Midwest
Prehistoric-looking alligator snapping turtles to be reintroduced into Kansas waters
The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks is teaming up with Missouri State University researchers to launch alligator snapping turtles into state waters in autumn of this year.
Juvenile alligator snapping turtles raised at the Tishomingo National Fish Hatchery in Oklahoma will be tagged and released into an area of the Neosho River.
The Neosho River is a stream of the Arkansas River in eastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma running about 463 miles long and is part of the Mississippi River watershed.
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The turtles are between 6 and 8 years old.
“An Alligator Snapping Turtle has not been observed in the state of Kansas since the last known individual was captured in Onion Creek, a tributary of the Verdigris River, in 1991,” said a Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks press release. (Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks)
The alligator snapping turtle is the largest species of freshwater turtle. Males typically weigh between 155 and 175 pounds, according to the National Wildlife Federation.
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“Alligator Snapping Turtles from the hatchery have been reintroduced in Illinois, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. Reintroduction stockings of roughly 1,200 juvenile Alligator Snapping Turtles have occurred on the Caney, Neosho, and Verdigris Rivers in northeast Oklahoma,” said a Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks (KDWP) press release.
Researchers will be able to track the tagged turtles to determine how far they move.
HOUSTON, TEXAS – NOVEMBER 24: A male alligator snapping turtle that is approximately 20-years-old and weighs around 40 pounds is shown after being trapped by the Turtle Survival Alliance-North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group as part of the process of tagging turtles Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. He was released after the group attached it with a radio frequency transmitter. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
The dinosaur-like turtles will then be recaptured to determine survival and growth rates.
Alligator snapping turtles are declining due to habitat degradation and over-harvesting for their meat, according to the National Wildlife Federation.
“Establishment of the species back into Kansas waters is unlikely to happen without human intervention due to several dams that occur on each of these rivers. None of the turtles released in Oklahoma have been captured in Kansas due to these barriers,” according to a KDWP press release.
“To facilitate Alligator Snapping Turtle recovery in Kansas, KDWP is partnering with researchers at Missouri State University to conduct reintroduction stockings back into Kansas waters. Juvenile Alligator Snapping Turtles raised at the Tishomingo hatchery will be tagged and released back into a segment of the Neosho River,” said a Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks press release. (Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks/Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
The first release is planned for the fall of 2024 with an additional release planned for 2025.
Fox News Digital reached out to Missouri State University researchers for comment.
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Detroit, MI
Where to watch Detroit Pistons vs. Orlando Magic Game 6 NBA playoffs: Live stream, start time, TV channel, odds for Friday, May 1
The Orlando Magic will try to close out the Detroit Pistons in Game 6 of their first-round series. The Magic lead the series 3-2 but lost Game 5. Detroit is favored by 3.5 points. The total is set at 209.5 for this Eastern Conference matchup.
How to watch Detroit Pistons vs. Orlando Magic
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Time: 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT
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Where: Kia Center, Orlando, Florida
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Odds
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Spread: Orlando Magic +3.5
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Moneyline: Orlando Magic +137 (40.5%) / Detroit Pistons -163 (59.5%)
Series results, schedule (all times Eastern)
Game 1: Magic 112, Pistons 101
Game 2: Pistons 98, Magic 83
Game 3: Magic 113, Pistons 105
Game 4: Magic 94, Pistons 88
Game 5: Pistons 116, Magic 109
Game 6: Fri., May 1, at Orlando (7 p.m., Amazon)
*Game 7: Sun., May 3, at Detroit (time and network TBD)
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Milwaukee, WI
Tom Tiffany campaign memo obtained by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel focuses on Francesca Hong
MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) – A leaked memo prepared for Republican Tom Tiffany’s campaign shows he is taking Democratic frontrunner Francesca Hong seriously in the race for Wisconsin governor.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel obtained the memo this week.
Wisconsin has a Democratic governor through the end of the year. November’s election will determine the next governor.
Hong is the current frontrunner in a crowded Democratic field, according to polling. Tiffany is the lone Republican in the field.
See more in the video above.
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Minneapolis, MN
Man stabbed brother in north Minneapolis home after arguing about messy kitchen, charges say
Prosecutors on Friday accused a 23-year-old Chicago man of fatally stabbing his brother in a north Minneapolis home early Wednesday after the two got into an argument about cleaning the kitchen.
Police were called to the home on the 3000 block of Girard Avenue North shortly after 3 a.m. after hearing about the stabbing. They found a man in his 20s lying on the floor and his girlfriend holding a cloth to his wound. The man was pronounced dead roughly 30 minutes later.
According to the criminal complaint, the girlfriend told officers that she had been making food with her boyfriend when her boyfriend’s brother came upstairs. The brother was upset at her boyfriend for not cleaning up the kitchen, she told officers.
The brother then went downstairs but returned later and pushed her boyfriend around, she said. Charging documents say the brothers got into a fight.
The girlfriend told police that the brother had a bloody knife in his hands, and her boyfriend said “he just stabbed me,” the complaint states.
Police arrested the 23-year-old at the house. In a post-Miranda statement, he initially told officers he blacked out around the time of the stabbing. He later admitted to stabbing his brother, at first saying that he was trying to “fake” stab him but ended up stabbing him. He also said that his brother charged at him and ran into the knife, the complaint says.
Charging documents say the man admitted that his brother did not have a weapon on him.
He faces two counts of second-degree murder.
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