The Sulphur Bluff Lady Bears have been on fire lately, and they continued that trend with a pair of wins recently. The Lady Bears first took on Avery, Friday, Jan. 14, looking to take care of business in front of their home crowd.

Sulphur Bluff set the tone from the very beginning, putting up an excellent opening frame. The Lady Bears scored a game-high 15 points and allowed a game-low four points to get out to a double-digit lead in the first quarter.

From there Sulphur Bluff was in control the entire rest of the way, though they never let their foot off the gas. The Lady Bears continued to play strong the remainder of the game, winning by a final score of 49-24.

Skylar Stanley had a huge game for the Lady Bears, scoring over 20 points and grabbing over 20 rebounds. With a final line of 21 points and 23 rebounds, Stanley also had a pair of steals and an assist.

Kaitlyn Brock also scored in double-digits for the Lady Bears, finishing with 10 points. Brock also had a pair of steals, a pair of rebounds and one assist.

BreAnna Stanley and Constance Smith each had eight points for the Lady Bears, while Emma Neal added two points as well.

This is the part of the season I love. You can see so much growth in your team,head coach Zandra Peyton said. We finally had all of our starters back and able to play after a few being out due to health protocols.

Tonight they played great a team. We are working on slowing the ball down, Peyton added. They executed that tonight in the last half. Skylar Stanley had great footwork tonight and protected the lane.

A fe days later, the Lady Bears hit the road to travel to Bloomburg Tuesday, knowing they would have a tougher match on their hands. Despite their best efforts, the Lady Bears found themselves trailing 14-9 at the end of the first frame.

Sulphur Bluff didnt let themselves get down, however, putting up a stronger fight in the second frame. The Lady Bears outscored Bloomburg 10-6 in the quarter, cutting the deficit to just one point at the end of the first half.

After a tough third quarter in which the Lady Bears were outscored again, they found themselves still trailing entering the final quarter of action. Sulphur Bluff answered back with their highest scoring quarter of the game, putting 17 points and pulling off the comeback to win 46-45.

It was once again Skylar Stanley leading the way, this time putting up 26 points in yet another double-double. Stanley had an impressive 18 rebounds, to go along with a pair of assists and a pair of steals. Stanley was also great late in the game, scoring 14 of the the teams 17 points in the final frame.

Brock also finished in double-digits again, adding another 10 points to the total. Brock also had three assists and three steals in a great all around game.

Senior Bailey Neal had a strong showing as well, scoring eight points and pulling in 10 rebounds. Tori Raine also played a big role, scoring two points and grabbing two rebounds while dishing out a game-high four assists.

The pair of wins were huge for the Lady Bears, making them 4-2 in district play. Sulphur Bluff will have another tough district game Monday, when they play host to the Saltillo Lady Lions. That game is set for 6 p.m. and coverage of the game will be provided on Front Porch News.

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Guard your porches this holiday season, Austin. The Capital City ranks as the sixth worst U.S. metro area for package theft.

SafeWise, an online platform that promotes home safety and security, combed through FBI theft data as well as Google Trends data for searches like missing package and stolen package to come up with itsranking.

While sixth place isnt anything to celebrate, its worth noting that Austin ranked third on SafeWises 2020 list. And folks here have it better than those in Denver, which holds the top spot among the worst metro areas for package theft.

Plus, Austin has some good company on the SafeWise list. The San Antonio metro area ranks fifth, maintaining its same place on last years list.

In a SafeWise survey of 1,000 American adults, 64 percent reported being victims of package theft during the previous 12-month period. And 72 percent of those surveyed say the COVID-19 pandemic has made them more concerned about porch piracy, up nine points from last years survey.

More than half of all stolen packages were valued at $50 to $200, the survey shows. Amazon deliveries represented 54 percent of the stolen packages, followed by FedEx (16 percent), the U.S. Postal Service (11 percent), and UPS (9 percent).

Fifty-eight percent of recent victims of package theft reported using a security camera or video doorbell camera. And that appears to have paid off for some of them, as 34 percent caught the porch pirate on camera.

Package theft is a crime of opportunity. The more packages left for longer periods of time on a porch, the more likely they are to be stolen. As the Christmas gift season gets into full swing, there will be a significant increase in packages on a porch, says SafeWise adviser Ben Stickle, an expert on criminal justice and package theft.

Based on results of the SafeWise survey, its estimated that 210 million packages disappeared from porches across the country in the previous 12 months.

