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For nine seasons, the television series Touched By An Angel inspired viewers in its stories centered around angels helping people in their everyday lives. The CBS drama series was centered on an angel named Monica (Roma Downey) and her supervisor Tess (Della Reese) as they passed along messages from God to those needing help.

Since its first season debuted in 1994, the show was nominated for eleven Primetime Emmy Awards as well as three Golden Globes. The TV show, created by John Masius and perfected by Executive producer Martha Williamson was so popular, there was even a spinoff series, Promised Land, that ran for three seasons.

Touched By An Angel was one of those shows that it seems like everyone was on. Some of their most notable guest stars over the years included Wynonna Judd, Rue McClanahan, Maya Angelou, Angela Lansbury, Ann-Margret, Carol Burnett, Celine Dion, Kirk Douglas and Jack Black.

Here's what all of your favorite cast members have been up to since the show wrapped in 2003.

The Irish actress has been very busy since her days playing the kindhearted angel Monica. She's appeared on numerous made for TV films as well as the show The Division and miniseries The Bible,in which she played Mary, mother of Jesus. She is also a producer, producing many of her own Biblical themed TV shows and films including Messiah and A.D. The Bible Continues. Downey has been married to TV producer Mark Burnett since 2007 and they share his two children from his previous marriage as well as her daughter from her previous marriage.

Tess was a bit tough and at times sarcastic, but she always played a meaningful role in Monica's cases throughout the series. Following her time on the show, Reese appeared on TV shows like That's So Raven, The Young and the Restlessand Signed, Sealed, Delivered on the Hallmark Channel in addition to numerous seasonal made for TV films. Reese, who was an ordained minister in the '80s, retired from acting in 2014. She passed away in 2017 at the age of 86.

Andrew, the Angel of Death, became a regular on the series after first appearing in a recurring role in season 2. In addition to playing his Touched By An Angel role in the spinoff series Promised Land, he only acted in a few more roles, including holiday films Once Upon a Christmas and Twice Upon a Christmas. Dye passed away in San Fransisco, California in 2011 reportedly due to heart problems.

Oh, Gloria. The accident-prone but well meaning angel that becomes a main cast member in the last two seasons of the show. Bertinelli was married to rocker Eddie Van Halen until 2007 and they share a child, Wolfgang. She has gone on to appear in numerous additional TV shows, including her main role on Hot in Cleveland as well as become a Food Network star with her own series, Valerie's Home Cooking.

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The country star appeared on five episodes of the show as Sheriff Wayne Machulis and one episode as Jed Winslow. Travis has continued making the occasional acting appearance over the years, including the holiday film Christmas on the Bayou. In 2013, he suffered a viral upper respiratory infection and massive stroke and wasn't sure if he would recover let alone sing again. After years of rehabilitation and therapy, he is not only able to sing and perform again, but he sang live at his own induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2016.

Cruz appeared as the angel Rafael for 16 episodes throughout the series run. He is still acting, booking roles on shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Shark, Eagleheart, Castle, Love Lifeand the film Drag Me to Hell.

Academy Award winner Cloris Leachman had a recurring role on the series as the archangel Ruth. She is still an incredibly active actor even later in life. She had a main role on Raising Hope, competed on Dancing With The Starsand has appeared on numerous other shows including Malcolm in the Middle and Thanks.

Jasmine Guy played the role of fallen angel Kathleen for 3 episodes. Guy has been on a number of shows since her arc on Touched By An Angel, including Grey's Anatomy, Dead Like Me, The Vampire Diaries, and Drop Dead Diva.

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When Fannie Flagg first wrote her novel, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, she had no idea anyone would want to turn it into a film. When Hollywood came calling to bring the small Alabama town of Whistle Stop to the big screen, it ended up being a major box office hit and gave southern women a chance to shine.

Executive producer and director, Jon Avnet, initially hired Carol Sobieski to write the Fried Green Tomatoes. The initial draft was a musical (which as we know did not pan out) so Fannie Flag herself came in to make edits to the script which is what ended up making it to the screen. Both women received an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 1992 Academy Awards.

Just like the 1987 novel, the film follows a discontent housewife who befriends an old lady in a nursing home in the small town of Whistle Stop. The old lady regales her new friend with stories of her relatives from years before which are seen in flashbacks. The film was impeccably cast and is exactly how you'd picture Whistle Stop to look.

The film and story have become so beloved, there is even a new TV show launching starring Reba McEntire. Three decades later, here's where all of the beloved cast members of the film have been.

