– Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Aug 12

CSi Weather…

.REST OF TODAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds 20-25 mph., with gusts to around 35 mph.

.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the evening.

.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds

5 to 15 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds

5 to 10 mph shifting to the south after midnight.

.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 5 to

10 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.

.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.

.MONDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers

and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. A 50 percent chance of

showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s.

.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of showers and

thunderstorms. Highs around 80.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — The National Weather Service confirms the severe thunderstorms that moved through northern parts of the Red River Valley earlier the week of August 9, 2021, produced six tornadoes. The weather service’s damage assessment team says tornadoes were confirmed near Starkweather, east of Binford, north of Sharon, west of Northwood, near Davidson, and Key West, in northwest Minnesota. The strongest tornado was near Sharon and was rated as an EF-2 with winds of 115 mph. The twister Monday destroyed a barn and toppled trees along a path of about three miles.

Jamestown (City) August 12, 2021; city crews will be spraying and removing weeds in the downtown business district. This work is expected to continue throughout the day until finished.
Motorists and other traffic should use extreme caution in these areas.

Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Police investigated a crash between an SUV and a car at the corner of 2nd Ave SW and 3rd Street at 1:21pm Wednesday (Aug. 11) afternoon.

Jamestown Area Ambulance Service was called to the scene to direct traffic and give assistance to a person in the SUV.

More information as it becomes available.

The North Dakota Department of Health dashboard is updated daily by 11 am and includes cases reported through the previous day. The investigations are ongoing and information on the website is likely to change as cases are investigated. The information contained in this dashboard is the most up to date and will be different than previous news releases. This dashboard supersedes information from previous news releases or social media postings.

Check out our other dashboards: The COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard, NDUS Dashboard.COVID- 19 stats

Wed. Aug 11 ,2021

10:30 – a.m.

Barnes

New Positives 3

Total Positives 1443

Active 8

Recovered: 1403

Stutsman

New Positives 4

Total Positives 3594

Active 15

Recovered 3498

Valley City (CCHD) City County Health District in Valley City is informing businesses in a letter due to increasing COVID-19 Active cases across North Dakota, and the threat of the Delta Variant. CCHD is providing businesses with an overview and recommendations to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Barnes County.

Overview:

Today (8-11-21) North Dakota has 860 active cases with a low of 118 in July 2021 and a high of 10,411 in November of 2020. Barnes County had 8 active cases, a number expected to go up as state numbers rise.

The Delta Variant is estimated to account for 90-percent of active cases in the upper Midwest. Delta spreads more than twice as easily from one person to another, compared to earlier strains. Vaccination is critical for preventing infection, serious illness, and death associated with COVID-19 infection (including the Delta Variant.

Recommendations:

Get vaccinated and encourage friends, family, and staff to do so. Most vaccinated people are protected from the virus-breakthrough cases occur in only a small portion of vaccinated people and the vast majority are avoiding serious illness, hospitalization, or death.
Keep informed about the COVID numbers at health.nd.gov and at citycountyhealth.org.

How you may help:

Get your vaccine as soon as possible, and encourage staff and friends to visit their primary care provider of City County Health District staff.

Call City County Health to schedule a vaccination clinic at your business.

Call City County Health to schedule staff education.

To help keep your business open you may choose to require your employees to vaccinate.

The letter is signed by:

CCHD Administrator, Theresa Will, Rn

James Buhr, CCHD Health Officer

Sharon Buhr, CCHD Health Board Chair

This information was forwarded by the Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce.

Jamestown (CVHD) Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics Schedule

Central Valley Health District Vaccination Clinics

Thursday, August 12, 2021

Vaccine Type: PFIZER

Event Time: 8:00am – 3:30pm

Event Location: Jamestown High School

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Thursday, August 12, 2021

Vaccine Type: PFIZER, MODERNA

Event Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm

Event Location: Central Valley Health District

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Drive-up clinics will be held on Sundays and Mondays for the next six weeks. The event will take place from 1 pm to 6 pm in the Buffalo Mall parking lot located at 2400 8^th Ave SW in Jamestown. The clinics are open to anyone 12 years of age and older no appointment is needed you can preregister at https://www.ndvax.org.

Dates of the clinics are August 15 and 16, August 22 and 23, August 29 and 30, September 5 and 6, September 12 and 13 and September 19 and 20. The clinic will be open on Labor Day September 6 from 1 to 6.

