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    LAWRENCE, Missouri (KSHB) — Stan Herd has created earthworks around the world, but his current project will have international attention right in his own town — Lawrence.

The Algerian men’s national team selected Rock Chalk Park as its base camp for the 2026 World Cup. The team will stay and practice in Lawrence throughout its time in the tournament.

Herd is using natural mediums like the bare ground, grass, wood mulch, and sand to create an Algerian flag near the Lied Center of Kansas.

“I couldn’t be in a better spot than to bring the team, my team and the team Lawrence into the mix here to welcome our friends from Algeria,” Herd said.

Herd and his fellow artists helped color in the flag on Thursday.

“Stan does work that goes right back into nature,” said Oliver Hall, who is helping Herd with the earthwork. “He doesn’t destroy nature. Nature is actually like his co-artist, so they work together really well, and they have for years.”

As the artists worked, Ruth DeWitt with Explore Lawrence pulled up to the project in the city’s new mobile visitor center, which debuted to the community on Tuesday and will greet visitors throughout the World Cup events in Lawrence.

“We just have everything coming together to greet visitors, to greet the Algerian team,” DeWitt said.

Herd imagines members of the community dressed in Algerian-flag colors, standing atop his earthwork accordingly, and waving back and forth to depict a flowing flag as a welcome for team Algeria.

“It’s really kind of a stage that we’re building for a multiplicity of activities, ideally,” he said of his earthwork.

Herd sees the University of Kansas and its international students as a cultural hub in Lawrence.

“We are an international community, and we always have been,” he said. “We rise to the occasion.”

Herd’s living artwork will evolve over the next couple of weeks until team Algeria arrives in Lawrence.

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    OMAHA, Nebraska (KMTV) — For the past few weeks, students at Wakanda Elementary School have been learning about bills and unexpected life expenses what they call “money out.”

Now, they’re getting a better understanding of “money in” as they set up accounts at the Carver Legacy Center.

Omaha Cares and AKA Sorority each contributed $25 to give each student a total of $50 to start their accounts.

Christie McDonald of AKA said the moment was memorable for everyone involved.

“To see them, the excitement of opening up that $50 account was amazing at the end of the journey,” McDonald said.

It took a community effort to reach this point, teaming up to provide what could be the start of a lifetime of savings for these fifth-graders.

Karnetta Rushing, a business development officer at the Carver Legacy Center, said the program represents something long hoped for.

“This is kind of what we were all dreaming for,” Rushing said.

Rushing said the center’s work is about more than just this generation.

“Here we are in the 21st century, and we’re starting out again to have this financial center in our community, to help those, to build wealth, starting with the young people, wealth starts right here with the children,” Rushing said.

Rev. Portia Cavitt said the lessons extend beyond the classroom.

“In this economy in which we’re living in, where people are always spending on what they want, that it’s important to understand where money comes from, and how they can save it and have it for later years,” Cavitt said.

For some families, the experience offered more than a financial lesson. Parent Leondra Middleton said she learned something new about her own city.

“I was born and raised here in Omaha, Nebraska, and I did not realize that this was the first Black-owned bank in Omaha. I am so thrilled just to be a part of this. It’s wonderful,” Middleton said.

Middleton said she was grateful her daughter, DeAndra, had the chance to take part.

“This experience have been absolutely fantastic. You know, growing up, I was not afforded these opportunities. So when Pastor P contacted me to allow DeAndra the opportunity to participate in this program, I was excited,” Middleton said.

The Carver Legacy Center, near 24th and Lake, dates back to the 1950s and early 1960s, a time when many people in the Black community faced significant barriers to financial opportunities.

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    LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — A candidate for the Kentucky House is coming under fire after video shows him taking a campaign flyer from a voter’s mailbox.

Maxwell Morley admits it is him in the video.

Morley is a Democratic candidate running for state representative in District 30, encompassing areas south of the Watterson Expressway. He’s one of three Dems running to replace Daniel Grossberg.

