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CHICAGO, Ill. – Ten years ago, Aja McClanahan didn’t think she’d be living on Chicago’s South Side. It also seemed like her family would be forever be in debt.“It was a mountain that I did not think we could ever tackle,” said McClanahan.Her family didn’t owe just a little bit of money. “It was over 0,000,” said McClanahan. McClanahan says everything started with student loans. That was the bulk of her and her family’s debt.“Between my husband and I, we had tons of student loan debt, ,000 between the two of us,” said McClanahan. “Then another ,000 was a mixture of consumer debt, car notes, credit cards, medical bills and things like that.” But the family decided debt was not going to define them forever.“I remember when I had my first child, my daughter, I knew I wanted to stay home with her but when I ran the numbers…we were like between bills rent, debt repayment, student loans, we cannot make this work,” said McClanahan. She says her family wasn’t budgeting before they put a plan together to pay down debt. "We just spent money as it came in and whatever we spent it on,” said McClanahan. “But with a spending plan we could prioritize what is important to us. So, it helped us look at how we were spending our money. And we kind of cut the fat.”They made sacrifices including a move from the suburbs of Chicago to the inner-city South Side neighborhood of Englewood. They inherited a house from a family member. “The first night we were there, we were like this is the stupidest thing we have ever done,” McClanahan said. "It was so noisy. Just the urban soundscape if you’re not used to it. So, it’s like sirens, barking dogs, people yelling and shouting in the alleys. We were like what have we done?”But they settled in and made it their home without paying a mortgage or rent.After about eight years of strict spending, side hustle and chipping away, they finally paid it all off. "The final balance was ,700 or something like that for a student loan or something like that and I remember making the payment or something like that and remember calling my husband and saying we’re debt free,” said McClanahan. McClanahan now works as a speaker and author trying to help other people conquer debt. "I find that a lot of people become hopeless around the holidays when you’re expected to have money to go out to parties to exchange gifts. For some people, they feel powerless and out of control because they don’t have money,” said McClanahan.While money isn’t everything, McClanahan says it can impact's more than just a bottom line.“I feel like money touches every part of our lives and if you can fix that money thing, you can get back more control,” said McClanahan. 2712

Conditions aren’t ideal for tactical training, but trainee Teresa Fast is pushing through. "There's definitely winds, or rains, or whatever is out there,” she says. “We just work through it. It definitely makes you tough."Fast is among the hundreds of people each year who graduate and become U.S. border patrol agents. But before that happens, agents must first pass the coursework at CBP Border Patrol Academy, located in the desert of southern New Mexico, where they're whipped into shape.The agents are trained on real-work scenarios, like safely ending a vehicle pursuit. These types of situations were the focus of the academy's overhaul about a year ago, when the school switched over from a classroom 3-month curriculum to a more hands-on regimen that lasts 6 months. "The students actually see some of the things they will encounter in the field, so getting out of the classroom and making it scenario-based,” explains Deputy Chief Carlos Ortiz with the academy. Other scenarios include vehicle stops and interrogations, which are usually practiced in Spanish, a language they all have to learn. "You have to be a strong and willing person to be able to be out there day in day out,” Ortiz says. And 47-year-old Richard Douglas is willing and up for the task. Douglas was a border agent two decades ago, before moving over to Homeland Security after 9/11. He says now is a good time to return to the border. "The border patrol has made a big push to increase their numbers, and it was a really good time to come back for me,” Douglas says. The academy is recruiting in a big way.Congress says there must be over 21,000 border patrol agents, and as of 2018, they were still about 2,000 short. 1716

ESTES PARK, Colo. – The Rocky Mountains are home to a hotel that’s widely considered one of the most haunted places in America and it has ties to a renowned horror film. The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, is said to be haunted by several different ghosts, from past owners to children, and even a couple pets. Along with its haunted reputation, the Colonial Revival-style hotel also inspired author Stephen King to write “The Shining,” one of his most popular novels that was adapted into a 1980 film starring Jack Nicholson.Haunted history of The Stanley HotelThe Stanley Hotel was built by inventor 621

Ever thought about picking up and moving to Kansas? Now you might.Topeka, the state capital, is offering potential new residents up to ,000 to move there.A pilot program called "Choose Topeka" will match employer funds put up for people who move to Topeka and live and work there for a year, city and Shawnee County economic development groups announced Thursday. The program will pay up to ,000 to people who rent and ,000 to those who purchase or rehabilitate a home, according to the news release from the Greater Topeka Partnership."Choose Topeka was created with the intention of investing in employees to live and work in Topeka & Shawnee County, so that we may foster an 'intentional community,' one of community support builders," said Barbara Stapleton, vice president of Business Retention and Talent Initiatives for GO Topeka, an organization of the Greater Topeka Partnership. GO Topeka and the Joint Economic Development Organization are partnering on the effort.The funds are available for 40 to 60 new residents in the program's initial run, the release said.The performance-based incentives only kick in a year after the employee has relocated and "could be used for all types of moving related expenses," the release said."Moving costs alone to move a 1-2 bedroom apartment can range from ,000 to ,000 and for a 3-4 bedroom home, range from ,000 to ,000, depending on the distance and location," the release said. 1465

Duffel bags containing bricks of cocaine were found in a shipping container aboard a ship moving through a U.S. port on Tuesday, March 19.The street value of the white powdery substance traveling through the Port of Philadelphia is million. 257

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