For more information, please call CVHD at 252-8130.

Valley City (CSi) Summer Nights on Central returns to Valley City with two evenings of entertainment planned.

The Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce, says, the Thursday evening dates are August 12 and 19 in Downtown Valley City, for a family-friendly evening of fun, late shopping, with food and beverage vendors on hand and live entertainment on Central Avenue, with Free Admission.

Shopping Happy Hour is 4-p.m. to 6-p.m., vendors open at 5:30-p.m., with the concerts from 6-p.m. to 9-p.m.

The schedule of entertainment:

August 12 Slamabama

August 19 Tripwire

Wristbands are required for those 21 and older.

For more information or to get involved contact the Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce.

E-mail: summernightsvc@gmail.con or call 701-490-3530.

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Arts Center has announced this summer’s entertainment at the Downtown Arts Market, and the Hansen Arts Park, each Thursday, at 5:30 pm

Enjoy the best of regional live entertainment in The Hansen Arts Park. The Downtown Arts Market… a celebration of culture and community when we need it the most! Don’t forget your lawn chair or blanket.

Would you like to one of the artisan vendors at this year’s Downtown Arts Market? We are currently accepting applications. Click to download the Vendor Application.docx.

File Photos from 2019

August 12: KICKS DIXIELAND BAND
With: The Jamestown Gymnastics Club
The Kicks Dixieland Band is a versatile jazz ensemble able to perform for intimate private parties or large special events. Our repertoire features arrangements of classic big band vocal and instrumental arrangements, waltz, polkas, with a nice mix of 50s & 60’s rock and blues charts. We also perform Dixieland jazz for school programs and other special events. This performance will use a 6-piece combo featuring Dixieland Jazz. More information about the Kicks Band and booking information may be found at: www.fmkicksband.com.

August 19: BLUE ENGLISH
Full description coming shortly.

August 26: OPEN MIC NIGHT
Poets, writers, musicians, comedians, solos, duos, and any and all performers are welcome to share your talent with the community at our monthly open mic night. There will be a sign up sheet at the stage. Please limit your piece to 10 minutes. Facilitated by local musician and instructor Steve Kuykendall.

This HUGE undertaking is only possible thanks to our many supporters, volunteers and grantors. Including, but not limited to, these Arts Market sponsors:

Association of American University Women
Dakota Central Communications
Farmers Union
Farmers Union Insurance
First Community Credit Union
Heartland Chevy Dealers
i3G Media
Interstate Engineering
Jamestown Downtown Association
Jamestown Chamber of Commerce
Jamestown Tourism
Lifetime Vision Source
Medicine Shoppe
Newman Signs
North Dakota Council on the Arts
OtterTail Power Company
Sanford Health
Unison Bank
United Way
Walter Brothers Lawn Service
John Zvirovski
Lynn Lambrecht
Christine Witt

Jamestown (CSi) The Second Annual El Zagal Mystics & Lazy Fish, Fishing For A Cause is August 14, at Pelican Point Landing in Jamestown, starting at 10-a.m.

On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 spokesperson Craig Mehlhoff said,

The ticket prices is $20, with proceeds benefiting the El Zagal Mystic Shrine activities, and a portion of the proceeds will go to the Elks Camp Grassick. Advance tickets at several Jamestown locations.

There will be kids Door Prizes all day.

The Little Tyke Fishing Tournament for kids ages 2-10, is 10-a.m. to 12 noon. It will be shore fishing. All species allowed.

Longest size wins. First Place $250, Second Place $150, Third Place $100. Registration on the beach

Food and beverages 11:30-a.m. to 5:30-p.m.

Drawings for prizes provide by sponsors, at 7-p.m., to 8-p.m. Tickets available on site, starting at 5-p.m.

Entertainment by, Rock ‘n Ronnie.

Face painting 1-p.m. to 4-p.m.

Jamestown Inflatables 1-p.m. to 4-p.m., wristbands at $10 per person.

Performing will be, Flickertail & Friends 5-p.m. to 7-p.m.

Jonny B’s Band performs from 8-p.m. to 10-p.m.

No make up date in the event of rain.

Jamestown (JRMC 8-11-21) — Jamestown Regional Medical Center is proud to receive a Best Places to Work award from Prairie Business Magazine.

Every year Prairie Business recognizes companies and organizations that, in part, have been nominated by their peers. JRMC was named one of the region’s best, said Andrew Weeks, editor of Prairie Business Magazine. Prairie Business selects 50 employers each year from across the Dakotas and Minnesota.

