Obama says he hopes Chicago gets library
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that President Barack Obama is saying he hopes his presidential library goes to Chicago.
Obama made the statement during a conversation at the Gridiron Club dinner in Washington on Saturday, the newspaper said, but the president added that there are "some entanglements" holding it up.
The Chicago City Council is expected to vote Wednesday on a controversial proposal to transfer about 20 acres of public park land on the South Side to the city’s control if the University of Chicago is awarded the library.
The University of Chicago has been rumored to be the front-runner to host the library. Also competing are the University of Hawaii, Columbia University and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
An announcement on the site is expected after Chicago’s April 7 mayoral runoff election.
Carport fire extinguished
Hawaii County firefighters saved a wooden single-family house after fire broke out Monday evening in a Kailua-Kona carport.
Arriving firefighters found a vehicle on fire in the carport and flames starting to spread to the house at 76-6162 Plumeria Road, according to a Fire Department report.
Firefighters arrived at 6:04 p.m. following the 5:56 p.m. alarm. They brought the flames under control at 6:10 p.m., before the fire spread within the home.
No damage estimate was available. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Man charged in meth seizure
Hawaii County police charged a Captain Cook man Tuesday with methamphetamine trafficking and other offenses after police executed a search warrant at his house Monday.
The search was done at a house on the 84-1000 block of Bruner Road in Captain Cook, where police recovered 44.1 grams of a crystalline substance packaged in a manner consistent with meth distribution, paraphernalia associated with meth use, an unregistered .22-caliber rifle and $1,221 in cash.
Police arrested 33-year-old Matthew Cummings at the scene. He was charged Tuesday with meth trafficking, promoting a dangerous drug, possessing drug paraphernalia and three firearm offenses. His bail was set at $68,000.
