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When a vintage car and aircraft show takes off (7 photos)
If you followed your nose Saturday morning at the New Richmond Regional Airport, it would have led you into the main business hangar where members of VFW Post 10818 were flipping pancakes and grilling sausages to serve up with bacon and scrambled eggs. More than 400 people took advantage of the breakfast opportunity before making…
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Vroom Vroom: Queer party culture and the power of the fast car fantasy
Kaylee Heartman / Daily Nexus In honor of Charli XCX and Troye Sivan co-headlining the Sweat Tour (and Shygirl opening!), I’ve been listening to a lot of their music. In my countless hours of doing my statistics homework to club bangers and electropop, I’ve noticed that they really love one thing: fast cars. Charli, in…
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Dodgers organist plays ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’ as a car burns
Ahead of Wednesday’s National League West matchup between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers, fans in attendance witnessed a bizarre scene as a car burst into flames in the Dodger Stadium parking lot. Without hesitation, Dodgers organist Dieter Ruehle channeled his inner Billy Joel, playing “We Didn’t Start the Fire” as the car…
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One person hospitalized after CT teen in stolen car crashes into police cruisers, other motorists
One person was injured when a teen in a stolen car crashed into multiple police cruisers and other vehicles in Waterbury on Wednesday. The teen was arrested after police spotted him driving in a stolen 2017 Volkswagen Touareg in the area of Midfield Drive and Meriden Road at 5 p.m., according to a statement issued…
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How to keep your vehicle safe and clean from hordes of cicadas this summer
Brood XIII 17-year cicadas emerged last week in Wisconsin for the first time since 2007. Certain areas of the state, including Lake Geneva and parts of the southwest Driftless Area, are predicted to be “cicada hot spots” now through the beginning of July when the insects’ four-to-six-week adult lifespan ends. Experts expect hundreds of thousands,…
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Robbery Victim Was Punched In Head, Suspect Car Was Stolen: Tinley PD
Tinley Park police responded Wednesday at 3:25 p.m., for a reported armed robbery in the parking lot of the WoodSpring Suites Hotel, 18636 West Creek Dr. in Tinley Park. A 41-year-old male hotel guest was inside his car in the hotel parking lot, when he was approached by two men in ski masks. One flashed…
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Footage Shows Scottie Scheffler’s Car Merely Crawling Through Crash Scene
Louisville police released two video clips on Thursday of golfer Scottie Scheffler’s arrest, showing his car crawling slowly through a crash scene before a cop chased after him, whacked his windshield, and hauled him out of the driver’s seat to handcuff him. Scheffler was arrested as he was on his way to the PGA Championships…
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The Responsibility Of Driving a Car
(Credit: Freepik) There is much excitement in families as teenagers reach the age at which their state of residence allows them to drive. I have learned that many here go to driving school, and some practice with their parents (usually dads, as moms are too nervous). That 17th birthday means freedom for many teens. I…
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Missing Augusta woman, 43, found dead inside car at Pendleton King Park
A missing Augusta woman was found dead Tuesday and the Richmond County Coroner’s Office has deemed the situation “suspicious.” The coroner’s office responded to Pendleton King Park Tuesday and found Quanda Ball, 43, of Augusta, dead inside a vehicle, according to a news release. She was pronounced dead at the scene just before 5:30 p.m.…
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Spotify’s Car Thing will soon transform into Spotify’s Car Brick
Spotify’s Car Thing, a limited hardware “test” the company began shipping only three years ago, is about to bite the dust. The company wrote on Thursday that the device, which brought Spotify to automobiles without Apple CarPlay or Android Auto, will “no longer be operational” as of December 9. Car Thing was aimed at drivers…