JRMC President & CEO Mike Delfs, says, “We’re grateful for this award, especially considering the challenges we’ve experienced in healthcare. In these 17 months, never once did we have to lay off or furlough employees. Never once did we close our doors. That’s a testament to the smart, efficient and compassionate care of our legendary team. This hospital doesn’t happen by accident. They make it possible.”

Prairie Business magazine also named JRMC a Top 50 Best Place to work in the region in 2018 and 2019. In 2021, the National Rural Health Association named it a “Top 100 Critical Access Hospital” for the eighth consecutive year. Modern Healthcare named JRMC a “Best Places to Work in Healthcare” each year from 2017-2020.

Human Resource Manager, Lesley Erlandson says, “Multiple Best Places to Work awards can’t be wrong. If healthcare is your calling, we hope you will consider applying at JRMC.”

Learn more about JRMC at www.jrmcnd.com. Apply for a job at www.jrmcnd.com/careers.

Tues. Aug. 10, 2021 Plane Crash Updates..

Fargo (NDHP) On August Tuesday 10, 2021 just before 4:00 p.m., a single engine aircraft struck the top of a tree row and crashed into an adjacent field. The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, the pilot was identified as Jeffery Kloster of Omaha, NE. suffered serious injuries and was transported to a local hospital. The single engine aircraft had just left the area of the West Fargo Airport. The location of the crash was approximately 1 mile west of West Fargo on 12th Avenue NW, or near 12th Avenue NW/26th Street NW, West Fargo. Weather conditions were clear with a west wind of about 15 mph.

Strausberg (NDHP) The North Dakota Highway Patrol has updated the report including the pilot who was killed in the August 1o, 2021 crop duster plan crash.

At approximately 7:40 am a crop spraying aircraft actively
engaged in spraying struck a high voltage transmission line. The impact caused disabling damage to the aircraft a single engine, 1975 Rockwell International S2R and it crashed into a nearby field. The pilot 63 year old Michel Gunia of Linton, ND suffered fatal injuries during the crash and was pronounced deceased at the scene. The Western Area Power Administration transmission line was severed.

The crash occurred three miles west and three miles south of Strasburg, ND near the intersection of 7th avenue and 92nd street SE. The crash remains under investigation by the NDHP and FAA with the assistance of the Emmons County Sheriff’s office.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A jury has reached a verdict in a civil case involving a Fargo hotel and a fatal fight outside its doors. The jury decided The Hotel Donaldson is not responsible for paying damages to the widow of the man who died in the fight and another man who was injured. The case stems from a fight in May 2017 involving Darren Patterson, Jamie Grant and Christopher Sang. Patterson was earlier convicted of throwing punch that killed Grant more than a week later. Sang suffered a traumatic brain injury in the fight. Jenny Grant and Sang sued the hotel for $2.5 million, saying staff there should have known the three men were going to fight after getting kicked out of the bar.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A man found guilty of child abuse for assaulting a woman in front of a young girl is appealing his conviction to the North Dakota Supreme Court. Fifty-three-year-old Brent Castleman, of Minot, was convicted last year of child abuse. The woman had secretly recorded the assault and the girl crying after witnessing the attack. The recording was played for the jury during Castleman’s trial. He was convicted of the single child abuse charge and acquitted of second child abuse charge. Castleman argues that there was insufficient evidence for the jury to convict him of Class B felony.

In sports…

Boys High School Preseason Soccer Poll

First Place votes in parenthesis

Place	Team	Points
1.	Century (4)	45
2.	Bismarck High (2)	42
3.	Legacy (1)	35
4.	Minot (1)	34
5.	Jamestown	24
6.	Mandan	21
7.	Dickinson	16
8.	Williston	7

MLB…

UNDATED (AP) — Rookie Bailey Ober shut out the White Sox into the sixth inning, Jorge Polanco homered and the last-place Minnesota Twins took another series from a playoff contender, beating Chicago 1-0.

Minnesota took two of three from AL Central-leading Chicago after winning three of four at Houston, which leads the AL West. Caleb

Thielbar, Juan Minaya (mih-NY’-yuh) and Alex Colomé (KAHL’-oh-may) worked 3 2/3 hitless innings in relief of Ober, with Colomé getting the last three outs for his seventh save in 11 chances.