Porch piracy is a low-entry crime. There are no special skills needed to walk up a driveway and steal a package, says Stickle, an associate professor at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

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Having fun at the Peninsula Shepherd Center bingo party in December are Liz Waddell, Laura Mundy, Lee Sharp, Chris Gridley, Jim Donahoe, Roger, Betty Nelson, Janet Bernhardt, Edie Cook, and Lupe Gutierrez. COURTESY PHOTO

Peninsula Shepherd Center member Gretta Upp visits with volunteer Kimberly Platt. COURTESY PHOTO

The Peninsula Shepherd Center is taking Christmas giving one step further by making porch visits directly delivering care packages to isolated area seniors.

A lot of what we do is provide transportation services, food delivery, and social opportunities for seniors right here in our community, said Peninsula Shepherd Center executive director Lisa Faulk. The Senior Community Foundation has awarded grants to a number of senior centers in the county, and Shepherd was lucky enough to be one of them. What were doing is we have a monthly porch visit program. What that means is we visit all our members on a monthly basis and bring them some sort of package especially for that month.

For example, Faulk said senior recipients in February may get valentines, roses, or chocolates. On St. Patricks Day, they might get lottery tickets or succulent plants.

We bring crossword books and puzzles, added Faulk. Its a combination of functional and fun items. Weve done this throughout COVID.

Other senior holiday gifts bought with donated monies include blankets embroidered with the Peninsula Shepherd Center logo and name and poinsettia plants.

We also have in the gift pack a beautifully decorated snowflake cookie, added Faulk.

The mission of Peninsula Shepherd Center at 1475 Catalina Blvd. in Point Loma is to keep older adults active, independent, and in their own homes. Peninsula Shepherd Center provides transportation services, social activities in their senior lounge, and opportunities to connect with other older adults through events held throughout the Peninsula Communities.

For the second year, the San Diego Seniors Community Foundation is bringing together the largest collective effort to support seniors during the holidays, including the Peninsula Shepherd Center. Peninsula Shepherd Center is 1 of 26 senior centers and other organizations creating memorable holiday events from Thanksgiving through New Years for 4,000 San Diego area seniors.

Faulk said Peninsula Shepherd Center will have about 15 volunteers hand-delivering Christmas gift packages to members in the 92106, 92107, and 92110 ZIP codes.

Its really important because, for a lot of these folks, this is the highlight of their month, she noted adding, We call them every week to stay in very close touch and to make sure all their needs are covered. This next year, what were trying to do is expand our resources so that we can connect our members to County and City services that we dont provide. We want to be the connection resource to help folks.

The San Diego Seniors Community Foundation is still seeking donations to help more seniors during the holidays and throughout the year. Donations will be matched dollar for dollar through Dec. 31 atsdscf.org/givingtuesday. Peninsula Shepherd Center membership is available to all adults over 65 living in the 92106, 92107, and the Midway District of 92110. Contact Peninsula Shepherd Center at 619-223-1640 or visit sdpsc.org for more information.

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Every reason to make this your next new home, as this colonial home is awaiting its new owners! Completely remodeled Chelsea Model, 4 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom with 1 huge car garage with exit. Over 2500s/f on all 3 finished levels. Perfect front porch to sit and read your favorite book! NEW carpet, NEW hard wood floors, NEW paint - interior and exterior, NEW bathrooms, NEW light fixtures, NEW door handles, New Front door, NEW exhaust fans, NEW Ceiling fans, NEW kitchen cabinets, NEW quartz countertop and NEW stainless steel appliances, NEW hot water heater, NEW garage door, NEW porch railing, NEW patio door leading to the nice deck overlooking the big back yard.

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With flavors like Crushed Candy Cane, Straw Merry Christmas & Gingerbread Friends

by: Wild Bill Wood, with photojournalist Justin Abshire

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) Back behind Blue Dot Donuts, on a New Orleans back porch, a guy named Sam sells ice cream.

Its the ice cream Sam Caruso makes.

And the flavors he makes up.

In the moment.

Its the moment, WGNO Good Morning New Orleans features reporter Bill Wood finds out, Sam wondered if hed ever had.

Sam says, Im experiencing something I never thought was possible.

Bill Wood says, your lifes had a lot of favors.

Sam says, some sour, some bitter, for the most part now its kind of sweet.

Sam Caruso could write a book.

And probably star as himself in the Netflix series.

Hes a culinary school dropout.

A heroin addict for 17 years.

After being in and out of jail more times than he can count.

After losing more jobs than he could count, Bill Wood asks Sam, would you call yourself a loser?

Sam says, I was a loser and wouldve called myself every negative name I could come up with.

I was a loser, Sam says.

I wasnt comfortable in my own skin.

After he broke his foot in a bicycle accident, Sam did nothing for a year, but sit and think.

He thought about life and about the ice cream he once made as a hobby for friends.

And he thought about a Chinese proverb he heard.

Sam remembers it and quotes it Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems.

Sam says the quote comes from a guy named Laozi.