Jessica Tandy, also known for her Oscar-winning performance in Driving Miss Daisy, received a Best Supporting Actress nomination for the role of Ninny Threadgoode, the old lady who befriends Evelyn Couch. The year before the film was released, Tandy was diagnosed with ovarian cancer but continued working. Before her death in 1994, she had appeared in multiple more films -- Used People, To Dance with the White Dog, A Century of Cinema, Camilla, and Nobody's Fool.

Kathy Bates did an impressive job playing depressed housewife Evelyn Couch. Bates is also a celebrated actress having won an Academy Award, two Emmys, and two Golden Globes. She has since appeared on countless TV shows including Six Feet Under, Harry's Law, American Horror Story, and The Big Bang Theory as well as films like Titanic, The Blind Side, and The Highwaymen.

Mary Stuart Masterson did an incredible job playing Idgie Threadgoode, who is devasted at the loss of her brother Buddy until his former girlfriend Ruth steps in to bring her back to life. Masterson appeared in Benny & Joon, Bad Girls, and The Postman, as well as TV shows NCIS, Blindspot, and For Life.

Ruth Jamison is the straightlaced former girlfriend of Idgie's deceased brother and the two women end up having a deep attachment to each other. Idgie even rescues her from her abusive husband Frank in Georgia and brings her back home where they open up the Whistle Stop Cafe. Parker went on to star in the show Weeds, as well as films The Portrait of a Lady, Red Dragon, Saved!, Red, and Red Sparrow.

The sweet family cook Sipsey, who had worked for Papa and Mama Threadgoode, comes to work for Idgie and Ruth at the Whistle Stop. Despite being in her 90s, Tyson is still a busy actress in Hollywood. She has appeared on How to Get Away with Murder, House of Cards, Madam Secretary, and Cherish the Day in recent years. Fun fact, in the 80s she was married to musician Miles Davis!

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Sweet Chris O'Donnell was the perfect choice to play Buddy Threadgoode who tragically loses his life at the beginning of the film. O'Donnell was a bit of a heartthrob in the 90s in films like The Three Musketeers, Circle of Friends, Batman Forever, and The Bachelor. Since 2009 he's been starring on NCIS: Los Angeles. O'Donnell has been married to wife Caroline Fentress since 1997 and they have 5 children together.

Evenlyn's disappointing husband, Ed Couch, couldn't have been captured better. Gailard Sartain, who had been a regular on Hee Haw in the 70s, has continued appearing in multiple films including The Patriot, The Replacements, and Elizabethtown. He was also well-known for his appearances in several of the Ernest films.

Abusive husband to Ruth, Frank Bennett, is quite scary in the film so it took an impressive actor to be able to pull it off. Nick Searcy has since been in The Fugitive, Cast Away, Flicka, The Last Song, Moneyball, and The Shape of Water.

Local sheriff Grady Kilgore investigates the mysterious death of Frank in the film. Basaraba is what you could call a "career police officer" because he frequently plays them on the screen. He has appeared in Boomtown, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Brooklyn South, Blue Bloods, and Mad Men. Recently he was even in the Scorsese film, The Irishman.

Big George, son of Sipsey the cook, also joins the Whistle Stop Cafe and impresses all of their guests with his BBQ skills. Shaw is still acting, his recent credits include Jeepers Creepers 3 and A Christmas Winter Song. Did you know that his cousin was soul singer Sam Cooke?

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Shreveport Police Domestic Violence investigators have a man behind bars for charges after a Wednesday domestic violence incident turned shooting.

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Shreveport Police Domestic Violence investigators have a man behind bars for charges stemming from a Wednesday morning domestic violence incident turned shooting.

Just after 10a.m., patrol officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 4300 block of Illinois Street at the Clear Horizon Apartment Complex. Arriving officers located a 25-year-old woman suffering from one gunshot wound to the abdomen. She was transported to Ochsner LSU Hospital with what was described as non-life threatening injuries.

Officers made contact with the womans boyfriend, 20-year-old Cadarious Davis, who advised that he was attempting to leave the apartment following a verbal domestic dispute between him and the victim. Davis saidas he was attempting to leave a struggle ensued over his backpack which contained a .9mm handgun. The gun allegedly discharged during that encounter and struck the victim. Davis rendered first aid until officers arrived.