José Ruiz allowed Polanco’s homer in the sixth, his lone inning of relief.

— Cody Bellinger hit a two-run homer on the 13th pitch of an at-bat, connected later for another two-run drive and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-2 on a second straight rainy night. The Phillies, who had an eight-game winning streak snapped Tuesday, fell into a tie for first place in the NL East with Atlanta’s win over Cincinnati. They could have more pressing concerns: All-Star catcher J.T. Realmuto left in the first inning after he took two foul tips to his mask. Realmuto was checked on by team trainers but stayed in the game to catch the rest of the inning.

In other MLB action:

— Shohei Ohtani hit his major league-leading 38th home run this season, but the Toronto Blue Jays hit it out of the park four times, including two from George Springer and a grand slam by Teoscar Hernandez, to defeat the Los Angeles Angels 10-2. Lourdes Gurriel also homered for Toronto, which has won 12 of its last 14 games and is second in the majors with 172 home runs. Rookie Alek Manoah struck out 11 and won for the fourth time in his last five starts.

— Kevin Gausman singled twice and pitched five uneven innings in his first start following the birth of his daughter, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-2. Buster Posey had two hits, including his 15th home run. LaMonte Wade Jr., Brandon Crawford and Alex Dickerson also homered for San Francisco. The Giants won their fourth straight and are 73-41 overall, their second-best record through 114 games in the San Francisco era. The 1993 team that won 103 games overall was 76-38 through 114. Ketel Marte singled twice for Arizona, which is 2-14 against the Giants this season. The Diamondbacks have dropped nine of 11 and became the first team in the majors with 80 losses.

— Luis Torrens hit a ninth-inning single to score the winning run, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 2-1. It was the Mariners’ major league-leading 38th one-run game, 24 of them wins. Seattle rookie Jarred Kelenic drew a bases-loaded walk to tie the game 1-all in the sixth inning. He then doubled off Dennis Santana to begin the ninth, moved to third on Jake Fraley’s one-out single and scored on Torrens’ drive to the wall in right-center. The Rangers have lost seven of eight after snapping a 14-game road losing streak Tuesday night against the Mariners.

— Jed Lowrie hit a three-run homer and Elvis Andrus had a solo shot in the eighth inning in the Oakland Athletics’ 6-3 comeback victory over the Cleveland Indians Wednesday night. Oakland scored twice in the seventh and four times in the eighth, erasing 2-0 and 3-2 deficits to extend its winning streak to six. The A’s lead the AL wild-card race by a game over Boston.

— Ozzie Albies crushed a three-run homer off Lucas Sims in the bottom of the 11th inning, lifting the Atlanta Braves to an 8-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Albies’ 19th homer sailed 412 feet into the right-field stands to send Truist Park into a wild celebration. He drove in placement runner Adam Duvall and Joc Pederson, whom Sims (4-2) walked. Kyle Farmer singled in the tiebreaking run in the 11th inning against Edgar Santana (3-0), and Joey Votto hit a pair of two-run homers for the Reds. Votto sent the game into extra innings by taking closer Will Smith deep in the ninth. He went 4 for 5 and reached safely five times.

— Bobby Dalbec drove in a career-high five runs, Xander Bogaerts (ZAN’-dur BOH’-gahrtz) and Hunter Renfroe each had four RBIs and the Boston Red Sox routed the Tampa Bay Rays 20-8. The Red Sox moved within four games of the AL East-leading Rays with their highest-scoring game since 2015. Tampa Bay had won five in a row overall and six straight against Boston. The Rays had not not allowed at least 20 runs since 2007. J.D. Martinez got four of Boston’s season-high 19 hits. The Red Sox began the first inning with three straight doubles by Kiké Hernández, Renfroe and Bogaerts.

— Milwaukee right-hander Corbin Burnes struck out 10 consecutive batters, tying the major league record and leading the Brewers past the Chicago Cubs 10-0. Burnes finished with a career-high 15 strikeouts in eight innings on a steamy night at Wrigley Field. A first-time All-Star this year, Burnes won his fifth straight decision. Omar Narváez homered and drove in four runs as NL Central leaders won their third in a row. The Cubs lost their seventh straight and have dropped 13 of 15.

— Miguel Cabrera hit his 499th career home run, part of a three-hit night for the Detroit slugger that helped the Tigers hand the Baltimore Orioles their seventh straight loss, 5-2. Cabrera’s solo shot off Matt Harvey in the fifth inning opened the scoring. He also had two singles earlier in the game, plus a sacrifice fly in the sixth. The Tigers finish their road trip Thursday at Baltimore. Anthony Santander hit a two-run homer for the Orioles in the eighth.