And thats now the name on the label of his ice cream.

Its Laozi Ice Cream which you can order by clicking right here.

You can see his Instagram right here.

Sam pronounces the name Laozi like the word lousy.

He knows life can be lousy.

And as it turns out, so is his ice cream.

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INDIANAPOLIS An Irvington couple is on the hunt for a bold porch pirate who swiped a new TV right in front of their injured mother.

Its disgusting and pathetic, says David Phillips of the situation, Pretty brazen, best word to say.

It happened on Dewey Avenue on Wednesday in broad daylight. David and his wife Anne had just moved her grandmother from Texas to an assisted living facility in Indy. Around the same time, she got here, Annes mother broke her ankle, and began living at their home. The TV was supposed to be for her grandmothers new abode, however a porch pirate had other plans. After the TV arrived, her mother watched from her wheelchair as a thief stole the tv right in front of her. She yelled his way, but there was nothing she could do.

I just feel like they were victimized, and now Im angry, says Anne Carroll, People are getting more confident, and doing things in broad daylight in front of people.

David says porch pirates are becoming all too common in their neighborhood.

Neighbors over there, they got hit not too long ago. My direct neighbor across the alley her welcome to the neighborhood was her kids bikes stolen next day, tells Phillips.

If you live near the 6000 block of Dewey Avenue and have surveillance cameras, the family is looking for help to identify the person who made off with the TV. A report has been filed with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.

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The pandemic threatened to cancel a local Fourth of July tradition. Instead, a new tradition is forming.

The Fourth of July Symphony at the Park, the fireworks show traditionally held at Memorial Park, was changed to the Fourth of July Symphony on the Porch in 2020 as a way to keep the show going amid COVID-19 restrictions.

And that version is coming back Sunday, with fireworks being shot from multiple locations around the Pikes Peak region to hopefully give people patriotic views from wherever they are. The displays are accompanied by a symphony concert broadcasted from local radio stations.

The event is organized by the Colorado Springs Philharmonic and the Colorado Springs Sports Corp.

Brianna Goodwin, of the Colorado Springs Sports Corp., said 2020s Fourth of July Symphony on the Porch was such a hit that they decided to stick with it this year.

We just got the most amazing feedback from people who really liked it, Goodwin said. We felt we had something special.

Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers agrees, saying in a news release that it feels right to bring this event back and continue to foster a sense of unity throughout our great city.

The event brought unity to the Colorado Springs area during a time in 2020 when people couldnt get together.

We wanted to have so people didnt have to miss out yet another thing, Goodwin said. A lot of people were missing out on so much last year.

Organizers realized that, for some people, the event was better without the setting of Memorial Park.

We heard from people who are homebound or dont have a car or have to work on the Fourth of July, but they could stop for 10 minutes to watch the fireworks from wherever they were, Goodwin said. This opened it up to so many people.

On Sunday, fireworks will be launched from locations including The Broadmoor, Cherokee Ridge Golf Course,The Club at Flying Horse,The Country Club of Colorado at Cheyenne Mountain Resort, Falcon Freedom Days at Meridian Ranch, Garden of the Gods Resort and Club and the Patty Jewett Golf Course.

Firework displays under the Fourth of July Symphony on Your Porch umbrella will also be hosted by Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC and Rocky Mountain Vibes via ticketed events.

Without the same COVID restrictions this year, people will be able to watch fireworks from beyond their own homes and front porches.

Wherever they are, theyll still be sharing the same view.

When we can do something together in Colorado Springs, it gives us this small hometown feeling, Goodwin said. It gives us that united feeling.

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An Arizona woman's photo went viral when she shared a picture of some unusual houseguests.

A pack of young bobcatsreferred to as a kindlehave taken over the front porch of Kate Smith's Mesa home. She posted a picture of three young kittens sleeping near her house's entryway on Friday.

"So this is my front porch right now," Smith captioned the photo on Twitter.

The image of the slumbering cats went viral, with over 291,000 likes, 23,000 retweets and 4,000 comments of people chiming in on the bobcats' cuteness and their odd choice of a den.

The three cats pictured didn't just spend the night at Smith's home; they have taken up residence on her front porch.

"These guys have been here a month," Smith told KPNX, a local Arizona station. "I've been told that as soon as the cubs are old enough to hunt on their own, they should be moving on, but they've been here a while."

Smith posted more photos of the wild cats in the comments of her tweet. Twitter users asked for more bobcat content, and Smith posted several photos of the animals around her home. One photo taken from inside of the house shows one sitting up against a window and looking into the home.

Other pictures show the cats hanging out in trees and lounging around on garden walls. Commenters shared their own photos of uninvited, but not always unwelcome, guests. Squirrels, snakes, birds, raccoons, bears, lizards, moose and fellow bobcats were posted in response to Smith.

