katie i. kausch
@KatieKausch
data reporter for @njdotcom | i never miss an episode of jeopardy and it shows | 📧 [email protected]
It's the height of summer, so it being hot in the southern U.S. is no surprise. BUT, when triple digits during the day barely drop to 80 overnight, it becomes extremely dangerous. Extreme and record heat is likely throughout the South through next week with extreme impacts…
Please stop assuming that too many em dashes means AI written. Some of us are producing grammatically incoherent work the honest way!
there was a salad place in Westfield (closed) next to a spice shop (also closed) and a crumbs (you guessed it, closed) and I still think about them all the time
my husband, who lived out of state for several years, could not fathom my confusion that "fill it, regular" is just, like, not a thing other places
Wawa kills ‘fill it, regular’ for cash customers in N.J. after gas policy change nj.com/news/2025/06/w…
omg!!!!! huge news for know-it-alls!
🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨 You asked and we listened. The new seasons of #Jeopardy! and @WheelofFortune will be available to stream next-day on Hulu, Hulu on Disney+, and Peacock this fall.
you're right, that bird does look like he is mocking me
Yesterday, BHFD was dispatched to The Grove at Connell Park to assist in rescuing a young Northern Mockingbird that fell into a storm drain. Thanks to the quick & compassionate efforts of the crew, the fledgling was safely recovered & is now in the care of The Raptor Trust.
I recently called this “the old toys r us” location and the person I was talking to had no idea what I meant so that made me feel old
"former bed bath and beyond" i will call this the old toys r us location until the day i die nj.com/business/2025/…
god forbid a girl has hobbies
A 20-year-old baclk bear named Jelly escaped its enclosure at the Turtle Back Zoo for about 5 minutes.
🍃 If you thought the past several months in NJ were windier than usual, you were right! We had far more days than normal with top wind gusts of 30 mph or higher, according to data reviewed by me and @KatieKausch #njwx #nj #windy More info: tinyurl.com/4xsj922m
that's me :)
SPECIAL PRODUCT – DIGITAL OR PRINT, DIV 3 Best non-regular feature; one-time or special edition. 🥇 1st Place: @Newsday 🥈 2nd Place: @BostonGlobe 🥉 3rd Place: @realAdamClark & @KatieKausch 🏅 Honorable Mention: Staff, @seattletimes
did you guys know they invented blue jelly beans for Reagan's inauguration? i know that, because i did a school project on it. one day this will be a final jeopardy question.
cool now poach the entire gymnastics team too nj.com/education/2025…
Democratic NJ gubernatorial candidates at the debate have twice mentioned firefighters and/cops getting hit hard by congestion pricing. But NYPD and NYFD don't live in NJ. There's a NY residency requirement.
If there is symbolism in Journalism's Preakness win, it's that the horse looked lost, stumbled, couldn't quite find the lane, struggled to get a lede down and then it all sort of came together right before the deadline.
Calling a disabled person the R-word is so wildly inappropriate I do not even have the words for it.
NPR memo: Pope Leo offers thoughts for journalists. The times are “both difficult to navigate and to recount,” and demand that “each one of us” should “never give in to mediocrity.”