Man receives nearly 37-year sentence for Truck Park mass shooting in St. Paul

Plus: Minneapolis school board to vote on more flexibility for cellphones in class ͏ ͏ If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may [see it online](. [Star Tribune]( Talkers TOP STORIES - Man receives nearly 37-year sentence for Truck Park mass shooting in St. Paul: A Ramsey County judge on Tuesday sentenced Terry Lorenzo Brown, 35, of St. Paul, to 36¾ years in prison for his role in the 2021 mass shooting at a downtown St. Paul bar that left one woman dead and injured 14 others. [Read more.]( - Minneapolis police chief says restructuring aims to restore community trust: Starting Monday, the Minneapolis Police Department was split into two divisions: one for operations and another for community trust. [Read more.]( - Minneapolis school board to vote on allowing more flexibility for cellphones in class: The school board is set to vote Tuesday night on a revised "student personal electronic devices" policy that would allow teachers to set their own rules for each class, with the input of their students. [Read more.]( - Mother of boy, 12, who was fatally shot in St. Paul calls for his brother's release: "This was an accident and he is not doing well," Denisha Hill said of her 14-year-old son. "He was distraught. This was his baby brother." [Read more.]( - Blue Cross of Minnesota settles lawsuit over lab's alleged "profiteering" with COVID tests: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has reached a settlement with an Omaha-based lab company that the health insurer alleged was charging unreasonably high prices for COVID-19 tests. [Read more.]( WATCH THIS Space junk re-entering atmosphere lights up night sky over Australia: A brilliant fireball and several smaller objects streaked across the sky over Melbourne on Monday, likely debris from a Russian rocket returning to Earth. [See the video.]( *** Talk to us! Send feedback on this newsletter, questions, story tips, ideas or anything else to [talkers@startribune.com](. *** TRENDING Will a Minneapolis filmmaker say yes to her spirit guides and become a Hmong shaman? To help decide, Joua Lee Grande is doing what she does best: Making a documentary about it. [Read more.]( SPORTS BLINK Latest absurd conference realignment makes mess of math, geography: The latest round of conference realignment last week, which seemed to take place in a span of time usually reserved for ordering a pizza, only compounded and expanded a problem that has been going on for decades now, writes Michael Rand. [Read more.]( *** Did someone forward this newsletter to you? You can [sign up for Talkers here](. *** WORTH A CLICK Summer camp: Sun, swimming, archery — and therapy. "As the United States grapples with a mental-health crisis, summer camps are looking more closely at the children in their care," Ellen Barry reports for the New York Times. [Read more.]( FROM THE ARCHIVES Aug. 8, 1989: Hennepin County commissioners agreed to pay $1,001 to purchase the more than 100-year-old Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis from Great Northern Railway. (Photo: Kevin J. Mizayaki/Star Tribune) Connect with Star Tribune [facebook]([twitter]([pinterest]([instagram]( [Manage email preferences]( • [Subscribe to Star Tribune]( • [Privacy Policy]( • [Unsubscribe]( This email was sent by: StarTribune, 650 3rd Ave S, Suite #1300, Minneapolis, MN, 55488 © 2023 StarTribune. All rights reserved. We value your opinion! [Give us your feedback.](