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New Straits Times
12 hours ago
- Sport
- New Straits Times
JDT prep for M-League with La Liga action
KUALA LUMPUR: Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) will play newly promoted La Liga side, Levante UD, in a friendly in Spain next month. Under new head coach Xisco Munoz, the Malaysian champions will do their pre-season training abroad. "More friendly matches in Spain will be announced soon. Levante won the Segunda Division in the 2024-25 season to earn promotion to the Spanish top flight," JDT said on social media on Friday. Among the Levante stars is 21-year-old attacking midfielder Carlos Alvarez, who chalked up seven goals and 11 assists last season. His meteoric rise saw him sign a new deal with a release clause of €25 million (RM127 million). JDT, who aim to be an Asian power, plan to arrange for more matches in Spain, apart from training there.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Yahoo
ATV rider arrested after crashing into Holyoke police cruiser
HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – A Holyoke man was arrested on Sunday after crashing his ATV into a police cruiser. Holyoke Community College to offer free course in AI essentials The Holyoke Police Department states that on Sunday at approximately 6:15 p.m., an officer was sent to Vernon Street for reports of the illegal and dangerous operation of off-highway vehicles (OHVs). The reports stated that individuals were riding without helmets, and juveniles were involved. Additional officers encountered a moped and three ATVs. An officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop on one of the ATV riders, 39-year-old Carlos Alvarez of Holyoke. After initially stopping, Alvarez took off at a high rate of speed. Another officer observed Alvarez on Main Street before he began to head back to the Vernon Street area. The officer parked his cruiser with his emergency lights on near the intersection of Main Street and Vernon Street. Alvarez crashed into the parked cruiser and was thrown from his ATV. He received minor injuries. Alvarez was arrested and the ATV was seized. Alvarez was charged with: Snow/Recreational Vehicle – Helmet Violation Snow/Recreational Vehicle – Public Way Violation Failure to Stop for Police Snow/Recreational Vehicle – Negligent/Reckless Operation Operating a Motor Vehicle with a Suspended License Speeding in Violation – Special Regulations WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Kissimmee to assess fee on property owners to add firefighters, shorten their workweeks
Property owners in Kissimmee will soon start paying a special fee to help their fire department recruit additional firefighters and allow them to work less-rigorous schedules. After a public hearing Tuesday evening that lasted more than an hour, commissioners voted 4-1 to assess all property owners $105 per parcel of land plus 56 cents per $1,000 of improvements made. 'I can't compromise public safety to save a dollar,' Commissioner Angela Eady said. 'I can't do that to someone that's willing to risk their lives to save a life.' Commissioner Carlos Alvarez cast the sole dissenting vote, saying it would 'be a burden to homeowners.' The assessment will raise the approximately $6 million needed annually to fund 49 new positions (firefighters and support staff) in the Fire Department. The funds will be part of the department's budget for the fiscal year starting in October. Fire Chief Jim Walls said Monday in an interview with the Orlando Sentinel that the funds will allow hiring roughly 39 firefighters — an entire second shift — and double the total number in the department. Expanding the ranks of firefighters will allow them to work a 42-hour workweek instead of the current 56 — making it the first department in Central Florida to adopt that schedule. Walls said adding personnel is not about improving response times — the rapidly growing city of just over 70,000 has already worked to add new fire stations on the growing east side — but about recruiting firefighters. 'We've had a hard time hiring and Kissimmee isn't any different from the rest of the state,' he said. 'So this will help us with recruitment, retention, morale, mental and physical health.' Roughly a dozen residents spoke during the meeting — with most opposing the fee — but three city firefighters said their mental health and the quality of service they provide would deteriorate if they keep working 56 hours a week. Joshua Clark, a KPD firefighter and president of its union, said the city is growing quickly and so are the department's calls. 'Every year the population rises, the buildings go higher, the calls get more complex and we meet these challenges head on time and time again,' Clark said. 'But to keep doing that to stay ahead of the curve we need the proper tools and resources. The fire fee gives us exactly that.' But Ana Mendez, a mother of two and first-time homeowner, told commissioners she opposes the assessment because it would cause her financial hardship. Mendez said she understands firefighters protect the community but asked if taxes she currently pays could support the department's effort. 'I'm a survivor of domestic violence and left that situation to go to a shelter,' she told them in Spanish with Mayor Jackie Espinosa translating. 'To finally have a house is a big achievement for me, it's not fully paid for because I just got it, but the implication to have this fee as an additional expense will not be easy for me. 'For me this won't be easy and I'm sure that it won't be for other women who are in my same situation.' The assessment comes as a bill in the Legislature, House Bill 929, encourages a 42-hour workweek, Walls said. The legislation, in combination with Kissimmee's decision to adopt it, will likely push other cities and counties to implement the shorter workweek. 'It's just a matter of when people do make that switch,' he said. 'Now it only encourages, so it's not mandated … and so that to me it usually starts as encouraging but at some point down the road it usually will lead to having to do it.'
