Dennisc Smith News Today

A look back at some of the prominent people from Mississippi who died in 2023.

• Amy E. Boutilier, 44, transient in Rumford, on two charges of failure to appear after bailed, 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, in Mexico, by Mexico Police Department. • Jarod J. Donathan, 40, of 29 Range Road, Brunswick, on charges of trafficking in prison contraband, operating after habitual offender revocation, operating under the influence, unlawful […]

Dennis C. Smith was born in Helena, Arkansas on February 8, 1931, but he grew up in Superior, Wisconsin. He graduated from St. Anthony grade school, East High School, University of Wisconsin Superior, and received his Master’s degree in mathematics from Rutgers University. He also studied mathematics at Princeton, Cornell, and the University of California at Berkley.

It’s Fed decision day today and another 75-basis point rate hike is expected. Mortgage rates have surged to 14-year highs, deterring both buyers and builders, who have begun making the shift to apartments. ArchMI released its quarterly Housing and Mortgage Market Review, which said that rates aren’t expected to return to the sub-3 percent, or sub-4 percent, range any time soon. Existing home sales have declined sharply to sit nearly 30 percent below the January 2021 pandemic peak o...

1911 April 19, 1911-The St. Paul Mine in Keewatin opened; the Roberts and Platt mines in Nashwauk also opened for the season. April 19, 1911-There has been a great influx of settlers to Itasca County this spring and the number is steadily increasing, particularly, Grand Rapids has received many who have purchased lands and who have settled in the immediate vicinity. 1921 April 20, 1921-Good progress is being made for improved highway construction in Itasca County. Clearing was started on the Bl...

https://www.the-american-interest.com/2009/09/01/angels-in-blue/ The American Interest A Baltimore police vet extols the virtues of foot patrol. Baltimore’s population decline seems to have finally leveled off, sticking at around 630,000, down from almost 950,000 in 1950. Crime has leveled off, too, notwithstanding the fact that the city is on its sixth police commissioner since 1999. There were 234 homicides in 2008, the lowest number in decades and a big drop from 2007. Three police officer...