— Aledmys Díaz (ah-LEHD’-meez DEE’-ahz) had three hits and drove in three runs to lead the Houston Astros to 5-1 win over the Colorado Rockies. Díaz tied it with an RBI single in the first and gave the Astros the lead with a run-scoring single in the third. Houston was up by 3 in the seventh when he sent home another run with a double that extended the lead to 5-1. Díaz has been playing well in the 13 games since missing about six weeks with a fractured hand and has 19 hits and 14 RBIs in that span.

— Adam Wainwright pitched a complete game, two-hit shutout and helped himself with a pair of hits as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0. The 39-year-old Wainwright allowed a pair of singles by Colin Moran in the second and fifth innings, and then retired the last 15 batters. Wainwright needed just 88 pitches to record the 11th shutout of his 16-year career and first since 2016. He struck out seven and did not issue a walk. The Pirates lost their seventh straight game and dropped their ninth in a row.

— Luke Voit had a two-run single in the first inning and the New York Yankees beat Kansas City 5-2 for their 12th straight series victory over the Royals. Chad Green got the victory in relief as New York took two of three from Kansas City. Zach Britton earned his first save of the season. The game-time temperature was 93 degrees with a heat index of 102, the third straight game with a heat index above 100. Brady Singer took the loss. He allowed five runs on 10 hits in 3 2/3 innings.

— Lewis Brinson hit two of Miami’s three home runs off rookie lefty Ryan Weathers. Sandy Alcantara shut down San Diego for seven brilliant innings and the Marlins avoided a winless road trip by beating the punchless Padres 7-0.

— Pinch-hitter Brandon Drury had a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the New York Mets overcame two three-run deficits to beat the Washington Nationals 8-7 on Wednesday in the completion of a game suspended by rain the night before. The regularly scheduled game was then rained out, setting up a single-admission doubleheader Thursday at Citi Field.

MLB-NEWS-WHITE SOX-RODÓN

Sox place Rodón on injured list

UNDATED (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers star outfielder Mookie Betts was placed on the injured list today with a sore right hip. Betts left Friday’s game in the sixth due to right hip discomfort. He played Saturday and then sat out Sunday.

He is batting .277 with 17 home runs and 44 RBIs in 87 games for the defending World Series champions.

Betts was scheduled to fly back Wednesday night to Los Angeles.

Elsewhere around the majors:

— Philadelphia Phillies All-Star catcher J.T. Realmuto left in the first inning against the Los Angeles Dodger after he took a foul tip to his mask. Realmuto was checked on by team trainers but stayed in the game to catch the rest of the first. Andrew Knapp pinch-hit for Realmuto in the first and stayed in the game to catch. Realmuto is batting .268 with 13 home runs and 52 RBIs in 92 games and played a key role in leading the Phillies into first place in the NL East.

— Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera has hit his 499th career home run. He connected in the fifth inning at Baltimore against Matt Harvey. The homer drew some cheers from the crowd at Camden Yards, and Cabrera gave a little pump of his right fist when the ball cleared the wall in left-center field. He also had two singles earlier in the game. The Detroit slugger has 12 home runs on the season. He hadn’t gone deep since Aug. 3.

— The Detroit Tigers put outfielders Akil Baddoo and Derek Hill on the injured list after their frightening collision. Baddoo went on the seven-day concussion IL, and Hill went on the 10-day IL with bruised ribs. Manager A.J. Hinch said Hill also has knee soreness. The two collided in left-center field Tuesday night while chasing Anthony Santander’s fly ball. Hill made the catch, but both players were shaken up and had to leave the game. They were able to walk off the field.

— The Chicago White Sox placed left-hander Carlos Rodón on the 10-day injured list with left shoulder fatigue. Rodón is 9-5 with a 2.38 ERA in 19 starts this season and was an All-Star for the first time in his career. Right-handed reliever Matt Foster was recalled from Triple-A Charlotte.

— The Atlanta Braves have returned catcher Travis d’Arnaud from his rehab assignment and reinstated him from the injured list. He missed 86 games with a left thumb sprain and was placed on the injured list May 2. Braves catchers have combined to hit .180 with a .537 OPS this season, both of which rank last in the major leagues. Atlanta catchers hit .299 with a .862 OPS last season, thanks largely to d’Arnaud.