Morley was recently canvassing in the Newburg neighborhood when he was caught on a potential voter’s house camera.

The video shows him walk up and ring the doorbell. He then glances at the mailbox, takes out a piece of mail — another candidate’s postcard — folds it up and places it in his back pocket.

After no one comes to the door, he leaves his flyer and a message for the homeowner.

Morley sent this statement to WLKY:

“While campaigning, I exhibited a lack of judgment. This isn’t acceptable, and it’s something I’m deeply sorry for. I apologize to the homeowner. I want one thing to remain clear: Voters in HD 30 deserve better than their current representative, and I don’t want them to be distracted from the ultimate goal of sending him home.”

Morley’s actions have received backlash and have called into question improper and deceptive campaign practices.

We talked to Jefferson County Clerk David Yates about that kind of behavior during elections.

“I think it’s easy for us to step back and say we think that all candidates should hold themselves to a high level of integrity. Run fair and clean races. Unfortunately, we don’t always see that. But the beautiful thing is the voters get to hold them accountable. So when someone does something that is just egregious, wrong or doesn’t align with your values, you hold them accountable at the ballot box,” Yates said.

Vice Chair of the Louisville Democratic Party, Roz Welch, issued this statement following the video:

“I was disturbed to witness the video of a candidate removing another candidate’s information from a voter’s mailbox. This cycle, we have seen varying activities to confuse and challenge a voter’s right to information. By any other name it is voter suppression at its finest. It’s astounding to know that we have candidates running for office who ignore basic rules like ‘don’t touch voters’ mailboxes or take their mail.’ People are also sharing misinformation via confusing sample ballots. We must challenge the status quo and elect candidates who are fighting for us all.”

Stealing mail is a felony, but it’s unclear whether Morley will face any charges.

The primary election is May 19. The general election is Nov. 3.

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    LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — Documents and records dating back more than a century have been discovered in Louisville, including books and papers that historians say reveal important stories from Kentucky’s slavery era.

Among the discoveries are two books from the 1850s documenting transactions tied to two independent Black church congregations during slavery.

“They tell the story of two different church congregations,” said Patrick Lewis of the Filson Historical Society.

Lewis said the records show how the congregations purchased buildings to serve their communities at a time when opportunities for Black residents were severely limited.

“If those congregations did not exist and have their own independent buildings, there’s not going to be anywhere for those kids to learn how to read, participate in government and become citizens,” Lewis said.

The church records are only a small portion of the materials uncovered, officials said.

Jefferson County Clerk David Yates said the scale of the discovery became clear shortly after he took office.

“Upon taking office, I was appointed Oct. 8, and within a few months, we realized there were volumes and volumes of documents that we had,” Yates said. “We have taken literally truckloads, and we’re going through them piece by piece.”

Also displayed Tuesday were documents detailing the story of Joe Holton, a free Black man in Louisville who, according to records from 1828, received a $365 loan to purchase his wife and child from an enslaver.

“Some of these records tell a history of Louisville that hasn’t been discussed,” Yates said. “They tell stories of families, struggles and individuals who overcame hardships.”

The clerk’s office and the Filson Historical Society are now working together to preserve and digitize the records so they can eventually be made accessible to the public.

“It’s one thing to make sure these things are preserved and saved,” Lewis said. “It’s another thing to make sure they’re active in the community and people are able to learn from them. That’s where we come in and help.”

Officials said there is currently no timeline for when the preservation and digitization process will be completed, though the Filson Historical Society is working with outside partners to move the project forward as quickly as possible.

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    BOSTON (WCVB) — Surveillance video captured a shooting Tuesday that injured one person in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood, and was the fourth shooting in as many days in Boston.

Boston police officers responded to the area of 25 Dacia St. in Dorchester following a radio call for a person shot.

“We heard the shots. It was super loud. It just went off, like a bunch of shots like nonstop,” one neighbor said.

A resident whose cameras captured the shooting said three people were in a parked car waiting for another vehicle. When the vehicle pulled up, the three people, who were carrying guns, jumped out of the car and fired at least 16 shots. It appears that one of the shooters was struck. He grabbed his leg, fell to the ground and limped away.