Cadarious Davis(Photo: Shreveport Police)

Investigators with the Crime Scene Investigation Unit and Domestic Violence Units were summoned to the scene. Detectives procured a search warrant for the residence and CSIU photographed the scene and collected evidence.

Davis was transported to the Shreveport Police Complex for interviews. During their ongoing investigation, detectives learned that Davis was accused of battering the shooting victim in a separate incident back in August of 2020. The battery was allegedly committed in the presence of two children. After reviewing photos and evidence in that case, they determined that probable cause did exist for his arrest relative to that incident.

Following interviews with investigators Davis was charged with one count of felon in possession of a firearm and two counts of domestic abuse battery with child endangerment. The investigation is ongoing.

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The Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office Bomb Squad is investigating a reported explosion on Mantelli Drive that sent a man to a trauma center Oct. 12.

According to Gilroy Police, at about 2:20pm, the Gilroy Fire Department responded to the 1700 block of Mantelli Drive on the report of an explosion. First responders on scene found a man who had suffered serious injuries from the blast, and transported him to a local trauma center.

According to Gilroy Police Sgt. John Ballard, the 53-year-old man, who lived at the residence, suffered traumatic injuries to his right hand.

The cause of the explosion is under investigation. Ballard said investigators from the Gilroy Police Crime Scene Investigation Team and county bomb squad received a search warrant for the residence and are working to determine what kind of explosives were involved. It does not appear to have been a drug lab, according to Ballard.

The 1700 block of Mantelli Drive, between Rancho Hills Drive and Learnard Way, may be closed for multiple days, police advised. Ballard said Tuesday morning that police hope to have an update on the road closure later in the day.

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For over a decade local science teachers have banded together in a group called Eastern Arizona Science Initiative, EASI. Together, these educators have put on annual STEM summer camps and provide teacher support.

Paul Anger is the EASI chairperson, and one of the original creators of the 501c3 group in 2008. Anger is also the director for the Eastern Arizona College Discovery Park campus, where the group holds their meetings and multiple youth summer camp activities.

Teachers meet once a month to go over planning activities to help each other as teachers. A big factor is the extracurricular activities during the summer for the youth, Anger said. The idea is Discovery Park will be the hub of science and STEM activity of Graham and Greenlee County.

Anger said over the years the EASI groups summer STEM camps have grown in popularity. Funded primarily through the Graham and Greenlee United Way, the camp costs are kept low for parents. When the cost of attendance of three to four-day camps being $260 to $280 in food and transportation, the United Way group pays the majority of the cost so the parents pay $40 to $60. When the camps started, attendance was sparse, but now the camps are popular and attendance space fills quickly.

Each summer the camps include a Tonto Creek STEM Camp in Pason, for grades seven to ten. Students hike in a cave, and on the last day they go swimming in Tonto Creek. Children from multiple counties attend Anger said.

Another popular camp is the three day Sumer Science camp. This camp includes a tour of the Mount Graham International Observatory telescopes as well as the University of Arizona agriculture farm.

In the spring there is a girls-only STEM day camp. This camp is specifically geared toward young would-be woman scientists.

All the instructors are women, to promote stem careers in Graham and Greenlee County, Anger said.

The fact that science is experienced in a hands-on fashion is one of the best elements of the summer camps, Anger said. It was dreadful to not hold the camps this year for local youth, but everything is simply postponed for next year, he said.

Becki Booth, a high school teacher from Duncan, is one of the original creators of the EASI group. Aside from the camps and youth activities, the EASI group specializes in science teacher support for Graham and Greenlee County teachers, she said. Meeting on the second Wednesday of the month at Discovery Park, teachers can exchange teaching strategies.

EASI was originally intended to get all science teachers in contact with each other and to work together, Booth said. We started working together and realized with this group we could do so much more. Weve done mentor activities for teachers, initiated science summer camps, and we kept growing from there.

Not only are the EASI meetings a source of knowledge and encouragement for fellow science teachers, but count toward personal development hours. In order to retain their teaching certificates, Arizona educators have to complete hours of personal development training, Booth said.

I want to make sure that the new teachers know especially that were here to help them with activities and lessons in any way we can, Booth said.We share ideas and best practices. I think its really made a difference over the past 10 years or so.

Not only does the nonprofit benefit the teachers, Booth said she knows of several students who are pursuing STEM occupations. One summer the EASI group held a program highlighting crime scene investigation and the science behind it. One of the girls from that group later went on to attend college in crime scene investigation, and routinely credits the EASI instructor who taught that program.

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