— Los Angeles Angels general manager Perry Minasian has reiterated there aren’t any plans to shut down star outfielder Mike Trout for the rest of the season. The three-time AL MVP has not played since May 17 after going on the injured list due to a right calf strain. Wednesday marked the 75th game that Trout missed, which is his longest stint of missed games in his 11-year career. Trout’s progress stalled after he felt some discomfort after a couple days of running the bases a couple weeks ago.

— Milwaukee Brewers reliever John Curtiss has gone on the injured list with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow less than two weeks after the team acquired him. Curtiss exited the second game of the Brewers’ doubleheader sweep of the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday due to elbow trouble. The NL Central leaders got the 28-year-old Curtiss in a July 30 trade that sent minor league catcher Payton Henry to the Miami Marlins.

— Major League Baseball is preparing for its first game in the state of Iowa. The Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees will play in Dyersville on Thursday next to the site used in the 1989 movie “Field of Dreams.” One of the most famous cornfields in Hollywood history finally has the opportunity to host the real thing. The game was delayed by a year due to the pandemic. The event is part of MLB’s increased efforts to grow the game through areas without in-person access to the highest level of the sport.

BAYLOR-NCAA

Probation, minor sanctions for Baylor

UNDATED (AP) — The NCAA says its long investigation of the Baylor sexual assault scandal will result in nothing more than probation and other relatively minor sanctions.

The NCAA ruling came more than five years after the scandal rocked the world’s largest Baptist university

Former Baylor football coach Art Briles has avoided NCAA penalties. But the former coach was far from unscathed in an NCAA infractions report. The committee says he failed to report information or personally look further into allegations of potentially criminal conduct by his players. Briles was fired in May 2016.

Baylor is still embroiled in lawsuits over its mishandling of campus assault cases.

NFL-SEAHAWKS-SMITH

Bridgewater reunites with Vikings as Broncos visit

SEATTLE (AP) — Denver Broncos quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has returned to Minnesota this week for joint practices with the Vikings in advance of their preseason game nearly five-years after the knee injury that nearly ended his career.

Bridgewater is competing with Drew Lock to be the starter.

Bridgewater left Minnesota as a free agent after the 2017 season and has been with four other teams since then.

Elsewhere in the NFL:

— Aldon Smith’s time with the Seattle Seahawks was short as the team has decided to release the embattled defensive end. Smith was reinstated by the NFL in the spring of 2020 after missing four seasons due to off-field issues. He signed a one-year deal with Seattle in April but he was arrested two days later on a second-degree battery charge in St. Bernard Parish near New Orleans.

— The Carolina Panthers have signed Josh Bynes to provide some depth at linebacker with Denzel Perryman expected to miss some time battling an injury. The 31-year-old Bynes started all 16 games last season for the Cincinnati Bengals. He has played in 117 games during his career with 63 starts, making 477 tackles and 5 1/2 sacks.

— The Indianapolis Colts have signed coach Frank Reich and general manager Chris Ballard to contract extensions through the 2026 season. The new deals come just three days after they gave star linebacker Darius Leonard a new five-year deal worth nearly $200 million and two weeks after locking up right tackle Braden Smith with a contract extension.

— Baltimore coach John Harbaugh says rookie wide receiver Rashod Bateman is expected to miss “a number of weeks” with a soft tissue leg problem. Bateman was drafted in the first round by the Ravens this year, part of Baltimore’s attempt to boost its passing game. The Ravens play their first preseason game Saturday night against New Orleans.

— The Florida Panthers signed newly acquired forward Sam Reinhart to a three-year, $19.5 million contract. The 25-year-old is a five-time 20-goal scorer in six full NHL seasons with Buffalo after being selected with the No. 2 pick in the 2014 draft. Reinhart scored a career high-matching and Sabres-leading 25 goals in just 54 games last season.

NBA-CLIPPERS-JACKSON

Bulls finalize sign-trade deal for DeRozan with San Antonio

UNDATED (AP) — The Chicago Bulls have finalized a sign-and-trade deal with the San Antonio Spurs for high-scoring small forward DeMar DeRozan. DeRozan agreed last week to a three-year, $85 million contract. Chicago sent veteran forwards Thaddeus Young and Al-Farouq Aminu, a protected first-round draft pick, and two second-round draft picks to the Spurs.

