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What's the most popular last name in your state?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – Think you have a popular last name? A new study found most Americans have one of six surnames, almost regardless of where they live. In the study, Ancestry.com reviewed phone book listings from across the country to determine the three most popular last names in each state. The company found Smith is far and away the most common.In fact, Smith only failed to land among the top three surnames in just five states: California, Hawaii, Minnesota, New Mexico and North Dakota. Shop at Ikea? You may be entitled to part of a $24M class action settlement Smith was an occupational name, meaning a worker who specialized in metal like a blacksmith or farrier, per its English and Scottish roots, Ancestry explains. As of 2004, the average lifespan of people with the last name Smith was 73 years old, compared to the national average of 74.Other popular surnames included Johnson, Miller, Jones, Williams and Anderson. Regionally, Ancestry found a handful of differences. For...

Billboard to refund ticketholders for rained-out SXSW concert

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After rainy weather canceled Billboard's concert at South by Southwest on Thursday, the music company announced ticket buyers would be refunded. The March 16 concert was supposed to be the first night of Billboard's The State at SXSW series, which continued Friday night and will end Saturday. The events are held outdoors at the Moody Amphitheater. PREVIOUS: SXSW and Rodeo Austin prepare for weather "All tickets purchased for this concert through the Moody Amphitheater box office or Ticketmaster will be refunded," Billboard said Friday on Twitter. Billboard added that original ticket purchasers will get more information and refunds from Ticketmaster. Performers on March 16 were to include Lil Yachty, Lola Brooke and Armani White. SXSW organizers moved other Thursday outdoor events, including the community concerts near Lady Bird Lake, indoors to the Austin Convention Center. The Billboard concert series ends Saturday with electronic music from Kx5 (Kaskade and dead...

Gophers hire Dawn Plitzuweit as next women’s basketball coach

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Just more than two weeks after Lindsay Whalen stepped down as basketball coach at her alma mater, Minnesota has hired her successor, Dawn Plitzuweit, who led South Dakota to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2022.The university and Plitzuweit have agreed to a six-year contract pending Board of Regents approval and the completion of a background check. A native of West Bend, Wis., she will be introduced at a news conference scheduled for Monday afternoon.“I am extremely excited,” Plitzuweit said in a statement.Plitzuweit became West Virginia’s head coach this season and led the Mountaineers to 19 victories and an NCAA tournament berth. Her team lost a first-round NCAA tournament game to Arizona, 75-62, on Friday.She was a head coach at Grand Valley State (2002-07), Northern Kentucky (2012-16), South Dakota (2016-22) and for one season at West Virginia (19-12). Plitzuweit also was Michigan’s associate head coach from 2007-12 and served as an assistant at Wisconsin (1997-98).“This is a homecoming o...

Flower and Garden Expo blooms in Capital Region

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Very soon, the Capital Region Flower and Garden Expo will usher in the new season. The 34th annual spring showcase will be held at Hudson Valley Community College from Friday, March 24 to Sunday, March 26. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Featuring over 60,000 square feet of themed florals, landscaped gardens, shopping, and seminars, the local tradition's 2023 them is "Roots." Event manager Pennie Gonzalez said, “We are going back to our roots by filling the lower-level arena with flower and garden displays. We are growing new roots by adding food trucks with breakfast, lunch, and dinner offerings. Our roots are anchored and continue to support Wildwood."Indeed, a portion of each ticket sold at the Capital Region Flower and Garden Expo will benefit Wildwood Programs, which helps people with autism and developmental disabilities. Tickets are $15 at the door, but kids under 10 are free with a paid adult. ...

Jerry Seinfeld to perform two shows at RBTL's Auditorium Theatre

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Comedian Jerry Seinfeld is coming to Rochester for a two-show event at RBTL's Auditorium Theatre stage. Seinfeld will perform both shows on June 2 at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! According to a release from the RBTL, Seinfeld will perform his newest stand-up routine. Tickets will go on sale on Friday, March 24 at 10 a.m., and will be available for purchase on Ticketmaster, as well as the Auditorium Box Office. RBTL says tickets will start at $55.Jerry Seinfeld's show with Larry David, "Seinfeld," ran on NBC for nine seasons and won multiple Emmy, Golden Globes, and People's Choice awards. His latest Emmy nominated Netflix performs include "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," and "23 Hours to Kill."