Smith said on Twitter that she has not attempted to touch or pick them up because she didn't want the mom to leave them behind.

She called the Arizona Game and Fish Department when the kindle started hanging around, the local station reported. Due to their nature, if the bobcats were to be removed by the Game and Fish Department, they likely would not survive the relocation and it is considered a last resort.

"The answer they gave me was that if you take them out of their territory, they typically don't survive, so I said, 'Oh, forget it," Smith said. "They're territorial, so if you plop them down in an area they're unfamiliar with, they usually won't make it."

She said she had to warn neighbors and delivery drivers not to come to the front porch. She hung up a sign asking people to stay away from the kindle.

"All neighbors and family know not to come to the front door," she said. "Our dog is grounded at this point."

People online who saw the picture suggested that Smith give them water to drink, but she told KPNX that she didn't want to make them too comfortable on her porch.

"Everybody is like, Oh my god, give them water. But Game and Fish told me not to give them water because you don't want them comfortable," she said.

If she were to feed or water them, the cats may become too attached to the porch or Smith and would not be able to go back into the wild, according to the Arizona Game and Fish Department.

According to the Game and Fish Department, bobcats do not pose a threat to humans and don't often attack people except in the rare case that they are hyperaggressive or have rabies.

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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) -- This weekend, you can celebrate the 4th of July from the comfort of your porch. The 4th of July Symphony on Your Porch will be back for a second year, bringing fireworks to residents across El Paso County.

The event, designed as a result of COVID-19, allows residents to enjoy the holiday while watching one of the region's many fireworks shows, "from their porch."

Organized by theColorado Springs Sports Corporation,the event continues the tradition of playing a patriotic concert, along with fireworks, while being broadcast across five local radio stations as the night sky lights up. Residents can tune in to Sunny 106.3 FM,Y96.9 FM, KCME 88.7 FM, 92.9 Peak FM, or AM 740 KVOR.

The following locations will be presenting fireworks displays, weather-permitting, without public access. These shows will be visible to residents at their homes across the region; seeCOS4thofJuly.orgfor details:

Additional communities will be hosting firework displays, while participating in the regional coordinated efforts to bring fireworks across the county.

The Fort Carson Black Hawk helicopters will do a community flyover to kick off the4th of July. Starting at approximately 5:00 pm until 6:00 pm, residents are encouraged to look to the skies for this special Independence Day tribute to honor the military men and women, past and present, who have served our great nation.

Xfinity has teamed up with Kona Ice to provide FREE patriotic frozen treats to kids in FIVE surprise neighborhoods across the community!Be on the lookout between 6 8 pm to grab your tasty treat thanks to Xfinity!

Also, iHeartRadio wants to see your #PorchParty fun!Sunny 106.3 & Y96.9 listeners can submit their best 4thof July photos via social media to enter to win. Upload your patriotic photo to the iHeartRadio gallery and you could win a prize pack bursting with concert tickets, gift cards, event tickets, and more!

TheBanning Lewis Ranch Summer Concert Serieswill host a4th of Julyevent at Vista Park. Festivities will include food trucks, farmer's market, bouncy houses, and military/first responder appreciation activities from 4 - 8 pm. Enjoy live music from Collective Groove from 7 - 9 pm with fireworks following. Full details at: BanningLewisRanch.com

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YOUNGWOOD, Pa. You expect your packages to be safely delivered, but for neighbors in one Westmoreland County neighborhood, theyve been dealing with a local thief.

She didnt want to be identified but a woman who lives on South Tenth Street in Youngwood was one of the first ones to call police after she noticed packages she ordered turned up missing.

I came home from running errands and packages were; some were missing, some were gone through they always left the contents in the breezeway here between these two units, the woman explained. Other neighbors started coming out saying me too; me too, so then it became increasingly suspicious.

State police say it was her neighbor Alexander Soroka who was stealing them.

The officer who responded on Monday called and said we caught the person in action a street over; thats how they discovered what was going on because someone said I just watched this little kid take a package and opened it and take the contents, the woman said.

As police were investigating several other neighbors on South Tenth Street came forward and said they had their packages stolen, too. The 8-year-old boy allegedly told troopers Soroka told him to take the packages and bring them back to him.

I think its disgusting. I have a child myself, and to even begin to think they could be told to commit this crime, its just sickening, the woman explained.

Police say they found more than $300 worth of stolen goods, but Soroka said he sold even more.

Troopers say theyve been responding to this area for several monthsall for reports of stolen packagesand believe Soroka could be behind all of them.

Police still have to sift through other goods they believe were stolen by Soroka.

Hes in jail tonight on $100,000 bond and is expected to be in court next week.

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