DeRozan scored 21.6 per game last year and shot just under 50%. San Antonio missed the playoffs for a second straight season.

Elsewhere in the NBA:

— Reggie Jackson is returning to the Los Angeles Clippers after helping the team reach the Western Conference finals for the first time. The team says it has re-signed the free-agent point guard who averaged 10.7 points, 3.1 assists and 2.9 rebounds last season. Jackson shot a career-high 43% from 3-point range. He averaged 17.8 points in the playoffs while Kawhi Leonard missed the team’s final eight games with a partially torn ACL.

— The Detroit Pistons have re-signed guards Cory Joseph, Frank Jackson and Rodney McGruder adding depth on their young roster that features No. 1 overall pick Cade Cunningham. Joseph has averaged seven points a game over 10 seasons with San Antonio, Indiana, Toronto, the Kings and Detroit. Jackson averaged a career-high 9.8 points over 40 games with the Pistons. McGruder averaged 5.7 points in 16 games last season in Detroit.

HORSE RACING-DRUGS

Horse trainer pleads guilty in racehorse-drugging scheme

NEW YORK (AP) — A racehorse trainer has pleaded guilty in New York to charges related to a scheme to give horses performance enhancing drugs so they perform better. Jorge Navarro entered the plea Wednesday in Manhattan federal court.

Navarro was charged last year along with over two dozen others in a crackdown by federal authorities on what they described as a widespread international scheme to speed up horses with drugs.

In a release, U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss called Navarro a “reckless fraudster.” Sentencing was scheduled for Dec. 17.

In world and national news…

(AP) Pharma’s quest to settle thousands of lawsuits over OxyContin’s toll is entering its final phase with the grudging acceptance of most of those who have claims against the company. A confirmation hearing is to open in U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Thursday for a deal that removes control of the company from members of the wealthy Sackler family and requires them to contribute $4.5 billion to opioid abatement. While most states and others with claims have signed on, there’s still deep anger that Sackler family members would receive protection from lawsuits under the deal.

LAME DEER, Mont. (AP) — A wildfire is threatening several Montana towns and a California blaze remains the largest in the nation as the Western United States burns. Fire officials say the Richard Spring Fire jumped a road on Wednesday and advanced across the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. The towns of Ashland and Lame Deer are under evacuation orders. In California, the Dixie Fire has burned over 780 square miles and more than 550 homes. It’s 30% contained. The wildfires are among more than 100 burning in over a dozen Western states.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — People have headed to cooling centers as the Pacific Northwest began sweltering under another major, multiday heat wave. The hot weather comes just over a month after record-shattering hot weather killed hundreds of the region’s most vulnerable people. The National Weather Service says the temperature could reach as high as 111 in parts of western Oregon on Thursday and Friday before a weekend cooldown. Seattle will be cooler than Portland, with temperatures in the mid-90s.

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (AP) — The Colorado River has been a go-to source of water for cities, tribes and farmers in the U.S. West for decades. But climate change, drought and increased demand are taking a toll. Next week, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is expected to declare the first-ever mandatory cuts from the river for 2022 as key reservoirs fall to historic lows. The projection will hit farmers in central Arizona the hardest because of longstanding priority systems. Pinal County is Arizona’s top producer of cotton, barley and livestock. Farmers there have been finding ways to use water more efficiently but increasingly will turn to pumping groundwater.

(AP) The U.S. Census Bureau is releasing new population data that will be used to reshape U.S. House seats and state legislative districts for the next decade. The data being released Thursday shows the population of counties, cities and neighborhoods in the 2020 census. That will serve as the building block for redistricting that must be done in most states before the 2022 elections. The official goal is to redraw districts with roughly the same number of people. But many Republicans and Democrats also will be trying to draw districts that make it more likely for their candidates to win.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have captured a strategic provincial capital near Kabul, the 10th the insurgents have taken in a weeklong sweep across Afghanistan. The offensive comes just weeks before the end of the American military mission there. The militants raised their white flags imprinted with an Islamic proclamation of faith over the city of Ghazni. The city is just 130 kilometers southwest of Kabul. Two local officials told The Associated Press that sporadic fighting continued Thursday at an intelligence base and an army installation outside the city. Seizing Ghazni cuts off a crucial highway linking the Afghan capital with the country’s southern provinces, also under assault. The insurgent push comes some 20 years after foreign troops arrived to oust the Taliban government.