim told officers his foot was ran over and he had skin abrasions to his right arm and elbow area, the statement said. On March 10, 2025, an officer received Missouri State Highway Patrol lab results from Spriggs' blood sample that showed a blood alcohol content level of .083%, while drug results are still pending from the blood sample. Spriggs is due in court in May. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
12-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Paula Lewis wins reelection as OKCPS school board leader
Paula Lewis on Tuesday decisively won reelection to another four-year term as the school board chairperson in Oklahoma City Public Schools. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice) OKLAHOMA CITY — An incumbent school board leader in Oklahoma City Public Schools won reelection in dominant fashion Tuesday. Paula Lewis secured another four years as board chairperson in the Oklahoma City district by earning 53.54% of the vote, crossing the 50% threshold needed to win the seat without continuing to a general election. She defeated Niah Spriggs, who earned 29.69% of the vote, and Jan Barrick with 16.76%. Lewis, 54, ran on her record of leading the school board through a transformative era in the district's history since she became chairperson in 2017, a period that includes carrying out a massive school consolidation plan in 2019, weathering the COVID-19 pandemic and securing a historic $955 million bond issue in 2022. 'We have really smart kids,' Lewis said as the final results rolled in Tuesday night. 'They weren't able to get the resources they needed soon enough, and we're getting them there. We've right-sized the budgets. We've passed the bond. We've done all the things, and now our kids are ready to go. We're going to really change lives in the next four years.' She fended off Spriggs, 50, and Barrick, 73 — two first-time candidates who campaigned for change in a district that has chronically suffered from low reading and math scores. Barrick did not return a request for comment Tuesday night. Spriggs, an educator and former businesswoman, said the results were 'sad for the children of Oklahoma.' She said the state has 'allowed the system to fail for so long, it's going to be very difficult to pull ourselves out of this hole.' 'Hopefully we can make some impactful change, hopefully starting the conversation,' Spriggs said when reached Tuesday night. 'Because before Jan (Barrick) and I started talking about this, everything was the status quo.' Spriggs also lamented the large amount of money poured into the race. Lewis raised $66,640 for her reelection campaign, public records show. Spriggs raised $4,250 and loaned her campaign $1,200, according to campaign finance records. Barrick, the former owner of the curriculum and testing provider Alpha Plus Educational Systems, hasn't filed any documents detailing her campaign fundraising or spending. Lewis, an occupational therapist, pledged to continue steady leadership as the board develops a new strategic plan focused on student outcomes. She said the goal is for the board to spend 50% of its meetings discussing academic results and student achievement. This will be her final term on the school board, she said. Her son, Reign, will be in the final months of his senior year of high school when her term comes to a close in 2029. 'I won't run again because I feel like being a parent has been a game changer,' Lewis said. 'Sitting in this seat, it has allowed me to see the decisions we take votes on from a parent's view and how that affects me at my house and my children, as well as from a district policy level.' Two other board incumbents, Carole Thompson from District 1 and Vice Chairperson Lori Bowman from District 2, automatically were reelected to four-year terms after not drawing opponents. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
