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Patrick and Brittany Mahomes Donate $5 Million to Football Center at His Alma Mater Texas Tech
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Patrick and Brittany Mahomes are giving back to the quarterback’s alma mater, Texas Tech University.
Texas Tech Athletics announced on Thursday, Aug. 22 that Patrick and Brittany, both 28, have pledged a $5 million donation towards the South End Zone and Dustin R. Womble Football Center project.
To thank the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback for his generous gift, Texas Tech said a walkthrough area in the soon-to-be-completed Womble Football Center will be named after him.
Patrick will also become the namesake of the university’s quarterback meeting room and the coordinator’s office in the new South End Zone Building to Jones AT&T Stadium, per Texas Tech’s announcement.
The quarterback reshared Texas Tech’s posts about the news on Instagram and X.
Fundraising for the center began when Patrick — a now three-time NFL champion — was just a freshman at the university, according to the school.
Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt announced the Campaign for Fearless Champions in 2014 in an effort to enhance athletic facilities, invest in student-athlete scholarship programs and produce a a “first-of-its-kind” leadership academy.
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“When we first launched this campaign, Patrick was only a freshman and now it is fitting that we approach the end of the campaign with a gift of his own,” Hocutt said in the announcement.
Hocutt said the school’s athletics program “couldn’t be prouder to announce” the donation from the Mahomeses, adding, “We are so proud of Patrick for all he has accomplished and how he has continually supported Texas Tech on a global scale.”
Texas Tech Football head coach Joey McGuire added, “There isn’t a greater ambassador for Texas Tech Athletics than Patrick Mahomes. He is arguably the best brand in sports, not only for his success on the field but for what he and his family do off it.”
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“Since my hiring here at Texas Tech, it’s been evident to me just how much Patrick truly loves this university and football program, and this gift further emphasizes that,” McGuire continued. “On behalf of our entire program, we can’t thank Patrick and Brittany enough for the impact they are making on our student-athletes and the future of Texas Tech Football.”
AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has notified the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) that two Texas residents were passengers on the MV Hondius, a ship that experienced an outbreak of hantavirus while traveling in the Atlantic Ocean. The passengers left the ship and returned to the United States before the outbreak was identified.
“Public health workers in Texas have reached the two individuals, and they report they are not experiencing any symptoms and did not have any contact with a sick person while aboard the ship. They have agreed to monitor themselves for symptoms with daily temperature checks and contact public health officials at any sign of a possible illness,” the agency said on Thursday in a statement.
DSHS will not release additional personal details about the passengers to protect their privacy.
“This is not the next COVID, but it is a serious infectious disease,” said Maria Van Kerkhove, director of epidemic and pandemic preparedness at the World Health Organization. “Most people will never be exposed to this.”
More than two dozen people from at least 12 different countries left the ship without contact tracing nearly two weeks after the first passenger died on board.
Health authorities on at least four continents are now tracking down and in some cases monitoring the cruise passengers who disembarked on April 24, and trying to trace others who may have come into contact with them since then.
That includes two people in Georgia who are also being monitored, according to our affiliate WTOC.
Hantaviruses are usually spread through contact with wild rodent droppings or urine. The strain in the Hondius outbreak, Andes virus, can spread from person to person in limited circumstances. It typically requires close, prolonged contact with a person who is actively sick with the disease.
It is not known to spread through casual contact such as shaking hands or being in the same room for a few minutes. There have been no documented cases where a person without symptoms spread it to someone else.
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PORTLAND (WGME) – A Portland woman who has been held in a Texas ICE facility for more than six months is reportedly set to be released by Friday.
That’s according to Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, who traveled to the facility this week to demand that ICE release 19-year-old Olivia Andre.
Pingree says a federal district court judge ordered Andre to be released no later than Friday.
Andre and her family were arrested by ICE when they were seeking asylum in Canada.
DHS previously said Andre is in the United States illegally but didn’t explain why the rest of her family was released and she wasn’t.
Pingree called the conditions at the facility inhumane, and Andre’s lawyer says her physical and mental wellbeing deteriorated from not having access to clean drinking water, palatable food and appropriate medical care.
“Olivia and her family should never have been detained. The federal court ordered her release because the Trump administration had no lawful basis for detaining her,” Pingree said. “She suffered in detention for six months in violation of federal law and the U.S. Constitution’s protections.”
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