(RestaurantNews.com) We Sell Restaurants, the nation’s only business brokerage franchise specializing in restaurants, announced its newest territory in Jacksonville, FL. The new franchise will be owned by the father and son team of Gary and Austin Luke. Gary Luke has owned a law practice in Orange Park for the past 14 years. Prior to that,…Continue Reading
(RestaurantNews.com) Full-service creative agency World Famous has created a new marketing campaign for Taco Time Northwest. The shop was named Creative AOR for the QSR after winning the business in December. The broadcast, digital and social campaign breaks January 24 and runs through March 6th. This is World Famous’ first work for the client. The three 30-second videos contain local references and…Continue Reading
They’ll be working on the agency’s restaurant, banking and financial services clients (RestaurantNews.com) St. John has made three hires in its Creative department. ACD, Writer David Dulock; ACD, Art Director Andrew Harrison, and Senior Art Director Lindsey McKee. They will be working on Ruby Tuesday, Metro Diner and the agency’s banking and financial services clients.…Continue Reading
Under quarantine for COVID-19 exposure, Garret Bernal and his family missed a recent Sunday church service. So he strapped on a virtual reality headset and explored what it would be like to worship in the metaverse. Without leaving his home in Richmond, Virginia, he was soon floating in a 3D outer-space wonderland of pastures, rocky…Continue Reading
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Kirk Cousins will be the Pro Bowl injury replacement for Aaron Rodgers for a third time.The Minnesota Vikings quarterback was added Monday to the NFC roster. The all-star game will be played Sunday in Las Vegas. Rodgers played much of the season for the Green Bay Packers with a broken toe.Cousins…Continue Reading
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Former Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, who is is seeking his old job back, has narrowed the funding gap in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District race.Poliquin, who seeks to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, raised a little less than $600,000 in the final quarter of 2021, the Bangor Daily News reported.The…Continue Reading
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government on Monday published part of a senior civil servant’s report into social gatherings held by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his staff, when the U.K. was in coronavirus lockdown. Sue Gray was tasked with investigating 16 events between May 2020 and April 2021 at government buidlings. Of those, police are…Continue Reading
At least a half-dozen historically Black universities in five states and the District of Columbia were responding to bomb threats Monday, with many of them locking down their campuses for a time.In warnings to students, school officials say some of the threats were directed at academic buildings. Albany State University warned students and faculty on…Continue Reading
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As Oregon lawmakers return to the Capitol on Tuesday for the 2022 legislative session, their priorities include affordable housing, bolstering the state’s workforce, a $500 million cushion for the next biennium, tax cuts and limiting the emergency power of the governor. But how much money legislators are envisioning spending has yet…Continue Reading
Louisiana’s top GOP lawmaker weighed taking legislative action Monday against Gov. John Bel Edwards for “gross misconduct and the highest level of deceit” in his response to the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene. House Speaker Rep. Clay Schexnayder’s comments followed an Associated Press report that showed the Democratic governor was informed within hours that…Continue Reading