$20,000 reward offered after woman with ties to Southern California kidnapped in Mexico

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

The FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information related to the kidnapping of 63-year-old U.S. citizen Maria del Carmen Lopez. Lopez, a dual citizen of the United States and Mexico, was abducted from her residence in Pueblo Nuevo in the Mexican state of Colima on Feb. 9 by several hooded men. The mother of seven and her husband have been living in Mexico for the last 10 years after raising their family in the Los Angeles area. Maria’s husband was in Los Angeles for a doctor’s appointment at the time of his wife’s abduction. “We don’t believe it’s drug related, and we don’t believe she was involved in criminal activity,” said FBI spokesperson Laura Eimiller. “We do believe she was the innocent victim of a kidnapping.” Maria del Carmen Lopez is seen in photos released by the FBI on March 16, 2023.Lopez’s kidnapping comes in the wake of several other American citizens being abducted, including four Americans being vi...

Man competing in Los Angeles Marathon to honor late wife's memory 

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

One year after his wife died of a heart attack at last year’s L.A. Marathon, Ryan Paddock will be lacing up his shoes and running to honor her legacy. Trisha Paddock was running as part of a charity team that was raising money for the Asian American Drug Abuse Program at last year’s half marathon when she collapsed at the finish line and died of a heart attack shortly after. She was 46 years old. It was the first marathon-related death in 15 years, and while Ryan and his children were slightly hesitant about his decision to participate in this year’s edition of the race, they felt as though there was no better way to honor her. "She’s dead, but I know she lives eternally,” said Ryan Paddock. “Maybe she's watching over...angels are meant to fly and when you’re doing things for a greater cause, they’re meant to help you.” Ryan has raised more than $20,000 so far and says that he will make sure that he finished a bit slower than Trisha’s run time, saying that she al...

Cambodian Restaurant Week returns to Long Beach

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

Cambodian Restaurant Week is back in Long Beach after skipping last year.For the next week, two dozen restaurants and other food businesses are participating in the event put on by the nonprofit United Cambodian Community.To see special offers, visit cambodianrestaurantweeklb.com.Megan Telles reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News on March 18, 2023.

Highland Park residents getting mystery Uber Eats deliveries

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

During the pandemic shutdowns, many Americans fell in love with the convenience of food delivery apps.However, one Highland Park neighborhood may be getting too much of a good thing, as the residents are being bombarded with Uber Eats deliveries they did not order or buy.One man said he received 13 deliveries in one day, none of which he ordered. His neighbors had similar stories.Caroline Aguirre said she's received "low-fat milk, to a Danish, to chicken McNuggets, french fries, an egg croissant.”William Neal noted the free food was "a nice treat at first.""Then, when it became too much food at once, we'd try to find places to donate it or give it away," he said. The deliveries seem to be focused on Range View Avenue, and they've been coming at all hours.A resident said the deliveries started about two weeks ago."It was bag after bag after bag, sometimes three at a time, 3 in the morning, 5 in the afternoon," he added. One neighbor even put a "no deliveries" sign on his front door, ...

Fremont woman killed in crash after assailant left her stranded on I-880 center divider

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT

FREMONT — The Alameda County Coroner’s bureau on Friday identified a 20-year-old woman struck and killed by a car in January after an armed assailant allegedly left her and her friend stranded on an Interstate 880 center divider at night.Diamond Ki’ilani Kamehaiku-Sysco, of Fremont, was fatally struck around 10 p.m. Jan. 12 as she stood in the lefthand shoulder of southbound I-880 near the Dixon Landing Road exit. Kamehaiku-Sysco and a friend, a man police haven’t named, were accosted by another motorist who forced them out of their vehicle at gunpoint and left them there unable to move their van out of the fast lane, authorities say.According to police, the conflict was all over a plastic “Children At Play” sign that typically sells for around $30 at retail outlets.About 20 minutes before the crash, Kamehaiku-Sysco and her friend were driving through a Fremont neighborhood when they noticed the sign in the middle of the street, and allegedly swip...