Officers canvassed the area for victims, witnesses, suspects and ballistic evidence, officials said. Officers recovered shell casings and projectile fragments and saw ballistic damage to multiple structures and a vehicle in the area.

Officers were told that a gunshot victim had been taken to an area hospital and is currently listed in critical condition, but is expected to survive.

“My roommates were texting and saying that it was right by our house. That they heard the gunshots and saw some of the cleanup last night, and yeah, I was kind of shocked,” one resident said.

Boston police investigators were seen placing evidence markers in an area roped off with crime scene tape. No arrests have been made.

One neighbor said she often sees signs of drug-dealing in the neighborhood.

“There’s always people hanging over there and you know drugs and all that,” she said.

The shooting is the latest in a string of incidents under investigation in the city.

On Sunday, a woman suffered life-threatening injuries in a shooting on Kingsdale Street as shots rang out on Mother’s Day. A man was injured in the shooting.

That shooting happened less than 24 hours after another double shooting in Dorchester. Police said two people were shot Sunday at 2 a.m. on Geneva Avenue.

Both were taken to a hospital, and their conditions have not been released.

On Saturday night, Michael Jacob, 30, of Randolph, was shot and killed on Woolson Street in Mattapan.

No arrests have been made in any of the three shootings, police said.

Community members wishing to provide information anonymously may do so via the CrimeStoppers Tip Line: By Phone: 1-800-494-TIPS By Text: Text the word “TIP” to CRIME (27463) Online: Submit a tip via Boston Police CrimeStoppers

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    CHELMSFORD, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A duck is recovering Tuesday after it was found with an arrow through its bill.

Newhouse Wildlife Rescue in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, was alerted to the duck’s plight by a Salem resident who saw it near a pond over the last couple of days with what appeared to be a bolt from a crossbow stuck in its beak.

The mallard duck, who is well known along the river and was affectionately named Horace by his fans, was captured on Tuesday and the arrow was removed.

Steven Salowsky, of Newhouse Wildlife Rescue, was there for it all, helping to remove Horace from the Salem River.

“Jane and I both got in the water, got on both sides, and ran full force with nets,” Salowsky said. “It was right through the beak, it was actually completely superficial and it was right by the nostrils, conveniently so it was kind of like a nose piercing for a duck’s beak. We put some lubrication on it and it slid right out. It was very bizarre.”

Salowsky and the Rescue rehabilitate hundreds of animals, including a beaver just last month.

The beaver was trapped just below a dam, huddled on a rock with cuts and infection. It is now healthy and ready to be released.

“Sometimes it’s accidental. Sometimes it’s on purpose. It was another rescue where we both ended up jumping in the water, but we couldn’t leave him there like this,” Newhouse rescuers posted.

The duck is expected to make a full recovery. It will be released back to the pond where it was found, Newhouse Wildlife Rescue said.

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    AUGUSTA, Maine (WMTW) — A procession was held Wednesday morning to escort the body of Maine Game Warden Joshua Tibbetts, who died in a plane crash in Avon on Tuesday. The procession was described as an honorable transfer.

The Augusta Fire Department said the procession started at about 9 a.m. on Hospital Street in Augusta. The procession then moved to Bangor Street, Riverside Drive, Route 3 and then continue north on Interstate 95.

Drivers were asked to allow space for the procession to pass by, but people were also encouraged to stand and salute on roads in Augusta as the procession passed by them.

The procession ended the Crosby Neal funeral home in Newport.

Waterville Fire-Rescue officials said that northbound on-ramps on the highway were closed to traffic during the procession, as well as the Trafton Road and Rice Rips Road overpasses. Once the procession has passed through Waterville, the roads and on-ramps were re-opened.

Drivers were asked to NOT stop along the highway to render salute.

Tibbetts, 50, was a Warden Service pilot. The crash happened at about 11 a.m. Tuesday near Schoolhouse Pond in Avon.

