Derailment disrupts CSX freight train near DC Metro stop
A CSX freight train en route from Cumberland Maryland to Hamlet North Carolina derailed near the Stadium Armory or Metro center area in Washington DC. Fourteen cars came off the tracks with hazardous sodium hydroxide leaking from one car and calcium chloride and ethanol leaks being addressed. No injuries or evacuations were reported and officials worked to seal leaks and contain the site as crews inspected the tracks along the MARC Amtrak and CSX corridor.
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Oene
CSX
North Carolina
Metro
Washington, D.C
Avenue Metro
Kristin Seay
Muriel Bowser
D.C. Fire and Ems
John Donnelly
Hamlet
Cumberland
Maryland
MARC
Amtrak
Young Charleston gymnast on Steve Harvey show
Konnor McClain an 11 year old gymnast from Cross Lanes trained at Revolution Gymnastics appeared on Steve Harvey's Little Big Shots segment filming April 13 in Houston. Her mom Lorinda McClain said the staff found her on YouTube and the shy athlete performed confidently on balance beam.
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Harleston
Charleston
Steve Harvey
Konnor McClain
Konnor
Revolution Gymnastics
Harvey
Lorinda McClain
McClain
Houston
Susan Brown
Sixth flood victim found in East Texas tragedy
In Palestine Texas a sixth flood victim, Giovani Olivas, 30, was found in Anderson County after a flash flood that killed a 64 year old woman Lenda Asberry and her four great grandchildren aged 6 to 9. The flood from heavy rains submerged homes on Timber Street leaving residents encamped in shelters.
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Palestine
Tex
Texas
Giovani Olivas
Anderson County
Greg Taylor
Lenda Asberry
Asberry
Wade
Tiffany Stephens
Stephens
Muntz
Red Cross
Anita Foster
Palestine Mall
Merta White
Cul De-Sac
Daniell Hudnall
Dallas
Hudnall
Jamonicka Johnson
von Anthony Johnson Jr
Devonte Asberry
Venetia Asberry
Tyler
Houston
Martha Ashford
Timber Drive
Bland County Lands 2.4 Million in Water Funding
The U S Department of Agriculture Rural Development awarded Bland County Service Authority 2.4 million for water system upgrades including a new membrane filtration unit, 9 3 00 feet of pipeline, telemetry gear and tank rehab. The project aims to serve about 535 residents and 55 businesses with estimated annual savings of 58 000 against a 53 000 yearly loan payment. CHA Consulting will handle engineering in the design phase with construction start pending.
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Luefield
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Bland County Service Authority
Board of Supervisors
Service Authority
Nick Asbury
Usda Rural Development
Bland
South Gap
Bland County Board of Supervisors
Karen Hodock
CHA Consulting
Blacksburg
Virginia
Maine college student turns dorm fridges into business
Mitch Newlin of Bates College in Brunswick founded Re-Fridge after seeing roommates leave minirefrigerators behind. The venture buys dorm fridges at year end and resells to new students, expanding to 17 colleges in Maine Vermont and Massachusetts and forecasting over seventy thousand dollars in revenue this year. He hires fellow students to handle pickups and deliveries, citing strong demand from incoming students.
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Ewiston
Maine
Mitch Newlin
Brunswick
Bates College
Lewiston
Portland
Re-Fridge
Vermont
Massachusetts
Portland Press Herald
Newlin
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Muniz
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