“We are heartbroken,” the DIFW said in a statement shared on social media. “This is a devastating loss for the Maine Warden Service, our Department, and the people of Maine. Our thoughts are with the family, loved ones, colleagues, and all those impacted by this tragedy.”

“I want to express my profound sadness for Warden Tibbetts’ loved ones who got that call today, a call no family should ever have to receive,” said Gov. Janet Mills. “I ask all Maine people to hold the Warden Service in our hearts, as we all grieve the loss of their colleague, and to express our deepest condolences to Warden Tibbetts’ family and friends who are enduring an unimaginable sorrow — and to recognize the risks that law enforcement officers take when they show up to work each day to protect public safety and to keep this state the best place in the nation, the safest place in the nation, to live, work and raise a family.”

What we know about the crash and incident response The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the Maine Warden Service plane involved in the crash was a Cessna 185F.

Tibbetts was the only person who was on board the plane at the time of the crash, officials said. Scott said Maine Warden Service pilots fly on their own most of the time and that Tibbetts was working with the Bureau of Fisheries to stock fish in the western part of the state.

A witness told Maine’s Total Coverage reporter Jackie Mundry that winds in the area were very strong at the time of the plane crash.

“You definitely could feel the wind and you could see the trees were bending,” the witness said. “[The plane] definitely looked like it was fighting against the wind and was not in very good control, because it was teetering back and forth and it was very, very low to the mountains.”

Scott said Warden Service planes automatically send out a signal in the event of a crash.

“That system did work and that’s what notified the dispatch center,” Scott said.

Once the Warden Service was notified about the crash from the Maine State Police dispatch center, Scott said two Warden Service planes were immediately dispatched to see if they could locate the crash site. Maine Forest Service helicopters also responded to assist in the search.

“There’s no immediate roads nearby and so the best way to locate it was from the air,” Scott said.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and FAA both confirmed they are investigating the plane crash. The FAA said the NTSB will be in charge of the investigation.

Game wardens told Mundry that Tibbetts’ body was removed from the crash site by helicopter. Mills said Tibbetts’ remains have been transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta.

Scott said FAA investigators based in the Maine area were traveling to the crash site Tuesday night. NTSB investigators arrived in Maine Wednesday morning, according to the agency.

What we know about the pilot Tibbetts began his career with the Maine Warden Service in 2008 and was promoted to game warden pilot in November 2023, according to a past Facebook post from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (DIFW).

At the time of his promotion, the DIFW said Tibbetts would serve northern Maine and be based out of Eagle Lake. He previously served in the department’s Downeast, Central and Southern Maine districts.

The DIFW said in his role as a pilot, Tibbetts’ specialized aviation work supported search and rescue, law enforcement, fisheries, wildlife conservation and public safety across the state. Before Tibbetts became a game warden pilot, he was part of the Incident Management Team and the search planning and unmanned aerial vehicle program. He also previously served as a drug recognition expert, according to the DIFW.

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    ATLANTA (WUPA) — Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection say they seized tens of thousands of potentially dangerous pills that were all on their way to Georgia.

Officials say the two seizures were discovered in parcels originating from Europe via Philadelphia.

According to CBP, officers seized 7,500 lorazepam, 2,600 zolpidem, 2,500 diazepam, and 2,500 alprazolam tablets shipped in a parcel from London on April 29.

A day later, officers found 17,000 tramadol tablets that were shipped in an air parcel from the Netherlands.

Both parcels were heading to an address in Spalding County, Georgia, and were marked as T-shirts and “XOMETRY” to conceal what they really were, the agency said.

“Our primary concerns, especially with illegally imported bulk orders of prescription medicines, are the efficacy and safety of an unapproved medicine, and the serious danger that unapproved medicine pose to the importer’s unwitting victims,” said Elliott N. Ortiz, the Port of Philadelphia’s acting director.

Authorities say consumers can not be sure that medicines ordered overseas may not have toxic fillers, such as fentanyl.

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